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1. Rescue

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Shipwrecked literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued by demonic skipper and seal hunter Wolf Larsen. Stars Jack Klaff.

Shipwrecked literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued by Wolf Larsen, demonic skipper of the seal-hunting schooner, Ghost.

Jack London's 1904 psychological adventure novel telling of heroism, survival and love on the high seas.

Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury.

Dramatised in four parts by Ed Thomason.

Wolf Larsen .... Jack Klaff
Humphrey van Weyden .... Kerry Shale
Mugridge …. Ian Dury
Johnson …. Jeffrey Gear
Leach …. Scott Farrell
Charley …. David Bannerman
Owen …. Terence Edmond
Kelly …. Norman Jonesy
Louis …. Nigel Anthony
Svenson …. Brett Usher
Smoke …. Anthony Jackson
Harrison …. Richard Pearce
Latimer …. Peter Penry-Jones
Horner …. Clarence Smith
Henderson …. Andrew Wincott
Ferry Passenger …. William Roberts

Music: Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Singer: Sarah Connolly

Director: Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.

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