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**** First of 4 Extra鈥檚 carefully-woven collection to mark The Bayeux Tapestry being on display at London鈥檚 British Museum until Summer 2027.

A dramatic chronicle telling of the invasion of England by the Norman Duke William, and of the tragic end of Harold, last of the Saxon Kings, as recorded in the famous tapestry.

The story is told scene-by-scene as embroidered in nine linen panels sewn together making up the tapestry.

It鈥檚 believed to have been created here nearly 1,000 years ago.

First broadcast by the 麻豆社 during the Second World War.

Starring Basil Sydney and Alan Wheatley.

Written by Morna Stuart.

William of Normandy ... Basil Sydney
Harold, Earl of Wessex ... Alan Wheatley
Bishop Odo of Bayeux ... Leslie Perrins
The Monk ... Philip Wade
Leofwin ... John Chandos
Edward the Confessor ... Harcourt Williams
Guy of Ponthieu & Conan of Brittany ... Leo Genn
Eustace of Boulogne ... Edgar Norfolk
Robert of Mortain & Messenger ... Charles Maunsell
English Servant & Messenger ... Ralph de Rohan
Stigand of Canterbury ... Arthur Bush
Queen Edith ... Doris Lytton

Producer: Josephine Plummer

First broadcast on the 麻豆社 Home Service in November 1944.

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