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Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds

Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds: Episode 1

Drama: Crime

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds, Episode 1

The dashing hero is looking forward to a restful holiday but an old friend has other ideas

The dashing hero is looking forward to a restful holiday with Snowy, but an old friend has other ideas. Starring Douglas Kelly.

Radio's dashing hero, Dick Barton is looking forward to a restful Mediterranean cruise with his faithful pal, Snowy, but an old colleague has other ideas... 

The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of criminal masterminds, espionage and daring adventure.

Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive.

With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re-recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts and music, which was made for international distribution. Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia. 

Script by Geoffrey Webb.

Producer: Morris West

First broadcast in Australia in April 1949.

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Dick and Snowey's plans for a Mediterranean cruise are put on hold

Dick and Snowey's plans for a Mediterranean cruise are put on hold when the Home Office asks them to track down a gang of international diamond smugglers

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