R.D. Wingfield: A Touch of Frost and other thrillers

Oct 12, 2024 12:26 AM

Author:R D Wingfield,Derek Martin,June Brown,Leslie Sands,Bob Peck,Monica Grey,John Pullen,Rosalind Ayres,Full Cast

Five full-cast BBC Radio thrillers from renowned crime writer R.D. Wingfield

Author and dramatist R.D. Wingfield was best known for creating one of Britain's most beloved fictional policemen, Inspector Jack Frost, who featured in 10 bestselling books and a hit ITV series starring David Jason. This collection includes the radio precursor to the novels and TV show, A Touch of Frost, plus four more gripping dramas.

A Touch of Frost - DI Frost is tough, rough and rude. He does things his way - and gets results. But when Denton CID is faced with a spate of major crimes, including rape, robbery, a missing girl and a hit-and-run incident, he finds himself under pressure... Derek Martin stars as Jack Frost.

Det Con Webster - Haydn Wood

Det Chief Insp Cull - Stephen Thorne

Supt Mullett - Alan Dudley

Sergeant Wells - Ellis Dale

PC Fletcher - Stanley Page

WPC Susan Dean - Jill Lidstone

Det Sgt Ingram - Gordon Reid

PC Smith - Andrew Byatt

Paula Grey - Alex Marshall

Kitty Reynolds - June Brown

Freddie Bicknall - Richard Gold-Parry

Directed by Peter King

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 February 1982

Outbreak of Fear - When Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the sleepy West Country fishing village of Polford, he soon discovers he has a serial killer on his hands. Leslie Sands, Nick Orchard and Nicholas Courtney star in this suspenseful drama.

Sergeant Fowler .... Leslie Sands

PC Beaumont .... Nick Orchard

Dave Clark .... Cornelius Garrett

The Doctor .... Paul Nicholson

Pete Carter .... Derek Graham

Mitchell .... Conrad Phillips

Rose .... Gillie Graham

Fred Dickey .... Fred Bryant

Albert .... Douglas Leach

Kim .... Deborah Paige

Mrs Trevor .... Patricia Gibson

Joe Hardy.... John Gabriel

Radio DJ..... Jim Reid

Vicar .....Ronald Russell

Miss Reed... Ann Morrish

Chadwick .... Nicholas Courtney

Eric Farrow... Malcolm Young

Mrs Farrow.... Rosemary Sigel

Operator .... Brian Gear

Jackson... Roger Leach

Director: Brian Miller

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 August-26 September 1982

Deadfall - Retired special agent and demolitions expert Harry Davis was once part of a disastrous attempt to assassinate an African leader. Now, years later, his past catches up with him when he is called back to try again.

Harry Davis - Bob Peck

Jenny Brown - Julie Berry

Tom Crossland - Aubrey Woods

Colonel Travers - Peter Howell

Reynolds - Tim Reynolds

Joe - Alan Dudley

Det Sgt Redway - Stephen Thorne

Police and Secret Agents- Michael Tudor Barnes

Agent - Paul Gregory

Directed by Ian Cotterell

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17 December 1987

Daylight Robbery - 'Elderly lady living alone in remote house, willing to take in paying guests.' Miss Pickering's newspaper advert seems innocuous, but she has an ulterior motive - as do the four gentlemen who reply.

Miss Pickering -Monica Grey

Colonel Fryatt - Norman Shelley

Dr Brown - Jonathan Scott

Harris - Peter Woodthorpe

Wakeson - Howard Goorney

Bank Manager - Lewis Stringer

Woman in Telephone Kiosk - Daisy Bell

Jones - Brian Gear

Woman in Crowd - Elizabeth Havelock

Constable - Douglas Leach

Car Driver - David Ponting

Other parts played by the cast.

Directed at BBC Bristol by John Cardy

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2 June 1977

The Cellar

In mourning for their little boy, the Bakers move into a secluded cottage - only to find that horror lurks below stairs... John Pullen and Rosalind Ayres star in this spine-tingling supernatural tale.

Paul Baker - John Pullen

Susan Baker - Rosalind Ayres

Mr Crawford - Leonard Fenton

Bill - Fred Bryant

Alf - Gordon Dulieu

Little Boy - Elizabeth Lindsay

Directed by Gerry Jones

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7 April 1979

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