Murder Most Foul - Series 1

BBC

(4.8 stars; 28 reviews)

A BBC radio docu-drama series relating how forensic criminology helped uncover the facts and truth behind some of the most celebrated murder cases in British history. Presented by Nick Ross 1. THE SURGEON'S KNIFE (broadcast 13 February 1991) In 1935,  two bodies are found in a Scottish ravine and Dr. Buck Ruxton's wife and maidservant are missing ... Dr. Buck Ruxton ...Mark Zuber Norman Birket KC... Anthony Bate  2. CABIN 126 (broadcast 20 February 1991) Can you be convicted of murder if there's no body? Take the case of actress Gay Gibson who disappeared from on board an ocean liner in 1947. James Camb ... Graham Blockley 3. THE MAJOR, THE SCONE AND THE DANDELIONS (broadcast 27 February 1991) One lump of arsenic or two? In 1920's Hay-on-Wye, there were good reasons for Mr. Martin to refuse an invitation to tea with Major Armstrong ... Major Herbert J. Armstrong ... Aubrey Woods Dr. Hincks ... John Rowe Mrs. Armstrong ... Petra Bridgen 4. THE BODY IN THE TRUNK (broadcast 6 March 1991) In May 1934, a decomposing body was found stuffed in a trunk in the Brighton flat of Tony Mancini. At trial, his prospects of acquittal looked very bad ... but with Norman Birkett KC defending him, he still had a chance. Tony Mancini ... Peter Hugo-Daly Norman Birkett KC ... Anthony Bate 5. SHEER PLOD (broadcast 13 March 1991) In 1943, a body is found in the River Lea in Luton, starting off a nationwide manhunt ... but first the police must discover the identity of the murdered woman. Chief Inspector Chapman ... Norman Jones Bertie Manton ... Ronald Herdman 6. THE NEW YEAR NIGHTMARE (broadcast 20 March 1991) It's New Year's Eve 1960, and a gathering in an Essex pub leads to the tragic discovery of Jean Constable's body and a controversial court case. Eugene Binshears ... Kerry Shales Inspector Jeavons ... George Parsons Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 13 February - 20 March 1991

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.