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Two Suns Over Christmas

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In the early 1950s, Britain decided to develop her own H-bomb. Task Force Grapple was the code name for the team of servicemen and civilians sent out to Christmas
Island in the South Pacific to conduct and moniter the necessary experiments. George Luce was among them and witnessed this, the last series of atmospheric tests before the moratorium leading to the signing of the Test Ban Treaty in 1963. Producer MAGGIE REDFERN

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Unknown:
George Luce
Producer:
Maggie Redfern
Source: Radio Times

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