The Danedyke Mystery | |
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Genre | Mystery |
Based on | Septimus and the Danedyke Mystery by Stephen Chance |
Written by | Willis Hall |
Directed by | Jonathan Wright-Miller |
Starring | Michael Craig Kenneth Colley Tessa Peake-Jones |
Composer | Alan Parker |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producers | Pauline Shaw Michael Cox |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Granada Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 3 June – 15 July 1979 |
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