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Saturday-Night Theatre ' SEAWIFE '

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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A play for broadcasting by Gilbert Thomas
Based on J. M. Scott 's novel
' Seawyf and Biscuit ' and the film released by Twentieth Century-Fox
Survivors from s.s. San Felix:
Passengers, Japanese sailors Aleksander Browne , M. Toon O. Ikeda and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by Archie Campbell
The main action takes place on board the s.s. San Felix and later on a raft adrift in the Indian Ocean. The year is 1942

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Gilbert Thomas
Unknown:
J. M. Scott
Unknown:
Aleksander Browne
Unknown:
M. Toon
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Seawife:
Jill Bennett
Biscuit:
Noel Johnson
Bulldog:
Norman Shelley
Number Four:
Errol John
London policeman:
Robert Sansom
Lady passenger:
Joan Sanderson
Elderly passenger:
Arthur Young
Another passenger:
Trevor Martin
Woman in boat:
Annette Kelly
Japanese officer:
Heron Carvic
Dr Harvey:
Lockwood West
Nurse:
Molly Rankin
Source: Radio Times

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