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The Radio Adventurers: 4: Tarzan of the Apes

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Professor Jeffrey Richards explores how some great fictional adventurers have enjoyed careers on radio.

The adventures of the English aristocrat raised by apes in the African jungle have been dramatised for radio, film and TV ever since they first appeared in print in 1914. How do the radio versions compare to his various screen incarnations?

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Presenter:
Professor Jeffrey Richards
Producer:
Liz Anstee
Source: Radio Times

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