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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Beetle Hunter

on BBC Two England

A Mysterious Tale dramatised by John Hawkesworth.
Starring Marius Goring
with Eugene Deckers, Petra Davies
and Michael Latimer as Philip Hardacre

Philip Hardacre answers an advertisement in The Times and soon finds himself employed by the eccentric Lord Linchmere. He understands that his job is to help Sir Thomas Rossiter catalogue his enormous collection of beetles, but life at Delamere Court has its mystery and Philip discovers that he must solve it.

Contributors

Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised by:
John Hawkesworth
Music:
Norman Kay
Designer:
Peter Seddon
Producer:
Harry Moore
Director:
Richard Martin
Philip Hardacre:
Michael Latimer
Travers:
Paul Angelis
Footman:
Douglas Milvain
Failed Coleopterist:
Douglas Mitchell
Lord Linchmere:
Marius Goring
Lady Rossiter:
Petra Davies
Mr. Bull:
Nicholas Smith
Sir Thomas Rossiter:
Eugene Deckers
Mrs. Bull:
Gabrielle Hamilton

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