Classic British Flight Novel - Dramatisation

[basys]

Hi Folks

Nevile Shute's classic aviation/engineering novel No Highway has been dramatised by Radio 4.

Episode 1 - iPlayer - 60 minutes (available till 29/08/2010)
Episode 2 - Sunday 29/08/2010

ATB
Paul

[Garry Russell]

Thanks for the HU Paul

Pity it's not on the TV as I never watch radio

It was a film back in the early fifties, I think just before the Comet incidents

[cstorey]

I listened to episode 1 with interest. It's a little bit twee, and the very end of the episode misses one of the best bits of the book where the boffin Honey says "If you won't ground this aeroplane , I WILL" and does so by pulling the undercarriage up , but it's fairly faithful to the book , and good to find that Shute's rather prescient work ( predating the Comet fatigue failures by about 6 years ) is not forgotten

[Tomliner]

Don't think I'll listen but I remember the film of the book.I seem to recall the the main character of Theodore Honey was played by James Stewart or was it Michael Redgrave? Anyway, what I do recall is that this was the first full novel that I ever read.I bought it whilst on holiday in Newquay in 1968!I subsequently read several of Neville Shute's books.He was a master story teller. EricT

[Garry Russell]

HI Eric

It was James Stewart

[airboatr]

why why why ya ya mean this fella?

[Garry Russell]

Doesn't look much like him there...but sounds like him

[Tomliner]

Garry I agree.The vocal similarity was amazing!! EricT

[nigelb]

By golly, I couldnt get it to play.

Nigel²

[airboatr]

.. .. if you guys keep pulling my leg.... I' I'll walk with a limp