
Curlew in Autumn: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast thriller
Stella Forge
Edward Boyd
Ian Stewart
Full Cast
A small town in Galloway, on the south-west coast of Scotland.A cottage mysteriously unchanged since 1941.A dead nurse.And lawyer Peter Caiman with 1 million in his bank account, and no idea how it got there.This series of puzzles is explored in a six-part thriller starring David Ashton, Stella Forge, Vivienne Dixon and Ian Stewart.From Edward Boyd, the author of The Same River Twice, The Candle of Darkness and Castles in Spain.CastPeter Calman …… David AshtonJenny …… Stella ForgeMagda …… Vivienne DixonOld Hansford …… Ian StewartDouglas/Elphinstone …… Robert PatersonJock …… John SheddenReceptionist …… Tamara KennedyAnderson/McLeod …… John BuickNurse Nicolson …… Anne CullenDunsmore …. Gregor FisherScholl …. Brown DerbyMary …. Doreen CameronDr Webber …. Sandy NeilsonBrill / Clerk…. Finlay WelshWalter Hansford …. Ronald AitkenBullivant …. Arthur BolandLeighton …. Tom CriddleDirected at BBC Scotland by Patrick Rayner.First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1984
Stella Forge
Professor Ian Stewart is the author of many popular science books. He is the mathematics consultant for New Scientist and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He was awarded the Michael Faraday Prize for furthering the public understanding of science, and in 2001 became a Fellow of the Royal Society.