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Edward Boyd - Curlew in Autumn

1. Bankrupt

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

A small town in Galloway, on the South-west coast of Scotland. A cottage mysteriously unchanged since 1941. A dead nurse.

And lawyer Peter Calman with one million pounds in his bank account, and no idea how it got there.

A thriller serial in six episodes by Edward Boyd.

Peter Calman ...... David Asthon
Jenny ...... Stella Forge
Magda ...... Vivienne Dixon
Old Hansford ...... Ian Stewart
Douglas ...... Robert Paterson
Jock ...... John Shedden
Receptionist ...... Tamara Kennedy
Anderson/McLeod ...... John Buick
Nurse Nicolson ...... Anne Cullen

Directed at BBC Scotland by Patrick Rayner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1984. Show less

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