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Afternoon Play: The Typist Who Flew to Australia

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Just over 70 years ago, an intrepid young woman from Hull set off for Australia in a tiny biplane. Amy Johnson became a national heroine and was never far from the front pages of newspapers and magazines. But what made this apparently ordinary woman want to fly in the first place? Helen Cross's play looks at the years leading up to her flight and glances forward to her mysterious death in 1941.

Contributors

Writer:
Helen Cross
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Amy:
Cathryn Bradshaw
Mr Johnson:
Rob Swinton
Mrs Johnson:
Gillian Goodman
Molly/Unity:
Alex Kelly
Hans/Peter:
Andrew Wincott
Davidson/First stranger:
Ian Brooker
Police Inspector/Second stranger:
Robert Lister

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