Orphans In Waiting [Wally K Daly]

Episodes

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01Friday1990082720121108 (BBC7)
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The parents of Mike, Pete and Janey Jago disappear overnight - and there are mysterious marks in the garden...

A spy thriller in six parts by Wally K Daly.

Mike - Judy Bennett

Janey - Abigail Docherty

Peter - Simon Radford

Headmaster - Peter Jeffrey

With other parts by Joanna Myers, Timothy Carlton and Andrew Wincott.

Audio from the author's own collection.

Producer: Dan Garrett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in August 1990.

Mike, Pete and Janey's parents vanish overnight, and there are mysterious marks outside.

02Saturday Am1990090320121109 (BBC7)
20121110 (BBC7)
20170505 (BBC7)
20170506 (BBC7)
20200630 (BBC7)
20200701 (BBC7)
The parents of Mike, Janey and Peter have disappeared.

What's in their father's briefcase?

And who or what is 'The Hyena'?

A spy thriller by Wally K Daly.

Mike - Judy Bennett

Janey - Abigail Docherty

Peter - Simon Radford

Store Manager - Danny Schiller

Woman - Auriol Smith

Audio from the author's own collection.

Producer: Dan Garrett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1990.

The children's parents have disappeared. Who or what is 'The Hyena'?

03Saturday Pm1990091020121112 (BBC7)
20121113 (BBC7)
20170508 (BBC7)
20170509 (BBC7)
20200701 (BBC7)
20200702 (BBC7)
After the mysterious disappearance of their parents, Mike, Pete and Janey Jago have visitors...

But do Uncle Brian and Auntie Vi really have their best interests at heart?

A spy thriller by Wally K Daly.

Mike - Judy Bennett

Janey - Abigail Docherty

Peter - Simon Radford

Uncle - Frank Windsor

Auntie - Jo Manning Wilson

With Tariq Alibai, John Talbot and Elizabeth Mansfield.

Audio from the author's own collection.

Producer: Dan Garrett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1990.

Do Uncle Brian and Auntie Vi have the Jago children's best interests at heart?

04Saturday Midnight To Dawn1990091720121113 (BBC7)
20121114 (BBC7)
20170509 (BBC7)
20170510 (BBC7)
20200702 (BBC7)
20200703 (BBC7)
Suspicious of Uncle Brian and Auntie Vi, Janey thinks she knows what's really been happening. Can the children escape more danger?

A spy thriller by Wally K Daly.

Mike - Judy Bennett

Janey - Abigail Docherty

Peter - Simon Radford

Uncle - Frank Windsor

Auntie - Jo Manning Wilson

With Tariq Alibai, Tony Wredden, Bhasker, Elizabeth Mansfield and Fraser Kerr.

Audio from the author's own collection.

Producer: Dan Garrett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1990.

The Jago children escape the clutches of Brian and Vi, but are they now out of danger?

05Sunday Am1990092420121114 (BBC7)
20121115 (BBC7)
20170510 (BBC7)
20170511 (BBC7)
20200703 (BBC7)
20200704 (BBC7)
More danger awaits the Jago children as they head to a mysterious war-torn land...

A spy thriller by Wally K Daly.

Mike - Judy Bennett

Janey - Abigail Docherty

Peter - Simon Radford

With Tariq Alibai, Tony Wredden, Bhasker and Amerjit Deu.

Audio from the author's own collection.

Producer: Dan Garrett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1990.

Danger awaits the Jago children in the war-torn land of their birth. With Judy Bennett.

06Sunday Pm1990100120121115 (BBC7)
20121116 (BBC7)
20170511 (BBC7)
20170512 (BBC7)
20200706 (BBC7)
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Under fire, Mike, Janey and Peter end up in the midst of war, pursued by a deadly enemy.

Conclusion of Wally K Daly's spy thriller.

Mike - Judy Bennett

Janey - Abigail Docherty

Peter - Simon Radford

Uncle Brian - Frank Windsor

Auntie Vi - Jo Manning Wilson

Grandfather - Edward Kelsey .

With Tariq Alibai, Amerjit Deu and David Bannerman.

Audio from the author's own collection.

Producer: Dan Garrett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in October 1990.

The Jago children end up in the midst of war, with the deadly Hyena on their trail.