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Adaptations of popular thrillers by the British steeplechase jockey turned crime writer.

Adaptations of the popular thrillers by the British steeplechase jockey turned crime writer.

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Dick Francis: Bolt: 1. Threats and Menaces

1. Threats and Menaces

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dick Francis, Bolt, 1. Threats and Menaces

A princess recruits champion jockey Kit Fielding to fend off her dangerous cousin.

A princess recruits champion jockey Kit Fielding to fend off her dangerous cousin. Stars Sian Phillips and Eric Allan.

Champion jockey Kit Fielding is engaged to Danielle de Brescou the niece of his employer Princess Casilia. 

The Princess recruits Kit to fend off Henri de Brescou, a dangerous cousin trying to involve her in the armaments business.

But Kit also has problems of his own...

Dick Francis's 1986 racing thriller dramatised in five-parts by  John Ashe.

Kit Fielding    ......    Eric Allan 
Princess Casilia    ......    Sian Phillips
Danielle    ......    Elizabeth MacGovern 
Henri    ......    John Bull
Greening    ......    Jack May
Dusty    ......    Christian Rodska
Thomas    ......    Steve Hodson
Allardeck    ......    Bill Wallis
Roland    ......    Simon Carter

Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin at BBC Pebble Mill. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994

Dick Francis: Bolt

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