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A story of the R101
A serial in seven parts by David Beatt

After a major refit the two halves of R101 had now been joined together, but there were still defects, of which the Secretary of State for Air, Lord Thomson, appeared oblivious. Yet a date of departure for India of midnight 26 September 1930 had been fixed...
BBC Bristol

Contributors

Writer:
null David
Director:
Brian Miller
Narrator:
Conrad Phillips
Lily:
Sarah Benfield
Olive:
Ingrid Hafner
Ramsay MacDonald:
Bob Docherty
Thomson:
Esmond Rideout
Irwin:
Alan Moori
Hunt:
Rex Holdsworth
Johnston/Leech:
Pavel Douglas
Colmore:
Hubert Rees
Dowding:
Bruce Lewis
Binks:
Phillip Manikum
Bell:
Elwyn Johnson
Scott:
John Hartoch
Kirk:
Norman Bowler
Gloria:
Sarah Jane Bickerton
Source: Radio Times

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