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The Darker Side of the Border

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A series of three Scottish 19th-century tales of terror and mystery, dramatised by Marty Ross.
1: The Captain of the Polestar. By Arthur Conan Doyle.
A Dundee whaling ship becomes trapped in the Arctic. Strange cries sound across the ice at night and a figure is glimpsed on the floes. Is it the captain's lost love come to reclaim him?
Director Bruce Young

Contributors

Writer:
Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised by:
Marty Ross
Director:
Bruce Young
Craigie:
Alec Heggie
Milne:
James Bryce
Doctor:
Nick Underwood
Williamson:
John Buick
McLeod:
Brian Pettker
Source: Radio Times

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