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Plays for Today: Reaching for the Sky

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by Dave Dixon.

The year is 1956 - the time of the Suez Crisis. In a small town in East Anglia, two 14-year-old boys build model aeroplanes and dream of flying with the RAF. But as their ambitions take them closer to the realities of service life, a tragedy is about to unfold.

Contributors

Writer:
Dave Dixon
Director:
Tracey Neale
Paul:
David Holt
Younger Paul:
Richard Pearce
Graham:
Richard Kill
Clive:
Sean Harris
Mr Baxter:
Ian Masters
Mrs Baxter:
Kristin Millward
Mrs Armitage:
Elizabeth Proud
Mr Crossfield:
Peter Tuddenham
Sgt Higgins:
Tom Bevan
Cpl Barraclough:
Paul Panting
Fl Lt Redwood:
Don McCorkindale
Pilot Officer Jackson:
David Jarvis
Sgt Twigg:
George Parsons
Flt Lt Aukett:
Peter Yapp
Source: Radio Times

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