The Doomed Oasis

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The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes: 6. Jebel Al-Akhbar

Hammond Innes - The Doomed Oasis

6. Jebel Al-Akhbar

The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Doomed Oasis, by Hammond Innes, 6. Jebel Al-Akhbar

The water supply is cut off to force the Emir to negotiate.

In a politically sensitive area of Arabia, the water supply is cut off to force the emir to negotiate. Starring Tim Munro.

Politics and practicalities as the water supply is cut to force the Emir to negotiate - and a final confrontation. 

Starring Tim Munro.

Conclusion of the Arabian adventure based on Hammond Innes' novel.

Dramatised by Rene Basilico.

George Grant ....... Tim Munro
Colonel Whittaker ....... Bernard Horsfall
David Whittaker ....... Christopher Guard
Ruffin ....... Robert Rietty
Colonel Goodge ....... Nicholas Courtney 
Captain Chuck Berry ....... David McAlister
Sergeant Rashid ....... Adam Hussein
Yousif ....... Ali Refaie
Trucial Oman Scout ....... Mohammad Sultan
Abdul Zaid Emir of Hadd ....... Renu Setna
Henry Grant ....... Robert James
Betty ....... Jill Lidstone

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984.

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Adaptation of the Arabian adventure novel by Hammond Innes.

Adaptation of the novel by Hammond Innes. Two men fight to save an oasis from the encroaching sands of the Empty Quarter, and from the friction between them

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