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Andy Rashleigh - Be Prepared

Drama: Biographical

12/07/2004

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Andy Rashleigh - Be Prepared

Robert Baden-Powell, scout movement founder, looks back over a life of hope and regrets.

Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the scout movement, looks back over a life of hope and regrets. Starring Ian McKellen as Baden-Powell.

Ian McKellen stars as one of the key figures of the early 20th century, Robert Baden-Powell. The founder of the Scout movement looks back on a life embodying the spirit of Imperial adventure. From the balcony of his home, he regrets, he gives thanks, he wonders if he has at last found something like harmony and peace... 

Written by Andy Rashleigh. 

Baden Powell ...... Ian McKellen 
Olave ...... Zoe Waites 
Boy McLaren ...... Nicholas Boulton 
Manning ...... Jon Glover 
Wolseley ...... John Rowe 
Proudfoot ...... Philip Fox 
Peter ...... George Hammond 
Nurse ...... Alice Hart 

Director: Cherry Cookson. 

First broadcast on Radio 4 in July 2004.

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