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3. Conference and Confusion

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Bill and Josella join an army-led group, but plans for a new community falter. Stars Gary Watson and Barbara Shelley. From 1968.

'There's a light... someone's trying to get the sighted people together - we're not alone!'

Bill and Josella join an army-led group, but their plans for a new community falter...

John Wyndham's classic sci-fi novel.

Dramatised by Giles Cooper.

Gary Watson ..…. Bill Masen
Barbara Shelley ..…. Josella Playton
Anthony Viccars …... Colonel Jaques
Peter Sallis …... Coker
Freda Dowie …... Elspeth
Victor Lucas ..…. Doctor Varless
Michael McClain …... Michael Beadley
Nigel Graham ..…. Ivan Simpson
Marjorie Westbury …... Miss Barr
Michael Deacon …... Mac
Jan Edwards ...... Lucy
James McManus …... Alf
Hilda Kriseman …... Child

With Anthony Jackson, Pauline Letts and Christopher Bidmead

Music composed by David Cain.

Producer: John Powell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968.

30 minutes

Last on

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