The Hidden Face by Victor Canning

Posted by Riklaa on October 3, 2012 at 9:30pm

The Hidden Face
by Victor Canning
1971-01-23
128K

The book was adapted for radio by A. Elliott Cannon and presented twice with different casts, first on the BBC Home Service on Tuesday 14th June 1960 with Irene Sutcliffe and Simon Lack, and again in the series Saturday Night Theatre on Radio 4 on Saturday 23 January 1971 with Andree Melly as Catherine Swinton and Kelly Francis as Peter Barlow, produced by David Geary.

The book is told as a first-person narrative (unusual for Canning) by Peter Barlow, who is convicted of murder after visiting and threatening Hansford, a man who had blackmailed his late father. After serving two years, Barlow is sprung from Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight by an old friend, Ross-Piper, and his lugubrious manservant, Drew, so that he can track down the real killer. Waiting at a safe house, he meets Catherine Swinton who is escaping from an amorous boss. She comes with him on the escape boat......................


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  • Mike October 11, 2012 at 8:34pm

    Rick,  thanks for this and all you do to keep me and hundreds more constantly entertained.  YOU ARE DA MAN!!!!!    Mike

    • Riklaa > Mike October 11, 2012 at 10:25pm

      Thank You Mike. I am just doing what I enjoy, but I do dearly love the Thank Yous.  Enjoy my friend.  ---  Rick

  • abby October 11, 2012 at 7:35am

    thank you!

  • David Holman October 4, 2012 at 4:39am

    Thanks for this too Rick! Much appreciated:)

    David

    • Riklaa > David Holman October 4, 2012 at 4:58am

      You're Welcome!  ---  Rick

  • Anson (Bob) Roberts October 3, 2012 at 11:06pm

    Thanks again

    • Riklaa > Anson (Bob) Roberts October 3, 2012 at 11:08pm

      You're Welcome!!

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