As It Happens: The Shepherd Edition 2016
CBC Radio | Posted: December 23, 2016 4:00 PM | Last Updated: December 23, 2016
Climb into the cockpit with "Fireside Al" Maitland as he once again heads out over the North Sea, in our annual reading of Frederick Forsyth's short story, "The Shepherd".
The year is 1957. An RAF pilot is heading home from Germany for Christmas. Fog sets in, and all radio communication is lost.