The Fire-Raiser - Kitty Plays the Piano (Episode Three)

Created for television by author Maurice Gee, The Fire-Raiser pits a quartet of smalltown school kids against a balaclava-clad figure with fire on the brain. In this episode, the children sneak onto the property of the man they suspect of terrorising their town. The police arrive after Kitty is trapped inside a room that has tragic memories for the suspect’s mother, the memorably moody Mrs Marwick. This WWI-era gothic adventure went on to score four Listener TV awards, including best drama; and Gee’s accompanying novel was published both here and overseas.

We bowled a few buildings over, aged a few, and built some new ones.

– Fire-Raiser designer Dean Cato, on refashioning the Country GP set for Fire-Raiser

Key Cast & Crew

Maurice Gee

Writer

Peter Hayden

As: Clippy Hedges

Peter Sharp

Director

Ginette McDonald

Producer

Emma Vere-Jones

As: Irene Chalmers

Darryl Beattie

As: Noel Wix