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John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids

6. Strategic Withdrawal

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Bill and Josella are offered hope, but yet another obstacle is put in their way...

Conclusion of John Wyndham's classic sci-fi novel.

Dramatised by Giles Cooper.

Gary Watson …. Bill Masen
Barbara Shelley …. Josella Playton
Freda Dowie …. Elspeth
Haydn Jones …. Torrance
Nigel Graham …. Ivan
David Brierley …. Dennis
Margaret Robertson …. Joyce
Jill Cary …. Susan
Alexander John …. First man
Leonard Fenton …. Second Man

Music composed by David Cain.

Producer: John Powell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968. Show less

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