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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 3: The tea clipper,
Blackgauntlet, has been sunk by a steamship.
Sixteen survivors are adrift in a long boat.
Cruiser Trewsbury has to prove his ability to take command.
Narrator BRETT USHER
Directed by PETER KING
(Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)

Contributors

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

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