"Mercifully human beings can forget". Old sins have long shadows. Magnificently mustached Belgian detective Hercule Poirot agrees to help old friend, mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, for her god-daughter's prospective engagement, delve into the deaths of Lord and Lady Ravenscroft, ruled a double shooting suicide by the police twelve years before. All that is left are dim traces: confusing testimonies conflict from witnesses, the shocking revelations of a Swiss schoolmistress, a doctor's strange diagnosis, identical twins, the dog who bit -- more hints than clues.
Poirot - John Moffatt
Ariadne - Julia MacKenzie
Chief Supt Garroway - Trevor Cuthbertson
Celia - Rachel Bavidge
Desmond - Ifan Meredith
Mrs Burton Cox - Paula Jacobs
Julia - Jane Wenham
Nanny - Barbara Atkinson
Mrs Buckle - Elizabeth Proud
Mrs Rosentelle - Jill Balcon
Zelie - Alexandra Bastedo
Mr Goby - Stephen Thorne
George - Patrick Garland
Director Enyd Williams
By Agatha Christie
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
This production was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 7 January 2006.
"Mercifully human beings can forget". Old sins have long shadows. Magnificently mustached Belgian detective Hercule Poirot agrees to help old friend, mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, for her god-daughter's prospective engagement, delve into the deaths of Lord and Lady Ravenscroft, ruled a double shooting suicide by the police twelve years before. All that is left are dim traces: confusing testimonies conflict from witnesses, the shocking revelations of a Swiss schoolmistress, a doctor's strange diagnosis, identical twins, the dog who bit -- more hints than clues.
Poirot - John Moffatt
Ariadne - Julia MacKenzie
Chief Supt Garroway - Trevor Cuthbertson
Celia - Rachel Bavidge
Desmond - Ifan Meredith
Mrs Burton Cox - Paula Jacobs
Julia - Jane Wenham
Nanny - Barbara Atkinson
Mrs Buckle - Elizabeth Proud
Mrs Rosentelle - Jill Balcon
Zelie - Alexandra Bastedo
Mr Goby - Stephen Thorne
George - Patrick Garland
Director Enyd Williams
By Agatha Christie
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell
This production was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 7 January 2006.