by Alistair McLean adapted by Nick McCarty
audio drama BBC Radio 4
Alistair McLean’s bestseller about a ship at war in the Arctic seas during WW2 starring Derek Jacobi, Donald Sinden, Joseph Fiennes and Ian Bannen
Drama | 14 June 1997 | 88 minutes
This is the story of a ship in time of war, the story of that most hazardous of all voyages in war – the perilous convoy to Russia through the Northern seas. This is, above all, the story of a gallant ship’s company of men driven to the limit of human endurance and beyond, battered by the elements, sought and fought by the enemy with grim resolution and every diabolical device.
Alistair MacLean’s enduring bestseller produced for the first time on radio.
CAST
Captain Vallery – SIR DEREK JACOBI
Admiral Starr – SIR DONALD SINDEN
Ralston – JOSEPH FIENNES
Rear-Admiral Tyndall – JOHN STANDING
Commander Brooks – JAMES ELLIS
Lieutenant Nicholls – CAL MACANINCH
Commander Turner – KEITH BAXTER
Kid Carpenter – JAMES CALLIS
Riley – TREVOR RAY
Peterson – JAMES COSMO
McQuater – IAIN MACCOLL
Spicer – JOHN TAMS
Bentley – ROBERT OATES
Carslake – SEBASTIAN GRAHAM JONES
Wren – ANGELA DOUGLAS
Ulysses – IAN BANNEN
Technical production – GRAHAM HARPER
Studio presentation – JOHN TAMS
Director – BILL BRYDEN
Producer – NICHOLAS NEWTON
A Promenade production for BBC Radio 4