The Candle of Darkness

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The Candle of Darkness: 1. The Kind Man

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1. The Kind Man

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Candle of Darkness, 1. The Kind Man

Steve Gardiner arrives in a Scottish seaside resort under threat from a serial killer.

Steve Gardiner arrives in a small Scottish seaside resort under threat from a serial killer. Stars Teddy Johnson. From 1967.

"I don't dig you and I don't dig your tone." 

Steve Gardiner - a hip Londoner and Korean War veteran - arrives in a small Scottish seaside town where locals are all under threat from a serial killer dubbed 'The Kind Man'. 

Starring Teddy Johnson.

Edward Boyd's six-part serial thriller is reminiscent of American radio thrillers of the era, as our hero also addresses us directly.

Steve Gardiner    ......    Teddy Johnson
Jimmy Morton ...... Jimmy Logan
Miss Wylie ...... Marjorie Dalziel 
PC McKenzie ...... John Young
Police Sergeant ...... Kalman Glass
Detective Inspector Gordon ...... Moultrie R. Kelsall
Mrs McGann ...... Helen Norman 
Stella ...... Isobel Gardner 
Albert ...... Paul Young 
Porter ...... Eric Wightman 
Tramp ...... Douglas Murchie 
Delia Dewar ...... Effie Morrison
Wilfred Morton ...... Leonard Maguire 

As well as acting, Teddy Johnson sang with his wife Pearl Carr - coming second in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Sing Little Birdie'. Johnson was also a DJ on Radio Luxembourg and later BBC Radio 2. 

Produced in Glasgow by Eddie Fraser.

First heard on the BBC Home Service opt-out for Scotland in March 1954.

Series re-recorded for broadcast on the BBC Home Service in July 1967.

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A homicidal maniac terrorises a Scottish seaside town.

A homicidal maniac terrorises a Scottish seaside town. Serial thriller starring Teddy Johnson.

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