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Deep beneath the streets of Rome, Charles Benchley’s new discovery proves irresistible to a fellow student of antiquity.

But why is Benchley so prepared to share his discovery?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story dramatised by RJB Sellar.

First published in 1898 in ‘The Sunlight Year Book’ under the title ‘Burger’s Secret’. In this dramatisation ‘Burger’ becomes ‘Benchley’.

Kennedy .... Howard Marion-Crawford
Benchley .... Brian Wilde
Mary .... Pauline Yates

Producer: RD Smith

First broadcast in Thirty-Minute Theatre on the Â鶹Éç Light Programme in November 1958.