What happens
On Christmas Day, a ten-year-old boy named Dan and his friend George Fennel go exploring in a large cave near the sand dunes, using Dan's new flashlight. Deep inside they find a hidden underground world where a band of pirates holds a captive lady named Alicia. The boys are welcomed to a Christmas feast, and Dan becomes drawn to the captive lady. The episode is an Escape broadcast of December 24, 1950, adapted from Anthony Ellis's story The Cave, with Norman MacDonald directing and John Dehner among the cast.
A large cave near the sand dunes on a Christmas Day, and the hidden pirate world deep within it
Characters: Dan, George Fennel, Lady Alicia, Captain Blackton
Listen for: The discovery of the pirates' hidden world and the boys' Christmas feast with the pirates
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.