Hey, it's that voice!

[john_amend_all]

I happened to be listening to the 1976 BBC Radio adaptation of Strong Poison today. It has a few familiar names in the cast list: Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, Peter Jones as Bunter, Stephen Thorne as the Attorney-General, and one Christopher Bidmead as Ryland Vaughan. The one that caught me unawares, though, was in episode 5. Miss Climpson, an elderly spinster, is making a solo investigation, and has to gain the confidence of an unsuspecting nurse. And the mark is played by none other than Joan Hickson — with a voice not that far removed from the one she later used as Miss Marple.
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Comments

[pedanther]

I did, in fact, guess it, somewhat to my surprise.

Who plays the leads? Anybody interesting?

[john_amend_all]

Lord Peter is played by Ian Carmichael, reprising his role from the TV series (which I haven't seen). Harriet is played by Ann Bell.