Frances Iles - Before the Fact
4 Extra Debut. Lina agrees to marry a charming stranger, but is he all that he seems? Dramatisation of the novel on which Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion was based. From April 2013.
Emilia Fox, Ben Caplan and Patricia Hodge star in a dramatisation of the novel that Alfred Hitchcock based his film, 'Suspicion' on.
Set in the early 1930s, Emilia Fox plays the part of Lina - a girl in her late twenties, from a wealthy family. In danger of becoming a spinster, life changes for the better when Lina meets Johnnie Aysgarth, a charming stranger who proposes marriage. Johnnie saves Lina from a boring life with her parents and whisks her off on an extravagant honeymoon. But on their return Lina begins to discover that Johnnie is not all he seems. His gambling threatens to ruin them but is her growing suspicion that he is also a murderer founded on reality or her imagination?
BEFORE THE FACT
By FRANCES ILES
Dramatised for radio by RONALD FRAME
Producer/Director: David Ian Neville.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Writer | Ronald Frame |
| Lina | Emilia Fox |
| Johnnie | Ben Caplan |
| Miss Sedbusk | Patricia Hodge |
| Capt Melbeck | Sam Dale |
| Thwaite | David Timson |
| Ethel | Hannah Wood |
| Dr Fielding | Rick Warden |
| Director | David Neville |
| Producer | David Neville |
Broadcasts
Sat 20 Apr 201314:30BBC Radio 4- Fri 30 May 201421:00BBC Radio 4
- Sun 18 Mar 201816:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 19 Mar 201804:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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