The young man found on London's Putney Heath had his throat cut from ear to ear.

It seems as if it could be suicide though it's not an easy way to kill yourself. But who is he, and if he did kill himself, what drove him to such a dreadful death?

Sergeant Vogel finds it difficult to find any satisfactory answers.

Douglas Livingstone, Nigel Hawthorne and Colette O'Neil star in Bill Lyons's police thriller.

Detective Sergeant Vogel …. Douglas Livingstone
Detective Superintendent Fraser …. Nigel Hawthorne
Sergeant Mann …. Walter Hall
PC Jackson …. Michael Harbour
Maureen Vogel …. Diana Bishop
Pathologist / Vogel …. Bruce Purchase
Hairdresser / Waiter / Carpark Attendant …. Alan Dudley
Laura Holland …. Colette O'Neill
Annie Viccars …. Valerie Murray
Eric Hills …. Christopher Bidmead
David Simon …. Steven Pacey
Mr Holland …. David Graham
David Simon .... Steven Pacey

Other parts by Irene Sutcliffe and Michael Tudor Barnes.

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1976. Show less