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The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard

4 Extra Debut. Two theatre critics are watching a farcical murder mystery. What happens next..? Stars Nigel Anthony and Roger Hammond.

Who is the real Inspector Hound?

Will Moon always be a second-string critic?

Will Birdboot meet his heart's desire?

Does Lady Cynthia really have her mouth open?

All these questions - and more - are answered in Tom Stoppard's hilarious version of an Agatha Christie-like whodunnit....

Moon .... Nigel Anthony
Birdboot .... Roger Hammond
Mrs Drudge .... Hilda Kriseman
Simon Gascoyne .... Nigel Lambert
Felicity Cunningham .... Frances Jeater
Lady Cynthia Muldoon .... Brenda Kaye
Major Magnus .... Manning Wilson
Newsreader .... Anthony Newlands
Inspector Hound .... Christopher Benjamin

Adapted and directed by Gordon House

A BBC World Service production first broadcast on Radio 4 in December 1979.

1 hour

On radio

Fri 18 Sep 202606:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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