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A Reconstruction based on contemporary documents of some exciting events in 1760 Produced by HENRY MCMULLAN
Thurot, the hero (or villain) of this programme, landed a French force at Carrickfergus on February 21, 1760. Ten days later his body was washed ashore on the coast of Galloway. He was an experienced smuggler of Irish descent and his fleet was popularly supposed at the time to have been equipped by Madame Pompadour and ' some ladies of the first quality' in France. 1
This programme is the first of a new scries of reconstructions of historic events in Northern Ireland.

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Produced By:: Henry McMullan
Unknown:: Madame Pompadour

Source: Radio Times

Regional Programme Northern Ireland

About Regional Programme

Regional Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

Appears in

Radio Times Issue 644

2^nd February 1936

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More