Death at Broadcasting House by Val Gielgud & Holt Marvell

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Death at Broadcasting House: Episode 1

Death at Broadcasting House

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Death at Broadcasting House, Episode 1

During the broadcast of a BBC radio play, one of the cast is strangled in the studio.

During the broadcast of a BBC radio play, one of the cast is strangled in the studio. The recording took place in a number of studios but who had the time or motive to murder?

The Scarlet Highwayman is being transmitted from Broadcasting House. The actors, engineers and producers are all nervous at the prospect of the live transmission and are obviously delighted when it proves to be a success. One of the best and most credible scenes is the one in which the actor Sidney Parsons is 'murdered'. 

Not usually an animated performer, he is surprisingly impressive here. But then his body is found in Studio 7C and it transpires that he really has been murdered. And that everyone who heard the play had heard him die. But who did it?

Written in 1934 by Val Gielgud and Holt Marvell.  Gielgud (brother of John) worked in BBC Radio throughout the 1930s.

Read by Tim McInnerny

Abridged by Lucy Ellis
Produce by Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4

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