![]() Newly qualified psychiatrist, Constance Sedgwick arrives at Landry House in North Yorkshire, where another new arrival - the handsome, Dr Murchison, author of several books on psychiatry- is giving the great Dr Edwardes a welcome break. A study of good and evil that owes some of its brooding, portentous atmosphere to the Gothic fiction of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Beeding's novel is also a classic page-turner, a gripping work of suspense and intrigue. Edwardes is a chilling mystery set in an asylum in France. The basis for Hitchcock's masterpiece Spellbound, Francis Beeding's The House of Dr. Directed by Susan Roberts for BBC Radio 4's Saturday Play SPELLBOUND starring Benedict Cumberbatch Īdapted by Amanda Dalton from Ben Hecht's script and the original book - The House of Dr. Accompanying the memories are excerpts from some of his films." Jane Anderson ![]() He might have been the undisputed master of suspense but he was also a great wit. "The contributors all recall moments of pure mirth. With film critic Barry Norman and director Peter Bogdanovich. In 2005, British film maker Alan Parker reflected on the skill and enduring influence of the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, 25 years after his death. When wealthy Mr Sleuth moves in to the Buntings' lodging house they think their troubles are over. Directed by David Blount for BBC Radio 4 for The Saturday Play Also featuring Tom Baker, Struan Rodger, William Hope, Tracy Wiles and Stuart McQuarrie.Īdapted by Stephen Sheridan from Marie Belloc Lowndes' story. When a man is murdered in Richard Hannay's London flat, he goes on the run pursued by the police and a gang of German spies intent on recovering a secret notebook which could destroy the British naval fleet. ![]() THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS Part 1 & 2 by John Buchan ĭramatized by Bert Coules from John Buchan's novel. And yet a couple of tiny clues support her insistence that Miss Froy exists and that something sinister has befallen her. Iris is slowly driven towards admitting that Miss Froy is nothing but a delusion. When she wakes up, Miss Froy has disappeared, and her very existence is denied by the other passengers. Iris Carr is travelling alone on the continent, having visited a remote mid-European country, Zabrovinia, and is returning to England on an express train where she meets a pleasant, garrulous, middle-aged Englishwoman in the railway carriage, Miss Froy. It is the late 1930's and the forthcoming world war casts its shadow across Europe. While on a train to see his wife, he meets Charles Anthony Bruno, who develops the idea to exchange murders: Bruno will kill Miriam if Guy kills Bruno's father neither of them will have a motive, and the police will have no reason to suspect either of them.ĭramatized by Neville Teller from Ethel Lina White's novel "The Wheel Spins." Directed by Andy Jordan for BBC World Service Architect Guy Haines wants to divorce his unfaithful wife, Miriam, in order to marry the woman he loves. Also with Jane Whittenshaw, Denys Hawthorne, Stephen Critchlow, John Hartley, Andrew Branch and Roger MayĪdapted from the classic 1950 Highsmith novel and the 1951 Hitchcock film. Starring Anton Lesser, Michael Sheen, Saskia Reeves and Bill Nighy. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN starring Michael Sheen & Bill Nighy īy Patricia Highsmith, adapted by Craig Warner and directed by Andy Jordan for BBC Radio 4 Starring Janet Maw, Christopher Cazenove, Nicholas Grace, Rosalie Crutchley, Frederick Treves de Winter is haunted by memories of her husband's first wife. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me` The new Mrs. `Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. Producer: John Tydeman.įirst broadcast in 1983 on BBC Radio 4 in the series Saturday Night Theatre: Murder for Pleasure.ĭramatized by Brian Miller and directed by Cherie Cookson The play was first staged in 1929 and was made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1948.Ĭast includes: Alan Rickman as Rupert Cadell, Adam Bareham as Wyndham Brandon, Andrew Branch as Charles Granillo, Cyril Luckham as Sir Johnstone Kentley, Moir Leslie as Leila Arden, Christopher Good as Kenneth Raglan and Olivier Pierre as Sabot. A thriller all the time, and nothing but a thriller". ![]() To add piquancy to their crime they invite the victim's father and other guests to a macabre dinner party.Įnglish playwright Patrick Hamilton (1904-62) once explained, "In Rope, I have gone all out to write a horror play and make your flesh creep. Two young undergraduates think they've committed the perfect murder. Patrick Hamilton's play inspired by Leopold and Loeb. (For a different start date, just change the YYMMDD date in the URL for a different number of days between episodes, change the number ![]()
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