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Parbottle Speaking!: 2: The Secret of the Cellar

on BBC Television

A detective adventure in six episodes.
Written and produced by Rex Tucker.
with Toke Townley, Anthony Jacobs

Horatio Parbottle, private detective, is visited one night by a mysterious Arab, but before the Arab can talk he is taken away by two men who say that he has escaped from a mental home. Later Parbottle finds the home empty, and interviews the caretaker.

From the North

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Rex Tucker
Designer:
Tim Harvey
Film cameraman:
James Court
Film editor:
Ron de Mattos
Director:
Gerald Wiltshire
Horatio Parbottle:
Toke Townley
Caretaker:
Henry Kay
Inspector Hoggins:
Tim Hudson
Mr Preedy:
Leonard Trolley
Rahbi:
Nicholas Amer
Zuhra:
Nadja Regin
Mustapha Manalik:
Anthony Jacobs
Bill Paley:
Harvey Hall
Armide Poropoulos:
Steve Plytas
Chinese Chauffeur:
Kristopher Kum
Policeman:
John Mahoney

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