Emil and the Detectives is a radio play by Katie Hims, based on the novel by Erich Kästner. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 17 October 2009, as an installment of the Saturday Play[1].
Plot[]
Based on the comic children's novel.
Country boy Emil Tischbein, up from Neustadt for the first time, enlists the aid of hundreds of Berlin street boys to help him catch a thief.
Cast[]
- Emil ...... Joshua Swinney
- Kaestner ...... Bruce Alexander
- Grundeis ...... Ewan Hooper
- Gustav ...... Daniel Cooper
- Professor ...... Neil Reynolds
- Traut ...... Bertie Gilbert
- Peters ...... Josh Robinson
- Tuesday ...... Harry Child
- Pony ...... Agnes Bateman
- Mrs Tischbein ...... Melissa Advani
- Cashier ...... Tessa Nicholson
- Jeschke ...... John Biggins
- Guard ...... Rhys Jennings
- Taxi Driver ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
- Grandma ...... Kate Layden
- Directed by Jessica Dromgoole