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Thin Boy

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

"Who is the sane one," asked the philosopher Bertrand Russell, "the man who cracks up because of Hiroshima, or the rest of us who remain unaffected by it?" On 10 December, 1957, Claude "Buck" Eatherly, ex-509th Squadron, USAF, stood trial for robbing post offices. He pleaded not guilty by virtue of insanity....
Written by Colin Davis.
Director Andy Jordan. Stereo

Contributors

Written By:
Colin Davis
Director:
Andy Jordan
Claude Eatherly:
Peter Whitman
Writer:
Peter Marinker
Colonel Tibbetts:
Bob Sherman
Woman:
Serretta Wilson
Thornhill:
David Crean
Dr Ross:
Mark Caven
Dr McElroy:
Bill Wallis
Dr Constantine:
Nigel Anthony
Mantooth:
John Cassady
Henry Floore:
Tony Sibbald
Gowan:
Garrick Hagon
Mrs Eatherly:
Catherine Nix
Scarborough:
William Dufris
Mike Bartlett:
Tom Hunsinger
Editor:
Cliff Lee Taylor
Vachule:
Stephen Graf
Kenny Wey:
Nigel Carrington
Baldasaro:
David Bannerman
Deac Parsons:
Mac McDonald
Grennan:
Anthony Donovan
Source: Radio Times

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