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The Adventures of Tintin.
Tintin follows a clue. Before long, the whole adventure is moving with him. Join The Adventures of Tintin on Heritage Radio Vault, BBC radio dramatisations of Hergé’s celebrated adventures. An inquisitive reporter, an unmistakable circle of companions and a determination to discover the truth carry these stories from an intriguing beginning towards much wider mysteries.
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The Adventures of Tintin: Programme Guide.
A young reporter follows a clue into a much larger adventure, with Snowy rarely far away. Tintin’s radio stories translate Hergé’s visual comic-strip world into dialogue, narration and sound.
Broadcast history.
The BBC adaptations belong to the early 1990s and were first presented on Radio 5 before later repeats. The thirteen recordings comprise eleven stories, with The Calculus Affair and The Red Sea Sharks each divided into two parts.
Cast and creative team.
Richard Pearce plays Tintin and Andrew Sachs voices Snowy. Simon Eastwood adapts and John Yorke produces. Leo McKern plays Captain Haddock in the first group, with Lionel Jeffries taking the role later; Stephen Moore plays Calculus.
Where to begin.
The Black Island · The Secret of the Unicorn
These available recordings offer an introduction to this collection. Their current publication dates are separate from historical broadcast dates.
An interesting detail.
Snowy can provide a vocal perspective that the comic page supplies differently. The radio production also changes Haddock’s actor, so a single familiar cast list does not cover every story identically.
Listening appeal.
Begin with The Black Island, or hear The Secret of the Unicorn before Red Rackham’s Treasure. Start any two-part story at Part 1, especially when the current listing shows Part 2 first.
Collection and date notes.
HRV lists 13 public recordings. Follow each story’s own sequence; dates in the consulted historical guide contain inconsistencies, so individual exact premiere claims are not repeated. Current podcast dates describe later archive publication, separately from original broadcast dates.
Sources.
Choose your next episode.
13 public recordings in this programme. Catalogue order is not a verified original broadcast chronology.
13 episodes available.
Questions about The Adventures of Tintin.
Are thirteen records thirteen different complete stories?
Two stories are divided into two parts.
Does the same actor play Haddock throughout?
McKern and Jeffries play the role in different groups.
