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A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery: Strong Poison: 1

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Dramatised in three parts by Philip Broadley.

The famous mystery writer, Harriet Vane, goes on trial for her life. Did she, or did she not, poison her lover?
A BBCtv co-production with WGBH Boston
Feature: page 98.

Contributors

Author:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Adapted by:
Philip Broadley
Music composed and arranged by:
Joseph Horovitz
Designer:
Barbara Gosnold
Producer:
Michael Chapman
Director:
Christopher Hodson
Lord Peter Wimsey:
Edward Petherbridge
Harriet Vane:
Harriet Walter
Philip Boyes:
Paul Hastings
Hannah Westlock:
Tilly Vosburgh
Newsvendor:
Martin Murphy
Bunter:
Richard Morant
Police sergeant:
Stewart Bevan
Judge:
Preston Lockwood
Chief Inspector Parker:
David Quilter
Freddy Arbuthnot:
Christopher Scoular
Dowager duchess:
Margaretta Scott
Ryland Vaughan:
Geoffrey Beevers
Mrs Pettican:
Patsy Byrne
Norman Urquhart:
Clive Francis
Reporter:
Bernard Martin
Reporter:
Roger Davidson
Girl in court:
Andrea Kealy
Young man in court:
Peter Waddington
Clerk of the court:
Michael Fleming
Usher:
Patrick Carter
Foreman:
Peter Stockbridge
Sir Impey Biggs:
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Crofts:
Derek Ensor
Warder:
David McEwan
Miss Climpson:
Shirley Cain
The Rev Arthur Boyes:
Derek Royle
Mr Pond:
Timothy Bateson
Miss Murchison:
Norma Streader
Marjorie Phelps:
Amanda Murray
Eiluned Price:
Alwyne Taylor
Sylvia Marriott:
Carol Frazer
Source: Radio Times

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