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Craig Stephens - The Balloonists

4 Extra Debut. Henry's risky balloon flight will make fine melodrama, but can it save George's theatre? Victorian comedy with Patrick Driver. From July 2006.

A once infamous Victorian balloonist, Henry Coxwell convinces beleaguered theatre impresario George Hansum to stage a daring and spectacular balloon flight.

His risky flight will make a fine melodrama, but can it save George's theatre from closure?

Craig Stephens's boisterous comedy stars Patrick Driver as Henry Coxwell, Sam Dale as James Glaisher, Kim Wall as George Hansum, Alex Kelly as Clara Fry, Alex Jones as Charles Fry and Greg Hobbs as Roger Barrington.

Original music by Derek Nisbet.

Director: Kate Chapman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 29 Jan 201804:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Jan 201816:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 29 Jan 201804:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra