Close Enough To Touch
Written by Fred Lawless.
With Nicholas Farrell, John McArdle and David Fenwick.
Director Melanie Harris.
First broadcast 1997-09-27, Saturday Playhouse
160/44; 84.2 MB; sound quality very good
The brand-new HM Submarine Thetis went down in Liverpool Bay on 1 June 1939. Only four of the 103 men on board survived. What went wrong?
The play was recorded on location at the historic warship site, Birkenhead, Merseyside.
With Nicholas Farrell [Lieutenant-Commander Bolus, RN], David Fenwick [Leading Stocker Mack Arnold], John McArdle [Petty Officer E. Mitchell], Russell Dixon [The Newsreader], Malcolm Hebden [Captain Oram], Michael Beckley [Lieutenant Woods], Angus Sutherland [Lieutenant W. A. W. Poland, RN], Jeff Hordley [Lieutenant H. Chapman, RN], and Tom Higgins [Leading Seaman W. L. Hambrook].
Music composed and played by Paul Culligan.
Technical Presentation by Steve Brook.
Replies