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Confusion abounds when Carter is sprung 24 hours early. Mettold’s demeanour changes.

Espionage and intrigue as a recently convicted spy is ordered to be sprung from jail, just a year into a 25-year sentence. But what is the motivation and who is behind the plan?

Charles Wainwright .... Christopher Good
Ilena .... Melinda Walker
Paul Mettold .... Cyril Shaps
Carter .... Graham Blockey
Arthur Moulton .... Michael Kilgarriff
Mogger .... Malcolm James

‘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.