Apprentice to Danger

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Two ship apprentices in Australia agree to bring a gift to Liverpool....

4 Extra Debut. Ashore in Sydney, two ship workers are asked to take a gift to Liverpool. It’s a favour they live to regret. Stars John Baddeley.

Ashore in Sydney, two young ship apprentices are asked to drop a gift off when they dock in Liverpool. 

But it's a favour they live to regret...   

Starring John Baddeley and Jeffrey Ashby.  

Written by Berkely Mather.

Askew .... Jeffrey Ashby
"Gannet" Howells .... John Baddeley
Auntie Wimslow .... Gwen Day Burroughs
Arthur Wimslow .... Peter Claughton
Mate .... Bruce Wightman
Chips .... George Little
Bosun .... Roy Patrick
Carter .... Frank Partington
Policeman .... Donald McKillop
Ella .... Elizabeth Morgan
Billings .... Maurice Travers
Joe .... Denys Hawthorne

Producer: Robin Midgley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1962.

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