Ngaio Marsh Theatre - Died in the Wool

Died in the Wool was part of an anthology series adapting the murder mysteries of Dame Ngaio Marsh. MP Flossie Rubrick has been found dead in a wool bale, and it's up to Inspector Roderick Alleyn (English actor George Baker — Z Cars, I, Claudius) to unravel the secrets of a South Island sheep station. The tale of a cultured Englishman amidst World War II spies, Bach and seamy colonial crimes found a global audience. It was the first New Zealand television drama to screen in the United States (on PBS). Included is a Cluedo-style sitting room inquest and a wool shed reveal.

I am a New Zealander but all my relations live in England.

– Ursula Harme (Ilona Rodgers)

Key Cast & Crew

Brian McDuffie

Director

John McRae

Producer

Christine McCourt

Writer

Bill Juliff

As: Alf

Don Kessell

As: Arthur Rubrick

Pamela Seebold

As: Flossie Rubrick