1. The Kind Man
Steve Gardiner arrives in a small Scottish seaside resort under threat from a serial killer. Stars Teddy Johnson. From 1967.
"I don't dig you and I don't dig your tone."
Steve Gardiner - a hip Londoner and Korean War veteran - arrives in a small Scottish seaside town where locals are all under threat from a serial killer dubbed 'The Kind Man'.
Starring Teddy Johnson.
Edward Boyd's six-part serial thriller is reminiscent of American radio thrillers of the era, as our hero also addresses us directly.
Steve Gardiner ...... Teddy Johnson
Jimmy Morton ...... Jimmy Logan
Miss Wylie ...... Marjorie Dalziel
PC McKenzie ...... John Young
Police Sergeant ...... Kalman Glass
Detective Inspector Gordon ...... Moultrie R. Kelsall
Mrs McGann ...... Helen Norman
Stella ...... Isobel Gardner
Albert ...... Paul Young
Porter ...... Eric Wightman
Tramp ...... Douglas Murchie
Delia Dewar ...... Effie Morrison
Wilfred Morton ...... Leonard Maguire
As well as acting, Teddy Johnson sang with his wife Pearl Carr - coming second in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Sing Little Birdie'. Johnson was also a DJ on Radio Luxembourg and later Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2.
Produced in Glasgow by Eddie Fraser.
First heard on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service opt-out for Scotland in March 1954.
Series re-recorded for broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service in July 1967.
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