Little Novels by Wilkie Collins

Five Victorian mysteries by Wilkie Collins, dramatised by John Arden.

Mr Policeman and the Cook

 PC Brady has an astonishing deathbed confession to make.

 Cast:

 Wilkie Collins...Ronald Pickup

PC Brady... Jon Quinn

Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman

 Stephen Wheatmeal is to take holy orders. But what should he do about his mistress in Chelsea?

Cast:

Wilkie Collins...Ronald Pickup

Rev Wheatmeal...John Rowe

Young Wheatmeal...David Brooks

Jeromette...Alison Pettitt

Blacklock...David Bannerman.

 Mr Marmaduke & The Minister

Felicia leaves her father's remote manse to live in London's Belgravia, but her new husband's strange behaviour is a cause for concern. What secret is he keeping from her?

Cast:

Wilkie Collins...Ronald Pickup

Rev Maconochie...Peter Kelly

Felicia...Emma Fielding

Mr Marmaduke...Christopher Wright

Yellow-haired Woman...Carolyn Jones

 

Miss Bertha & The Yankee

An Englishman and an American are rivals for the affections of a beautiful heiress.

Cast:

Wilkie Collins...Ronald Pickup

Bertha Laroche...Alison Pettit

Aunt...Jenny Lee.

Captain Stanwick...David Timson

Lionel Varleigh...David Jarvis

Rector...Ioan Meredith

 

Miss Morris & The Stranger

A governess is the recipient of a generous legacy.

Cast:

Wilkie Collins...Ronald Pickup

Nancy Morris...Deborah Berlin

Sextus Sax...Alastair Danson

Sir Gervase Damian...Hugh Dickson

Mrs Fosdyke...Jane Whittenshaw

Miss Melbury...Alison Pettitt

Freddy...Lucas Rush

Miss Ellen...Katie Lucy

Miss Eva...Katie Clarke

 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.

Pianist: Colin Guthrie

Director: David Blount

 

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  • Thank you William, They look great!

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  • Looking forward to these, William.  Thanks!!

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