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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

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