Neville Yeller dramatized one of the most famous novels in detective fiction for the BBC.
Inspector Alan Grant is laid up in hospital with a broken leg. He decides to fill his days trying to solve the famous case of the murders of the Princes in the Tower. Richard III's name has been synonymous with evil, but did the hated hunchback really murder his two nephews? Or did they actually outlive him?
Directed by Graham Gould, the broadcast starred Peter Gilmore as Alan Grant, and featured Simon Hewitt, Frances Jeater, Jill Lidstone, and Rosalind Shanks.
The Daughter of Time, published in 1951, was the last book that "Josephine Tey" (Elizabeth MacKintosh) published during her lifetime. Anthony Boucher called the book "one of the best, not of the year, but of all time.." Dorothy B. Hughes echoed that feeling, saying it was "not only one of the most important mysteries of the year, but of all years of mystery." The book was number one in Britain's Crime Writers' Association's "Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time" list, and number 4 in the Mystery Writers of America's "Top 100 Mysteries of All Time" list.
Enjoy this most unusual exercise in criminal deduction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg4xETbv0bM
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