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[[File:kaleidoscope-2023-conan-doyle-mystery-and-adventure.jpg|thumb|250px|right|'''Conan Doyle: Mystery and Adventure'''<br />Inside the lost 1967 BBC TV series 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle', by [[Mark Jones]].<br />[https://www.tvbrain.info/shop/books/conan-doyle-mystery-and-adventure Order the book].]]

''Playing with Fire, A Haunted Tale'' is the 13th episode of the British TV series ''[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (TV series 1967)|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]''. Written by [[John Hawkesworth]] and directed by [[Piers Haggard]], released on 23 april 1967 on BBC, starring [[Keith Buckley]] as Tom Crabbe and [[Christopher Matthews]] as Monkhouse Lee.

The Crabbes are joined in Brisport by Lee and a psychical researcher, Harvey Deacon. Though Vicky is dismissive of spiritualism, she is discomfited when they attend a séance with a frustrated local artist, Oliver Mountjoy Bunn, which takes a terrifying turn...

This is an adaptation of the [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s short story : [[Playing with Fire]] (1900).

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== Cast ==

* '''Tom Crabbe''' : [[Keith Buckley]]
* '''Monkhouse Lee''' : [[Christopher Matthews]]
* '''Vicky Crabbe''' : [[Michele Dotrice]]
* '''Young Vicky Crabbe''' : [[Karen Dotrice]]
* '''Harvey Deacon''' : [[Peter Bowles]]
* '''Mr. Bunn''' : [[John Cazabon]]
* '''Mrs. Bunn''' : [[Lillias Walker]]
* '''Oliver Mountjoy Bunn''' : [[Richard O'Callaghan]]
* '''Madame Florence''' : [[Frances Cuka]]
* '''Norah''' : [[Adrienne Frame]]
* '''Butler''' : [[Fred McNaughton]]
* '''Spirit Guardian''' : [[John Savident]]


== Crew ==

* '''Director''' : [[Piers Haggard]]
* '''Screenplay''' : [[John Hawkesworth]]
* '''Producer''' : Harry Moore
* '''Music''' : Norman Kay
* '''Production Design''' : Piers Haggard






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