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The story of the R101
A serial in seven parts by David Beaty

Time and date had been irrevocably fixed. R101 would depart for India on the evening of 4 October 1930. For reasons he could not understand, Lord Thomson, Secretary for Air, found that people were dragging their feet...
BBC Bristol
(Stereo)
(Repeated on Boxing Day at 5.0 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
David Beaty
Director:
Brian Miller
Narrator:
Conrad Phillips
Scott:
John Hartoch
Colmore:
Hubert Rees
Announcer/Pomfret/Hunt:
Rex Holdsworth
Olive:
Ingrid Hafner
Kirk:
Norman Bowler
Gloria:
Sarah Jane Bickerton
Thomson:
Esmond Rideout
Bell:
Elwyn Johnson
Binks:
Philip Manikum
Irwin:
Alan Moore
Richmond/Finch:
Pavel Douglas
Source: Radio Times

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