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The Coral Island
The novel by R. M. Ballantyne adapted as a dramatised reading in eight episodes by HOWARD JONES with Ronald Harvi as Ralph Rover , the narrator
Ralph and his two companions, cast ashore on a coral island in the Pacific after the wreck of their schooner, have settled down happily in spite of many adventures. One day they see a ship approaching the island-but it has a black flag with a death's head and crossbones upon it ...
5: In which I become a Pirate
Produced by TREVOR HILL from the North of England

Contributors

Novel By:
R. M. Ballantyne
Unknown:
Howard Jones
Unknown:
Ronald Harvi
Unknown:
Ralph Rover
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Jack Martin:
Struan Rodger
Peterkin Gay:
Peter Landon
The Pirate Captain:
Graham Tennant
Another Pirate:
Joe Holmes
Source: Radio Times

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