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Star Choice: Kipling: The Sending of Dana Da

on BBC One London

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Joss Ackland introduces "Kipling"

The Indian Stories of Rudyard Kipling
With Joss Ackland, Kenneth Fortescue, Patrick Westwood
and Barry Letts, Jameson Clark
Guest stars, Jean Kent, Warren Mitchell, John Moffatt, Rosemary Martin and Nyree Dawn Porter

Stevens has fallen foul of an occult sect and is persuaded by a wandering sorcerer, Dana Da, to co-operate in a 'sending' - the visitation of a strange affliction on Lone, one of the sect's leading members. Meanwhile Suddhoo, a friend of Lone's in Lahore, has a son lying sick in a distant town. He, too, has found a sorcerer who is prepared to give information on the patient's condition.

Contributors

Author:
Rudyard Kipling
Presenter (Star Choice):
Joss Ackland
Script:
John Maynard
Story Adviser:
A.R. Rawlinson
Script Editor:
Anthony Read
Designer:
Roy Stannard
Producer:
David Goddard
Director:
Waris Hussein
Stevens:
Joss Ackland
Lockwood:
Kenneth Fortescue
Mian Rukn Din:
Patrick Westwood
Bhagwan Dass:
Bobby Naidoo
Seal Cutter:
Johnny Clayton
Mr. Lone:
John Moffatt
Miss Roberts:
Rosemary Martin
Mrs. Threegan:
Jean Kent
Maxwell:
Jeremy Wilkin
Brunning:
Michael Burrell
Janoo:
Nyree Dawn Porter
Azizun:
Kate Binchy
Servant girl:
Usha Joshi
Suddhoo:
Donald Eccles
Dana Da:
Warren Mitchell
Dr. Dumoise:
Jameson Clark
Strickland:
Barry Letts
Servant to Lone:
Jeffrey Isaac

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