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Beau Geste

2. The Blue Water

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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The Blue Water sapphire disappears. Beau and his brothers are implicated but who is the real culprit?

First published in 1924, PC Wren’s adventure novel about the Geste brothers – Beau, John and Digby - who all end up in the French Foreign Legion.

Starring David Lumsden, Michael Lumsden and Scott Cherry.

Dramatised by Greg Snow

Beau .... David Lumsden
Digby .... Scott Cherry
John .... Michael Lumsden
Lady Brandon .... Avril Clark
Augustus .... Antony Howes
Chaplain/Pawnbroker/Policeman .... John Evitts
Isobel .... Oona Beeson
Claudia .... Beverly Foster
Colonel .... John Church
Recruiting Officer .... Malcolm Ward
David .... Malcolm Ward
Ticket collector .... Tom Bevan

Director: Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1994. Show less

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