2 Cassettes.
Full Cast Dramatisation.
Two Inspector Alleyn full-cast dramatisations based on short stories by Ngaio Marsh.
In 'A Man Lay Dead', a game of murder is sabotaged by a member of a secret society who uses it for other purposes. Jeremy Clyde, Donald Sinden and Dorothy Tutin are amongst the cast.
In 'A Surfeit Of Lampreys', the Lamprey family is in dire financial straits. It calls upon Uncle Gabriel and his witchcraft-dabbling wife for help - and when Gabriel refuses he is almost killed.