Murder For Christmas

9: Murder for Christmas: Appleby's End By Michael Innes, dramatised by Michael Bakewell Appleby of the Yard is used to dealing with serious crimes, but from the moment he steps on the train to Snarl to investigate a series of bizarre happenings, he's plunged into a world where jokes play too large a part. With John Hurt as Insp Appleby, John Le Mesurier as Everard Raven, Christopher Benjamin as Heyhoe/Insp Mutlow, Joyce Redman as Clarissa and Pippa Guard as Judith. Luke: Lewis Stringer Robert: Anthony Newlands Mark: Richard Derrington Rainbird: John Sharp Billy Bidewell/Mr Hoobin: Christopher Douglas Colonel Pike: Jack May Sir Mulberry Farmer/Liddell: Hugh Dickson Lady Farmer/Mrs Ulstrup/Hannah Hoobin: Pauline Letts Gregory Grope: David Gooderson Mr Smith: Trevor Baxter Hannah Hoobin's boy: Stephen Garlick Brettingham Scurl/Scott: John Livesey First broadcast: Thu 1st Jan 1987, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Murder For Christmas 8: Trent's Last Case by E.C Bentley, adapted by Alan Downer With Martin Jarvis as Philip Trent. Sigsbee Manderson was renowned and hated throughout the financial world. One day he's found murdered. Trent is put on the case, a case that will prove to be his last, and one he certainly won't forget. Mabel Manderson: Helena Breck Marlowe: Simon Hewitt Bunner: Brian Hewlett Cupples: Manning Wilson Insp Murch: Alan Downer Martin: Stephen Thorne Sir James Molloy: Sean Barrett Mrs Morgan: Joanna Wake Figgis: Paul Gregory Eddison: David Goodland Williams: Stuart Organ Abbott: Simon Cuff Dr Stock: Stephen Hattersley First broadcast: Wed 31st Dec 1986, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

Murder For Christmas 7: More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham, dramatised by Margaret Etall The Palinode family are relics of a gracious past, and not the sort to get themselves poisoned. But this is what seems to be beginning to happen, and Campion, as an old friend of the family, decides it is time to look into the matter ... Directed by Brian Miller BBC Bristol. Albert Campion: Francis Matthews Lugg: Geoffrey Matthews Jas Bowels: George Parsons Charlie Luke: Tim Meats Renee Roper: Jennlfer Piercey Clarence/Capt Seton: Howard Goorney Henry James/ Glossop: Phillip Manikum Evadne/Housekeeper: Sheila Grant Lawrence/Dice: Manning Wilson Jessica: Rachel Gurney Rowley/Congreve: Stuart Organ Dr Smith/Yeo: Paul Nicholson Voice: James Goode First broadcast: Tue 30th Dec 1986, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

Murder For Christmas 6: The Smiler With the Knife by Nicholas Blake, dramatised by Barry Campbell A thieving magpie and a rather fussy Surveyor of Highways cause Nigel Strangeways and his wife to stumble upon an organisation which has close links with Fascist Germany and some very odd ideas about the future of this country. Directed by Jane Morgan. Georgia Strangeways: Jackie Smith-Wood Nigel Strangeways: Simon Cadell Sir John Strangeways: Jack May Lord Canteloe: John Rye Alison Grove: Susie Brann Peter Braithwaite: Christopher Douglas Mme Alvarez: Avril Clark Senor Alvarez: Tim Reynolds Celia Mayfield: Deborah Makepeace Major Keston: David Sinclair Professor Hargreaves Steele: Richard Durden Mrs Fortescue: Jill Balcon The Rev Fortescue: Peter Howell Miss Agg-Thorsby: Pauline Letts With ANDREW BRANCH, JOHN CHURCH, ELAINE CLAXTON, STEVEN HARROLD, SHAUN PRENDERGAST, NATASHA PYNE. GORDON REID, ERIC STOVELL and JONATHAN TAFLER First broadcast: Mon 29th Dec 1986, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

MURDER FOR CHRISTMAS 5: Unto the Grave By John Penn, dramatised by Melville Jones When a body is found floating in the pool of a luxurious hotel in the Cotswolds, Superintendent Thorne is called in to investigate. With John Castle as Supt Thorne, Tessa Worsley as his wife, Miranda, Stephen Thorne as John Kempton, Diana Bishop as his wife, Rose Director: Martin Jenkins Tom Latimer: Jonathan Tafler Polly Raven: Karen Ascoe Vern Raven: James Goode Mrs Fowler: Pauline Letts Mr Fowler: Alan Dudley Mrs Blair: Sheila Grant Mr Blair: Tim Reynolds Paul Kempton: Kim Wall Helen Dearden: Eve Karpf Roy Mortlake: John Hollis Cassandra Gray: Jennifer Piercey Canon Hurley: Peter Howell Mrs Hurley: Rachel Gurney Alice Hurley: Deborah Makepeace Sgt Abbott: Andrew Branch Dr Band: Gordon Reid Margery Swinson: Jo Manning Wilson First broadcast: Sun 28th Dec 1986, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

MURDER FOR CHRISTMAS 4: Death and the Dancing Footman By Ngaio Marsh, dramatised by Alan Downer Jonathan Royal is a man rich enough to indulge his somewhat extravagant sense of the theatrical. But when he hits on the bizarre idea of throwing a weekend party with guests who have good reasons to loathe one another, his malicious comedy quickly turns to tragedy. With Nigel Graham as Chief Det Insp Roderick Alleyn, Laurence Payne as Jonathan Royal and Steven Pacey as Aubrey Mandrake Director: David Johnston Sandra Compline: Avril Clark William Compline: Stuart Organ Nicholas Compline: Stephen Hattersley Chloris Wynne: Jane Leonard Dr Francis Hart: Alan Downer Mme Elise Lisse: Natasha Pyne Lady Hersey Amblington: Margaret Ward Troy Alleyn: Elaine Claxton James Bewling: Peter Tuddenham The Rev Copeland/Caper: Shaun Prendergast Det Insp Fox/Thomas: Brian Hewlett First broadcast: Sat 27th Dec 1986, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

Murder for Christmas 3: The Valley of Fear By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, dramatised by Roy Apps With Tim Piggott-Smith as Sherlock Holmes, Andrew Hilton as Dr Watson, James Aubrey as Douglas, Lee Montague as McGinty One drab January morning in the year 1889 Holmes's attention is taken up by a strange message in code that leads him to the scene of a bizarre murder at Birlstone Manor in Sussex... BBC Bristol Director: Brian Miller Insp MacDonald: Bob Docherty Mrs Hudson: Val Lorraine White Mason: Edward de Souza Constable: Jared Morgan Barker/Marvin: Trevor Nichols Mrs Douglas: Natasha Pyne Baldwin: Andrew Branch Morris: Ronald Herdman Ettie: Adeen Fogle Shafter: John Church Other parts played by: Tom Karol, Ronald Herdman and Jared Morgan First broadcast: Fri 26th Dec 1986, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

MURDER FOR CHRISTMAS 2: The Nine Tailors By Dorothy L. Sayers, dramatised by Michelene Wandor On his way to visit friends at Walbeach, Lord Peter Wimsey's car lands in a ditch and he and Bunter are forced to take shelter at Fenchurch St Paul. Here they learn of the theft of the Wilbraham emeralds... Starring: Gary Bond as Lord Peter Wimsey, Jeffery Dench as Fr Venables, Terry Molloy as Supt Blundell, Mary Wimbush as Tailor Paul, Hedli Niklaus as Batty Thomas BBC Pebble Mill Director: Vanessa Whitburn Will Thoday/Harry Gotobed: Peter Tuddenham Mary Thoday: Elizabeth Proud James Thoday/Jack Godfrey: Andrew Branch Mrs Venables: Joyce Gibbs Hilary Thorpe/Emily: Moir Leslie Bunter: William Eedle Cranton: Edwin Richfield Dr Baines/Potty Peake: David Learner Coroner/Edward Thorpe/Monsieur Rozier: Gordon Reid Suzanne Legros/Mrs Coppins: Patricia Gallimore Deacon/Ezra Wilderspin: Graham Padden PC Priest/Arthur Cobbliegh: Manning Wilson Mrs Gates/Mrs Tebbutt: Shirley Stelfox First broadcast: Thu 25th Dec 1986, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio

MURDER FOR CHRISTMAS 1: Hercule Poirot's Christmas By Agatha Christie, dramatised by Michael Bakewell The year is 1938. Simeon Lee is a monster to all around him and especially his family - but someone has planned to seek revenge on this particular Christmas Eve. Hercule Poirot: Peter Sallis Directed By: Enyd Williams Col Johnson: Manning Wilson Supt Sugden: Edward de Souza Simeon Lee: Cyril Luckham Alfred Lee: Richard Durden Lydia Lee: Rachel Gurney George Lee: Gordon Reid Magdalene Lee: Avril Clark David Lee: George Parsons Hilda Lee: Sheila Grant Harry Lee: Nicky Henson Stephen Farr: James Goode Pilar Estravados: Deborah Makepeace Tressilian, the butler: Deryck Guyler Horbury, the manservant: Stuart Organ Willie, the footman: David Goodland First broadcast: Wed 24th Dec 1986, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows #radio #crime #thriller #drama To Support this channel please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldtuberadio https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98 https://www.patreon.com/oldtuberadio https://locals.com/Oldtuberadio