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Blue Peter Special Assignment

on BBC One London

with Valerie Singleton , who visits some great houses where famous people lived and worked.
6: Raleigh at Sherborne Castle with Richard Pasco as the voice of Sir Walter Raleigh
' Fain would I climb, but fear to fall.'
Raleigh scratched these words on to a window pane hoping that Queen Elizabeth would see them as she passed by. The story of how high he climbed and how far he fell is told in the last of the current series which features the house that came to be known as ' Raleigh's Tall Tower '. with the voices of JOHN NETTLETON and JONATHAN SCOTT
Film cameraman REMI ADEFARASIN Sound STAN NIGHTINGALE Film editor NICK HARDING
Written and researched by DOROTHY SMITH Producer EDWARD BARNES Director HARRY COWDY

Contributors

Unknown:
Valerie Singleton
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Richard Pasco
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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John Nettleton
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Jonathan Scott
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Remi Adefarasin
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Stan Nightingale
Editor:
Nick Harding
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Dorothy Smith
Producer:
Edward Barnes
Director:
Harry Cowdy
Raleigh (as a boy):
Alex Clark
Raleigh (as a man):
Andy Sutcliffe
Queen Elizabeth:
Margaret Braden
Bess Throckmorton:
Katie Evans

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