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1. Honeymoon for One

The ToffThe Toff and the Runaway Bride
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A wedding day mystery for amateur sleuth - the Honourable Richard Rollison. John Creasey's thriller stars Terence Alexander.

Barbara Lawn is about to marry the Toff's old chum, Major Guy Lessing - against her father's wishes - in a gripping tale of blackmail and murder.

Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison.

John Creasey’s detective novel was first published in 1959.

Dramatised in six-parts by Roy Lomax.

The Toff ...... Terence Alexander
Jolly ...... Robert Dorning
Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks
Aunt Gloria ...... Peggy Ann Wood
Holy Joe ...... David Graham
Maggie ...... Frances Jeater
Major Guy Lessing ...... Alan Cuthbertson

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975.

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