Thackeray Olwen Wymark Barbara Clegg


(4.8 stars; 8 reviews)

Thackeray From Wed 27th Aug 1997, 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM Saturday Night Theatre: Thackeray Sat 7th Feb 1998, 20:50 on BBC Radio 4 FM A three-part detective drama by Barbara Clegg and Olwen Wymark.   Director In Wales, Alison Hindell 1: Battle Cry When someone is accidentally killed in re-enacting a medieval battle, Thackeray is pulled in to investigate.   Thackeray: Michael Cochrane George: John Hartley Miss Birch: Margaret John Shirley: Doreen Mantle 2: This Blessed Plot  Thackeray's chance to redesign an Italian garden is thwarted by the disappearance of his employer.   Landscape gardener-cum-detective Jim Thackeray needs to combine his skills when a murder takes place in the Shakespeare-themed garden he has designed. The victim is the ex-wife of a Turkish multi-millionaire and the crime is committed during a ‘Shakespeare’ party Thackeray is holding. Thackeray: Michael Cochrane George: John Hartley Miss Birch: Margaret John Shirley: Doreen Mantle   3: Death and the Ice Maiden Gail asks her father to look into the strange deathbed confession of a friend's grandmother.   Thackeray: Michael Cochrane George: John Hartley Miss Birch: Margaret John Bryony: Melanie Walters Gail: Charlotte Bird

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

1 42:36
2 43:36
3 44:23

Reviews

easy listening


(4 stars)

Three whodunnits with some good actors. Nothing too challenging, which is just fine sometimes! Thanks to sanwal.