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Deadly Nightingale by Emery Bonett
Tape-recording the song of the nightingale seemed a harmless enough holiday occupation to two schoolboy enthusiasts. But bird-song was not the only sound they picked up in a Surrey garden.
Two spinster sisters:
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Emery Bonett
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Ashe Adams:
Pat Gilbert
Andrew, her husband:
George Hagan
Benjy their son, aged 15:
Anthony Reese
Professor Mandrake, a family friend..:
Geoffrey Wincott
Dudley, Benjy's friend:
Andrew Beeching
Mrs Peters, a neighbour:
Hilda Kriseman
Bert Trugg, a gardening expert:
Peter Claughton
Mr Peters:
Kenneth Hyde
Monica Preedy:
Vivienne Chatterton
Cleome:
Grizelda Hervey
Police Inspector:
Will Leighton

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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