The Treasure in the Forest

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HG Wells: The Treasure in the Forest

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - HG Wells, The Treasure in the Forest

A stolen map is not sufficient to safely recover a massive cache of gold.

4 Extra Debut. A stolen map is not sufficient to safely recover a cache of gold. Stars Joss Ackland, Christopher Cazenove and Michael Bryant.

Three men from different backgrounds come together for one purpose - gold.

Motivated by greed and a growing hatred of each other - the experience turns these desperate men into mad dogs.

And you know what happens to mad dogs?

Stars Joss Ackland, Michael Bryant and Christopher Cazenove. 

HG Wells’s short story was first published in 1894. 

Dramatised by Michael Robson.

De Witt …. Joss Ackland
Hooker …. Christopher Cazenove
Evans …. Michael Bryant

Director: Derek Hoddinott

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in April 1976.

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