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Saturday-Night Theatre

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Waxwork by PETER LOVESEY adapted by GEOFFREY M. MATTHEWS with Brian Cox as Sgt Cribb and It is 1888. In Newgate Prison Miriam Cromer awaits the death penalty for the murder of Josiah Perceval. She has confessed that blackmail drove her to the crime, but a photograph sent anonymously to the Home Office reveals new evidence and Sgt Cribb must investigate.
Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Monday at 3. 00pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Lovesey
Adapted By:
Geoffrey M. Matthews
Unknown:
Brian Cox
Unknown:
Sgt Cribb
Unknown:
Miriam Cromer
Unknown:
Josiah Perceval.
Unknown:
Sgt Cribb
Directed By:
Vanessa Whitburn
PC Thackeray:
John Cater
Miriam Cromer:
Sarah Berger
Insp Jowett:
Roger Hume
James Berry:
Don Henderson
Howard Cromer:
Gordon Reid
Simon Allingham:
Kim Durham
Insp Waterlow:
Roger Rowland
Lottie Piper/First wardress:
Claire Faulconbridge
Mrs Berry/Dorothea Davenant:
Gillian Goodman
Tussaud/Judge:
Edwin Richfield
Prison Govemor/Hundelby:
Anthony Benson
Second wardress:
Cynthia Cherry

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