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Christopher Lee - Air-Force One

4 Extra Debut. 22nd November 1963. What really happened after JFK's murder, in the hospital and on the presidential jet? Stars Stacy Keach. From November 2013.

Martin Jarvis directs a stellar American cast, headed by Stacy Keach, Glenne Headly, Susan Sullivan, Steven Weber - and introduced by Josh Stamberg - in Christopher Lee's extraordinary play.

On November 22nd, 1963, President John F Kennedy was assassinated by a sniper while riding in an open-topped limousine in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas.

What happened immediately after the assassination?

Theories explored in Lee's riveting drama are based on Federal, classified and academic research, diaries and recollections, and statements by Mrs Kennedy - a mix of substantiated and contested documentation. He focuses, first, on the hospital mortuary, and then aboard Air Force One where former Vice President Lyndon B Johnson insists that Judge Sarah Hughes conducts the 'swearing-in' before take-off. Also present in the overcrowded aircraft is Kennedy's widow, Jackie, in a state of shock, still covered in blood. The play becomes a tense thriller as surprising events occur on board.

Other parts: Tracy Pattin, Darren Richardson
Sound design: Wesley Dewberry, Mark Holden
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis

A Jarvis and Ayres production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 5 Nov 2018 04:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Josh Stamberg
Lyndon B Johnson Stacy Keach
Jackie Kennedy Glenne Headly
Lady Bird Johnson Susan Sullivan
Rufus Oldman Steven Weber
Art Thorn Nicholas Hormann
Roy Kellerman JD Cullum
Marie Fehmer Janine Barris
Rose Kennedy Jennifer Bassey
Rankin Gordon Clapp
Doctor Rose Gordon Clapp
Judge Hughes Anna Mathias
White House radio Matthew Wolf
Jack Valenti Matthew Wolf
AF1 operator Andre Sogliuzzo
Dean Rusk Andre Sogliuzzo
86972 John Sloan
Actor Tracy Pattin
Writer Christopher Lee
Actor Darren Richardson
Director Martin Jarvis
Producer Rosalind Ayres

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Nov 2013 14:30
  • Sat 18 Jul 2015 14:30
  • Sun 4 Nov 2018 16:00
  • Mon 5 Nov 2018 04:00

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