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Celebrating Peter Tinniswood: Tales from a Long Room: Polar Games

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The first in a repeated series of stories by the late Peter Tinniswood. The narrator is the Brigadier, one of Tinniswood's best-loved creations, who shared the writer's passion for cricket. Today he tells of a cricket match in Antarctica - between the teams of Captain Scott and Roald Amundsen. Read by Robin Bailey.

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Tinniswood
Reader:
Robin Bailey
Producer:
Tony Cliff
Source: Radio Times

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