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Ben Hur: 2. Son of Arrius

Lew Wallace - Ben Hur

2. Son of Arrius

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Freed from slavery, the prince encounters his old enemy Messala.

Freed from slavery, the prince encounters his old enemy Messala. Stars Jamie Glover, Samuel West and Michael Gambon.

Judah Ben Hur has been falsely accused of attempted murder, sent to the galleys and rescued by Arrius of Rome. 

He now returns in search of his mother and sister.

Starring Jamie Glover.

Lew Wallace's epic tale, first published in 1880.

Dramatised in by Catherine Czerkawska.

Ben Hur    ......    Jamie Glover 
Messala    ......    Samuel West 
Simonides    ......    Bernard Hepton 
Ilderim    ......    Freddie Jones
Balthasar    ......    Michael Hordern
Drusus    ......    Ian Masters
Esther    ......    Deborah Berlin
Iras    ......    Natasha Pyne 
Servant    ......    Joshua Towb
Passenger    ......    Michael Tudor Barnes
Malluch    ......    Gavin Muir
Iras    ......    Becky Hindley

Michael Gambon reads from the Bible.

Music by Wilfredo Acosta. 

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995.

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Dramatisation of Lew Wallace's epic novel. Starring Jamie Glover

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