BBC R4 - The 39 Steps (David Robb)

BBC R4 - John Buchan's 'The 39 Steps' [David Robb as Hannay]

Adapted by Bert Coules

Directed by Bruce Young

Part 1 Broadcast March 18, 2001

Part 2 Broadcast March 25, 2001

Coded from tape at 128/44.1



A great adventure yarn. This one set in the period immediately

A great adventure yarn. This one set in the period immediately

prior to WWI. Man on the run from a secret organisation is the

only who knows that its members are bent on stealing the UK's

navel defence plans.



This version tells the tale retrospectively, and has shades

of  Hitchcock's film, but it sticks with John Buchan's novel

for many of key details.



Cast

Tom Baker

David Robb

William Hope

Gordon Reid

Tracey Wyles

Thomas Arnold

Struan Rodger

Phillip Joseph

Stuart McQuarry