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Mystery Playhouse: The Demon King

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

Ian Wallace and Marjorie Westbury in The Demon King by J.B. Priestley adapted for radio by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick with music composed, arranged, and conducted by Christopher Whalen.
The Boxing Day panto was going to be a flop - even for Bruddersford - but then the Demon King came on.
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Signature tune for the series composed by Ron Grainer

Contributors

Writer:
J. B. Priestley
Adapted by:
Michael Hardwick
Adapted by:
Mollie Hardwick
Music composed and conducted by:
Christopher Whelen
Signature music composed by:
Ron Grainer
Produced by:
Charles Lefeaux
Horace Rudd:
Frederick Treves
Lionel Sampson:
David Valla
Kirk Ireton, the Demon King:
Ian Wallace
Tom Burt:
Godfrey Kenton
Jonty Webster:
John Baddeley
Dulcie Farrar:
Marjorie Westbury
Johnny Wingfield:
George Merritt
Alice:
Sheila Grant
Source: Radio Times

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