Orbiter X

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Orbiter X: Breakaway

BD Chapman - Orbiter X

Breakaway

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Orbiter X, Breakaway

McLelland and Hicks plan to use an unmanned probe in a desperate bid to return to Earth.

Desperate McClelland and Hicks plan to use an unmanned probe to return to Earth. With Barrie Gosne and Donald Bisset. From 1959.

Captain McClelland and Flight Engineer Hicks plan to use an unmanned probe in their desperate bid to return space station 'Orbiter X' to Earth's orbit.

BD Chapman's futuristic sci-fi adventure from 1959.

Captain Bob Britton …. John Carson
Captain Douglas McClelland …. Andrew Crawford
Flight Engineer Hicks …. Barrie Gosney
Max Kramer …. Gerik Schjelderup
Neasen …. Ian Sadler
Letmann …. John Cazabon
Colonel Kent …. Donald Bisset
Control Officer Brown …. Peter Noel Cook

Producer: Charles Maxwell 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1959.

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1959 sci-fi adventure from the birth of space exploration by BD Chapman.

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