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James Follett - The Light of a Thousand Suns

Bizarre coincidences spark a British nuclear submarine's preparations for all-out attack. Stars Manning Wilson and John Rye.

A bizarre chain of unforeseen coincidences sparks a 1990s British nuclear submarine to prepare to launch an all-out attack. Devastating, unpreventable, unless...

James Follett's thriller starring Manning Wilson as Captain Harrison.

Lieutenant Sinclair ...... John Rye
Stride ...... Ian Thompson
Floyd ...... Michael Shannon
Louise Arnott ...... Sheila Mitchell
Wallis ...... James Hayes
The Prime Minister ...... Conrad Phillips
Aitkin ...... Sion Probert
Master-at-Arms ...... Nigel Graham
Fisher ...... John Bull
Theodore Pike ...... Vernon Joyner
1st Rating ...... Hugh Ross
2nd Rating ...... Roger Gartland
Computer Operator ...... Carole Boyd

Producer: Margaret Etall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1974

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 7 Jul 201904:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Sun 7 Jul 201904:00
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