Zorba returns to Crete to find that Nikos has told the widow Hortense that Zorba will marry her.

Zorba avoids the problem by hurling himself into the construction of a novel means of transportation that he assures Nikos will earn them a fortune...

Starring Robert Stephens and Michael Maloney.

Conclusion of Nikos Kazantzakis's famous Greek novel.

Dramatisatised by Nick McCarty.

Zorba …… Robert Stephens
Nikos …… Michael Maloney
Hortense …… Mary Wimbush
Mavrondoni …… Terry Molloy
Mimiko …… Dominic Taylor
Zacharias …… Roger Hume
Andonis …… Peter Meakin
Father Demetrios …… Paul Webster
Mourner …… Hedli Niklaus
Girl …… Judy Bennett
Widow …… Marian Kemmer

Producer: Phillip Martin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993. Show less