Murder For Christmas Part 9 Appleby's End

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