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The Bird of Dawning

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by John Masefield
A new serial in six parts adapted by Colin Finbow
1: The great China tea-clipper races provide the background to this
19th-century story of the sea. The Captain of the Blackgauntlet pushes his crew to breaking point in an attempt to win the homeward bound race - then out of the black fog, danger looms in the shape of a huge steam ship.
(Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Author:
John Masefield
Adapted By:
Colin Finbow
Director:
Peter King
Narrator:
Brett Usher
Cruiser Trewsbury:
Michael N. Harbour
Fairford:
Norman Jones
Frampton:
Henry Stamper
Captain:
Geoffrey Collins
Coates:
Paul Dalton
Chedglow:
Chris Chescoe
Stratton:
Timothy Bateson
Efans:
Anthony Hall
Bauer:
Colin Starkey
Corny:
Peter Acre
Source: Radio Times

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