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Episode 1

4 Extra Debut. When Native Americans kidnap two girls from a Texas settlement, a team of men set out to find them. Classic western starring Simon Lee Philips and William Hope.

By Alan Le May
Dramatised for radio by Adrian Bean

Episode one of a new adaptation of the classic western novel, upon which the famous film was based.

Texas, 1848. When Comanches attack the Edwards family's settlement on the Texas plains, they kidnap two girls - seventeen year-old Lucy and ten year-old Debbie. So Amos Edwards sets out on the dangerous mission to recover his two nieces, with the help of his nephew Mart and a rag-tag bunch of searchers. Their epic mission will last six years.

Alan Le May's 1954 novel is a timeless work of western fiction and a no-holds-barred portrait of the real American frontier. It explores the fear and the hatred that underpinned the lives of both the white settlers and the Native Americans. And what emerges is a violent account of a creeping genocide, as one culture inevitably triumphs over the other.

John Ford's 1956 film, based on the novel, starred John Wayne as Ethan Edwards (called Amos in the book and radio adaptation). Ford's film was named the Greatest Western Movie of all time by the American Film Institute in 2008.

Directed by James Robinson
A 大象传媒 Cymru/Wales Production.

58 minutes

Last on

Fri 17 Aug 2018 03:00

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Credits

Role Contributor
Mart Pauley Simon Lee Phillips
Amos Edwards William Hope
Laurie Mathison Kezrena James
Aaron Mathison Kerry Shale
Captain Clinton Kerry Shale
Mrs Mathison Marilyn Le Conte
Brad Mathison Ronan Summers
Charlie McCorry PJ Brennan
Mose Harper John Cording
Lije Powers Alun Raglan
Adaptor Adrian Bean
Author Alan LeMay
Director James Robinson

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Oct 2014 15:00
  • Sat 1 Nov 2014 21:00
  • Thu 16 Aug 2018 10:00
  • Thu 16 Aug 2018 15:00
  • Fri 17 Aug 2018 03:00

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