![]() Later the radio play was developed for television and broadcast as a 30-minute BBC short on 21 October 1947. Other parts were played by Marjorie Westbury, David Kossoff and Duncan McIntyre Lewis Stringer played Detective-Sergeant Trotter No recording of the original radio play exists and the script is not commercially available. Christie's official biography states that the name of the boy was Daniel O'Neill but contemporary newspaper reports state the name of the boy as Dennis O'Neill. The idea for the play came from a real-life crime tragedy, the Dennis O'Neill case, of 1945 with the death of a boy in foster care. Christie agreed, asking that her fee of one hundred guineas be donated to the Southport Infirmary Children's Toy Fund. Amongst a selection of music and variety, she requested something by Christie who was a writer she admired. ![]() ![]() The BBC had approached the Queen some months before and asked what programmes she would like to hear. It was part of an evening of programmes in honour of the eightieth birthday of Queen Mary. ![]() ![]() The original radio play was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme at 8.00pm on Friday. ( August 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ![]()
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