The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop

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(4.8 stars; 18 reviews)

Gladys Mitchell The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop Dramatised by: Elizabeth Proud Psychiatrist and medical doctor Beatrice LeStrange Bradley solves crimes among all sorts of British places and people. Amateur sleuth Mrs Lestrange Bradley:   Mary Wimbush 1/2. An Offal Discovery The disappearance of Rupert Sethleigh and the discovery of a headless body in the village of Wandles Parva. Vicar of Wandles: David King James Redsey: Christopher Scoular Felicity Broome: Teresa Gallagher Supt Bidwell: Norman Bird Aubrey Harringay: Richard Pearce Mrs Bryce Harringay/Mrs Noon: Ann Windsor Cleaver Wright: Christopher Scott George William Savile: Terence Edmond Dr Barnes: Peter Penry-Jones Insp Grind: Charles Millham Theodore Grayling: David Monico Eulalie Blenkins: Elizabeth Proud Bishop of Culminster: Eric Allan Mrs Willows/Mary Kate Maloney: Sunny Ormonde Sgt Walls: Ronald Herdman Director: Sue Wilson First broadcast:  Wed 11th Dec 1991 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM Beatrice Adela Bradley is a fictional detective created by Gladys Mitchell. Mrs Bradley is Mitchell's most significant and long-lived character, appearing in 66 novels that were published between 1929 and 1975. Gladys Mitchell The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop 2/2. The Bones of the Matter Dramatised by: Elizabeth Proud Rupert Sethleigh is missing and a headless corpse has been found jointed in the butcher's shop.   Mrs Lestrange Bradley: Mary Wimbush Aubrey Harringay: Richard Pearce Felicity Broome: Teresa Gallagher James Redsey: Christopher Scoular Cleaver Wright: Christopher Scott George William Savile: Gallagher Edmond Vicar of Wandles: David King Dr Barnes: Peter Penry-Jones Lulu Hirst: Petra Markham Insp Grind: Charles Millham Supt Bidwell: Norman Bird Mary Maloney: Sunny Ormonde Margery Barnes: Jane Whittenshaw Director: Sue Wilson First broadcast:  Wed 18th Dec 1991 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM When Rupert Sethleigh's body is found one morning, minus its head, laid out in the village butcher shop, the inhabitants of Wandles Parva aren't particularly upset. Sethleigh was a blackmailing money lender and when the unconventional detective Mrs Bradley begins her investigation she finds no shortage of suspects. It soon transpires that most of the village seem to have been wandering about Manor Woods, home of the mysterious druidic stone on which Sethleigh's blood is found splashed, on the night he was murdered but can she eliminate the red herrings and catch the real killer?

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.