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3. Escape to Saraifa

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On the trail of his missing client in Arabia, English lawyer George Grant is taken to an oasis. Stars Tim Munro.

A flight into the desert - and a first encounter with a living legend.

Starring Tim Munro.

Arabian adventure based on Hammond Innes' 1960 novel.

Adapted by Rene Basilico.

George Grant ....... Tim Munro
Colonel Whittaker ....... Bernard Horsfall
Sheikh Makhmud ....... Farouk El-Demerdash
Prince Khalid ....... Raad Rawi
Otto Smith ....... George Roubicek
Sir Philip Gorde ....... Garard Green
Jack Entwistle ....... Geoffrey Hinsliff
Sheikh's Messenger ....... Ali Refaie
Palace Guard ....... Mohammad Sultan

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984.

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