Ian Rankin - The Serpent's Back

4 Extra remembers Scottish actor Alexander Morton who died in April aged 81.

The resourceful if low-born Mr Cullender (caddie, manservant and general dogsbody) goes in search of a double murderer.

Starring Alexander Morton.

Ian Rankin's 18th century black comedy set in the seething Old Town of Edinburgh.

Cully .... Alexander Morton
Gisborne .... Richard Greenwood
The Lady ..... Wendy Seager
Mr Mack .... Norman MacLean
Walter Scott .... Tom Smith
The Comte .... Kern Falconer
Fordyce .... Paul Young
Braxfield .... Michael Elder
Urquhart .... Liam Brennan
Lucky Aird .... Sheila Donald
Lord Provost .... Simon Scott
Ballantine .... Steven McNicholl

Best known for his Inspector Rebus novels, Ian Rankin is one of the UK’s most widely-read crime novelists, with many of his novels translated into numerous languages

Director: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1995.