By Peter Whalley
This 1982 behind-the-scenes whodunit is set on a much loved Northern TV soap opera.
The cast and crew of ‘Alexandra Road’ are set to start shooting their 3,009th episode. But new boss, Sam Richardson, tells series producer Mike Spilsbury that the axe will fall in three months due to poor ratings - but swears him to secrecy.
Mike is dreading the looming celebration dinner to mark the 3,000th transmission - but his bad day worsens when veteran actress Sylvia Spencer reveals she’s quitting, as she’s sick to death of playing the show’s most popular character, Ada Tansey.
As if that wasn’t enough to fret about, during the dinner Mike is told someone entered his leading lady’s dressing room and dramatically shot her dead in the head.
So who shot Ada Tansey? And why?
Cast:
David.......Derek Smith
Frank.......John Branwell
Mike.......David Fleesiiman
Arnold.......Robert Keegan
Bernard.......Keith Clifford
Larry.......Bernard Latham
Ruth/Edith.......Ann Rye
Mel/Denlse.......Sue Jenkins
Sylvia/Jean.......Rosalie Williams
Ethel/Barbara.......Kate Lee
Sam/Lulgl.......Russell Dixon
Dennis.......Roger Phillips
Produced & Directed by Caroline Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1982.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArrWZcg2lV80mhjFZFuwGu5fS7zs?e=LecBUh
Length 74 min. Size 68mb. Bitrate 128kbps
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Thank you William
Sounds great. Thanks a lot, William!
Thanks. Look forward to this.