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4. The Doomed Oasis

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Hunting a missing client, English lawyer George Grant discovers new sources of oil in Arabia. Stars Tim Munro.

A celebration and a shattered dream.

English lawyer George Grant continues his hunt for a missing client – as the hunt for oil hots up…

Starring Tim Munro.

Arabian adventure based on Hammond Innes' 1960 novel.

Dramatised by Rene Basilico.

George Grant ....... Tim Munro
Colonel Whittaker ....... Bernard Horsfall
Prince Khalid ....... Raad Rawi
Alexander Erkhard ....... John Malcolm
Sir Philip Gorde ....... Garard Green
Sheikh Makhmud ....... Farouk El-Demerdash
Yousif....... Ali Refaie
Sheikh Abdullah ....... Adam Hussein

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1984.

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