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Hereward the Wake: Episode 1: Forfeit for Eternity

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on BBC One London

by Charles Kingsley.
Dramatised in sixteen episodes by Anthony Steven.

How Hereward is outlawed and made to seek his fortune in the world.

(George Merritt is appearing in 'The Creeper' at St. Martin's Theatre, London)
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Contributors

Author:
Charles Kingsley
Dramatised by:
Anthony Steven
Music composed by:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Music conducted by:
Marcus Dods
Designer:
Mary Rea
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Director:
Peter Hammond
Herluin:
David Swift
Hereward the Wake:
Alfred Lynch
Svend:
Godfrey James
Olaf:
Desmond Newling
Lady Godiva:
Dorothy Reynolds
Martin Lightfoot:
Bryan Pringle
Edward the Confessor:
George Howe
Queen to Edward the Confessor:
Pamela Reed
Earl Harold:
Peter Arne
Earl Godwin:
John Kidd
Priest:
John Baker
Earl Leofric:
Tony Steedman
Surturbrand:
George Merritt
Prior Brand:
John Wentworth
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