The Salamander Chest

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1870s England: Who is Alice Selwood’s father? Can her beloved Arthur help?

1870s England: Who is Alice Selwood’s father? Can her beloved Arthur help? Sequel to Absolute Discretion with Ben Daniels.

Striving to seek out the true identity of her father, Alice Selwood discovers 1870s England can be a dangerous place. 

But first she must find her beloved Arthur in Oxford...

Starring Ben Daniels and Jane Slavin.  

Grant Eustace’s exciting sequel to Absolute Discretion, in which chemistry student Arthur Vernet – and love of Alice’s life - investigated a mystery around the home of the Earl of Warminster and his family...

Arthur Beresford .... Ben Daniels
Alice Selwood ... Jane Slavin
Arbuthnot .... Philip Latham
Ryder .... Jonathan Adams
Priestley .... David Brierley
Blennerhome ... John Baddeley
Cunningham ... Andrew Branch
Murchison ... Sean Barratt
Mrs Wiseman ... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Polzean .... Terry O'Brien
Brecknell ... Philip Anthony
Goatcher .... Snoo Wilson

Director Alec Reid

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993.

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