2. The Royal Flush
1918: George V has sent Captain Tremayne to Russia to attempt a rescue of the Tsar and the Imperial family. Stars Jeremy Clyde.
1918. Young Captain Tremayne has been sent to Russia by George V.
His mission: to rescue the Tsar and the Imperial Royal family from Ekaterinburg.
He arrives in Vladivostock to be met by a beautiful dark-eyed woman - Maria Astakhov....
Starring Maurice Denham.
Dramatised by Ted Willis from his own 1980 novel.
Himself .... Ted Willis
Lord Tremayne .... Maurice Denham
Captain Tremayne …. Jeremy Clyde
Maria Astakhov .... Miriam Margolyes
Major Story .... Bob Sherman
Colonel Kazakov .... Sean Barrett
George V .... Michael Aldridge
Lydia Elman .... Elizabeth Seal
Semyonov .... Michael Spice
Dukhonin .... David Timson
Klaus .... John Rye
Admiral Knight .... Murray Kash
High Commissioner .... Alan Dudley
Samarin .... James Windsor
Gromyko .... Cyril Shaps
Mogilov .... Nicholas Courtney
Music arranged and played by Richard Holmes.
Balalaika played by Roberto Campadeli.
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in May 1981.
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