1. The Kidnapping

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During May 1931, the revolutionary situation in Baskul worsened and Air Force machines arrived from Peshawar to evacuate the residents. A few miscellaneous aircraft were also employed - among them one lent by the Maharajah of Chandapore. Four passengers took off in this plane: Miss Roberta Brinklow, of the Eastern Mission; Henry D Barnard, a US citizen; Hugh Conway, HM Consul; and Captain Charles Mallinson, HM Vice-Consul. Mysteriously none of them reached their destination... Stars Derek Jacobi. First published in 1933, James Hilton's novel is about Shangri-La, the mystical lamasery hidden in the mountains of Tibet. Dramatised in three parts by Barry Campbell. Hugh Conway ...... Derek Jacobi Mallinson ...... Andrew Branch Barnard ...... Alan Tilvern Miss Brinklow ...... Carol Marsh Rutherford ...... John Livesey Wyland ...... Sion Probert Hilton ...... Alaric Cotter Sanders ...... Gary Cady Doctor ...... John Bull Chang ...... Garard Green Pianist: Antony Miall Producer: Graham Gauld First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1981.