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Four true stories of adventure and survival adapted for radio by Duncan Carse
1: I could still walk
DUNCAN CARSE tells the story of Spencer Chapman in the Malayan Jungle from The Jungle is Neutral by F. Spencer Chapman
Broadcast in Story Time on June
18. 1968

Contributors

Unknown:
Spencer Chapman
Unknown:
F. Spencer Chapman

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, Marcus DODS
NORWEGIAN BROADCASTING ORCHESTRA
Conducted by OIVIND BERGH
VIENNA VOLKSOPER ORCHESTRA Conducted by MAX SCHONHERR
CZECHOSLOVAK RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by JIRI WALDHANS
Recordings made available by courtesy of Austrian, Norwegian. and Czechoslovak Radios

Contributors

Conductor:
Marcus Dods
Conducted By:
Oivind Bergh
Conducted By:
Max Sch
Conducted By:
Jiri Waldhans

The Bitter Conquest
A play adapted from her novel by Charity Blackstock with David March , Effie Morrison
Bryden Murdoch , Gudrun Ure and Douglas Murchie
In 1750. four years after the Battle of Culloden. there is an uneasy peace between the English and the Highlanders in Inverness. Jamie Macdonald, mutilated by the English troops at Culloden, continues to wage a desperate battle against them on Culloden Moor.
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON
Saturday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
David March
Unknown:
Effie Morrison
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Gudrun Ure
Unknown:
Douglas Murchie
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron

A family magazine introduced from the South and West by JEREMY CARRAD
Old china: GEOFFREY GODDEN , expert in British porcelain and pottery, talks to Bernard Price
Books I like: chosen by CHARLES CAUSLEY
Approved School: Dilys BREESE spends a day at Kingswood School, near Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Carrad
Unknown:
Geoffrey Godden
Unknown:
Charles Causley
Unknown:
Dilys Breese

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte adapted in ten Instalments by NAN MACDONALD
Read by BILLIE WHITELAW
3: Thornfield Hall
Jane has been cleared of Mr. Brocklehurst's accusation that she is a liar, and has begun to make good progress at Lowood, winning the approval of Miss Temple and the friendship of Helen Burns.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Eyre
Read By:
Billie Whitelaw
Unknown:
Helen Burns.

A musical quiz devised by Edward J. Mason and Tony Shryane
DAVID FRANKLIN and FRANK MUIR challenge
IAN WALLACE and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, STEVE RACE
Graham Dalley at the keyboard
Repeated: Sunday, 12.25 p.m.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Graham Dalley

Boris Godunov
The second of two plays by Lydia Ragosin based on Russian history with Stephen Murray and Hector Ross
The action takes place in Russia and ranges in time between 1584 and 1606 Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX

Contributors

Unknown:
Boris Godunov
Unknown:
Lydia Ragosin
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Hector Ross
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Boyars:
Malcolm Hayes
Boyars:
Peter Tuddenham
Boyars:
Peter Williams
Boris Godunov:
Hector Ross
Tsar Ivan IV:
Stephen Murray
Tsar Feodor son of Ivan IV:
John Hollis
Tsaritsa Irina:
June Watts
Prince Mstislavsky:
James Thomason
Prince Ivan Shuisky:
Brian Haines
Prince Belsky:
Leonard Fenton
Maria Nagaya, widow of Ivan IV:
Grizelda Hervey
Prince Vasily Shuisky, son of Prince Shuisky:
John Gabriel
Necromancer:
James Thomason
Andrei Kleshnin:
Lockwood West
Prince Romanov:
John Pullen
Tsarevitch Dmitri, son of Ivan IV:
Paul Dorfman
Sons of Godunov's secret agents: Daniel Bitiagovsky:
Christopher Jenkins
Sons of Godunov's secret agents: Osip Volokhov:
David Wilding
Maria's brothers: Mihail Nagay:
Malcolm Hayes
Maria's brothers: Afanasy Nagay:
James Thomason
Alina, a sorceress:
Hilda Kriseman

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