A Shilling for Candles (BBC Radio, 21/Jun/1969)
Broadcast Details
- broadcast as part of the Saturday-Night Theatre series on the BBC Home Service
- date: 21/Jun/1969, 8:30pm
- length: 90 minutes
- repeated: 29/Oct/1972 on BBC Radio 4, 2:30pm[1]
Synopsis
A Shilling for Candles. A play by Rex Rienits adapted from the novel by Josephine Tey. With Denys Hawthorne as Detective-Inspector Grant. "I felt so bad about it I came back. When I found she wasn't anywhere on the road, I thought she must still be on the beach. And then I saw the police car, and the ambulance..."[2]
Credits
- produced by Betty Davies
- adapted by Rex Rienits
Cast
- Denys Hawthorne — Detective-Inspector Grant
- Michael Deacon — Robin Tisdail
- Sian Davies — Erica Burgoyne
- Nigel Anthony — Sgt Lillis
- Leroy Lingwood — P.C.
- Marjorie Westbury — Mrs Pitts
- Bruce Beeby — Sgt Williams
- Humphrey Morton — Sir George Burgoyne
- Nigel Clayton — Morgan
- Beth Boyd — Marta Hailard
- Pauline Letts — Lydia Keats
- Valerie Kirkbright — Judy Sellers
- Peter Bartlett — Clement Clements
- John Justin — Lord Edward Champneis
- James Thomason — Mr Erskine
- John Wyse — The Prior
- Peter Baldwin — Owen Hughes
Notes
- Rex Rienits' adaptation was previously used for broadcasts in 1954 and 1963.