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Saturday-Night Theatre: The Knightsbridge Memorial

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Josephine Achillini
with Angharad Rees

The story of Noor Inayat Khan who, after joining the WAAF in 1940, was recruited by Special Operations Executive and became a wireless operator in occupied Paris. Her code name was 'Madeleine', and this true story tells of her bravery and courage as she kept the radio links between London and Paris open before the liberation of France.
Narrator Alexander John

(Repeated: Mon 3.2 pm)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Josephine Achillini
Narrator:
Alexander John
Director:
Pat Trueman
Noor Inayat Khan:
Angharad Rees
Vilayat Khan:
Graham Faulkner
Raymonde Prenat:
Eve Karpf
Joan Clifton:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Capt Jepson:
Sion Probert
Maj Buckmaster:
Michael Spice
Vera Atkins:
Jenny Lee
Phono:
Gordon Reid
Marguerite:
Amanda Murray
Antoine:
Haydn Wood
Georges Begue:
John McAndrew
Le maitre:
John Bott
Viennot:
Sean Arnold
SS Kieffer:
Leonard Fenton
Vogt:
Anthony Hyde
SS Holdorf:
Christopher Scott
Dr Goetz:
Godfrey Kenton
Mme Prenat:
Pauline Letts
Informer/Pearl:
Lolly Cockerell
British officer:
John Webb

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