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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: 2. Horses Begin to Die

2. Horses Begin to Die

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dick Francis, Bolt, 2. Horses Begin to Die

Bent on winning French approval to make guns, Henri threatens the princess's husband.

Bent on winning French approval to make guns, Henri threatens the princess's husband. Stars Sian Phillips and Eric Allan.

Henri de Brescou, bent upon obtaining authority from the French Government to make plastic guns, threatens Roland, Princess Casilia's frail and elderly husband. 

Dick Francis's racing thriller dramatised by John Ashe.

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

Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin at BBC Pebble Mill. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994

Dick Francis: Bolt

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