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Vita Sackville-West - No Signposts in the Sea

4 Extra Debut. With limited time to live, an eminent journalist embarks on a sea voyage with a widow he has always admired. Stars Ronald Pickup.

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An eminent journalist learns that he has only a short time to live.

He decides to embark on a sea voyage in the company of a widow he has always admired...

Starring Ronald Pickup and Kate Buffery.

Vita Sackville-West's novel first published in 1961.

Dramatised by Jill Hyem.

Edmund ... Ronald Pickup
Laura .... Kate Buffery
Colonel Dalrymple .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Miss Cocoran .... Frances Jeater
Steward .... Harry Myers

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998.

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45 minutes

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Sun 11 Feb 202403:00
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  • Sun 11 Feb 202403:00
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