BBC RADIO DRAMA: THE TALLYMAN by Bill Knox

The Tallyman by Bill Knox was broadcast as part of the Saturday Night Theatre series on Mon 4th Jun 1973 at 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM. [Please note this is an old recording so may not be up to modern standards but listenable]. Story Beware the Tallyman, a merciless predator. Somewhere in the Millside district of Glasgow a tallyman - an unlicensed loan shark - is preying on people in desperate financial straits. He loans them cash at rates they cannot hope to pay back - and then demands various services in kind. These 'services' make the Tallyman a one-man crime wave. It's a tough, depressing case for Inspectors Thane and Moss, especially after one of Thane's close friends is found dead - a victim of the brutal moneylender. And so it takes all of Thane's hot-headed drive and Moss's cool determination to flush out the Tallyman - but neither of them is prepared for the final violent confrontation in the heart of Scotland's wild, craggy highlands. Cast: Chief Inspector Thane: Paul Kermack Inspector Phil Moss: Phil McCall Lord Mains: David Steuart Supt Ilford: Martin Cochrane PC Beech: Tony Roper Sgt MacLeod: Willy Joss Mary Thane: Gwyneth Guthrie Driver Erickson: Michael Bruce Hayes: Ian Dewar Harry Freeman: Arthur Boland Josh Barbar: Robert Trotter Helen Milne: Ann Scott-Jones Jim Manneson: William Armour Patterson Diall: John Young Mrs Freeman: Sheila Donald Doc Williams: Michael Elder Dr Milne: Bryden Murdoch Irene Manneson: Rose McBain Producer: Cordon Emslie