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Operation Lightning Pegasus

Comic spin on what really happened inside the Wooden Horse during the siege of Troy. Stars Timothy West and Norma Ronald.

What really happened at the Fall of Troy?

Was the episode of the Wooden Horse as heroic as ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½r would have it?

Or was his Iliad a cover-up, a PR job, for what was in fact a military fiasco.

Sequel to this play is "Odysseus on an Iceberg"

Stars Timothy West and Norma Ronald.

A comedy written by Alick Rowe

Agamemnon ....... Timothy West
Helen of Troy ....... Norma Ronald
Diomdes ....... Geoffrey Bateman
Paris ....... Tim Bentinck
Odysseus ....... Hugh Dickson
Menelaus ....... Sion Probert
Hector ....... Neil Stacy
Achilles ....... Henry Stamper
Andromache ....... Joy Harrison
Melops ....... Christian Rodska
Philicus ....... Ronald Herdman
Patroclus ....... Nicholas Courtney
Priam ....... Andrew Hilton
Cassandra: ....... Rosalind Adams

Director: Shaun MacLoughlin

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in November 1981.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 Aug 2025 01:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Jan 2008 10:00
  • Sun 6 Jan 2008 20:00
  • Sun 7 Jun 2009 02:30
  • Sun 7 Jun 2009 13:00
  • Mon 8 Jun 2009 01:00
  • Sat 11 Dec 2010 13:00
  • Sun 12 Dec 2010 01:00
  • Sat 21 Jul 2012 06:00
  • Sat 21 Jul 2012 16:00
  • Sun 22 Jul 2012 04:00
  • Sat 17 May 2014 06:00
  • Sat 17 May 2014 16:00
  • Sun 18 May 2014 04:00
  • Sat 16 Aug 2025 06:00
  • Sat 16 Aug 2025 11:00
  • Sat 16 Aug 2025 17:00
  • Sun 17 Aug 2025 01:00