Our West Ladyton Branch | R. D. Wingfield
Long before R. D. Wingfield created the world of Detective Inspector Jack Frost, he was writing ingenious dramas for BBC radio.
Our West Ladyton Branch, first broadcast in 1968, was Wingfield’s breakthrough radio play — a wonderfully understated mixture of suspense, crime, dry humor, and ordinary people finding themselves in decidedly extraordinary circumstances.
A bank manager recovering from a nervous breakdown is sent to what should be an easy assignment: a quiet little branch in the Devon town of West Ladyton.
Peaceful. Routine. Uneventful.
At least, that’s the idea.
Before long, the new…
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