Murder Most Foul

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BBC Radio 4 Extra

Factual: Crime & Justice

Forensics docu-drama series presented by Nick Ross

Murder Most Foul: Series 1: 1. The Surgeon's Knife

1. The Surgeon's Knife

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Murder Most Foul, Series 1, 1. The Surgeon's Knife

Nick Ross looks back at the case of Dr Ruxton, whose wife and maid went missing in 1935.

Nick Ross looks back at the case of Dr Buck Ruxton, whose wife and maid went missing in 1935. With Mark Zuber and Anthony Bate.

True tales of murder from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard wore trilby hats. 

Two bodies are found in a Scottish ravine. 

Dr Buck Ruxton's wife and maid are missing... 

BBC TV's Crimewatch UK presenter Nick Ross looks back at a case of murder from 1935. 

Written by John Scotney.

Buck Ruxton     …….     Marc Zuber
Norman Birkett     …….     Anthony Bate

Other parts played by:

Danielle Allan
Timothy Carlton
Fraser Kerr
Timothy Bateson
Nigel Carrington
Michael Turner 

Producer: Mark Savage 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1991.

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