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Saturday-Night Theatre: Crack of Doom

on BBC Home Service Basic

A naval drama by Gilbert and Margaret Hackforth-Jones
with Richard Hurndall, John Westbrook, Marjorie Westbury, Austin Trevor, David Spenser

Contributors

Writer:
Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
Writer:
Margaret Hackforth-Jones
Producer:
Audrey Cameron
Ian Bawley:
Richard Hurndall
Eileen, his wife:
Gudrun Ure
Captain Henry Turton, D.S.O., R.N:
Lee Fox
Lt.-Cdr. Faversham:
John Pullen
Rear-Admiral Dryson, Flg. Off. Submarines:
Austin Trevor
Lt.-Cdr. John Winter, D.S.C., R.N:
John Westbrook
Peggy, his wife:
Nicolette Bernard
C.P.O. Archie Manton (Coxswain):
David March
A.B. 'Bolster' Jones:
John Hollis
Lieut. Bruce Hardy, R.N.:
John Graham
Sub-Lieut. Dicky Johnson:
Charles Hodgson
Lieut. Perkins, Chief Engineer:
Michael Spice
Chief Eng.-Room Artificer Bert Hooker:
Kenneth Hyde
Mrs Rose Weldon, Naval Welfare Officer:
Marjorie Westbury
R.C.O. Stephen Benwall:
David Spenser
Pauline, his Wife:
Peggy Butt
Mrs Bolitho:
Nicolette Bernard
Tom Hooker:
Graham Aza
Jerry Hooker:
Howard Knight
Mrs Hooker:
Mary O'Farrell
Penelope Dryson:
Dorit Welles
Bobby, a pressman:
John Hollis
Peter Porter:
Andrew Irvine
Capt Byng, R.N.:
Will Leighton
Mrs Cuttle:
Elizabeth Morgan
Other parts:
Sheila Cooklin
Other parts:
Michael Deacon
Other parts:
Jonathan Scott

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