Lost Horizon

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James Hilton - Lost Horizon: Episode 1: 1. The Kidnapping

James Hilton - Lost Horizon

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Episode 1: 1. The Kidnapping

1. The Kidnapping

BBC Radio 4 Extra - James Hilton - Lost Horizon, 1. The Kidnapping

The 1931 mystery of a hijacked plane, and Conway's arrival at the lamasery of Shangri-La.

The 1931 mystery of a hijacked plane - and passenger Hugh Conway's arrival at the lamasery of Shangri-La. Stars Derek Jacobi.

During May 1931, the revolutionary situation in Baskul worsened and Air Force machines arrived from Peshawar to evacuate the residents. 

A few miscellaneous aircraft were also employed - among them one lent by the Maharajah of Chandapore. 

Four passengers took off in this plane:  Miss Roberta Brinklow, of the Eastern Mission; Henry D Barnard, a US citizen; Hugh Conway, HM Consul; and Captain Charles Mallinson, HM Vice-Consul. 

Mysteriously none of them reached their destination...

Stars  Derek Jacobi. 

First published in 1933, James Hilton's novel is about Shangri-La, the mystical lamasery hidden in the mountains of Tibet. 

Dramatisatised in three parts by Barry Campbell.

Hugh Conway    ......    Derek Jacobi
Mallinson    ......    Andrew Branch
Barnard    ......    Alan Tilvern
Miss Brinklow    ......    Carol Marsh
Rutherford    ......    John Livesey
Wyland    ......    Sion Probert
Hilton    ......    Alaric Cotter
Sanders    ......    Gary Cady
Doctor    ......    John Bull
Chang    ......    Garard Green

Pianist: Antony Miall 

Producer: Graham Gauld 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1981.

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After a plane crash, Hugh Conway claims to have stumbled upon the utopian Shangri-La

After a plane crash in the Himalayan mountains, English diplomat Hugh Conway claims to have stumbled upon the utopian world of Shangri-La. 1933 novel by James Hilton.

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