Legacy of Murder

British TV series or programme
  • John Singer
  • Steven Singer
Starring
  • Dick Emery
  • Barry Evans
  • Richard Vernon
  • Thomas Baptiste
Country of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo. of series1No. of episodes6ProductionProducerHarold SnoadCinematographyEugene CarrEditors
  • John Dunstan
  • Mike Jackson
Running time30 minutesProduction companyBBCOriginal releaseNetworkBBC OneRelease16 February (1982-02-16) –
23 March 1982 (1982-03-23)

Legacy of Murder is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC in six half-hour episodes between 16 February and 23 March 1982.[1] A struggling London private detective and his assistant are hired by a lawyer to locate six people concerned with the inheritance of an eccentric aristocrat. It is also known as Emery Presents: Legacy of Murder. As he did on The Dick Emery Show, Emery portrayed several different characters.

Partial Cast

  • Dick Emery as Bernie Weinstock/Various characters
  • Barry Evans as Robin Bright
  • Richard Vernon as Roland Tolhurst
  • Delia Paton as Miss Stevens
  • Robert Mill as Desmond Danvers-Crichton
  • Martin Wimbush as Clive Danvers-Crichton
  • Thomas Baptiste as O'Toole
  • Lee Whitlock as Wayne
  • Patsy Rowlands as Thelma
  • Colin Fay as Sid
  • Jim Dowdall as Suleiman
  • Barbara Murray as Sarah
  • Eddie Tagoe as Baron Climeterre
  • Glyn Edwards as Henchman
  • John Horsley as Retired Headmaster
  • Susie Silvey as The Stripper

References

  1. ^ "Emery – Legacy of Murder (1981)". Archived from the original on 5 February 2009.

External links

  • Legacy of Murder at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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