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The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White

A train, a missing governess and evil Nazi plans for Europe. All aboard for a gripping ride to adventure. Stars Jenny Funnell.

A train, a missing governess and evil Nazi plans for Europe.

All aboard for a gripping ride to adventure.

Starring Renee Asherson and Jenny Funnell.

Ethel Lina White’s novel β€˜The Wheel Spins’ was first published in 1936.

Dramatised by Neville Teller.

It was first adapted as a 1938 British film thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Miss Froy …. Renee Asherson
Iris …. Jenny Funnell
Wilberforce …. Mark Tandy
Maximillan Hare …. Mark Payton
Dr Traunitz/Stephen Yardley …. Richard Durden
Baroness/Mrs Todhunter …. Shirley Dixon
Prince Frederick/Mr Barnes/Porter …. Jonathan Keeble
Baron Hoffmeir/Mr Todhunter …. Michael Roberts
Ian Bretherton/Ticket Collector …. Geoffrey Beevers
Evelyn Flood-Porter/Frau Kummer …. Geraldine Fitzgerald
Rose Flood-Porter/Frau Kummer …. Jan Shand
Mrs Barnes …. Karen Lewis

Director: Andy Jordan

First broadcast on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service in August 1999.

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