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Classic Serial: Jim Davis

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

By John Mansfield dramatised in four parts by Ray Herman.
1: In 1812, in his new home, an orphaned boy finds friendship, and is enmeshed in what seems like ... murder.
Title music written and performed by David Fleming-Williams
Directed by Caroline Smith
BBC Manchester. Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
John Masefield
Adaptation:
Ray Herman.
Director:
Caroline Smith
The Narrator:
James Laurenson
Jim Davis:
Nicholas Pickard
Jim's uncle:
David Henry
Jim's aunt/Passenger:
Eve Shickle
Mrs Cottier:
Marlene Sidaway
Mr Cottier:
Stefan Bednarczyk
Hugh Cottier:
Marc Murphy
Marah:
Gareth Thomas
Coachman/Whizzer:
Robert Styles
Passenger:
Nigel Anthony
Passenger:
Danny Schiller
Shaddrack/Coastguard:
John Bull
Soldier:
Donald Gee
Soldier:
Charles Simpson
Source: Radio Times

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