Legacy of Murder

Legacy of Murder is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC in six half-hour episodes between 16 February and 23 March 1982.^[1] A struggling London private detective and his assistant are hired by a lawyer to locate six people concerned with the inheritance of an eccentric aristocrat. It is also known as Emery Presents: Legacy of Murder. As he did on The Dick Emery Show, Emery portrayed several different characters. It was followed by a loose sequel Jack of Diamonds in 1983.

Legacy of Murder
Also known as	Emery Presents: Legacy of Murder
Genre	Comedy
Written by	John Singer Steven Singer
Starring	Dick Emery Barry Evans Richard Vernon Thomas Baptiste
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Harold Snoad
Cinematography	Eugene Carr
Editors	John Dunstan Mike Jackson
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	16 February (1982-02-16) – 23 March 1982 (1982-03-23)
Related
Jack of Diamonds

Partial Cast

• Dick Emery as Bernie Weinstock/Various characters
• Barry Evans as Robin Bright
• Richard Vernon as Roland Tolhurst
• Delia Paton as Miss Stevens
• Robert Mill as Desmond Danvers-Crichton
• Martin Wimbush as Clive Danvers-Crichton
• Thomas Baptiste as O'Toole
• Lee Whitlock as Wayne
• Patsy Rowlands as Thelma
• Colin Fay as Sid
• Jim Dowdall as Suleiman
• Barbara Murray as Sarah
• Eddie Tagoe as Baron Climeterre
• Glyn Edwards as Henchman
• John Horsley as Retired Headmaster
• Susie Silvey as The Stripper