The Same River Twice

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The Same River Twice: 7. Desperation

7. Desperation

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Attempting to clear his name, Johnny ends up at a loch-side cottage.

Attempting to clear his name, Johnny ends up at a loch-side cottage with an old flame. Stars Gordon Jackson

Johnny Maxen is under suspicion for the murder of his estranged wife.

His attempts to clear himself leads him to a loch-side cottage and a meeting with an old flame...    

Starring Gordon Jackson.

Edward Boyd's thriller serial about the deepening mystery over his estranged wife Julia

Johnny Maxen ...... Gordon Jackson
Dorothy Havergal ...... Anne Kristen
Detective Inspector Wardlaw ...... Roddy McMillan
Bunty Nichol ...... WHD Joss
Helen Duncan ...... Lennox Milne

Producer: Eddie Fraser

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1966.

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Drama: Psychological

Johnny Maxen returns to Scotland to search for his missing wife. Stars Gordon Jackson.

Johnny Maxen returns to Scotland from Paris to search for his missing wife. Starring Gordon Jackson.

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