Overview
Whitehall 1212 was the famous telephone number for Scotland Yard--the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Force--and also an exciting true crime drama from the golden age of radio! Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper (the creator of Lights Out and Quiet Please), Whitehall 1212 was a crime drama that aired on NBC from 1951 until 1952. It was hosted by Chief Superintendent John Davidson, curator of the Black Museum, Scotland Yard's repository of death. Similar to The Black Museum, starring Orson Welles, Whitehall 1212 dramatized true-crime cases solved by Scotland Yard. The announcer cued up each episode with, ""These are the true stories, the unvarnished facts, just as they occurred, reenacted for you by an all-British cast. Only the names of the participants have for obvious reasons been changed. The stories are presented with the full cooperation of Scotland Yard."" The researcher for the series was Percy Hoskins, the chief crime reporter for London Daily Telegraph. Hoskins was the newspaperman who had initially reported on some of the crimes being dramatized. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this excellent crime series--all true stories from Scotland Yard! 1/6/52 - ""The Murder of Charles Brooks""1/13/52 - ""Murder in the Black Market""1/20/52 - ""The King's Housekeeper's Murder""1/27/52 - ""The Murder of Little Philip Avery""2/3/52 - ""The Pete Williams Case""2/10/52 - ""The Case of the Innocent Bystander""2/17/52 - ""The Case of the Late Mrs. Harvey""3/2/52 - ""The Case of Air Cadet Gordon""3/30/52 - ""The Murder of a Bloody Belgiam""4/27/52 - ""The Case of Francesca Nicholson5/18/52 - ""The Case of Sidney Wolfe""5/25/52 - ""The Case of Maggie Rawlinson""6/1/52 - ""The Case of Winifred Hogg""6/15/52 - ""The Case of the Homemade Reticule""7/6/52 - ""The Murder of Mr. Street""8/3/52 - ""The Case of Nora Brady""
Full Product Details
Author: Black Eye Entertainment ,
Wyllis Cooper ,
A Full Cast
Publisher: Black Eye Entertainment
Imprint: Black Eye Entertainment
Edition: Adapted ed.
ISBN: 9781094062129
ISBN 10: 109406212
Publication Date: 05 November 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milkwood, the radio play.During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.
