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THE BOY WHO HELPED WITH THE SHEEP

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A case of medical detection
Written by ARTHUR SWINSON
What caused an outbreak of a rare disease in Canterbury in 1950? How was the source of it tracked down? The facts in this reconstructed account are authentic: only names and identities have been disguised, to comply with medical etiquette.
Other parts played by: Tom Harrison , Ronald Herdman Gillian Rhind , Peter Wheeler
Peter Williams , Rosalie Williams
Produced by STANLEY WILLIAMSON
Broadcast on May 1. 1968
Beginning today, a second chance to hear six of BBC North's successful studies in medical detection, to be broadcast at weekly intervals.
Next Friday:
The Man Who Had Friends

Contributors

Written By:
Arthur Swinson
Played By:
Tom Harrison
Played By:
Ronald Herdman
Played By:
Gillian Rhind
Played By:
Peter Wheeler
Unknown:
Peter Williams
Unknown:
Rosalie Williams
Produced By:
Stanley Williamson
Narrator:
David Mahlowe
Dr Langley:
Ronald Harvi
Source: Radio Times

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