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THE HORNBLOWER STORY

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Adapted for radio in twenty parts by VAL Gielgud from four of the Hornblower books by C. S. Forester
Norman Shelley, John Bennett
BOOK 3:
Hornblower and the Hotspur
1: Hotspur Sails
Produced by TREVOR HILL
Special effects prepared in conjunction with the Sail Training Assn.

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
C. S. Forester
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Horatio Hornblower:
With John Westbrook
Admiral Lord Hornblower (story-teller) and Commander Horatio Hornblower:
John Westbrook
Maria, his wife:
Vina Paterson
Host at the Georse Inn, and Captain of the French fishing vessel:
Geoffrey Banks
Admiral Sir Cornwallis:
Norman Shelley
Lt William Bush:
John Bennett
Mr Prowse the Acting-Master:
Joseph Holmes
Mr Cargill, the Mate:
Gordon Kaye
Source: Radio Times

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