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'Meisterspringer' Paul Mettold is blackmailed by British agents into arranging the escape from prison of Russian spy James Carter.

But the breakout does not go according to plan...

Starring Cyril Shaps.

Berkely Mather's six-part spy thriller serial.

Charles Wainwright .... Christopher Good
Paul Mettold .... Cyril Shaps
Ilena Mettold .... Melinda Walker
Carter .... Graham Blockey
The Gaffer .... Ronald Baddeley
Judge .... John Forbes Robertson
Benson .... Arnold Diamond
Martin .... Peter Acre
Prison Officer .... William Hope

‘The Meisterspringer’ a six-part radio serial written by Berkely Mather, the penname of John Davies [1909-1996]. His career in radio drama spanned from 1955 to 1985, with ‘The Meisterspringer’ being his final production. A prodigious writer of screenplays, his television credits include ‘Z Cars’ and ‘The Avengers’. In the cinema, he is known for his work on three James Bond movies, ‘Dr No’, ‘From Russia with Love’ and ‘Goldfinger’.

Producer: Graham Gauld

Director: Caroline Raphael

First broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 in April 1985.