Suspect

Summary
BBC Television production of the ‘suspense thriller’ Suspect, televised ‘From the BBC’s North of England studios’ (Radio Times, 27 June 1958, p. 15).
Theatre play
Suspect by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham [more information]
Date of transmission
Thursday 3 July 1958
Time
8.30pm (90 mins)
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Vivian A. Daniels
Playwright
Reginald Denham
Playwright
Edward Percy
Designer
Kenneth Lawson
Cast
William Devlin (1911-1987)Sir Hugo Const
Colin DouglasDr Rendle
Richard GooldenThe Rev. Alfred Combermere
Joyce HeronLady Althea Const
Enid HewittGoudie
Eric LanderRobert Smith
Joan Miller (1910-1988)Mrs Smith
Yolande TurnerJanet Rendle

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
Cornwall, as theme or setting; murder; Scotland, as theme or setting; supernatural; thriller

Print sources

Title
Play Designed To Chill: BBC Present Suspect (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Times, 4 July 1958, p. 13
Title
Radio Times, 27 June 1958 (Magazine)
Linking notes
pp. 5 and 15, article and listing
Title
Tragedy Laid on with a Trowel: Suspect (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Manchester Guardian, 4 July 1958, p. 10

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