Beau Geste by PC Wren

A curious tale from Fort Zinderneuf in North Africa - and the fascination of three little boys with Viking funerals.
First published in 1924, PC Wren’s adventure novel about the Geste brothers – Beau, John and Digby - who all end up in the French Foreign Legion

Starring David Lumsden, Michael Lumsden and Scott Cherry.

Dramatised in six-parts by Greg Snow

Henri de Beaujolais .... Christopher Godwin
George Lawrence .... Christopher Good
Lady Brandon .... Avril Clark
Young Beau .... Jack Hodd
Young John .... Oliver Miller-Oates
Young Digby .... Jonathan Marchant-Heatley
Young Claudia .... Lily Souza
Young Isobel .... Lucy Dawson
Young Augustus .... Jonathan Shelton
Sergeant Major .... Lyndham Gregory
Hank .... Stuart Milligan
Buddy .... Christopher Ryan
Rastignac/David .... Malcolm Ward
First Soldier/Cabby .... Tom Ward

Director: Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1994.

Episode 1
Brandon Abbas

Episode 2 27:50
The Blue Water
The Blue Water sapphire disappears. Beau and his brothers are implicated but who is the real culprit?

Episode 3 55:34
The Legionnaires
John follows Beau and Digby to Paris and joins the Foreign Legion. But will he ever see his brothers again?

Episode 4 1:23:10
Peril in Africa
Now stationed in Africa, the Geste brothers face their greatest enemy, the sadistic Sergeant Major LeJaune.

Episode 5 1:49:54
Fort Zinderneuf
Rumour of the Blue Water endangers Beau’s life, but he is more concerned with the simmering mutiny.

Episode 6 2:16:48
The Reckoning
Beau faces the twin terrors of LeJaune and the Touaregs. Then John faces the final enemy – the Sahara.