The Candle of Darkness

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The Candle of Darkness: 2. The Voice

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2. The Voice

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Steve Gardiner is drawn into the search for seaside serial killer dubbed 'The Kind Man'.

Steve Gardiner’s drawn in to the search for the seaside serial killer now dubbed 'The Kind Man'. Stars Teddy Johnson. From 1967.

Terror intensifies in the Scottish seaside town

Steve Gardiner is drawn in to the search for the serial killer now dubbed 'The Kind Man'.

Starring Teddy Johnson. 

Edward Boyd's serial thriller.

Steve Gardiner ...... Teddy Johnson
Jimmy Morton ...... Jimmy Logan
Romily Foster ...... Douglas Murchie
Wilfred Morton ...... Leonard Maguire
Detective Inspector Gordon ...... Moultrie R. Kelsall
The Librarian ...... Leslie Blackater
Lindy Marshall ...... Hannah Gordon

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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Drama: Thriller

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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