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Cause Celebre by Terence Rattigan

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Cause Celebre
A play for radio by Terence Rattigan
Featuring Diana Dors, Gwen Watford and Carleton Hobbs
Produced by Norman Wright

First broadcast on Radio 4, 27 Oct 1975

The play is based on the Rattenbury Murder Case 1935.
It was Rattigan's fir

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Two plays by Sarah Maxwell, BBC

Play #1 The Case Of The Substitute Spouse A play in the style of a Hollywood Comedy/Thriller of the 30s by Sarah Maxwell. With Francis Matthews, Margaret Robertson. Produced by Glyn Dearman. The further adventures of Private Eye Dick George and his

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The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace

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The Four Just Men
by Edgar Wallace
Adapted in two parts by Colin Davis
Directed by David Hitchinson
 
Broadcast 2 and 9 July 1990, BBC World Service

160/44; 100 MB total; sound quality excellent

The Four Just Men, first published in 1905, was th

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Daughters-in-Law by Henry Cecil

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Daughters-in-Law

by Henry Cecil

SNT, 1961-09-02

128K

Mr Justice Coombe is a well-respected judge who has beautiful twin daughters. One goes to the Bar while the other becomes a solicitor. They each fall in love with the sons of Major Claude Button

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Inspector French by FW Croft

1. The Yang Chi Jade
by Michael Campbell
based on 'Mr Pemberton's Commission', an Inspector French story by Freeman Wills Crofts, published in 1956
with Geoffrey Bateman, Karen Ford, Neil Stacy, William Eedle, Bernard Brown, Conrad Phillips and Bill Wal

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Death and the Pleasant Voices (BBC)

Death and the Pleasant Voices. By William Ingram, freely adapted from the novel by Mary Fitt. With Matthew Morgan, Andrew Wincott and Julie Higginson. 90 minutes After Jake gets stranded in a thunderstorm, he doesn't expect the welcome he gets when

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Nero Wolfe (CBC)

Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe (CBC Radio, 1982) Think dramatic radio is only a thing of the distant past? In 1982, the Canadians tried their hand at 13 one hour episodes of Nero Wolfe, all based on novellas or short stories written by Stout. The result is

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The 39 Steps - BBC 1989

Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 - 29 December 1989 A 90 minute production, dramatised by Peter Buckman, based on the John Buchan's 1915 novel. Directed by Patrick Rayner. A visit from a man who is already dead begins the nightmare for Richard Hannay. T

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