Can death be brought about by remote control? Historian Mark Easterbrook discovers that witchcraft and black magic can induce a terrifying series of events.
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse, first published in 1961, was dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Director: Enyd Williams and first braodcast on 3 Apr 1993 on BBC Radio 4. It was especially recorded to celebrate the 50th anniversary of BBC Radio 4's Saturday Night Theatre.
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- Jeremy Clyde as Mark Easterbrook
- Stephanie Cole as Ariadne Oliver
- Terence Alexander as Mr Venables
- Mary Wimbush as Thyrza Grey
- Jill Graham as Sybil Stamfordis
- Hilda Schroder as Bella Webb
- Federay Holmes as Ginger Corrigan
- Jonathan Adams as Inspector Lejeune
- Stephen Hodson as Jim Corrigan
- Jillie Meers as Rhoda Despard
- John Evitts as Colonel Despard
- John Fleming as Zachariah Osbourne
- John Baddeley as Bradley
- John Church as Soames-White
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Hermia
- Teresa Gallagher as Poppy
- Melinda Walker as Mrs Tuckerton
- Matthew Morgan as David Ardingley
- Melanie Hudson as Eileen Brandon
- Diana Payan as Mrs Coppins
- Philip Anthony as Rev. Colthrop
- Sandra James-Young as Mrs Davis
- Kate Binchy as Mrs Gerahty
- Keith Drinkel as Father Gorman
- David Thorpe as Mike