Episode 2
Escaped prisoner Valery is taken out to dinner by his interrogator, but is all quite what it seems? Stars Cyril Shaps and Caroline John.
Considered a threat to the state because of an unpublished manuscript, political prisoner Jan Valeri has escaped from the Sanatorium. The police have just picked him up...
Starring James Beattie.
James Follett's exploration of dissention and danger in a repressive state in the Eastern Bloc.
Jan Valery …. James Beattie
Suskin …. Vernon Joyner
Secretary/ Librarian …. Betty Huntley-Wright
Guard/Alex/Student …. Neville Jason
Governor …. Manning Wilson
Suskin's Chief …. Brian Haines
Anna …. Caroline John
Zoe/1st Girl …. Rosalyn Slater
Woman in Sanatorium/2nd Girl …. Diana Bishop
Danski …. Cyril Shaps
Nero …. Francis de Wolff
Interrogator …. John Challis
Restaurant Manager …. Godfrey Kenton
The original audio was lost from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive, so our thanks to James Follett for the donation from his personal collection.
Producer: Margaret Hall
First broadcast as a 90 minute drama on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in November 1973.
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