Can I thank you for uploading this play. I listened to this live back in the early seventies in my early teens and recorded it on a C120 so missed the end. It was the first play I really listened too and got me into a life of enjoyment with these. I recorded many and still have hours of cassette tape in the loft of similar productions. I never knew the title of this play so could never find it to see how the ending went and today probably nearly 40 years later here it is so many many thanks. I didn’t realise it was a James Follett who I am a fan of.
Brilliant drama. I also keep falling asleep then it runs to the end and I have to go back and find my place, done it about five times now! To those who think the story unlikely I say it makes for a great listen. Truth is said to be stranger than fiction why not stretch credulity,
You sound like me. I tend to go to bed with a play on, and rarely hear it all -- the dulcet tones of BBC actors, whatever generation, seem to do the necessary to put me to sleep! But if I have been intrigued by the start, I do go back and finish them, usually with my breakfast -- though sometimes it takes me several tries to finish something. Loved this one -- finishing it now.
Sounds a negative non recommendation. There are gripping tales and books that none can put down. Ive often read long into the night with wishing a book did not end where it did. If we sleep 8 hrs that equates to choosing unconsciousness for 1/3 of our lives!
Thanks to the Internet with BBC-Sounds & uploaders like this channel on RUclips, it's only recently that I've been able to listen to any of James Follett's skilled script-writing efforts!
Really enjoyed this, took me away from the thousands of people sadly dying from covid here in England. I'm furloughed till at least the middle of Feb and from tonight's news from Boris it cud be a lot longer so these audio drama's are an absolute lifeline to myself and everyone else!!! Please guys n girls stay in and stay safe!!!
@@Apostolic3564 Hi Michelle, i too hope u r well and since writing that comment a lot has changed in these unprecedented times. Do u no anyone who passed away thru covid as i don't, that's in no way meant to be a conspiratorial comment just in case it came across that way as conspiracy stories are to me utterly without merit!! Take care Michelle and again i hope ur in a great place and life is good !!?
Excellent acting by everyone! This was a good story. Sadly, James Follett died about a week after this was posted (Jan 10, 2021) at the age of 81. (Wikipedia) Thank you for this.
I'm a big mystery fan I read a bunch usually a book a day I've wanted to try reading him but always thought they might be too spy oriented for my tastes any suggestions on what or where to start with his books for a mystery buff?
Jennie, guys can't we please not talk about the shit storm, that's called 'life' since January 2020?? Also, please stop whining about it 'being dated'! Of course, it is dated because, it was written in the 1970s :/ Just relax & enjoy it for what it is - just some light entertainment to divert one's weary body & mind!! Ps. It is not a true story either :/ :/ THANK YOU to the poster, for uploading this. I'm grateful to you. Stay safe, God bless, love from Ireland xxx
Introduction: If you're scared of flying, this radio drama will do nothing to allay those fears. Anything that can possibly go wrong, goes wrong for Flight 510.
good god that was awful, the airline captain started as a jerk, then turned useless when the American wanted to play 1:26:55 hero. Even if they'd been right about Kamerov, the diplomatic fallout would have been a nightmare.
Wow, this is the world’s worst captain. A hapless sadsack that doesn’t take charge or make a plan, throws up his hands complaining about his luck, then whimpers about others not respecting him. An engine explodes, he does nothing to find out why. A crewmember is missing and others have to initiate a search for her. Passengers ask him for approval of their crazy plan- but instead of stopping them, he passes the buck to his crew. Of course, in the end he gets drunk and is promoted.
Thank you, I had the same reaction to this nonsense! And Elaine totally "ditching" her good sense in dealing with this sexual harasser and marrying him?? just facepalm after facepalm lol
Agh. The sexism. Yes its interesting, well acted but agrh! The sexism!! I found it hard to get past the way the female air crews are treated by the pilots
This is pretty old. Stewardess?---when was the last time anyone used that term? Threaded projectors that jam? Ditching in the ocean really stretches credibility.
I suppose if ur going down in the ocean you'd rather do anything to survive, so ditching anywhere is the number one priority, but u have to remember this was the 70's things were totally different!!! It was enjoyable but sounds like u didn't like it?
Actually I did enjoy listening to it. Of course, there are dated aspects--- minor, for the most part. It did come across as having a lot of potential for a film from that era, a story that today's visual effects tools might make easier to fully realize. The main thing that struck me were questions about an ocean landing, something that has little successful precedent. In fact, I don't think I've ever heard of one, though I imagine smaller planes mayve been able to do that successfully during WWII. I just don't know. All the news I've ever heard about planes failing above the ocean seem to end in total catastrophe and the complete loss of life. However, to state again, I enjoyed it. A good tale/another tense and detailed story from Follet.
@@simonmcgrath4112 Thanks, tho I didn't feel an apology was necessarily due...tho anytime politeness appears on the internet I am thrilled and appreciative. I'm a big fan of Follet's LIGHT OF A THOUSAND SUNS (hope I got that correct). That was the ultimate nail-bitter, and so filled with nuanced technical detail along with the realistic drama. Good stuff indeed!
This is absolutely brilliant 🤩 story line.Very realistic to be honest.Pity there is more stories like this.Hopefully we can here more.🛫🛫🛫🛬🛬🛬🛬🛬👏👏👏👏👏🤝🤝🤝🤝👍👍👍
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It is -2 degrees in london, so am thouroughly enjoying this. Snuggled up all cosy, with a coffee and my dog, in my pjs, under the quilt. Manythanks 😊
Can I thank you for uploading this play. I listened to this live back in the early seventies in my early teens and recorded it on a C120 so missed the end. It was the first play I really listened too and got me into a life of enjoyment with these. I recorded many and still have hours of cassette tape in the loft of similar productions. I never knew the title of this play so could never find it to see how the ending went and today probably nearly 40 years later here it is so many many thanks. I didn’t realise it was a James Follett who I am a fan of.
Best story ever! Love it.
Great character voices!!
Because of bad health i am in bed,radio is my constant companion. Many thanks @mjb7692
I suspect it will take me a week to listen to this, it has put me to sleep 3 times now, and not in a bad way.
Brilliant drama. I also keep falling asleep then it runs to the end and I have to go back and find my place, done it about five times now! To those who think the story unlikely I say it makes for a great listen. Truth is said to be stranger than fiction why not stretch credulity,
Same here.
You sound like me. I tend to go to bed with a play on, and rarely hear it all -- the dulcet tones of BBC actors, whatever generation, seem to do the necessary to put me to sleep! But if I have been intrigued by the start, I do go back and finish them, usually with my breakfast -- though sometimes it takes me several tries to finish something.
Loved this one -- finishing it now.
Sounds a negative non recommendation. There are gripping tales and books that none can put down. Ive often read long into the night with wishing a book did not end where it did. If we sleep 8 hrs that equates to choosing unconsciousness for 1/3 of our lives!
I love it!! People like me!! I listen over and over til I’m sure who done it!!
Listened to this again. great story and well read
Thanks to the Internet with BBC-Sounds & uploaders like this channel on RUclips, it's only recently that I've been able to listen to any of James Follett's skilled script-writing efforts!
Brilliant! I really enjoyed that, kept my attention all the way. Thank you
Hello Juliette! I too am a Shore! Came to US from UK in '79 - Malcolm.
@@malcolmshore8490 Hi Malcolm nice to have contact with another Shore! Not many here in the Uk that I know of. It’s a popular name for Netflix!
I agree completely. Mr Follett’s audio plays have been SO very entertaining through this last year. Cheerio‼️
The great James Follett. Totally underrated as a writer of suspense drama. Thank you for uploading this.
Enjoyed listening to this excellent podcast. Thank you.😊
Thank you.
First-class drama, and when it was uploaded the author was still alive. I do hope he appreciated the extra exposure of his excellent work.
Very enjoyable! Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks. Very enjoyable
So damn nice... Thanks, buddy.
I love that about plays like this! And there are so many on this site of similarly high caliber! I also find that I sleep particularly well...
Many thank's, it shows how technologies have moved on.
Really enjoyed this, took me away from the thousands of people sadly dying from covid here in England. I'm furloughed till at least the middle of Feb and from tonight's news from Boris it cud be a lot longer so these audio drama's are an absolute lifeline to myself and everyone else!!! Please guys n girls stay in and stay safe!!!
Just England? The whole world is in the same boat mate. It would be nice to enjoy an audio drama without someone bringing up covid 🤦🏻♀️
@@TheWendable sorry Wendy of course it is!! I was just a little miffed by the guys reply but accept my apology??
Could do without your brain washed exaggeration!
1 year later, I truly hope all of well with you, Simon. In north Florida USA…we’re back to “normal”.
@@Apostolic3564 Hi Michelle, i too hope u r well and since writing that comment a lot has changed in these unprecedented times. Do u no anyone who passed away thru covid as i don't, that's in no way meant to be a conspiratorial comment just in case it came across that way as conspiracy stories are to me utterly without merit!! Take care Michelle and again i hope ur in a great place and life is good !!?
Excellent acting by everyone! This was a good story. Sadly, James Follett died about a week after this was posted (Jan 10, 2021) at the age of 81. (Wikipedia) Thank you for this.
Broadcast 13 March 1976. Interesting story in context of author's life and times.
"Take your teeth out Ted!" I loved the humor amid the seriousness of the topic. Very engaging. Thank you!
A rely,rely good story and well done!Thanks a lot!
really, really
Better than a film 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 there is something classic about the kitsch of the 70s😀😀😀
Really enjoyed this thanks. Lots of twists and turns
I really enjoyed this
Terrific story. So we'll played by all. Superb.
Excellent, quite gripping!
That was very enjoyable! 😊
I love anything by James Follett! My addiction began with Earth Search and carries on from there
Spot on James Follett is a great Writer
I first heard one of his Stories in the 1970s 👍🇬🇧
I'm a big mystery fan I read a bunch usually a book a day I've wanted to try reading him but always thought they might be too spy oriented for my tastes any suggestions on what or where to start with his books for a mystery buff?
Me also, I'm having trouble finding Earth Search on line. Wish me luck 🙏
@@shaelynp7630 It is Ken Follet who wrote a lot of spy novels,James was more sci fi,i.e. Earthsearch.
@@nicholasforrester8587 keep an eye on 4 extra,it is on quite regularly.
Aaaah yes ...the good old days of "there's a red under my bed" - life was a lot simpler then 🤣🤣
Enjoyable story. Great acting
Jennie, guys can't we please not talk about the shit storm, that's called 'life' since January 2020?? Also, please stop whining about it 'being dated'! Of course, it is dated because, it was written in the 1970s :/ Just relax & enjoy it for what it is - just some light entertainment to divert one's weary body & mind!! Ps. It is not a true story either :/ :/ THANK YOU to the poster, for uploading this. I'm grateful to you. Stay safe, God bless, love from Ireland xxx
Introduction: If you're scared of flying, this radio drama will do nothing to allay those fears. Anything that can possibly go wrong, goes wrong for Flight 510.
Loved it
Fast paced. Great script and acting. enjoyed a lot.
It is my deepest wish that if ever I find myself in a similar emergency, I will keep my head and make myself useful
I noticed they only mentioned getting lifeboats ready for the first class passengers!:)
A good listen even if it's a bit far fetched.Thank you.
I'm not flying again
photo here has to be Boeing Everett Plant
why do you think so? (genuine query)
It’s a perfect storm, so the Captain hooks up up with a hottie, Elaine airlines Stewardess!!!🎉🎉🎉
A cold war classic, not another murder mystery either!
loved this even with the storyteller man as the pilot, i keep expecting a ding to turn the page -
Fabulous! (Except blowing the ship up, of course!)
Great story😅
good god that was awful, the airline captain started as a jerk, then turned useless when the American wanted to play 1:26:55 hero. Even if they'd been right about Kamerov, the diplomatic fallout would have been a nightmare.
We are going to ditch .... Right ho... jolly hockey sticks... Good Old British Grit lol
This seems like a script for a film that was never made. Being as the writer wrote screenplays....
My goodness, the everyday sexism!!
I loved the story...Took me away from this COVID nightmare in which we are all in...It makes you think what’s going on in this Nutty world 👴🏻
Everyone marvellously pukka and stereotypically cast. Stiff upper lip what what.
Wow, this is the world’s worst captain. A hapless sadsack that doesn’t take charge or make a plan, throws up his hands complaining about his luck, then whimpers about others not respecting him. An engine explodes, he does nothing to find out why. A crewmember is missing and others have to initiate a search for her. Passengers ask him for approval of their crazy plan- but instead of stopping them, he passes the buck to his crew. Of course, in the end he gets drunk and is promoted.
And the industry hasnt changed much
That's how I get most of my promotions.
Thank you, I had the same reaction to this nonsense! And Elaine totally "ditching"
her good sense in dealing with this sexual harasser and marrying him?? just facepalm after facepalm lol
35.02 You havnt taken your teeth out ..... typical theres always one isnt there
Agh. The sexism. Yes its interesting, well acted but agrh! The sexism!! I found it hard to get past the way the female air crews are treated by the pilots
...e.g.: 07:18 （⌒▽⌒）
The petulant, childish skipper is a bit much to listen to.
i thought this was a movie, forget it
Somebody call a WAHHmbulance
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This is pretty old. Stewardess?---when was the last time anyone used that term? Threaded projectors that jam? Ditching in the ocean really stretches credibility.
I suppose if ur going down in the ocean you'd rather do anything to survive, so ditching anywhere is the number one priority, but u have to remember this was the 70's things were totally different!!! It was enjoyable but sounds like u didn't like it?
Actually I did enjoy listening to it. Of course, there are dated aspects--- minor, for the most part. It did come across as having a lot of potential for a film from that era, a story that today's visual effects tools might make easier to fully realize. The main thing that struck me were questions about an ocean landing, something that has little successful precedent. In fact, I don't think I've ever heard of one, though I imagine smaller planes mayve been able to do that successfully during WWII. I just don't know. All the news I've ever heard about planes failing above the ocean seem to end in total catastrophe and the complete loss of life. However, to state again, I enjoyed it. A good tale/another tense and detailed story from Follet.
@@RSEFX Apologies and I'm glad u enjoyed it as it was a great story and ur right he's a great writer isn't he. Take care and stay safe.
@@simonmcgrath4112 Thanks, tho I didn't feel an apology was necessarily due...tho anytime politeness appears on the internet I am thrilled and appreciative. I'm a big fan of Follet's LIGHT OF A THOUSAND SUNS (hope I got that correct). That was the ultimate nail-bitter, and so filled with nuanced technical detail along with the realistic drama. Good stuff indeed!
@@missg.5940 Hi Margot, did he/I say it was a documentary as they're all stories and all boys own type of story telling!!
This is absolutely brilliant 🤩 story line.Very realistic to be honest.Pity there is more stories like this.Hopefully we can here more.🛫🛫🛫🛬🛬🛬🛬🛬👏👏👏👏👏🤝🤝🤝🤝👍👍👍