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Saturday-Night Theatre presents Hugh Burden and Rachel Gurney in ' RETURN OF A HERO'

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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A play for radio by Rex Rienits
Adapted from the novel by Robin Estridge
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Novel By:
Robin Estridge
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Captain Peter Lewis:
Hugh Burden
Crew of an armoured truck Sergeant Wheeler:
Manning Wilson
Sergeant Bourne:
Peter Claughton
Driver:
Edward Kelsey
Second Pilot:
Michael Turner
Pilot:
Edward Jewesbury
Colonel Armstrong (War Office):
Stanley van Beers
Sir Maurice Melluish (Foreign Office):
John Chandos
Maxwell Hewitson, a journalist:
Allan Jeayes
Simon Lewis, Peter's younger brother:
Kenneth Fortescue
Police Sergeant Adams:
Bryan Powley
Clare Lindsey, a young widow:
Rachel Gurney
Mrs Lewis, Peter's mother:
Ann Codrington
Colonel Lewis, his father:
Eric Maturin
First reporter:
James Thomason
Second reporter:
John Gabriel
Third reporter:
Edward Kelsey
Fourth reporter:
Bryan Powley
Fifth reporter:
Hugh David
Major Rennie:
Derek Birch
Source: Radio Times

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About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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