Episode 1
During the broadcast of a ±«Óãtv radio play, one of the cast is strangled in the studio. The recording took place in a number of studios but who had the time or motive to murder?
The Scarlet Highwayman is being transmitted from Broadcasting House. The actors, engineers and producers are all nervous at the prospect of the live transmission and are obviously delighted when it proves to be a success. One of the best and most credible scenes is the one in which the actor Sidney Parsons is 'murdered'.
Not usually an animated performer, he is surprisingly impressive here. But then his body is found in Studio 7C and it transpires that he really has been murdered. And that everyone who heard the play had heard him die. But who did it?
Written in 1934 by Val Gielgud and Holt Marvell. Gielgud (brother of John) worked in ±«Óãtv Radio throughout the 1930s.
Read by Tim McInnerny
Abridged by Lucy Ellis
Produce by Clive Brill
A Brill production for ±«Óãtv Radio 4
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- Mon 13 Feb 2023 22:45±«Óãtv Radio 4