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The Kind Man
Episode 1 of 6
"I don't dig you and I don't dig your tone."
Steve Gardiner - a hip Londoner and Korean War veteran - arrives in a small Scottish seaside town where locals are all under threat from a serial killer.
The Voice
Episode 2 of 6
As the terror intensifies in the town, Steve Gardiner is drawn in to the search for the Scottish seaside serial killer now dubbed 'The Kind Man'.
The Ally
Episode 3 of 6
Despite the suspicious terrified locals, Steve Gardiner makes a useful ally in the town in his hunt for 'The Kind Man'.
The Latest Victim
Episode 4 of 6
Steve Gardiner witnesses The Kind Man's latest deadly attack and hears the dying words of the victim...
The Angry Mob
Episode 5 of 6
After Delia Dewar implicates him, an angry mob turns on Jimmy Morton. Meanwhile Steve Gardiner discovers his friend's war actions.
Who Is 'The Kind Man'?
Episode 6 of 6
With locals terrorised by a homicidal maniac in the small Scottish town - can Steve Gardiner finally unravel the identity of 'The Kind Man'?
Edward Boyd's six-part serial thriller is reminiscent of American radio thrillers of the era, as the hero also addresses the audience directly.
Teddy Johnson stars as Steve Gardiner.
As well as acting, the versatile performer sang with his wife Pearl Carr - coming second in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Sing Little Birdie'. Johnson was also a DJ on Radio Luxembourg and later BBC Radio 2.
With Jimmy Logan as Jimmy Morton, Marjorie Dalziel as Miss Wylie, John Young as PC McKenzie, Kalman Glass as the Police Sergeant, Moultrie R. Kelsall as Detective Inspector Gordon, Helen Norman as Mrs McGann, Isobel Gardner as Stella, Paul Young as Albert, Eric Wightman as the Porter, Douglas Murchie as the Tramp, Effie Morrison as Delia Dewar and Leonard Maguire as Wilfred Morton.
Produced in Glasgow by Eddie Fraser.
First broadcast in 1954 on the BBC Home Service in Scotland.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b51vyp
The Kind Man
Episode 1 of 6
"I don't dig you and I don't dig your tone."
Steve Gardiner - a hip Londoner and Korean War veteran - arrives in a small Scottish seaside town where locals are all under threat from a serial killer.
The Voice
Episode 2 of 6
As the terror intensifies in the town, Steve Gardiner is drawn in to the search for the Scottish seaside serial killer now dubbed 'The Kind Man'.
The Ally
Episode 3 of 6
Despite the suspicious terrified locals, Steve Gardiner makes a useful ally in the town in his hunt for 'The Kind Man'.
The Latest Victim
Episode 4 of 6
Steve Gardiner witnesses The Kind Man's latest deadly attack and hears the dying words of the victim...
The Angry Mob
Episode 5 of 6
After Delia Dewar implicates him, an angry mob turns on Jimmy Morton. Meanwhile Steve Gardiner discovers his friend's war actions.
Who Is 'The Kind Man'?
Episode 6 of 6
With locals terrorised by a homicidal maniac in the small Scottish town - can Steve Gardiner finally unravel the identity of 'The Kind Man'?
Edward Boyd's six-part serial thriller is reminiscent of American radio thrillers of the era, as the hero also addresses the audience directly.
Teddy Johnson stars as Steve Gardiner.
As well as acting, the versatile performer sang with his wife Pearl Carr - coming second in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Sing Little Birdie'. Johnson was also a DJ on Radio Luxembourg and later BBC Radio 2.
With Jimmy Logan as Jimmy Morton, Marjorie Dalziel as Miss Wylie, John Young as PC McKenzie, Kalman Glass as the Police Sergeant, Moultrie R. Kelsall as Detective Inspector Gordon, Helen Norman as Mrs McGann, Isobel Gardner as Stella, Paul Young as Albert, Eric Wightman as the Porter, Douglas Murchie as the Tramp, Effie Morrison as Delia Dewar and Leonard Maguire as Wilfred Morton.
Produced in Glasgow by Eddie Fraser.
First broadcast in 1954 on the BBC Home Service in Scotland.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b51vyp
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