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John Pilkington - Dangerous Samples

The extraordinary inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel, really wanted to be remembered as a promoter of peace. Stars Robin Soans.

Alfred Nobel was the inventor of dynamite and a pioneer of weapons of mass destruction, yet he was also the founder of the Nobel Prize for Peace.

John Pilkington's drama is an illuminating insight into the life, hopes and fears of this extraordinary and contradictory man.

Alfred Nobel ....... Robin Soans
Immanuel Nobel ....... John Hartley
Caroline Nobel ....... Shirley Dixon
Young Alfred ....... Jonathan Kitchens
Young Ludwig ....... Pascoe Sabido
Hel ....... Alice Arnold
Old Sailor ....... Trevor Peacock
Bertha von Suttner ....... Raquel Cassidy

With:

Jonathan Adams
Keith Drinkel
Robert Harper
Joanna Monro
Christopher Scott
Sean Baker
Amanda Gordon

Director: Catheryn Horn

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.

1 hour

Last on

Tue 16 May 202300:00
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