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The Moonstone

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Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone: 5. An  Appalling Discovery

Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone

5. An  Appalling Discovery

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone, 5. An  Appalling Discovery

Franklin Blake makes an appalling discovery.

Franklin Blake makes an appalling discovery about the theft of the precious diamond. Stars John Sharp and John Telfer. 

Franklin Blake makes an appalling discovery at Shivering Sands.

Surprise 'proof' reveals who has been responsible for the theft of the Moonstone...

Victorian novel written by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1868.

Dramatised by Brian Gear.

Gabriel Betteredge    ......    John Sharp
Sergeant Cuff    ......    John Franklyn-Robbins
Godfrey Ablewhite    ......    Geoffrey Beevers
Franklin Blake    ......    John Telfer
Rachel Verinder    ......    Sally Baxter
Rosanna Spearman    ......    Tammy Ustinov
Mr Bruff    ......    Nat Brenner
Penelope    ......    Josie Kido
Rosanna Spearman    ......    Tammy Ustinov
Jennings    ......    Philip Sully
Mr Bruff    ......    Nat Brenner
Candy    ......    Danny Schiller

Music composed by Sidney Sager

Directed by Brian Miller

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1979.

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Drama: Crime

19th century detective mystery concerning the disappearance of a seemingly cursed diamond

19th century detective mystery concerning the disappearance of a seemingly cursed diamond, inherited by Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. With John Sharp

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