A Shilling for Candles (BBC Radio, 29/Jun/1963)
Broadcast Details
- broadcast as part of the Saturday-Night Theatre series on the BBC Home Service
- date: 29/Jun/1963, 8:30pm
- length: 90 minutes
Synopsis
A Shilling for Candles. A play by Rex Rienits from the novel by Josephine Tey. Seventh in the series Murder for Pleasure.[1]
Credits
- produced by Audrey Cameron
- directed by Cliff Adams
- adapted by Rex Rienits
Cast
- Bryden Murdoch — Det Insp Alan Grant
- Timothy Harley — Robin Tisdall
- Valerie Kirkeright — Erica Burgoyne
- Eva Stuart — Mrs Pitts
- David March — Jason (Jay) Harmer
- Austin Trevor — Sir George Burgoyne
- John Graham — Sergeant Williams
- Lewis Stringer — Morgan
- Janet Burnell — Marta Hallard
- Mary Wimbush — Lydia Keats
- Jo Manning Wilson — Judy Sellers
- Godfrey Kenton — Lord Edward Champneis
- Keith Williams — Mr Erskine and Bill Potticary
- David Valla — Brother Stephen and Captain George Mostyn
- Kenneth Hyde — The Prior
- James Thomason — County Police Inspector and Clement Clements
- John Baddeley — Toselli and Sergeant Lillis
- Andrew Sachs — Owen Hughes and Police constable
Notes
- Rex Rienits' adaptation was previously used for a broadcast in 1954.
