Leave It to Todhunter | |
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Genre | Mystery |
Based on | Trial and Error by Anthony Berkeley |
Written by | Patrick Campbell |
Directed by | Andrew Osborn |
Starring |
Mervyn Johns Kynaston Reeves Helen Cherry |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer | Andrew Osborn |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC 1 |
Release | 29 September 3 November 1958 | –
Leave It to Todhunter is a 1958 British television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958. [1] It is based on the 1937 novel Trial and Error by Anthony Berkeley.
Lawrence Todhunter, a mild-mannered little man, discovers he likely has less than six months to live. He resolves to do the world a service by killing an evil character, knowing he will not have to face the consequences. Things go awry when an innocent man is arrested for the killing.
Leave It to Todhunter | |
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Genre | Mystery |
Based on | Trial and Error by Anthony Berkeley |
Written by | Patrick Campbell |
Directed by | Andrew Osborn |
Starring |
Mervyn Johns Kynaston Reeves Helen Cherry |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer | Andrew Osborn |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC 1 |
Release | 29 September 3 November 1958 | –
Leave It to Todhunter is a 1958 British television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958. [1] It is based on the 1937 novel Trial and Error by Anthony Berkeley.
Lawrence Todhunter, a mild-mannered little man, discovers he likely has less than six months to live. He resolves to do the world a service by killing an evil character, knowing he will not have to face the consequences. Things go awry when an innocent man is arrested for the killing.