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Playhouse: The Mind Beyond: Meriel, the Ghost Girl

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by David Halliwell
The first of six plays

One night Livingston, a psychic investigator, is summoned to a seance in Cricklewood. Is Meriel the first genuine phenomenon he has ever encountered? Three other investigators speculate on what really happened that evening.
Starring Donald Pleasance as George Livingston and John Bluthal as Sam Nicholls with Janet Street-Porter as Robina Oliver, Charles Keating as Dr. Delane and Diana King as Mrs. Livingston

Contributors

Writer:
David Halliwell
Title music composed by:
Joseph Horovitz
Designer:
Michael Young
Video-tape Editor:
Sam Upton
Title Graphics:
Bernard Lodge
Producer:
Irene Shubik
Director:
Philip Saville
George Livingston:
Donald Pleasence
Sam Nicholls:
John Bluthal
Robina Oliver:
Janet Street-Porter
Dr Delane:
Charles Keating
Mrs. Livingston:
Diana King
Miss Radson:
Sarah Douglas
Miss Furniss:
Jane Hayden
Miss Smith:
Elizabeth Rees
Mrs. Brown:
Izabella Telezynska
Mr. Smith:
Tim Barlow
Mrs. Smith:
Vilma Hollingbery
Mr. Green:
David Woodcock
Mr. Craig:
James Giles
Medium:
Kathleen Heath
Youth:
Patrick Field
Source: Radio Times

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