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form y separately published work icon The Prince of Plunder single work   radio play   crime   thriller   - 90min.
Adaptation of The Prince of Plunder Sydney Horler , 1936 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1954... 1954 The Prince of Plunder
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

A Scottish professor is drawn into a world of espionage.

Production Details

  • Aired on BBC Radio (Home Service Basic) on 1 May 1954.

    Producer: Martyn C. Webster.

    Cast members included William Fox (Assistant Commissioner Morley), Deryck Guyler (Detective Inspector Clavering), Gladys Spencer (Lady Blanchard), John Ruddock (Sir Brian Fordinghame), Ivan Samson (Sir Gilbert Mildmay), Malcolm Graeme (Sir Hector Panderville), Jerry Stovin (Clark Hungerford), Richard Bebb (Gerald Leicester), Denise Bryer (Judy Farrell), Geoffrey Matthews (Tom Farrell), Elizabeth Maude (Betty Sloane), Derek Hart (George Brook), Mary Wimbush (Vania Deane), James Dale (Sir Ronald Luke), and Emrys Leyshon (Loetz).

    (Production details via Radio Times, 4 June 1954, p.28.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      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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