Broadcast: Wednesday 5th November 1997 @ 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Gideon Fell Ph. D., F.R.H.S.:
Modelled after Carr's idol, G. K. Chesterton, Dr. Fell is vast and beaming, wears a box-pleated cape and a shovel hat, consumes countless pints of beer and smokes a meerschaum pipe. He has a 'bandit's' moustache and wheezesand rumbles through it's luxuriant spread. He has a keen eye and a piratical swagger; he swears and curses ( Archons of Athens! By thunder!). Originally introduced as a Lexicographer ( Hag's Nook, 1933), Dr. Fell was soon revealed as a historian with a wide knowledge of the bizarre and the occult, the esoteric and the wild. He is kind hearted with a childlike exuberance but has the keenest eye for twisted murder plots and impossible crimes.Striding through many a chilling crime, Dr. Fell appeared in twenty-three novels culminating in the 'Dark of the Moon', 1967. He is one of Carr's most enduring creations. Fell has more in common with Father Brown in his ability to see through the webs of deceit and cunning crimes. But where Father Brown was quiet and unassuming, Fell is just the opposite.
4th March 1938. Returning from a lecture tour of the United States aboard the Queen Victoria, the Omniscient Dr. Fell has his hands full with diplomatic scandals, a murdered girl with a Greek profile, a stolen film, a purloined emerald and international jugglery. With the comic panache of P. G. Wodehouse and his own unique skills Carr concocts a fantastic story.
Dr. Fell has only one clue to a brutal killing on an ocean liner Queen Victoria - the engraving on the murder weapon.
Adapted by Peter Ling from John Dickson Carr's 1934 novel, "The Blind Barber".
Donald Sinden [Dr. Gideon Fell]
John Hartley [Superintendent Hadley]
Patrick Allen [Lord Sturton / Nimo]
Clive Swift [Captain Whistler]
Mark Leak [Curtis Warren]
Laura Baisley [Peggy Glenn]
David Bannerman [Mr. Kyle]
Christopher Wright [Inspector Jennings]
Duncan Knowles [The Ship's Stewart]
Josh Darcy [The Radio Operator].
Other parts were played by members of the cast.
Directed by Enyd Williams
Size: 60,639 kb kbps: 192 kHz: 32 Time: 43 min. 7 sec. (Stereo)
The Hollow Man
by John Dickson Carr
A two-part adaptation by Peter Ling from John Dickson Carr's 1935 novel, "The Three Coffins".
Directed by Enyd Williams
Part 1: 'Into Thin Air' (Saturday 13th September 1997 @ 8:50 p.m.)
Dr. Fell becomes embroiled in a mystery when an illusionist threatens an eminent professor.
Part 2: 'The Second Bullet' (20th September 1997 @ 8:50 p.m.)
Dr. Fell unravels the true history of the three coffins.
With Donald Sinden [Dr. Gideon Fell], John Hartley [Detective Inspector Hadley], Nigel Davenport [Professor Charles Grimaud], Chris Pavlo [Lloyd Mangdon], Ioan Meredith [Stewart Mills], Jillie Meers [Ernestine Dumas], Amanda Gordon [Rosette Grimaud], Hugh Dickson [Henry Draymond], Steve Hodson [Michael O'Rourke], Sean Baker [Pierre Flay], Robert Harper [Sergeant Betts], and Stephen Thorne [Jerome Burnaby]].
Details courtesy of Jim
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Broadcast: Wednesday 5th November 1997 @ 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Gideon Fell Ph. D., F.R.H.S.:
Modelled after Carr's idol, G. K. Chesterton, Dr. Fell is vast and beaming, wears a box-pleated cape and a shovel hat, consumes countless pints of beer and smokes a meerschaum pipe. He has a 'bandit's' moustache and wheezesand rumbles through it's luxuriant spread. He has a keen eye and a piratical swagger; he swears and curses ( Archons of Athens! By thunder!). Originally introduced as a Lexicographer ( Hag's Nook, 1933), Dr. Fell was soon revealed as a historian with a wide knowledge of the bizarre and the occult, the esoteric and the wild. He is kind hearted with a childlike exuberance but has the keenest eye for twisted murder plots and impossible crimes.Striding through many a chilling crime, Dr. Fell appeared in twenty-three novels culminating in the 'Dark of the Moon', 1967. He is one of Carr's most enduring creations. Fell has more in common with Father Brown in his ability to see through the webs of deceit and cunning crimes. But where Father Brown was quiet and unassuming, Fell is just the opposite.
4th March 1938. Returning from a lecture tour of the United States aboard the Queen Victoria, the Omniscient Dr. Fell has his hands full with diplomatic scandals, a murdered girl with a Greek profile, a stolen film, a purloined emerald and international jugglery. With the comic panache of P. G. Wodehouse and his own unique skills Carr concocts a fantastic story.
Dr. Fell has only one clue to a brutal killing on an ocean liner Queen Victoria - the engraving on the murder weapon.
Adapted by Peter Ling from John Dickson Carr's 1934 novel, "The Blind Barber".
Donald Sinden [Dr. Gideon Fell]
John Hartley [Superintendent Hadley]
Patrick Allen [Lord Sturton / Nimo]
Clive Swift [Captain Whistler]
Mark Leak [Curtis Warren]
Laura Baisley [Peggy Glenn]
David Bannerman [Mr. Kyle]
Christopher Wright [Inspector Jennings]
Duncan Knowles [The Ship's Stewart]
Josh Darcy [The Radio Operator].
Other parts were played by members of the cast.
Directed by Enyd Williams
Size: 60,639 kb kbps: 192 kHz: 32 Time: 43 min. 7 sec. (Stereo)
The House in Gallows Lane" involves a poisoner whose victims were all married to the same woman.by John Dickson Carr
A two-part adaptation by Peter Ling from John Dickson Carr's 1935 novel, "The Three Coffins".
Directed by Enyd Williams
Part 1: 'Into Thin Air' (Saturday 13th September 1997 @ 8:50 p.m.)
Dr. Fell becomes embroiled in a mystery when an illusionist threatens an eminent professor.
Part 2: 'The Second Bullet' (20th September 1997 @ 8:50 p.m.)
Dr. Fell unravels the true history of the three coffins.
With Donald Sinden [Dr. Gideon Fell], John Hartley [Detective Inspector Hadley], Nigel Davenport [Professor Charles Grimaud], Chris Pavlo [Lloyd Mangdon], Ioan Meredith [Stewart Mills], Jillie Meers [Ernestine Dumas], Amanda Gordon [Rosette Grimaud], Hugh Dickson [Henry Draymond], Steve Hodson [Michael O'Rourke], Sean Baker [Pierre Flay], Robert Harper [Sergeant Betts], and Stephen Thorne [Jerome Burnaby]].
Details courtesy of Jim
128/32; 78 MB otal; sound quality very good
Roger