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form y separately published work icon A Shilling for Candles single work   radio play   crime   detective   - 90min.
Adaptation of A Shilling for Candles Josephine Tey , 1936 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1954... 1954 A Shilling for Candles
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An adaptation of one of Josephine Tey's Inspector Alan Grant novels, about a young man on the run, trying to establish his innocence in the murder of a young woman.

Production Details

  • Aired on BBC Radio (Home Service Basic) on 9 January 1954.

    Producer: Charles Lefeaux.

    Cast members included Ian Sadler (Sergeant Lillis), Derek Birch (Constable), Cyril Shaps (Bill Potiticary), Owen Holder (Robin Tisdall), Elsa Palmer (Mrs Pitts), Guy Kingsley Poynter (Jay Harmer), James Dale (Sir George Burgoyne), Gordon Davies (Det Insp Grant), Patrick Troughton (Sergeant Williams), Patricia McCarron (Erica Burgoyne), Hamilton Dyce (Morgan), Frances Rowe (Marta Hallard), Mary Wimbush (Lydia Keats), Brian Hayes (Clement Clements), Arthur Lawrence (Captain George Mostyn), Eleanor Summerfleld (Judy Sellers), Godfrey Kenton (Lord Edward Champneis), Cyril Shaps (Mr Erskine), Arthur Lawrence (Brother Stephen), Derek Birch (Prior), T. St John Barry (Police Inspector), Ian Sadler (Mr Toselli), and Alan Reid (Owen Hughes).

    (Production details via Radio Times, 8 January 1954, p.34.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ,       1954 .
      Extent: 90min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon Saturday Night Theatre United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1943-1998 6430225 1943 series - publisher radio play

      A BBC radio anthology series broadcasting (usually) ninety-minute radio plays on Saturday nights: the plays were usually genre focused (crime, mysteries, or comedies) and included original works and adaptations of stage plays and novels.
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