HMS ULYSSES by Alistair MacLean
adapted for BBC Radio 4 by Nick McCarty
This is the story of a ship in time of war, the story of that most hazardous of all voyages in war – the perilous convoy to Russia through the Northern seas. This is, above all, the story of a gallant ship’s company of men driven to the limit of human endurance and beyond, battered by the elements, sought and fought by the enemy with grim resolution and every diabolical device. Alistair MacLean’s enduring bestseller produced for the first time on radio. Classic Play Series for BBC Radio 4, 14 June 1997.
CAST
Captain Vallery – SIR DEREK JACOBI
Admiral Starr – SIR DONALD SINDEN
Ralston - JOSEPH FIENNES
Rear-Admiral Tyndall – JOHN STANDING
Commander Brooks – JAMES ELLIS
Lieutenant Nicholls – CAL MACANINCH
Commander Turner – KEITH BAXTER
Kid Carpenter – JAMES CALLIS
Riley – TREVOR RAY -
Peterson – JAMES COSMO
McQuater – IAIN MACCOLL
Spicer – JOHN TAMS
Bentley – ROBERT OATES
Carslake – SEBASTIAN GRAHAM JONES
Wren – ANGELA DOUGLAS
Ulysses – IAN BANNEN
COMPANY
Technical production - Graham Harper
Studio presentation - John Tams
Producer - Nicholas Newton
Director - Bill Bryden