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Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Home Service BasicLatest broadcast: on Third Programme

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First transmitted in 1946, The Dark Tower is a parable play on the ancient theme of the Quest, suggested by Robert Browning's poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. Show more

Contributors

The Mother:
Olga Lindo
The Tutor:
Mark Dignam
Sergeant Trumpeter:
Harry Hutchinson
Blind Peter:
Ivor Barnard
The Stentor:
Laidman Browne
The Steward:
Howard Marion
Crawford Neaera:
Vera Maxime
The Priest:
Alexander Sarner

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

The true story of the WWII bombing of the Ruhr dams in Germany, and the invention by Barnes Wallis of a dedicated bouncing bomb to enable them to do the job. With Richard Todd.

Contributors

Wing Commander Guy Gibson:
Richard Todd
Doctor BN Wallis:
Michael Redgrave
Group Captain JNH Whitworth:
Derek Farr
Mrs Wallis:
Ursula Jeans
Committee Member:
Frederick Leister
Committee Member:
Laidman Browne