Leave It to Todhunter | |
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Genre | Mystery |
Based on | Trial and Error by Anthony Berkeley |
Written by | Patrick Campbell |
Directed by | Andrew Osborn |
Starring | Mervyn Johns Kynaston Reeves Helen Cherry |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer | Andrew Osborn |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC 1 |
Release | 29 September 3 November 1958 | –
Leave It to Todhunter is a 1958 British television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958.[1] It is based on the 1937 novel Trial and Error by Anthony Berkeley.
Lawrence Todhunter, a mild-mannered little man, discovers he likely has less than six months to live. He resolves to do the world a service by killing an evil character, knowing he will not have to face the consequences. Things go awry when an innocent man is arrested for the killing.