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1. The Riddle of the Stone

Whodunnits Gideon Fell - To Wake the Dead
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On the eve of George VI's coronation, a woman is murdered in a London hotel. John Dickson Carr's thriller stars Donald Sinden.

It鈥檚 1937, on the eve of the coronation of King George VI. A woman is murdered in a grand London hotel.

But the police know it's not the first of its kind.

Donald Sinden stars as Dr Gideon Fell.

John Dickson Carr's detective thriller, first published in 1938.

Dramatised in two-parts by Peter Ling.

Dr Gideon Fell 鈥�. Donald Sinden
Supt. Hadley 鈥�. John Hartley
Sir Giles Gray 鈥�. Richard Johnson
Chris Kent 鈥�. David Brooks
Melita Reaper 鈥�. Wendy Craig
Dan Reaper 鈥�. John Rowe
Francine Forbes 鈥�. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Richie Bellowes 鈥�. Roger May
Kenneth Hardwick 鈥�. Hugh Dickson
Jenny Kent 鈥�. Sarah Rice

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in October 1997.

45 minutes

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