BBC Radio - Shadow of the Pharaoh - Victor Pemberton

Category: Adults, Full Cast, Historical Fiction, Radio Productions
Language: EnglishKeywords: BBC Drama Radio
Written by Victor Pemberton
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Dramatization
A Vintage BBC Radio thriller serial set in the turbulent and war-torn times of Ancient Egypt of 1600 B.C.
A young man learns a secret that upends his entire life: that he is the rightful heir to the throne of Egypt. Armed only with an amulet given to him by his father before his father’s death, he journeys to the capital city of Thebes to claim his birthright, but gaining the object of his quest will be harder than can be imagined as he must now face not only an evil rival for the throne who will stop at nothing to gain his ambition, but also the ancient Gods of Egypt themselves!
Announcer … John Dunn
Ahmose … Sean Barrett
Kem / Thoth … David Valla
Peten-Ra … John Bentley
Nefertari / Hathor … Sheila Grant
Hamabari / Sekhmet … Betty Baskcomic
Karu / Devourer … John Westbrook
Karu’s Man … Ronald Herdman
Batu … John Ruddock
Captain / Antef / Jailer … Martin Friend
Antef / Honimon / Horus … Lewis Stringer
Herald / Man … William Eadie
Village Woman … Katherine Parr
Captain / Assassin … Fraser Kerr
Ship Guard … Garard Green
Valley Guard … David Gooderson
Slave … Robin Browne
Senmut … Rolf Lefevre
Anubis … Nigel Graham
Soldier … Haydn Jones
Hyksos Captain … Andrew Rivers
Written by Victor Pemberton and David Spenser
Directed by Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1972
A Vintage BBC Radio thriller serial set in the turbulent and war-torn times of Ancient Egypt of 1600 B.C.

A young man learns a secret that upends his entire life: that he is the rightful heir to the throne of Egypt. Armed only with an amulet given to him by his father before his father’s death, he journeys to the capital city of Thebes to claim his birthright, but gaining the object of his quest will be harder than can be imagined as he must now face not only an evil rival for the throne who will stop at nothing to gain his ambition, but also the ancient Gods of Egypt themselves!

Announcer … John Dunn
Ahmose … Sean Barrett
Kem / Thoth … David Valla
Peten-Ra … John Bentley
Nefertari / Hathor … Sheila Grant
Hamabari / Sekhmet … Betty Baskcomic
Karu / Devourer … John Westbrook
Karu’s Man … Ronald Herdman
Batu … John Ruddock
Captain / Antef / Jailer … Martin Friend
Antef / Honimon / Horus … Lewis Stringer
Herald / Man … William Eadie
Village Woman … Katherine Parr
Captain / Assassin … Fraser Kerr
Ship Guard … Garard Green
Valley Guard … David Gooderson
Slave … Robin Browne
Senmut … Rolf Lefevre
Anubis … Nigel Graham
Soldier … Haydn Jones
Hyksos Captain … Andrew Rivers

Written by Victor Pemberton and David Spenser
Directed by Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1972