The Adventures of Tintin: BBC Radio Drama
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The swashbuckling adventures of Tintin, the intrepid investigative reporter, based on the classic comic series. The young adventurer is aided by his faithful dog Snowy and his friend the brash Captain Haddock, and sometimes hindered by incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson.
The character was created in 1929 by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who used the pen name Herg?. Tintin was introduced in Le Petit Vingti?me, a weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingti?me Si?cle. A young man with a round face and quiff hairstyle, Tintin is depicted as a precocious, multi-talented reporter who travels the world accompanied by Snowy. Subsequent to the original comic series, Tintin has appeared in numerous plays, radio shows, television shows and feature films.
'The Adventures of Tintin' was a radio series broadcast by BBC Radio 5 in 1992 and 1993. Twelve thirty-minute episodes were broadcast over two series followed by a special fifty-minute Christmas episode.
Series One
Based upon the stories by Herg?
Adapted by Simon Eastwood
Music by Roger Limb
Produced and Directed by John Yorke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1992
The Black Island
Tintin and Snowy travel to England in pursuit of a gang of counterfeiters. Framed for theft and hunted by detectives Thomson and Thompson, Tintin follows the criminals to Scotland, discovering their lair on the Black Island.
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
Puschov ..... Nigel Carrington
Ivan ..... Terrance Edmond
M?ller ..... Fraser Kerr
Ranko ..... Peter Elliott
The Secret of the Unicorn
Tintin and Haddock discover a riddle left by Haddock's ancestor, the 17th century Sir Francis Haddock, which could lead them to the hidden treasure of the pirate Red Rackham.
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Captain Haddock ..... Leo McKern
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
Barnaby ..... Colin McFarlane
George Bird ..... Neil Roberts
Max Bird ..... Brett Usher
Mr. Silk ..... Clarence Smith
Red Rackham's Treasure
Continuing on from The Secret of the Unicorn, Tintin and Captain Haddock launch an expedition to the Caribbean to locate the treasure of the pirate Red Rackham.
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Captain Haddock ..... Leo McKern
Calculus ..... Stephen Moore
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
The Parrot ..... Peter Elliott
Destination Moon
Tintin and Haddock receive an invitation from Professor Calculus to come to Syldavia, where Calculus is working on a top-secret project in a government facility to plan a crewed mission to the Moon.
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Captain Haddock ..... Leo McKern
Calculus ..... Stephen Moore
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
Baron ..... Andrew Wincott
Mr. Baxter ..... Stephen Thorne
Announcer ..... Theresa Streatfield
Passport Control ..... Clarence Smith
Explorers on the Moon
Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and Thomson and Thompson are aboard humanity's first crewed rocket mission to the Moon.
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Captain Haddock ..... Leo McKern
Calculus ..... Stephen Moore
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
Baron ..... Andrew Wincott
Mr. Baxter ..... Stephen Thorne
Colonel Jorgen ..... Colin McFarlane
Tintin in Tibet
Tintin goes in search of his friend Chang Chong-Chen, who the authorities claim has died in a plane crash in the Himalayas. Convinced that Chang has survived and accompanied only by Snowy, Captain Haddock and the Sherpa guide Tharkey, Tintin crosses the Himalayas to the plateau of Tibet, along the way encountering the mysterious Yeti.
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Captain Haddock ..... Leo McKern
Calculus ..... Stephen Moore
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
Tharkey ..... Neil Roberts
Desert Lightning ..... Brett Usher
Burning Fire ..... Eric Allen
Chang ..... Paul Caughtney-Hugh
Shining Light ..... John Church
Series Two
Based upon the stories by Herg?
Adapted by Simon Eastwood
Music by Roger Limb
Produced and Directed by John Yorke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1993
The Seven Crystal Balls
Tintin and Captain Haddock investigate the abduction of Professor Calculus and its connection to a mysterious illness which has afflicted the members of an archaeological expedition to Peru.
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
Captain Haddock ..... Lionel Jeffries
Calculus ..... Stephen Moore
Tarragon ..... Stephen Thorne
Castafiore ..... Linda Polan
Chiquito ..... Andrew Wincott
Prisoners of the Sun
Continuing on from The Seven Crystal Balls, Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock continue their efforts to rescue the kidnapped Professor Calculus by travelling through Andean villages, mountains, and rain forests, before finding a hidden Inca civilisation.
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
Captain Haddock ..... Lionel Jeffries
Calculus ..... Stephen Moore
Chiquito ..... Andrew Wincott
Huaskar ..... Stephen Thorne
Zorrino ..... Neil Roberts
The Calculus Affair (Parts 1 and 2)
Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock come to the rescue of Professor Calculus, who has developed a machine capable of destroying objects with sound waves. There are kidnapping attempts by the competing European countries of Borduria and Syldavia.
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
Captain Haddock ..... Lionel Jeffries
Calculus ..... Stephen Moore
Nestor ..... Stephen Thorne
Taxi Driver ..... Steve Hodson
Cutts ..... Charles Kay
Castafiore ..... Linda Polan
Irma ..... Melanie Hudson
Bordurian Officer ..... John Fleming
The Red Sea Sharks (Parts 1 and 2)
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
Captain Haddock ..... Lionel Jeffries
Calculus ..... Stephen Moore
Nestor ..... Stephen Thorne
Dawson ..... Nigel Carrington
Abdullah ..... Cyril Jenkins
Receptionist / Slave Leader ..... Akim Mogaji
Rastapopulos ..... Stephen Thorne
Pilot ..... Akim Mogaji
Parker ..... David Holt
Castafiore ..... Linda Polan
Mull Pasha ..... Nigel Carrington
The Castafiore Emerald
When the legendary opera diva Bianca Castafiore comes to stay at Marlinspike Hall, Captain Haddock's family estate, she creates more than chaos with the subsequent theft of her emerald.
Bianca Castafiore ..... Miriam Margolyes
Tintin ..... Richard Pearce
Snowy ..... Andrew Sachs
Thomson & Thompson ..... Charles Kay
Captain Haddock ..... Lionel Jeffries
Calculus ..... Stephen Moore
Nestor ..... Stephen Thorne
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993
- The Black Island (27.7Mb)
- The Secret of the Unicorn (28.2Mb)
- Red Rackham's Treasure (27.4Mb)
- Destination Moon (27.6Mb)
- Explorers on the Moon (27.6Mb)
- Tintin in Tibet (27.7Mb)
- The Seven Crystal Balls (27.4Mb)
- The Prisoners of the Sun (27.8Mb)
- The Calculus Affair - Part 1 (26.7Mb)
- The Calculus Affair - Part 2 (27.7Mb)
- The Red Sea Sharks - Part 1 (27.7Mb)
- The Red Sea Sharks - Part 2 (27.9Mb)
- The Castafiore Emerald (45.7Mb)
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