Tiger Beer Girl
Will the wish, made in Delhi, come true? Singapore is within sight and her solo flight, halfway across the world, is bringing back both happy and painful memories for Joan.
In October 2003 the Antiques Roadshow featured the
flight journals of Joan Allen who had served with the ATA
during the Second World War. But there had been
another intriguing find. Hidden in a metal flight box
under Joan's stairs was another flight journal.
It recorded the solo flight that Joan had undertaken in 1948
in a 2 seater Angus Fairchild aircraft from England to Singapore.
Diane Samuels' 'Tiger Wings' makes a leap of imagination
from this true-life source and gives wing to Joan's remarkable
achievement that might so easily have vanished into the mists
of the past.
Episode Five - Tiger Beer Girl
Will the wish, made at The Iron Pillar in Delhi, come true?
Singapore is within sight and this solo flight, halfway across
the world, is bringing back both happy and painful memories
for Joan.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Wiggs/Mme Carter/Mrs Reed | Tracy Wiles |
Maud | Christine Absalom |
Mr McCowan/Hotelier | Patrick Brennan |
Becky Sharpe/Martha | Susie Riddell |
Young Woman | Amaka Okafor |
Young Man/Stevens | Joe Sims |
Jacques/Cpt Harkness | Sam Alexander |
SAA Pilot/Jack Roche | Don Gilet |
Abdul | Peter Singh |
Shreela/Clemmie Daniels | Deeivya Meir |
Broadcasts
- Fri 15 Jun 2012 10:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 15 Jun 2012 19:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4