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Skint horse tipster Evans gets an unlikely helping hand from a self-righteous police inspector. Roy Hudd stars as a self-styled "sporting authority" in 1920's Camden Town in London. Edgar Wallace's humorous novel, first published in 1924. Dramatised in four parts by Richard Quick. Narrator …. Freddie Jones Educated Evans …. Roy Hudd Inspector Pine …. Andrew Sachs The Miller …. Michael Roberts Mrs Rankin …. Pat Coombs Albert Shanks …. Simon Treves Miss Mavis …. Elizabeth Mansfield George Canfyn …. Charles Collingwood Music by Philip Glassborow and Rick Cardinall. Director: Dirk Maggs First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1996.
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