The Last Human Cannonball by Byron Rogers (Omnibus)

A collection of Byron Rogers’ travel pieces in search of characters and unlikely heroes.

Including:

* A visit to the packed treasure house of a costume store.
* An unnamed Spanish 'Badlands' town built in the 1960s by Sergio Leone for ‘A Fistful of Dollars’.
* In Beverly Hills he visits ‘one of the saddest places on Earth’ – the switchboard at Central Casting.
* The extraordinary tale of Hitler's nephew, William, born in Liverpool.
* Tracking down Hungarian Ocsi Tabak – ‘Captain Apollo’ - the last human cannonball.

Omnibus of five-parts abridged by the author.

Read by Crawford Logan

Producer: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2005.