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1. The Surgeon's Knife
Episode 1 of 6
Nick Ross looks back at the case of Dr Buck Ruxton, whose wife and maid went missing in 1935. With Mark Zuber and Anthony Bate.
True tales of murder from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard wore trilby hats.
Two bodies are found in a Scottish ravine.
Dr Buck Ruxton's wife and maid are missing...
´óÏó´«Ã½ TV's Crimewatch UK presenter Nick Ross looks back at a case of murder from 1935.
Written by John Scotney.
Buck Ruxton ……. Marc Zuber
Norman Birkett ……. Anthony Bate
Other parts played by:
Danielle Allan
Timothy Carlton
Fraser Kerr
Timothy Bateson
Nigel Carrington
Michael Turner
Producer: Mark Savage
First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in February 1991.
Last on
Mon 3 Jul 2023
21:30
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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