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For Children of Most Ages
' Sir Oblong Fitz-Oblong and the Very Difficult Law Case '
A dialogue story by Robert Bolt
Produced by Mollie Austin
5.30 For the Older Listeners
Below the Surface
2-Sargasso Saga
The life story of the eel
Born in the weedy waters of the Sargasso Sea, the tiny leaf-like creature strikes out eastward to the inland waters of Europe. This transatlantic journey is only the beginning of the eel's exciting life.
Those who help to unfold the rest of the story include elver catchers in Gloucestershire, eel babbers in the Fens, eel fishermen on the Norfolk Broads, and a jellied-eel salesman
Devised and told by Bill Latto with the help of John Norman
Produced by H. Saunders-Jacobs

Contributors

Story By:
Robert Bolt
Produced By:
Mollie Austin
Told By:
Bill Latto
Unknown:
John Norman
Produced By:
H. Saunders-Jacobs
Storyteller:
Douglas Leach
Sir Oblong Fitz-Oblong:
Noel Iliff
Baron Bolligrew:
Ronald Baddiley
Squire Blackheart:
Stephen Jack
Obidiah Bobblenob:
Denis Raymond
Rodney Rook:
Peter Wilde
Bill Badger:
Geoffrey Lewis
Corporal of the Guard:
Edgar Harrison
Lord Mayor:
Bernard Fishwick

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