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BBC One
on BBC One London

The epic Academy
Award-winning story of the Mercury space programme shown in two parts starring Sam Shepard Scott Glenn
Ed Harris
Dennis Quaid
Barbara Hershey
1: October 1947. Flying with broken ribs in an experimental Bell X-l rocket plane, test pilot
Chuck Yeager becomes the first man to take it through the sound barrier. His bravery will be the first step to 'punching through the envelope' and man's eventual conquest of space.
(First showing on British television. For cast see Wednesday at 10.20pm)
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Contributors

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Sam Shepard
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Scott Glenn
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Ed Harris
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Dennis Quaid
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Barbara Hershey
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Chuck Yeager
Source: Radio Times

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