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The Buckingham Palace Connection: 2: The Royal Flush

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A five-part serial dramatised for radio by Ted Willis from his own novel
with Ted Willis as himself, Maurice Denham as Lord Tremayne and Jeremy Clyde as Captain Tremayne

The year: 1918. Young Captain Tremayne has been sent to Russia by George V. His mission: to rescue the Tsar and the Imperial Royal family from Ekaterinburg. He arrives in Vladivostock to be met by a beautiful dark-eyed woman - Maria Astakhov.

With Miriam Margolyes as Maria Astakhov, Bob Sherman as Major Story, Sean Barrett as Colonel Kasakov, Michael Aldridge as George V and Elizabeth Seal as Lydia Elman

(Stereo)
(Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Author/Dramatised by:
Ted Willis
Music arranged and played by:
Richard Holmes
Balalaika player:
Roberto Campadelli
Director:
Glyn Dearman
Himself:
Ted Willis
Lord Tremayne:
Maurice Denham
Captain Tremayne:
Jeremy Clyde
Maria Astakhov:
Miriam Margolyes
Major Story:
Bob Sherman
Colonel Kasakor:
Sean Barrett
George V:
Michael Aldridge
Lydia Elman:
Elizabeth Seal
Scmyonov:
Michael Spice
Dukhonin:
David Timson
Klaus:
John Rye
Admiral Knight:
Murray Kash
High Commissioner:
Alan Dudley
Samarin:
James Windsor
Giomeko:
Cyril Shaps
Mogilov:
Nicholas Courtney
Source: Radio Times

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