Edward Boyd
 Curlew in Autumn

(3.3 stars; 3 reviews)

Curlew in Autumn A vintage thriller serial in six episodes by Edward Boyd with David Ashton as Peter Calman 01 Bankrupt A small town in Galloway, on the South-west coast of Scotland. A cottage mysteriously unchanged since 1941. A dead nurse. And lawyer Peter Caiman with £1 million in his bank account, and no idea how it got there. Peter Calman: David Ashton Jenny: Stella Forge Magda: Vivienne Dixon Old Hansford: Ian Stewart Douglas: Robert Paterson   Jock: John Shedden   Receptionist: Tamara Kennedy Anderson/McLeod: John Buick Nurse Nicolson: Anne Cullen 02 Hit and Run Nurse Nicolson lies dead in the mortuary. Suspicion lies on Peter Caiman. And someone is lying through their teeth. Dunsmore: Gregor Fisher Peter Caiman: David Ashton Anderson/mcLeod: John Buick Douglas/Elphinstone: Robert Paterson Magda: Vivienne Dixon Old Hansford: Ian Stewart 03 The Cottage A mysterious German patriarch, a model of a Junkers 88, another unexplained death - perhaps Caiman should have taken up jogging after all. Peter Caiman: David Ashton Dunsmore: Gregor Fisher Jenny: Stella Forge Old Hansford: Ian Stewart Scholl: Brown Derby Mary: Doreen Cameron Receptionist: Tamara Kennedy Dr Webber: Sandy Neilson 04 The Hermit Old Hansford has died. Tim Leighton has disappeared. Dr Webber has a suspicious suntan. Hardly the time, you would think, for Caiman to go poaching at Dungrennan Bay. Peter Caiman: David Ashton Dunsmore: Gregor Fisher Jenny: Stella Forge Brill: Finlay Welsh Scholl: Brown Derby Dr Webber: Sandy Neilson 05 Dungrennan Bay In which Caiman takes the Tinker's path to moonlit Dungrennan Bay - and gets singed by a fat dragon in a Welshman's cave. Dunsmore: Gregor Fisher. Walter Hansford: Ronald Aitken Bullivant: Arthur Boland Brill/Clerk: Finlay Welsh Receptionist: Tamara Kennedy Douglas: Robert Paterson 06 Back to the Cave The Temple of Peace, the missing hermit, the dead nurse and the model Junkers 88 - it's all coming together. But the Fat Man is trying to make Peter Caiman fall apart. Peter Caiman: David Ashton Dunsmore: Gregor Fisher Jenny: Stella Forge Walter Hansford: Ronald Aitken Scholl: Brown Derby Chief Constable: John Buick Constable Douglas: Robert Paterson Bullivant: Arthur Boland Leighton: Tom Criddle Directed by: Patrick Rayner BBC Scotland First broadcast:    From Sun 8th Apr 1984, 19:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.