Michael McStay Radio Plays
Michael McStay was born in 1933 in Essex, England. He is an actor and writer, known for No Hiding Place (1959), Le mari de l'ambassadeur (1990) and Jack & Sarah (1995).
BBC RADIO PLAYS
The Hairy Hand of Dartmoor ....1999
8 Feb 99. Alcohol, anger, infidelity and stories of Dartmoor witches and the `hairy hand' are the ingredients in a cocktail party that goes dangerously awry for Geoffrey. With Struan Rodger, Emily Richard and Angela Pleasence. Director Ned Chaillet. 30 min.
COLEMAN & ASTOR....1994
Clive Lever writes....I have found three 90-minute plays featuring these two detectives (Stephen Thorne as Detective Inspector Ronald Coleman and Joe Dunlop as Detective Sergeant Fred Astor). These are Death Against The Odds, Death Beach and Death Of A Mean Cornet. The last one centres around a jazz band, music played by members of the Alan Elsdon Jazz Band. Michael McStay had cameo parts in all of these plays, and one of them featured Danny Schiller, an actor who wrote the play Free Agent.
After these three plays went out, a series of four sixty-minute dramas was broadcast as “The Coleman and Astor Series). The executive producer for the series was Jane Morgan and the director was Ned Chaillet. The titles in the series, broadcast on four successive Monday afternoons, were:
Death Of A Hooligan. 16.5.94
A Day At The Races. 23.5.94
No Harm Done. 30.5.94
Fools Rush In. 6.6.94
Death Against The Odds....1993
21 Aug 93. With Stephen Thorne/Joe Dunlop. Saturday Night Theatre.
Death of a Mean Cornet....1992
18thJul92. 90m. Thriller.
Death Beach....1990
13thOct90. 90m; rpt 29 Apr 91.
MILD & BITTER....1986
13/03/86
MEEK & MILD....1985
27/06/85
Grandma goes West....1983
Well-known comedy classic, 30 min. Can't really describe it without spoilers...
The Mild Bunch....1983
13.9.1983. With Terence Rigby/Michael Graham Cox/George Raistrick.
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
Thanks to Alistair Wyper for some of the info. above.
