Classic Serial - Beau Geste - Episode 1

Dramatisation by Graeme Fife of PC Wren's classic story of honour, love and adventure. The Geste brothers run away from England, home and romance to join the French Foreign Legion, following the mysterious disappearance of a valuable family heirloom. Beau ...... Chris New John ...... Rob Hastie Lawrence ...... Michael Culkin Major Jolivet ...... Timothy Ackroyd Aunt Patricia ...... Tessa Worsley Isobel ...... Candida Benson Gussie ...... Anthony Schuster Burdon ...... Scott Richards Young Beau ...... Nick Hockaday Young Gussie ...... Freddie Hill Young John ...... Alex Hockaday Young Claudia ...... Hannah Sharpe Young Isobel ...... Melissa Gardner Lejeune ...... Nick Fletcher Boldini ...... Laurence Possa Hank ...... Greg Wohead Buddy ...... Don Mousseau The Sergeant ...... Alasdair MacEwan Recruiting Officer ...... Max Bennet Schwartz ...... Simon Scardifield Original music by Roger Pasto Cortina. Directed by Willi Richards An Art and Adventure Ltd production for BBC Radio 4.