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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Very much of a nail biter, that one. I've heard it a couple of times. It was one of the most popular episodes of that most excellent series.
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Speaking of suspense radio plays, I can remember being very impressed / frightened by a BBC radio version of "Night Must Fall" by Emlyn Williams, and starring the Welsh actor, Hywel Bennett.
(Looking at the Wikipedia entry for "Night Must Fall", it seems a bit different from the radio play, and perhaps it was adapted by the BBC. It was very effective, anyway).
In passing, I found this via google, which may be of interest:
Lost Radio Plays, some found
Hywel Bennett was very popular in the UK in films and TV in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, and could do a range of parts from humorous, to normal chap, to shifty, and downright psychopathic. He was popular in a longish running TV comedy series "Shelley".
I consider him one of those quirky, but great, originals, somewhat in the same mold as Denholm Elliot (although the latter is really in a class by himself).