The Eagle has landed, The Eagle has Flown and Exocet: Three BBC Radio Full-Cast Thrillers

Full-cast dramatisations of three of Jack Higgins’ best-known novels

Jack Higgins (the pen name of Henry Patterson) was the internationally bestselling author of 85 novels. He shot to fame with The Eagle Has Landed, which sold 50 million copies worldwide and became a hit film. Adapted for radio, it is included here, together with its gripping sequel The Eagle Has Flown and the sensational Falklands War thriller Exocet.

The Eagle Has Landed – November 1943, and Winston Churchill is planning a weekend's relaxation in the Norfolk village of Studley Constable. Little does he know that a crack group of German paratroopers, aided by deadly IRA gunman Liam Devlin, are waiting to kidnap him and deliver him to Adolf Hitler…Starring Michael Fitzgerald, Frank Grimes, Rosemary Martin and Harry Patterson, aka Jack Higgins, this classic story is one of the greatest World War Two adventures ever told.

The Eagle Has Flown – Gunned down during ‘Operation Eagle’, German paratrooper Kurt Steiner is alive, but a prisoner in the Tower of London. Now Himmler wants him back, and calls in the one man with the skills to retrieve him: Liam Devlin. Harry Paterson stars as himself, Jack Higgins, with Michael Fitzgerald as Steiner, Frank Grimes as Devlin and Graham Padden as Himmler.

Exocet – Argentina has invaded the Falkland Islands, forcing Britain to send in a naval task force to reclaim them. With war looming, Brigadier Charles Ferguson of MI6 recruits the beautiful Gabrielle Legrand to spy on her Argentinian lover, Raul Montera. Her mission: to work alongside her ex-husband, Tony Villiers, to foil a Soviet plot to sell deadly Exocet missiles to Argentina… Peter Jeffrey, Michael N Harbour, Moir Leslie and William Hope star in this riveting four-part drama.

Text copyright © Jack Higgins 1971, 1983 (The Eagle Has Landed), 1983 (Exocet), 1991 (The Eagle Has Flown)

Cast and credits Written by Jack Higgins

The Eagle Has Landed Jack Higgins – Harry Patterson Steiner – Michael Fitzgerald Col Radl – Ian Hogg Joanna – Rosemary Martin Liam Devlin – Frank Grimes Molly – Holly Aird Pamela – Kimberly Hope Father Vereker – Simon Carter Churchill – Roger Hume Himmler – Graham Padden Canaris – Terry Molloy Hitler – David Halliwell Sturm – David Vann Meuhoff – Neil Coker Neuman – John Dixon Lemke – Stephen Garlick Betty Wilde – Heather Barrett Graham – Philip Molloy Arthur – Christopher Good George – Vincent Brimble Sgt Hofer – Geoffrey Whitehead

The Eagle Has Flown Liam Devlin – Frank Grimes Jack Higgins – Harry Patterson Steiner – Michael Fitzgerald Vaughan – Quint Boa Himmler – Graham Padden Canaris – Terry Molloy Hitler – David Halliwell Mary – Melanie Revill Lavinia – Charlotte Westoram Shaw – David Neal Rommel – Gordon Reid Munro – Leon Tanner Carter – John Dixon Schellenberg – David Holt Kneussel – Richard Allenson Kramer – Richard O'Ryan Berger – Peter Meakin

Exocet Brigadier Charles Ferguson – Peter Jeffrey Major Tony Villiers – Michael N Harbour Gabriel Legrand – Moir Leslie Harry Fox – Peter Acre Victor Vronski – David Bamber Col Raul Montera – William Hope Julio Garcia/Col Dwyer – Allan Corduner Nikolai Belov – David March Sgt Major Jackson – Eric Allan Chief Supt Carver/General Leopoldo Galtieri – John Church Anna Marchuk – Melanie Hudson Queen Elizabeth II/Margaret Thatcher – Melinda Walker Prof Paul Bernard – Keith Drinkel Major Langham/Major Espinet – Steve Hodson Journalist/Private Elliot – David Holt

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