What happens
Andrew Harbin, a fortune hunter, sails the Solomon Sea seeking the island where the rare imperial bird of paradise lives. After being shipwrecked, he is captured by Orion, a bearded castaway who keeps him as a slave. Harbin is forced to dig a pit in search of water, but he becomes close to Orion's young companion, Nagoma. This episode of the radio series Escape, first broadcast on March 11, 1954, is adapted from John Russell's story The Bird of Paradise, with John Dana as Andrew Harbin.
The Solomon Sea and a remote South Pacific island, with a jungle clearing, a bamboo house and a black volcanic cliff
Characters: Andrew Harbin, Orion, Nagoma, Dutchman
Listen for: Harbin's search for the island of the imperial bird of paradise and his captivity under Orion
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.