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Drama on 4

Missing Presumed Dead: The Odyssey

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 24^th Apr 2016, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 10^th Nov 2020, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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4 Extra Debut. A government minister on the run faces the unfamiliar to return home. Rework of Homer’s Odyssey starring Colin Tierney. Show more

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Smith:: Colin Tierney
Odysseus:: Colin Tierney
Prime Minister:: Simon Dutton
Cyclops:: Simon Dutton
Anthea:: Polly Frame
Athene:: Polly Frame
Penelope:: Susie Trayling
Magnus:: Lee Armstrong
Mcgill:: Roger Evans
Eurylochus:: Roger Evans
Kite:: David Hartley
Reynolds:: Ranjit Krishnamma
Fenton:: Chris Reilly
Perimedes:: Chris Reilly
Soli:: Sule Rimi
Polites:: Sule Rimi
Circe:: Danusia Samal
Briseis:: Danusia Samal
Author:: undefined Homer
Adaptor:: Simon Armitage
Director:: Susan Roberts

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Drama on 4: Missing Presumed Dead: The Odyssey

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Drama on 4

Missing Presumed Dead: The Odyssey

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 1^st May 2016, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 11^th Nov 2020, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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The struggle for survival is enormous, in a bid to return to the present day. Rework of Homer’s Odyssey starring Simon Dutton. Show more

Contributors

Smith:: Colin Tierney
Odysseus:: Colin Tierney
Prime Minister:: Simon Dutton
Tiresias:: Simon Dutton
Anthea:: Polly Frame
Athene:: Polly Frame
Penelope:: Susie Trayling
Magnus:: Lee Armstrong
Mcgill:: Roger Evans
Eurylochus:: Roger Evans
Kite:: David Hartley
Reynolds:: Ranjit Krishnamma
Fenton:: Chris Reilly
Perimedes:: Chris Reilly
Soli:: Sule Rimi
Polites:: Sule Rimi
Circe:: Danusia Samal
Anticlea:: Danusia Samal
Author:: undefined Homer
Adaptor:: Simon Armitage
Director:: Susan Roberts

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Drama

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Drama on 4: Missing Presumed Dead: The Odyssey

Source: BBC Online

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