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Afternoon Play: J Edgar Hoover - Red Scare

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Mike Walker. In the first of four plays about the legendary director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
William Hootkins portrays the 24-year-old Hoover who was charged with orchestrating America's first campaign against communism.
Director Ned Chaillet

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Walker.
Unknown:
William Hootkins
Director:
Ned Chaillet
A Mitchell Palmer:
Bob Sherman
Annie Hoover:
Kate Harper
Louis Post:
Patrick Allen
Source: Radio Times

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