The MacGuffin (BBC Radio, 31/May/2003)
Broadcast Details
- broadcast as part of the Saturday Play series on BBC Radio 4
- date: 31/May/2003, 2:30pm
- length: approx 60 minutes
Synopsis
Trevor Lloyd's play takes place on the day of the Queen's coronation in 1953. It is a homage to Alfred Hitchcock 's script editor, Angus MacPhail, who, according to Hitchcock, coined the name for the film plot device, the MacGuffin.[1]
Credits
- Trevor Lloyd - writer
- Janet Whitaker - producer
Cast
- Ian McDiarmid - Angus
- Peter Blythe - Robert
- Indira Vanna - Katrin
- Ben Crowe - Frank
- Alison Pettitt - Monique
- Carolyn Jones - Freda
- Bruce Purchase - Jack
- Stephen Critchlow - Geoffrey
- Lisa Sadovy - Isobel
- Andrew Harrison - PC
- Ewan Bailey - Hitchcock
