In Don’t Shoot the Cook, gentleman detective Jeremy Moon is back centre stage. In the middle of an expansive luncheon at the Hotel Splendide the pianist in the orchestra drops dead. Moon suspects foul play.
William Russell is the most prominent name in the cast list, best known for his role as companion Ian in Doctor Who during the William Hartnell years. Norma West is also a familiar face though, with many guest appearances from the sixties onward. The wonderfully named Lally Bowers was also a TV and Film regular from the 1950’s until her death in 1984.
production details
UK / ITV – ATV / 1×50 minute episode / Broadcast Tuesday 21 October 1969 at 9.00pm
Series: Who-Dun-It Episode 10 of 13
Writer: Alun Falconer / Production Design: Anthony Waller / Director: June Wyndham-Davies
cast
William Russell as Marcel Dupre
Lally Bowers as Jean Chester
Gary Raymond as Jeremy Moon
David King as Digby
Keith Ashley as Wilkes
Norma West as Alice Dill
Christine Ozanne as Sally
Phyllida Law as Miss Margaret
Arthur Cox as Cook
Patrick Barr as Commander Pierce
Richard Butler as Inspector Fletcher
Ralph Watson as Sergeant Brooks