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The Light That Failed

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by RUDYARD KIPLING dramatised in three parts by FREDERICK BRADNUM with and 1: Lies and rumours are running over the face of the hopeless land from Suakin to the Sixth Cataract of the Nile. There are
British troops in the deserts and on the river. Further south is General Gordon, fighting for dear life, in a town called Khartoum.
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Unknown:
Frederick Bradnum
Directed By:
Graham Gauld
Dick Heldar:
Steve Hodson
Torpenhow:
Stuart Organ
Maisie:
Natasha Pyne
Neilsen:
Peter Pratt
Williams:
Peter Howell
Beeton:
Ronald Herdman
Madam Binat:
Mary Wimbush
Binat:
George Parsons
Sarah:
Chrys Salt
Doctor:
Brian Smith
Georges:
Manning Wilson
Tommy:
Alaric Cotter
Sergeant:
John Bull
Source: Radio Times

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