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THE HORNBLOWER STORY

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Adapted for radio in twenty parts by Val Gielgud from four of the Hornblower books by C. S. Forester with John Westbrook as Lord Horatio Hornblower
BOOK 1:
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
1: The Even Chance
Cast In order of speaking:
Music composed by JOHNNY PEARSON
Produced by TREVOR HILL
Special effects for the Hornblower Story by David Fleming-Williams and Jack Hollinshead in conjunction with the Sail Training Association aboard the Malcolm Miller , H.M.S. Eaglet, Liverpool, and the Sea Cadets. Fleetwood.

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
C. S. Forester
Unknown:
John Westbrook
Unknown:
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
Composed By:
Johnny Pearson
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Story By:
David Fleming-Williams
Story By:
Jack Hollinshead
Unknown:
Malcolm Miller
Admiral Lord Hornblower the storyteller:
John Westbrook
Hornblower as a young Midshipman:
Derrick Gtlbert
Lieutenant Masters:
Geoffrey Banks
Mr Midshipman Simpson:
Paul Bond
Captain Keene of His Majesty King George's ship-of-the-line Justinian:
Roy Barraclough
Mr Midshipman Cleveland:
Paul Webster
Lieutenant Chalk of Goliath:
David Scase
Mr Midshipman Caldwell:
Bruce Bould
Source: Radio Times

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