The Beetle

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Gerard McDermott

Tracy-Ann Oberman

Richard Marsh

Marion Nancarrow

Richard Marsh - The Beetle

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An upstanding Parliamentary member's past indiscretion dooms his future life.

An upstanding Parliamentary member's past indiscretion dooms his future life. Starring Gerard McDermott and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

British politician Paul Lessingham, a handsome man of wealth, talent and ambition, has a strange and disturbing past which threatens to destroy him. 

Richard Marsh's tale of terror starring Gerald McDermott, Robert Holt and Tracy-Ann Oberman.   
 
Dramatised by Roger Danes

Paul Lessingham .... Gerard McDermott
Robert Harper .... Robert Holt
Dora Grayling .... Tracy Ann Oberman
Sidney Atherton .... Alex Lowe
Marjorie Lindon .... Janet Maw
Augustus Champnell .... Sean Baker
Mr Lindon .... Hugh Dickson
Percy Woodville .... Christopher Scott

With Ioan Meredith, Stephen Thorne, Linda Polan, Chris Pavlo and Alison Pettit.

Richard Marsh's Gothic novel about a fantastical creature was first published in 1897 – the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula, which it outsold six times over after winning popular appeal amongst readers in the Victorian period. 

Marsh published over 80 novels, yet much of his work has been largely forgotten.

Director: Marion Nancarrow.
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1997.

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