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Subject: Re: request - robert barr's "dark island"
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:23:47 -0400
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What a dedicated group! Thanks a bunch! Nothing worse than a
cliffhanger with no resolution.
On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:58:23 GMT, Norman
<NormanReplaceThisLotWithADotMilburn@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>If your part 4 of 4 is like mine then it's been re-encoded to 128K.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Notes from Jim with some assistance from Genome.
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>
>Robert Barr - The Dark Island
>
>BBC Radio 4
>
>"The Dark Island" opens on the Atlantic shore of a relatively lonely island
>in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Ian McLeod, a local crofter, finds what
>he thinks is a torpedo on the shore. Contacting a rocket range on the
>island to pass on the information about his discovery, a Naval team soon
>descends on the scene to deal with the apparent menace. Accompanying this
>team is Nicolson, a security officer intrigued by the discovery.
>
>Further investigation reveals that the torpedo was no ordinary weapon of
>war. Instead, it contained a "complete do-it-yourself spy kit with an
>international flavour". The contents revealed, amongst other items, a
>Finnish passport, British and Swedish money, a United States Services
>revolver and East German binoculars. However, Nicolson is more intrigued by
>the final item in the torpedo - a fragment of sheet music which appeared to
>be from a Hebridean lilt.
>
>Joined by Bill Grant, a fellow security operative, the pair investigate the
>sudden appearance of the torpedo but are met with resistance from villagers
>and tourists alike.
>
>"The Dark Island" originally aired as a TV serial on BBC TV, starting on
>8th July 1962. Later, it was done as this 6-part radio serial, airing on
>BBC Radio 4, from 19th September, 1969 to 24th October, 1969. Both the TV
>and radio scripts were written by Robert Barr, who went on to write it into
>a novel, published in March of 1973. This radio serial is a taunt, fun
>listen, very much based in the times, an interesting return to the late
>'60's Cold War times.
>
>Nikolai Rytkov .................... Russian Seaman
>Edward de Souza ................... Captain Jim Nicolson
>Geoffrey Frederick ................ Captain Bill Grant, the Brigadier's
>P.A.
>Bryden Murdoch .................... Ian McLeod, a Crofter
>Peter Hawkins ..................... Major Williams
>Michael Kilgarriff ................ The Brigadier
>
>Other parts played by members of the cast unless stated otherwise
>
>Directed by Peter Titheradge
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>1) 'A Torpedo is Found' (Friday 19th September 1969 @ 3:05 p.m.)
>
>Lonely and withdrawn, the Outer Hebrides are a long chain of islands,
>islets and reefs standing like a break-water off the north-west coast of
>Britain. Lying some 50 miles out in the Atlantic and running in an almost
>unbroken arc for 150 miles, strangely remote, their population sparse, many
>of the smaller islands uninhabited. Off the Atlantic coast of the islands,
>foreign trawlers maintain constant patrol, keeping an eye on the rocket
>range on South Uist and on other things. It's on one of the smaller,
>lonelier islands that the story begins as a crofter waits on the shore
>watching for the arrival of a naval launch.
>
>Roy Spencer ....................... Lieutenant Richie
>John Graham ....................... Alec Thomson
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>2) 'The Trawler' (Friday 26th September 1969 @ 3:05 p.m.)
>
>On instructions from London, an intelligence officer, Jim Nicolson, and the
>crofter, Ian McLeod, have visited the deserted island of Dorica, the Dark
>Island, to see if a search is being made for a strange torpedo and its
>contents of revolvers, passport and foreign money. They've seen a girl
>searching the beach and they've been shot at.
>
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Colonel Jamieson
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Donald MacAulley, the Hotel Manager
>Rosemary Miller ................... Mary Somers, Colonel Jamieson's Niece
>John Graham ....................... Alec Thomson
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>3) 'At the Rocket Range' (Friday 3rd October 1969 @ 3:05 p.m.)
>
>Nicolson and Grant have intercepted coded signals from a foreign trawler
>and a reply from one of the islands. In their search for the possible
>signaller, they find Mary Somers missing from the hotel. Later, she returns
>to report to her uncle, Colonel Jamieson. Still later that same night, the
>Colonel's bodyguard, Alec Thomson, who had shot at Nicolson on the 'Dark
>island', is found dead in Nicolson's boat.
>
>Kim Grant ......................... George Hammond
>Nicholas Edmett ................... Sergeant
>Gudrun Ure ........................ Miss Katie Kennedy, the Schoolteacher
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>4) 'Rescued' (Friday 10th October 1969 @ 3:05 p.m.)
>
>Nicolson has found a signal-post in an old viking grave on a lonely and
>dangerous shore. He's radioed its position to Grant but emerging from the
>dugout, he's been ambushed by armed men who've landed on the beach from a
>russian trawler. He's been hunted by them across the sand dunes and shot.
>Grant calls repeatedly to Nicolson on the personal radio but there's no
>reply and he sets out next morning with Major Williams and Ian McLeod to
>search for him.
>
>Nikolai Rytkov .................... Russian Seaman
>Rosemary Miller ................... Mary Somers, Colonel Jamieson's Niece
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Davey McNeil, Ian's Cousin
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Dr McKenzie
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Donald MacAulley, the Hotel Manager
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Erik Swanson
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>5) 'Friday The Second Grave' (Friday 17th October 1969 @ 3:05 p.m.)
>
>In his search for a lead to the identity of the group of spies operating
>from the 'Dark Island', Bill Grant has planted the captured foreign
>passport in one of the bedrooms at the hotel. He's rufused to say which
>suspect he's chosen but has settled down, armed in the darkness, to await
>events. His colleague, Jim Nicolson, is still in hospital recovering from
>his wounds.
>
>Kim Grant ......................... George Hammond, the Brigadier's Aid
>Roy Spencer ....................... Dr. Lawrence
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Dr McKenzie
>Rosemary Miller ................... Mary Somers, Colonel Jamieson's Niece
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Donald MacAulley, the Hotel Manager
>Gudrun Ure ........................ Miss Katie Kennedy, the Schoolteacher
>
>Sarah Maxwell on recorder
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>6) 'Plans are Laid' (Friday 24th October 1969 @ 3:05 p.m.)
>
>In his search for the elusive group who are operating an escape route from
>the 'Dark Island', Bill Grant had taken to steps on his own - he's planted
>a fake passport in a bedroom at the hotel with no immediate result. Later,
>near the harbour, he's seen a man whom he's recognised and gone in search
>of him. That night, Ian McLeod finds Grant in his hotel bedroom, dead.
>Meanwhile, Jim Nicolson has discharged himself from hospital just in time
>to hear the news...
>
>Roy Spencer ....................... Dr. Lawrence
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Dr McKenzie
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Donald MacAulley, the Hotel Manager
>Alaric Cotter ..................... Erik Swanson
>Kim Grant ......................... George Hammond, the Brigadier's Aid
>Madi Hedd ......................... Miss Thornton
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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