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BBC Home Service
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The Coral Island
The novel by R. M. Ballantyne adapted as a dramatised reading in eight episodes by HOWARD JONES with the Narrator
Ralph Rover is still aboard the pirate schooner although the captain swears he is an honest trader. Now comes the test on the Isle of Emo as the crew prepare to cut down sandalwood— for Romanta, the native chief, soon quarrels with the captain.
7: Flight from Emo
Produced by Trevor Hill from the North of England

Contributors

Novel By:
R. M. Ballantyne
Unknown:
Howard Jones
Narrator:
Ralph Rover
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Ralph Rover:
Ronald Harvi
Bloody Bill:
Geoffrey Banks
Pirate Captain:
Graham Tennant
The Mate:
Joe Holmes
Source: Radio Times

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