Philomel Cottage (BBC Radio 4 adaptation)

Philomel Cottage is a BBC Radio 4 play based on the short story by Agatha Christie. It was dramatised by Mike Walker and directed by Jeremy Mortimer. With music by Nick Russell-Pavier. BBC Radio 4 - 14.01.2002

Plot
Alex has an excellent track record in an e-commerce company. Richard, one of her colleagues, is interested in forming a closer relationship with her, but when Terry comes on the scene he doesn't stand a chance. Within a month, Alex and Terry have set up their own company (with Alex's capital) and are living in Philomel Cottage, a roses round the door place near the M4 corridor. But is Terry for real? Alex finds out that he is syphoning money from her account. And then there is the cottage, it certainly has a history, a history which involves unnatural death.

Cast

 * Lizzie McInnerny as Alex
 * Tom Hollander as Terry
 * Adam Godley as Richard
 * Struan Rodger as Merlin, the gardener