'In 1629, the Dutch ship Batavia was wrecked on islands off Western Australia. In the ensuing mayhem over 120 passengers were slaughtered by mutineers before a rescue ship could arrive. When the veneer of civilisation was destroyed, what drove those who survived?'
Source:
Radio Times, 7 September 2000, p.131.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 15 September 2000, from 9pm.
Director: Alison Hindell.
Cast members included Penny Downie (Lucretia), Oliver Ryan (Jan), John Woodvine (Pelsaert), Andrew Wincott (Cornelisz), Rhodri Hugh (Jacobsz), and Adrienne O'Sullivan (Zwaantie).
