Music: [something from Swan Lake ??]
Narrator (m): Theirs was a love which knew no bounds; a torrid passion that shocked the whole of humanity - and parts of Lord Longford. And in that sweet, idyllic summer of thirty-five they passed away the barmy evenings locked in each others arms beneath a sky of prussian blue, their lips met with all the tenderness of a pair of glass blowers, as eagerly they explored each others bodies and planted union jacks in all the places no one had ever been before. And yet, how could it last, how could their romance blossom in a cruel, unfeeling world which condemmned all liason between crown and commoner? Tonight, there together on the beach they neither knew nor cared, for they were head over heels in love and had been ever since they found the oil slick. Oh, how their passion raged, oh how tempestuous was the unrelenting, mad desire that burned within them...
Music: stops abruptly
Continuity Announcer (f): Well, there I'm afraid we have to leave the controversial new drama series 'Edward and Mr Simpson' for something not quite so controversial.
Music: dramatic music
Announcer (m): We present: The Hound Of The Baskervilles, based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's world famous novel - The Lost World, or BBC Radio, as it's sometimes known.
F/X: dog howling
Announcer: The Hound Of The Baskervilles
F/X: dog howling