Gideon Fell - To Wake the Dead

John Dickson Carr - Gideon Fell - To Wake the Dead

Thriller dramatised first published in 1938, in two-parts by Peter Ling.
Starring Donald Sinden as detective, Doctor Gideon Fell.

Episode 1 of 2 The Riddle of the Stone

1937: on the eve of the coronation of King George VI, a woman is murdered in a grand London hotel. But the police know it's not the first of its kind...

Dr Gideon Fell:…………Donald Sinden
Superintendent Hadley:…………John Hartley
Sir Giles Gray:…………Richard Johnson
Melita Reaper:……….Wendy Craig
Chris Kent:…………David Brooks

Episode 2 of 2 The Secret in the Stone.

A strange bracelet and some silver buttons hold the clue to the murderer.
Dr Gideon Fell's murder investigation reaches its climax as King George VI is about to be crowned…

Dr Gideon Fell:………….Donald Sinden
Superintendent Hadley:……….John Hartley
Sir Giles Gray:…………Richard Johnson
Melita Reaper:…………Wendy Craig
Chris Kent:………….David Brooks

Director: Enyd Williams

To Wake the Dead: Two episodes
First broadcast: From - Wed 22nd Oct 1997, 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Wealthy young Christopher Kent has undertaken a bet: that he cannot work his way from South Africa to England without recourse to his own bank account. With less than twenty-four hours left before he can reveal himself and win the bet, Kent arrives at a London hotel he knows, hoping to scam a meal--only to find himself trapped in a room with a half open trunk and a dead woman's body.