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Robert Westall - The Wheatstone Pond

After a boating lake is drained, a clairvoyant antiques dealer becomes embroiled in a deadly occult mystery. Stars John Duttine.

Once an Edwardian boating haven, the Wheatstone Pond has acquired a dark and chilling atmosphere – with a vile odour hanging around its waters.

After a tragic suicide, the pond is drained and some rather unusual artefacts begin to emerge...

Robert Westall’s deadly occult mystery dramatised by Martyn Read.

CAST:

Jeff Morgan …. John Duttine
Hermione …. Teresa Gallagher
James …. John Webb
DI Crittenden …. Ian Brooker
Mr Makepiece/Mr Maidment …. Christopher Scott
Mossy …. Peter Meakin
Rose …. Lorna Laidlaw
The Children …. Jack Halsey and Richard Ganjavi

Directed at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Birmingham by Rosemary Watts.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2004.

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