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Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Simon Templar (Hugh Sinclair) is taking a quiet holiday in Switzerland when he becomes embroiled in the hunt for a music box containing a top-secret code. Show more

Contributors

Simon Templar:
Hugh Sinclair
Mary Langdon:
Sally Gray
Monty Hayward:
Arthur Macrae
Rudolph:
Cecil Parker
Inspector Teal:
Gordon McLeod
Gregory:
John Warwick
Charles Leighton:
Felix Aylmer
Director:
Leslie Fenton

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Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Home Service BasicLatest broadcast: on Third Programme

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First transmitted in 1946, The Dark Tower is a parable play on the ancient theme of the Quest, suggested by Robert Browning's poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. Show more

Contributors

The Mother:
Olga Lindo
The Tutor:
Mark Dignam
Sergeant Trumpeter:
Harry Hutchinson
Blind Peter:
Ivor Barnard
The Stentor:
Laidman Browne
The Steward:
Howard Marion
Crawford Neaera:
Vera Maxime
The Priest:
Alexander Sarner

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Classic comic drama based on Oscar Wilde's play about two bachelors who each pretend to be the dashing but wholly imaginary Ernest when courting two ladies. Show more

Contributors

Mr Jack Worthing:
Michael Redgrave
Mr Algernon Moncrieff:
Michael Denison
Miss Gwendolen Fairfax:
Joan Greenwood
Lady Bracknell:
Edith Evans
Miss Cecily Cardew:
Dorothy Tutin
Rev Doctor Chasuble:
Miles Malleson
Merriman:
Aubrey Mather
Coach Driver:
Ivor Barnard
Producer:
Teddy Baird