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The Young Pioneers: 1: The Wagons Roll
A new production of the three-part serial by Edward Boyd.
This is the story of the Sutherlands, a Scots family who have been settled in Illinois for four years but who decide to follow other emigrants on the long arduous journey to Oregon.

A Scottish Ballad: Sir Patrick Spens

(BBC recording)

Contributors

Writer (The Young Pioneers):
Edward Boyd
Reader (A Scottish Ballad):
Bryden Murdoch
Producer:
Kathleen Garscadden
Kenneth Sutherland:
Gordon Jackson
Morag Sutherland, his sister:
Moira Pedersen
Hugh Sutherland, their father:
Bill Crichton
Agnes Sutherland, their mother:
Jessie Morton
The Pike, a mystery man:
Bryden Murdoch
Dermot Breen:
W.H.D. Joss
The Hon. Francis Selwyn-Gore:
Arthur Boland
Bruno Haggersack, a German emigrant:
Henry Donald
Magda, his wife:
Effie Morrison
Fritz, their grandson:
Robin Grieve
Source: Radio Times

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