1 Michael Robson The Terrible Connexion

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(4.9 stars; 8 reviews)

1 Saturday-Night Theatre: The Terrible Connexion Sat 19th Apr 1975, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Michael Robson 'An ugly fog this morning. An eerie fog. A fog that can be a fit companion only for deeds of stealth. Touching the current case, Mr Greenleaf, we have our work cut out. We do indeed. The identity of the deceased is unknown - as yet.’ Producer David Spenser     Eleanor Delahunty: Liane Aukin Dynasty Surecard: Anthony Hall Sir Lisbon Delahunty MP: Denis McCarthy Rowland Stanyhurst: Simon Lack Caroline Stanyhurst: Diana Berriman Education Greenleaf: Trader Faulkner Cluny Wilbraham: Michael Burlington Hester Tang: Olwen Griffiths Emily Tang: Kate Coleridge The Ancient Theaker: John Hollis Serjeant Clench: Stephen Thorne Dead Bob: Peter Pacey Mrs Olliphant: Kathleen Helme Mr Collinge: Gerald Cross Counsel for the Prosecution: Malcolm Hayes Nigel Stock as Inspector Millions By Michael Robson The Terrible Connexion, The first of two Victorian mysteries solved by 'the eccentric Inspector Millions', as the Radio Times has it.   Its companion-piece is The Instruments of Darkness Both plays are self-consciously baroque and establish their own idiom, with formal dialogue, fanciful crimes and grotesque characters with outre names. Nigel Stock plays the inspector with great panache, relishing his lines and contriving to make him at once absurd and impressive. Anthony Hall is his piping sidekick, the industrious Dynasty Surecard.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.