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Ray Jenkins - From the House at the Top of the World: Episode 2: The Forger

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Episode 2: The Forger

The Forger

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In 1900, archaeologist Aurel Stein visits Lady McCartney, hunting lost Silk Road cities.

In 1900, archaeologist Aurel Stein visits Lady McCartney, hunting lost cities of the Silk Road and a forgery. Stars Siobhan Redmond. From October 1999.

1900: the brilliant archaeologist Aurel Stein visits Lady McCartney, in search of lost cities on the Silk Road, and to uncover a clever forgery...

The second of three plays by Ray Jenkins based on the diaries of Catherine, Lady McCartney, wife of the British consul in Kashgar, Chinese Turkestan. 

Stars Siobhan Redmond as Catherine McCartney, Alex Jennings as George McCartney, Ioan Meredith as Aurel Stein, Harry Myers as Islam Akhun, Stephen Critchlow as Islam, Tessa Worsley as Mrs Borland and David Allister as Mr Borland.

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.

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Plays based on the diaries of Lady McCartney, wife of the British Consul in Kashgar

Ray Jenkins' plays based on the diaries of Catherine, Lady McCartney, wife of the British Consul in remote Kashgar, in Chinese Turkestan

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