Ronald Frame - Greyfriars
Victorian thriller based on the legendary police dog Bobby and his master John Gray. Stars Crawford Logan and Paul Young.
Petty thieves are at work in the high street, while a gang of ruthless house breakers are at work in both the Old and New Town area of Edinburgh.
New police recruits John Gray and his faithful dog have their work cut out.
Starring Crawford Logan and Paul Young.
Ronald Frame’s Victorian thriller written for radio.
John Gray served as an Edinburgh policeman for several years in the 1850s. Like other officers on the beat back then, he had to provide his own police dog - the faithful Skye terrier that came to be known as Greyfriars Bobby.
Bobby ...... Crawford Logan
Jock (John Gray) ...... Paul Young
Aeneas Cairncross ...... Kenny Blythe
Bridie ...... Gayanne Potter
Lachlan Cairncross ...... Simon Tait
Sergeant Mitchell ...... Iain Agnew
McCrae ...... Steven McNicol
Lady Cairncross ...... Vivienne Dixon
Produced at BBC Glasgow by David Ian Neville.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002
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