Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Set-up | 19801020 | 20250429 (BBC7) 20250430 (BBC7) | Harvey Metcalfe makes a million, but can he manage to keep it..? Stars Stratford Johns. Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you've made it is perhaps the most difficult of all. Harvey Metcalfe had managed all three. Cast: The Narrator - Jeffrey Archer Harvey Metcalfe - Stratford Johns Stephen Bradley - Paul Darrow Adrian Tryner - Francis Matthews Jean Pierre Lamanns ....Edward De Souza Lord James Brigsley - Jeremy Clyde David Kesler - Blain Fairman Bernie Silverman - Bob Sherman Time reporter - Peter Marinker Jorg Birrer - Sion Probert Frank Watts - Michael Spice Mr Izard - Godfrey Kenton Miss Fish - Eve Karpf Dramatised for radio in seven parts by Betty Davies Directed by Glyn Dearman Harvey Metcalfe sets out to make a million illegally. But keeping it is going to be a challenge. Stars Stratford Johns. |
| 02 | The Team | 19801027 | 20250430 (BBC7) 20250501 (BBC7) | Four men have invested a lot of cash into a firm called Prospecta Oil. Four men have invested large sums of money into a firm called Prospecta Oil. They are as yet unaware that it is a fraudulent company and behind the whole venture is an unscrupulous American millionaire - Harvey Metcalfe. Dramatised by Betty Davies The Narrator - Jeffrey Archer Stephen Bradley - Paul Darrow Adrian Tryner - Francis Matthews Jean Pierre Lamanns ....Edward De Souza Lord James Brigsley - Jeremy Clyde Anne Summerton - Lesley Anne Down David Kesler - Blain Fairman Detective Inspector Clifford Smith - Alexander John Richard - Anthony Hyde Detective Sergeant Ryder - Gordon Beid Judith Lampson - Amanda Murray Miss Meikle - Sonia Fraser Workman - Christopher Scott Lord Lichfield ... Himself Director: Glyn Dearman Four men have invested large cash sums into Prospecta Oil. They don't yet know it's a fraudulent company. Stars Paul Darrow. |
| 03 | Bond Street | 19801103 | 20250501 (BBC7) 20250502 (BBC7) | Four scammed investors set out to get their money back. Stars Stratford Johns. Four men who have lost a fortune in the collapse of Prospecta Oil have discovered the whole operation was stage-managed by Harvey Metcalfe. They set out to get their million dollars back from him. The Narrator - Jeffrey Archer Harvey Metcalfe - Stratford Johns Stephen Bradley - Paul Darrow Adrian Tryner - Francis Matthews Jean Pierre Lamanns - Edward De Souza Lord James Brigsley - Jeremy Clyde Anne Summerton - Lesley-Anne Down David Stein - Leonard Fenton Jorg Birrer - Sion Probert Miss Meikle - Sonia Fraser Giovanni - Sean Arnold Dramatised for radio in seven parts by Betty Davies Director Glyn Dearman Losing fortune in the collapse of Prospecta Oil, the four investors set out to get their money back. Stars Stratford Johns. |
| 04 | Monte Carlo | 19801110 | 20250502 (BBC7) 20250503 (BBC7) | Four men cheated out of their investments battle get them back. Stars Francis Matthews. Four men cheated out of a million dollars have come up with various schemes to get their money back from, the American con-man Harvey Metcalfe. Jean Pierre Lamanns' plan was a success. Now it is the turn of Dr Adrian Tryner. The Narrator - Jeffrey Archer Harvey Metcalfe - Stratford Johns Stephen Bradley - Paul Darrow Adrian Tryner - Francis Matthews Jean Pierre Lamanns - Edward de Souza Lord James Brigsley - Jeremy Clyde Barise - Olivier Pierre Nurse Faubert - Eve Karpf Croupier - Andre Maranne Mellor - Sean Arnold Young man - Gordon Reid Waiter - John Church Lloyd Goldthorne - Robert Beatty Dramatised for radio in seven parts by Betty Davies Directed by Glyn Dearman Four men cheated by Harvey Metcalfe are scheming to win back their fortunes. Stars Francis Matthews |
| 05 | Ascot | 19801117 | 20250505 (BBC7) 20250506 (BBC7) | Four men have successfully retrieved part of the million dollars lost to Harvey Metcalfe. Four men have successfully retrieved part of the million dollars they lost to the American millionaire Harvey Metcalfe in a' share fraud. Stephen Bradley's plan has two parts. The first involves the running of Metcalfe's horse in the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The Narrator - Jeffrey Archer Harvey Metclafe - Stratford Johns Stephen Bradley - Paul Darrow Adrian Tryner - Stephen Bradley Jean Pierre Lamanns - Edward de Souza Lord James Brigsley - Jeremy Clyde Anne Summerton - Lesley-Anne Down Nick Hoyd - Haydn Wood Sir Howard - Patrick Barr Mellor - Sean Arnold Sam O'Flaherty - John Bott Hairdresser .....Anthony Hyde with Peter O'Sullevan and Robin Gray as themselves. Dramatised for radio in seven parts by Betty Davies Directed by:Glyn Dearman Four men have clawed back some of the million dollars lost to shady millionaire, Harvey Metcalfe. Stars Stratford Johns. |
| 06 | Oxford | 19801124 | 20250506 (BBC7) 20250507 (BBC7) | Stephen Bradley implements part two of his plan to retrieve the stolen million dollars. The first part of Stephen Bradley 's scheme to retrieve part of the million dollars he and three other men have lost to the unscrupulous American millionaire Harvey Metcalfe has gone according to plan. The second part is more complicated and involves all four men 'dressing up'. Cast: The Narrator - Jeffrey Archer Harvey Metcalfe:.... Stratford Johns Stephen Bradley:.... Paul Darrow Adrian Tryner - Francis Matthews Jean Pierre Lamanns: - Edward De Souza Lord James BrigSley:.... Jeremy Clyde Anne Summerton:.... Lesley-Anne Down Shop assistant:.... Gordon Reid Mellor:.... Sean Arnold Robin Tryner - Aaron Burcheil Clive Tryner:.... Fred Gray Robin Bailey as Harold MacMillan Dramatised for radio in seven parts by Betty Davies Directed by Glyn Dearman Stephen Bradley implements part two of his plan to claw back more of Metcalfe's stolen million dollars. Stars Paul Darrow. |
| 07 | Boston | 19801201 | 20250507 (BBC7) 20250508 (BBC7) | One of the four - Lord James Brigsley - has yet to come up with his plan. Four men have managed to retrieve the greater part of the million dollars conned from them by American millionaire Harvey Metcalfe. One of the four - Lord James Brigsley - has yet to come up with his plan to get back the remainder. His attention has been concentrated on persuading the beautiful Anne Summerton to marry him. Successful at last, he discovers to his horror that his future father-in-law is also his prospective victim. The Narrator - Jeffrey Archer Harvey Metcalfe:.... Stratford Johns Stephen Bradley:.... Paul Darrow Adrian Tryner:.... Francis Matthews Jean Pierre Lamanns - Edward de Souza Lord James Brigsley:..... Jeremy Clyde Anne Summerton - Lesley-Anne Down Clergyman - Patrick Barr Major-Domo - Brian Haines Guest - Amanda Murray Dramatised for radio in seven parts by Betty Davies Directed by Glyn Dearman One of the fraud victims - Lord James Brigsley - has yet to come up with a plan to retrieve their money. Stars Stratford Johns. |