The Beachcomber

Genre: comedy/drama

Year Published: 1954

Creator: Muriel Box

Credits: Cast: Donald Sinden, Glynis Johns

Description: Ewart Gray is the new British Resident of the Welcome Islands. He is disappointed to see Ted arrested and brought up before him in court for encouraging a girl at the mission to steal some money. The "Honourable Ted" is sentenced to three months' hard labour on a neighbouring island. While there, the local headman suffers from appendicitis and his sister performs the operation. She nurses the headman back to health, while also tending to a local elephant that had injured its trunk after being attacked by a crocodile.

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