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1. The Question of Preferment

Gibraltar, 1800: Captain Jack Aubrey awaits the verdict in his Court Martial for the loss of his ship. Stars Michael Troughton.

September 1800, Rosia Bay, Gibraltar. Newly commissioned, Jack Aubrey nervously awaits the verdict in his Court Martial for the loss of his ship, the Sophie.

Patrick O'Brian's popular Napoleonic seafaring adventure, first published in 1969.

Starring Michael Troughton and Nigel Anthony.

Dramatised in six parts by Roger Danes.

Jack Aubrey ...... Michael Troughton
Stephen Maturin ...... Nigel Anthony
Molly Harte ...... Frances Jeater
Harte ...... Lloyd Johnson
Queeney ...... Margaret John
Lord Keith ...... Gavin Muir
Young Jack / David Richards ...... Richard Pearce
Makepeace ...... Derek Waring
Mercedes ...... Kristin Howard
Watt ...... Russell Floyd
Young Ricketts ...... Tom Bevan
Williams ...... Derek Waring
Babbington ...... Danny Kanaber

Director: Adrian Bean.

First broadcast on 主播大秀 Radio 4 in April 1995.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Dec 2022 01:30

Broadcasts

  • Mon 8 Dec 2014 06:00
  • Mon 8 Dec 2014 13:00
  • Mon 8 Dec 2014 20:00
  • Tue 9 Dec 2014 02:00
  • Mon 5 Dec 2022 06:30
  • Mon 5 Dec 2022 11:30
  • Mon 5 Dec 2022 16:30
  • Tue 6 Dec 2022 01:30

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