Saturday, 2 June 2018
1015 In Suspicious Circumstances
First viewed : 30 March 1992
In Suspicious Circumstances was a true crime series presented by Edward Woodward. It took the form of little playlets interspersed by Woodward's narration and concentrated on unsolved cases. In some of them it's possible that no crime was committed at all. I didn't normally watch it but I remember seeing the one about the disappearance of Victor Grayson. Grayson was briefly an MP for Colne Valley in the Edwardian era and disappeared without trace in 1920. He was the original champagne socialist and made the acquaintance of Maundy Gregory, a murky political fixer later convicted of selling honours. Grayson was threatening to expose him when he vanished. Suspicion that Gregory was responsible is largely based on the testimony of an artist who saw him go into Gregory's house before he disappeared for good. Gregory lived with an actress Edith Rosse who he was later suspected of having poisoned although an exhumation was inconclusive. The programme covered her death as well and she was played by the over-employed Sue Johnston.
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