Mr. Pottermack's Oversight - Saturday Night Theater

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Dr. Richard Austin Freeman was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke.
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He invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery). Roberts said that this invention was Freeman's most noticeable contribution to detective fiction. Freeman used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but sometimes arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.
Saturday Night Theatre was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4. The strand showcased feature-length, middle-brow single plays on Saturday evenings for more than 50 years, having been launched in April 1943. The plays featured in the strand included stage plays, book adaptations and original dramatisations. For most of its history, programmes ran for 90 minutes and were largely entertainment-centred, such as thrillers, comedies and mysteries. (Wikipedia)
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Пікірлер: 63

@helenferullo5706 6 ай бұрын

My second time listening to this wonderful play. Brilliant actors and a terrific story. Thank you.

@sandhiscott8937 5 ай бұрын

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@maxinejacobson4006 8 ай бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed this play, well worth the listening.

@lyndaa7560 2 жыл бұрын

Marvellous, oh what a tangled web we weave through no fault of our own, many thanks xx

@michaelwalker2475 Жыл бұрын

Excellent.. Superbly written

@paullewis2413 2 жыл бұрын

Great story with an unusual conclusion. The great think about radio is we use our imagination to picture the events and characters.

@casper1959 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful story. The Doctor was a truly kind and wonderful man. Great ending. Thank you.

@pegallen6983 3 жыл бұрын

Can never go wrong listening Peter Coke! Thank you

@gjones9409 3 жыл бұрын

A lovely story and kept me entertained as I sewed my patchwork quilt. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@mrscpc1918 3 жыл бұрын

It made me cry a little with relief at the happy ending. Great play.

@2msvalkyrie529 3 жыл бұрын

Marvellous ! What voices! What diction ! And a plot as ingenious as any of Dame Agathas. In fact , she may have even borrowed some elements of it ? Well worth looking out for Dr Thorndyke books in charity shops ! Intelligent, civilized entertainment of highest order.

@2msvalkyrie529 Жыл бұрын

PS. Admittedly there are gaping holes in plot but ....who cares ?!?

@emf49 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful story!

@DenisePoole-Closet-Crafts 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to upload these wonderful radio dramas. 😀

@IlonaEDavey 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic story brought tears to my eyes! What a lovely ending ❤️🥰

@allisonjones3064 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant and beautifully touching. Thank you

@louiseskip3488 Жыл бұрын

Kept me anxious right up to the last word. Fantastic story.

@murkydepths181 3 жыл бұрын

Oh I miss the days you could buy a mummy for a pound & take it home on the roof of a taxi 😏

@dmx5439 3 жыл бұрын

Lolol

@steviegaga 3 жыл бұрын

A q’s

@lorrainevanlelyveld8065 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahah!!

@margretragnaskaug1667 2 жыл бұрын

@elaineedgar2913 10 ай бұрын

Or an ancient sundial for £1 which would be worth thousands today. Oh those were the days!

@christophertalbot9488 3 жыл бұрын

Peter Coke in some other rôle than the hackneyed Paul Temple, showing some class. A beautifully wrought tale.

@2GINGERPAIR 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the download. Great drama x

@daphnesolomon8582 7 ай бұрын

The ending is simply perfect! Thank you so much for your uploads!

@natashaguttman8616 3 жыл бұрын

This was lovely...thank you.

@hanneshuette 3 жыл бұрын

A play adapted by MOLLIE HARDWICK from the novel by R. AUSTIN FREEMAN with Anthony Nicholls and Peter Coke Mr. Pottermack led a pleasant life, with his garden, his hobbies, and his friend Alice. But over it lay the shadow of a sundial. with Stephen Thorne Pianist, VIOLA TUNNARD Produced by BETTY DAVIES Broadcast on September 14. 1963

@JoanKentBible 3 жыл бұрын

Great story, thank you.

@benjaminhall560 3 жыл бұрын

Great story. 👍👍! Thank you.

@ddouglas1090 Ай бұрын

Very good indeed!

@marymary5494 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you. 👌💕

@annabee4497 2 жыл бұрын

Peter Coke is a sublime actor!

@Gillby47 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting,entertaining,far fetched,loved it.£1 the price of happiness.

@ruheerizvi5293 Жыл бұрын

Lovely beautiful story

@Lakeslover1 2 жыл бұрын

Really brilliant play 😀

@lorrainevanlelyveld8065 3 жыл бұрын

Loved loved that..Thank you once again for these marvellous plays. I get transported to another time. Love from South Africa. 😘

@taniasani2934 2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@lindapreater840 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed that 👍

@ss-iq5zy 4 ай бұрын

Satisfying ending.

@heatherrichmond2984 8 ай бұрын

Really good on blustery October afternoon

@jwsuicides8095 Жыл бұрын

Got to love it when a career criminal calls someone a "whippersnapper" during a fight!

@euniceprobert9060 3 жыл бұрын

Does this one feature Peter Coke? It sounds like him. Ah, goggled, and yes it is Peter Coke as Mr. Pottermack.

@zoyablake9538 3 жыл бұрын

He has a very distinctive voice, doesn't he?

@johnmcmurdo9694 3 жыл бұрын

@@zoyablake9538 qwerty 0lwaq

@mckavitt13 3 жыл бұрын

You goggle too? Google’s too stupid. 😉

@2msvalkyrie529 3 жыл бұрын

And Anthony Nicholls - of cult 60s. TV series - The Champions..!

@deegeraghty3421 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent drama. Thank you for this download during covid-19 pandemic.

@dannebonaparte2213 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding in every way!

@REFaust Жыл бұрын

Such a shame that Molly Hardwick's other Thorndyke adaptation for Saturday Night Theatre seems to be missing 🙁 It was 'Corpse In The Case' (9th June 1962) and based on Dr Thorndyke Intervenes.. This is tremendous though..

@carolinemcgovern8059 3 жыл бұрын

Please, please people stop putting up spoilers.

@Sethnpep 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this, it was like a fairytale and it made me feel happy. Thank you 😊

@anaderol5408 3 жыл бұрын

An excellent play - however I'm concerned that the coroner did not catch on - it's a worry - given the age of the bones would have differed considerably.....

@hermajesty52 3 жыл бұрын

redemption is a beautiful thing!

@jeremypearson6852 3 жыл бұрын

Justice would seem to have been done.

@robertldesigns 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful and unexpected ending. Nice that there was a happy ending for a change.

@davidskeeterskeeter1835 3 жыл бұрын

👏👏🇬🇧

@philiphema2678 3 жыл бұрын

Dental records were never requested and the finger nails of the mummy bore evidence of mummification. The inquest shaped the outcome of the inquiry based on acceptable evidence. I think I hv listened to too many of these wonderful Brit crime stories that I attempt to solve cases! Question. Why is the act of auctioning mortal remains is not seen as a crime of sacrilege at best and the mistreatment of mortal remains in the least. These ancient peoples should be left in eternal rest.

@2msvalkyrie529 2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you should attempt a murder mystery of your own ? ( Fictional I hasten to add..! )

@mtsenskmtsensk5113 2 жыл бұрын

Philip HEMA, This is fiction, but would you complain about the moving of a graveyard to build on, or an archialogoical dig in ancient cemeteries, or divers removing artifacts from sunken vessels declared a graveyard. I think even now let alone 60 years ago this is not so strange, for collectors/scientists.