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The 13 Clocks

Networks
BBC (as its archives name them)
Heard
1973
Episodes
1
Language
English

A BBC Radio adaptation by Peter Fieldson of James Thurber's classic fantasy tale about a cold aggressive Duke, his warm and beautiful niece, a brave prince disguised as a wandering minstrel, a woman who can weep jewels, a spy who knows far more than he says, a mysterious old Device known as The Golux, a gloomy castle on a lonely hill with 13 frozen clocks and a quest to find 1,000 jewels and return again in 99 hours...

More about it

All in all, a very simple story, right?

Narrator ... John Rowe

The Duke of Coffin Castle ... Paul Hardwick

The Golux ... Heron Carvic

Prince Zorn ... Nigel Lambert

Princess Saralinda ... Sandra Clark

Hark ... Godfrey Kenton

Hagga ... Pauline Wynn

A Toss-pot ... Alan Dudley

Captain of the Guard ... David Sinclair

Music by David Cain, performed by the Praetorius Consort

Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Produced by John Theocharis

Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 22 December 1973

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. (BBC Radio, 1973)

    No date given · 52 min

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  1. The 13 Clocks (BBC Radio, 1973)

    Listeners' uploads · James Thurber · 1 episode here · archive.org

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