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Radio 4 Extra,09 Nov 2025,70 mins
The Last Human Cannonball by Byron Rogers (Omnibus)
Available for 28 days
A collection of Byron Rogers’ travel pieces in search of characters and unlikely heroes. Including: * A visit to the packed treasure house of a costume store. * An unnamed Spanish 'Badlands' town built in the 1960s by Sergio Leone for ‘A Fistful of Dollars’. * In Beverly Hills he visits ‘one of the saddest places on Earth’ – the switchboard at Central Casting. * The extraordinary tale of Hitler's nephew, William, born in Liverpool. * Tracking down Hungarian Ocsi Tabak – ‘Captain Apollo’ - the last human cannonball. Omnibus of five-parts abridged by the author. Read by Crawford Logan Producer: Bruce Young First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in July 2005.
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