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Afternoon Play: The Good Ship Esperanza

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A nautical fable: the Esperanza has been around the world with its cargo of toxic waste more times than the captain and his skeleton crew can remember. Now, perhaps, their circumnavigations are at an end. by David Constantine. Canto of Alang Beach read by Helen Longworth.
Music by Mia Soteriou Director Jeremy Mortimer

Contributors

Unknown:
David Constantine.
Read By:
Helen Longworth.
Music By:
Mia Soteriou
Director:
Jeremy Mortimer
Greek captain:
Peter Polycarpou
Singing cook:
Mia Soteriou
Woman':
Ann Mitchell
Astronaut:
Paul Birchard
First Mate:
Ryan McCluskey
Wireless operator:
Carl Prekopp
Source: Radio Times

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