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Eccentric Travellers

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Sixth of seven programmes by JOHN KEAY with Peter Barkworth as W. G. Palgrave
Narrator JOHN ROWE
William Gifford Palgrave was a man of many parts. Though born a Jew he was ordained into the Roman Catholic priesthood, and it was as a missionary that in 1862 he embarked on Ms epic journey through the heart of Arabia. But it transpired that Palgrave was also a spy in the pay of the French ... with JOHN RYE. Producer ALAN HAYDOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
John Keay
Unknown:
Peter Barkworth
Narrator:
W. G. Palgrave
Unknown:
William Gifford Palgrave
Unknown:
John Rye.
Source: Radio Times

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