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The Bird of Dawning

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by JOHN MASEFIELD
A serial in six parts adapted by COLIN FINBOW 4: After being sunk by a passing steamship, the survivors of the tea clipper Blackgauntlet struggle to stay alive. The dark sea attacks like a wild animal. Fangs of wild foam and waves like none of them has ever seen ... Narrator BRETT USHER
Directed by PETER KING

Contributors

Unknown:
John Masefield
Adapted By:
Colin Finbow
Directed By:
Peter King
Cruiser Trewsbury:
Michael N. Harbour
Fairford:
Norman Jones
Stratton:
Timothy Bateson
Efans:
Anthony Hall
Captain:
Geoffrey Collins
Bauer:
Colin Starkey
Chedglow:
Chris Chescoe
Coates:
Paul Dalton
MacNab:
Henry Stamper
Perrot:
Peter Acre
Source: Radio Times

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