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Breakaway

Episode 6 of 14

Desperate McClelland and Hicks plan to use an unmanned probe to return to Earth. With Barrie Gosne and Donald Bisset. From 1959.

Captain McClelland and Flight Engineer Hicks plan to use an unmanned probe in their desperate bid to return space station 'Orbiter X' to Earth's orbit.

BD Chapman's futuristic sci-fi adventure from 1959.

Captain Bob Britton 鈥�. John Carson
Captain Douglas McClelland 鈥�. Andrew Crawford
Flight Engineer Hicks 鈥�. Barrie Gosney
Max Kramer 鈥�. Gerik Schjelderup
Neasen 鈥�. Ian Sadler
Letmann 鈥�. John Cazabon
Colonel Kent 鈥�. Donald Bisset
Control Officer Brown 鈥�. Peter Noel Cook

Producer: Charles Maxwell

First broadcast on the 麻豆社 Light Programme in November 1959.

30 minutes

Last on

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