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1. Sword and Sorcery

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A menacing assignment awaits student sorcerer Arcos. Peter and Jamie Thomson's fantasy adventure, starring Trevor Peacock.

The Great Wizard sends student sorcerer Arcos on a mission, little realising how perilous and menacing it will prove to be...

Starring Francis Thomson.

A six-part fantasy-adventure written by Peter Thomson and Jamie Thomson.

Arcos ..... Francis Thomson
Kaddah ..... Trevor Peacock
Vanna ..... Elizabeth Whiting
Shazir ..... Crawford Logan
Bereneth ..... Edward Kelsey
Va ..... Melanie Hudson
Alviza ..... Emma Fielding
Zander ..... Robert Portal
Kishah ..... John Church
Rashiq ..... Theresa Streatfeild

Producer: Peter Hutchings

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1991.

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