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The Bird of Dawning: 2

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by John Masefield
A serial in six parts adapted by Colin Finbow

The tea clipper, Blackgauntlet, sails into a fog. Then, out of the blackness, comes a thundering and a steam-ship strikes and sinks the clipper. Sixteen men are left to struggle for life against an angry sea.

Contributors

Author:
John Masefield
Adapted by:
Colin Finbow
Director:
Peter King
Narrator:
Brett Usher
Cruiser Trewsbury:
Michael N. Harbour
Fairford:
Norman Jones
Stratton:
Timothy Bateson
Efans:
Anthony Hall
Clutterbucke:
Geoffrey Collins
Bauer:
Colin Starkey
Chedglow:
Chris Chescoe
Coates:
Paul Dalton
McNab:
Henry Stamper
Perrot:
Peter Acre
Source: Radio Times

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