A Shilling for Candles (BBC Radio, 09/Jan/1954)
Broadcast Details
- first broadcast as part of the Saturday-Night Theatre series on the BBC Home Service
- date: 09/Jan/1954, 9:15pm[1]
- length: 90 minutes
- repeated: Monday Matinee on the BBC Light Programme, BBC 09/Jan/1954[2]
- repeated: BBC Home Service, 14/Jan/1956, 3:30pm[3]
Synopsis
Adapted from the novel by Josephine Tey.
Credits
- produced by Charles Lefeaux
- adapted by Rex Rienits
Cast
- Gordon Davies — Det Insp Grant
- Owen Holder — Robin Tisdall
- Patricia McCarron — Erica Burgoyne
- Elsa Palmer — Mrs Pitts
- Guy Kingsley Poynter — Jay Harmer
- James Dale — Sir George Burgoyne
- Patrick Troughton — Sergeant Williams
- Hamilton Dyce — Morgan
- Frances Rowe — Marta Hallard
- Mary Wimbush — Lydia Keats
- Brian Hayes — Clement Clements
- Arthur Lawrence — Captain George Mostyn
- Eleanor Summerfield — Judy Sellers
- Godfrey Kenton — Lord Edward Champneis
- Arthur Lawrence — Brother Stephen
- John Barry — Police Inspector
- Alan Reid — Owen Hughes
- Ian Sadler — Sergeant Lillis and Mr Toselli
- Derek Birch — Constable and Prior
- Cyril Shaps — Bill Potiticary and Mr Erskine
Notes
Rex Rienits' adaptation was re-used for the following broadcasts:
- A Shilling for Candles (BBC Radio, 29/Jun/1963)
- A Shilling for Candles (BBC Radio, 21/Jun/1969)
