Orbiter X

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Orbiter X: A Flight Against Time

BD Chapman - Orbiter X

A Flight Against Time

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Orbiter X, A Flight Against Time

With CSP now aware of Unity's plans, Britton, McLelland and Hicks return to Orbiter X.

With CSP now aware of Unity’s plans, Britton, McLelland and Hicks return to Orbiter X. Stars Gerik Schjelderup.

With the Commonwealth Space Project now aware of Unity's plans, Britton, McLelland and Hicks return to Orbiter X. 

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
Gelbin …. Arthur Lawrence
Colonel Kent …. Donald Bisset
Sir Charles Day …. Leslie Perrins
Captain Knight …. John Graham

Producer: Charles Maxwell

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1959.

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

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