Cleft Stick – A Gritty 1973 British Police Drama | R.D. Wingfield | Old Tube Radio

A dark road.
A short cut through the woods.
A story that doesn’t quite hold together.

Late one evening in 1973 England, a woman claims she was attacked by a stranger and killed him in self-defence with her husband’s gun. Yet when questioned by the police, troubling contradictions begin to emerge. Did the attack really happen as she says — or is something being carefully hidden?

Written by R.D. Wingfield, Cleft Stick is a quiet, unsettling British crime drama, steeped in the atmosphere of early-1970s policing — notebook interviews, muted authority, and the slow tightening of suspicion. No sirens. No chases. Just the steady pressure of doubt.

A classic piece of psychological storytelling, presented in the true spirit of Old Tube Radio.

Producer:……David H. Godfrey

Joan Marlow:……Diana Olsson
John Marlow:……..Vernon Joyner
Det-SgtJennings:……Antony Vtccars
Det-Supt Bishop:……Douglas Blackwell
David Anakin:…..Rolf Lefebvre
Police Constable:……Anthony Hall
Webber:……Sam Dastor

Midweek Theatre
Wed 19th Dec 1973, 20:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM


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