AVALANCHE

[RADIO SCRIPT]

An episode from a BBC series entitledGlacier Hut, which ran on the Light Programme in 1961.

[CHRONOLOGY]
GLACIER HUT
(LIGHT PROGRAMME, LONDON—BBC)
[Friday—8:00-8:30 PM]

July 7, 1961Avalanche

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BBC TITLE CARD:

“Two climbers and their Maori guide are marooned in

a hut during a two-day storm in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.

During the second night they hear a cry which gets nearer and the door

blows open as a man enters. He looks frozen but manages to get a few

words out about a party and an avalanche, then collapses. He revives and

rushes from the hut. It is discovered next day that he was the guide of a

party of climbers buried by an avalanche 60 years earlier. The rest of the

party were found 10 years ago, but the body of the guide has only now

come to the surface.”]

PERSONNEL:

Audrey Cameron (producer).