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To the Shores of the Polar Sea

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by DAVID WHEELER
A dramatisation of the epic journey across Canada, made in 1819 by Captain John Frank lin, RN, in his attempt to embark upon the Polar Sea.
Radiophonic music and sound effects by PADDY KINGSLAND Of the Radiophonic Workshop
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
David Wheeler
Unknown:
Captain John Frank
Unknown:
Paddy Kingsland
Producer:
Christopher Venning
Narrator:
Astley Jones
Capt John Franklin RN:
Clifford Norgate
Adam:
Philip Reader
Robert Hood:
Steve Hodson
John Hepburn:
Chris Hallam-
George Back:
Peter Craze
John Richardson:
Crawford Logan
Perrault:
Christopher Bidmead
Michel:
Powell Jones
Source: Radio Times

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