Rodney Stone

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Rodney Stone: Episode 4

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Rodney Stone

Episode 4

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Rodney Stone, Episode 4

Sir Charles and Rodney rush to meet Jim Harrison - why could he not fight?

Sir Charles and Rodney rush to meet Jim Harrison to find out what prevented him from fighting Wilson. Stars Sean Arnold.

Rodney Stone and his friend Jim, two young lads from the country, find themselves drawn into the racy. colourful but dangerous world of boxing and gambling, and become involved in a series of exciting adventures set in an England where the Prince Regent is all but King and Lord Nelson all but God.

Sir Charles and Rodney rush to meet Jim Harrison to find out what prevented him from fighting Wilson. Stars Sean Arnold.

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and first published in 1896, it is dramatised for radio in 4 parts by Constance Cox.

Rodney Stone ... Sean Arnold
Jim Harrison .... Stuart Organ
Champ Harrison ... Henry Stamper
Mrs Harrison .... Charlotte Mitchell
Sir Charles Tregellis ... John Rye
Lord Avon ....Terence Morgan
Miss Hinton ... Jill Balcon
Anson Stone ...Peter Woodthorpe
Mrs Stone .... Jean Trend
Sir Lothian Hume ....Nigel Graham
Ambrose .... Michael Bilton
Sir James Ovington/1st Officer.... Peter Tuddenham
2nd Officer .... David Gooderson

Directed by David Johnston

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983.

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