My Name is Adam Kane xx-xx-xx (xxx) The Cuckoo

Summary

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Podcast Summary: "My Name is Adam Kane – The Cuckoo"

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Air Date: January 17, 2026
Episode: The Cuckoo
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio (episode features a radio drama rather than a discussion/interview)

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Overview

This episode features a classic radio crime thriller titled “The Cuckoo,” following Adam Kane, an intelligence agent investigating a chain of bizarre murders within Britain’s top defense establishment. The story dives into psychological manipulation, treachery at the highest levels, and Cold War espionage intrigue — reminiscent of Golden Age radio suspense and detective dramas.

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Key Plot Points and Discussion Segments

1. The Boardroom Murder: Setting Up the Mystery

[01:02–06:30]

• Adam Kane is called to investigate a shocking murder during a board meeting at Fleetwood McKinley, a critical defense contractor.
• Lord Beckenham, the chairman, is killed by board member Farley, who immediately commits suicide.
• Discussion focuses on potential sabotage: was Farley a foreign agent, or did he just snap?
• Dr. Augustus Maxwell briefs Adam, emphasizing the secrecy and urgency:

  “Whatever we say in this room stays in this room. Is that clearly understood?” (Dr. Augustus Maxwell, [01:23])

2. The Investigation Begins: Meet Melanie Willis

[07:40–12:30]

• Adam interviews Farley’s secretary, Melanie Willis, in the sealed boardroom.
• Adam, skeptical and sharp, pushes her on her presence and intentions. Melanie searches for a “silver pencil” belonging to Farley.
• Notable flirtatious tension and subtle mistrust between Adam and Melanie:

  “You are very nice air. ... Your air. Nice, clean and soft.” (Adam Kane, [09:45])

• Melanie reveals she’s involved in all secret meetings, taking shorthand notes, since tape recorders aren’t trusted.

3. Connecting the Murders: A Sinister Pattern Emerges

[12:31–14:35]

• Three months pass; another high-profile murder occurs: Sir Archibald Parkinson is killed in similar fashion as Beckenham.
• Discussion between Adam and Dr. Maxwell notes alarming parallels—trusted staff suddenly murdering top officials, then killing themselves.
• The new killer, McIntyre, was a brilliant academic without any apparent motive.

4. Melanie—The Link?

[14:36–19:45]

• Melanie is again revealed as the secretary to both victims.
• Adam expresses suspicion over the recurring link:

  “A bit much in it, love? Two men doing something crazy ... and you just happen to be secretary to both of them.” (Adam Kane, [19:11])

• Melanie is distressed but insists she knows nothing, though she hints there may be some overlooked connection.

5. All Roads Lead to Dr. Augustus Maxwell

[21:12–22:35]

• Adam and Dr. Maxwell examine Maxwell’s background: he’s a psychologist, hypnotist, and two-time Russian conference attendee.
• Adam suspects Maxwell’s involvement:

  "You think he was treating Macintyre and Farley?" (Adam Kane, [22:21])

• Melanie admits she, and her new “boyfriend” Duncan, are patients of Maxwell. Adam pushes to meet Maxwell directly.

6. The Hypnosis Plot—Cuckoos in the Nest

[23:43–29:20]

• Adam goes to Maxwell’s house under the guise of a consultation.

• Subtle tension as he’s offered “strong tea." The scene turns sinister as Adam realizes he’s being drugged.

• Maxwell’s scheme is revealed: he conditions susceptible staff with hypnosis triggered by a special silver pencil (a transmitter), turning them into unwitting assassins (“cuckoos”).

• Standout moment:

  "It triggers a response. Powerful transmitter to a wire embedded in here. The result? Supersonic vibrations. The subject goes into a trance and does what he's been conditioned to do." (Adam Kane, [28:28])

• Adam manages to subdue Maxwell and exposes his plan. Duncan was targeted to be the next killer.

• Melanie is placed in a clinic to recover, and the “cuckoo” plot is shut down.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On secrecy and the stakes:

  "Now the matter in hand is the new siren, Mark V. The government people were very prompt this time. Nothing like a change in Whitehall to polish the official channels." (Dr. Augustus Maxwell, [01:40])

• Adam’s skepticism:

  "You mean he was bumped off to discover our war effort?" (Adam Kane, [05:45])

• On psychological manipulation:

  "The mind of man is a deep bottomless swell. All we can do is to cast a little light into the gloom." (Dr. Augustus Maxwell, [17:45])

• Unmasking the plot:

  "Like a cuckoo in the nest." (Dr. Augustus Maxwell, [28:57])

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Segment Timestamps

• [01:02–06:30]: Introduction to the boardroom murder and initial investigation
• [07:40–10:48]: Adam and Melanie’s tense first meeting
• [12:31–14:35]: Second murder follows similar pattern; three months elapse
• [14:36–19:45]: Patterns emerge, Melanie questioned, Adam sharpens suspicions
• [21:12–22:35]: Investigation into Dr. Maxwell’s past
• [23:55–29:20]: Confrontation at Maxwell’s house, plot revealed, Maxwell’s arrest

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Tone and Style

• Classic detective noir: brisk dialogue, cynical banter, clipped British formality.
• Adam Kane is tough, skeptical, and direct. Melanie is intelligent and vulnerable. Dr. Maxwell is urbane but sinister.

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Conclusion

This episode exemplifies the well-plotted, suspenseful storytelling of mid-century radio crime shows. With Cold War undertones, a hypnotic assassination plot, and clever use of audio drama conventions, "The Cuckoo" delivers intrigue, twists, and period atmosphere — a must-listen for classic radio fans craving suspense and psychological mystery.

Transcript

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[Adam Kane]

Right.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Is that everybody? Yes. Yes.

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Yes.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I think so. Gerald. Yes. Yes. That's a lot.

[Melanie Willis]

Good.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Close the door someone, please. Father, you're near us, Right? Let's make a start, shall we? Now this is going to be a long, tiresome session, but quite vital. I don't need to remind any of you that you're all bound by the Official Secrets Act. Whatever we say in this room stays in this room. Is that clearly understood?

[Melanie Willis]

Good.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Now the matter in hand is the new siren, Mark V. Now I have the test starter here. The government people were very prompt this time. Nothing like a change in Whitehall to polish the official channels.

[Adam Kane]

Sorry. Sit down.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

What was that? Fy. What do you think?

[Melanie Willis]

You're no far.

[Peter Milder]

Stop him.

[Adam Kane]

My name's Adam Kane. Kane. Kane.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

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[Adam Kane]

Over here, was it?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yes. You see, they haven't quite managed to.

[Adam Kane]

Us still got blood on the floor. Must have been standing up here then. Behind this long ping pong table thing.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

The boardroom table.

[Adam Kane]

Oh yeah. Charlie was standing up here. Right.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

According to all the witnesses, yes. Addressing the board. Lord Beckenham was chairman of the board of Fleetwood McKinley's.

[Adam Kane]

I know that much. Give me credit for something. Then this bloke up swipes out a gun and shoots him. Or why didn't someone stop him?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

They were all stunned. It was an impossible thing to do.

[Adam Kane]

Scared out their heads, most likely. Man with a gun. They knew him too, didn't they?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yes. Farley was a member of the board. Had been for three years.

[Adam Kane]

Was because he shot himself after he'd done in. Lord, as a father, That would have been over here. Right.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Quite right. How on earth did you know that?

[Adam Kane]

And cleaned all the blood off the floor here either.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yeah, right.

[Adam Kane]

Why us? We have old love. Why are the old firm and not Scotland Yard?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Better put up one of those chairs.

[Adam Kane]

Yeah, well, I'm not likely to keel over with a shock, am I?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

It might take a while. This is Fleetwood McKinley's.

[Adam Kane]

I read it over the gate when we drove in.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

And as such, they are responsible for most of our top secret engineering. In fact, they're busy on a project at the moment. A vital project. Air defense. Ground to air missiles. He's called Siren 5.

[Adam Kane]

You mean he was bumped off to discover our war effort?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

We can't overlook that possibility.

[Adam Kane]

And Sally. Well, what do we know about him?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Absolutely nothing. That's why you're here, old boy. Now can't Taylor date me?

[Adam Kane]

I'm.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I'm perfectly aware of that. If Lord Beckenham was killed by a foreign agent or a saboteur, then we'd rather like to know. Find out all about Farley, Adam. All about him. If there's nothing sinister there, then I'll be a very surprised man.

[Adam Kane]

You don't think it was just because he didn't like his boss?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Great heavens. Hundreds of people, thousands in this country don't get along with their superiors. I mean, you and I don't always see eye to eye, do we? But you'd no more put a bullet between my Eyes than a. Adam, why are you looking at me like that?

[Adam Kane]

Thinking.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Well, then, let's set up some sort of campaign for you, shall we? Might as well start right here at Fleetwood McKinley. Try and avoid attracting too much attention. The public's been told that Lord Beckham died of a heart attack. I want them to keep on believing that. The board's been very understanding about that.

[Adam Kane]

Find out their minds that they're going to be the next. I suppose. What did he do?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

He was chairman of the board, I told you.

[Adam Kane]

Not the Lord Farley. What was he?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Director. I'm not quite sure what of. Access to top secrets, of course. The whole board was cleared to D6.

[Adam Kane]

Then he'd been investigated before.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I expect so. But that doesn't clear him, Adam. You know very well it doesn't. Oh, for goodness sake. The number of men cleared to the very top secrets who have turned out to be on the other side of legion. You know that as well as I do.

[Adam Kane]

All right, all right, calm down. Are you gonna give me some sort of COVID in this place?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I hardly think you'll need it. You aren't going to run around in the open, ask questions, but ask them discreetly. And you take the whole board into your confidence. They witness the killing after all.

[Adam Kane]

Anything else?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

No, I don't think.

[Melanie Willis]

Oh, I beg your pardon. I thought the room was empty.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

That's quite all right. We were on our way. Come on in, my dear.

[Adam Kane]

Now you're in. Close the door.

[Melanie Willis]

I beg your pardon?

[Adam Kane]

The door. Close it. Now, come here.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Who are you?

[Adam Kane]

More to the point, who are you? This room's been closed off by the police. There should have been a guard on the door.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

There was, yes. Who are you, young lady?

[Melanie Willis]

Melanie Willis. I'm. I was Mr. Farley's secretary. I have the necessary credentials to enter the boardroom. Your guard looked at them.

[Adam Kane]

Yeah, I'll bet he did. Adam Farley, secretary. Right there, Volson. You can pop along now if you like.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

What?

[Adam Kane]

You said you'd finished. This is where I take over.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yes, of course.

[Adam Kane]

And what better place to begin than Farley's secretary? She wasn't tall, bit under 5 6. But the seven and a bit stones was put together in a fascinating way. I have to take your eyes off. Even Viv walked out backwards. But he hadn't done that since he got his MBE.

[Melanie Willis]

You're from the police, I take it? I think you're very rude.

[Adam Kane]

Maybe. What you come here for?

[Melanie Willis]

To look for something. Something that belonged to Mr. Farley.

[Adam Kane]

The room's been Cleared. You know what happens.

[Melanie Willis]

Yes, I was here.

[Adam Kane]

You were here?

[Melanie Willis]

Yes.

[Adam Kane]

I thought it was only the bold.

[Melanie Willis]

I'm the stenographer. I take the fastest shorthand in the works. I always acted as secretary in the boardroom when they were discussing secret matters. Lord Beckenham didn't trust tape recorders. And I have security clearance. Does that answer your questions?

[Adam Kane]

All except one.

[Peter Milder]

Oh.

[Adam Kane]

What are you looking for?

[Melanie Willis]

Oh, silly little thing. A silver pencil. I think Mr. Farley's wife would want to have it.

[Adam Kane]

Yeah, I remember. It's in that box. The one marked Farley.

[Melanie Willis]

Can I have it, please?

[Adam Kane]

After it's been at the lamps, I'll have it sent over.

[Melanie Willis]

Good. Then I won't waste any more of your obviously valuable time.

[Adam Kane]

You are very nice air.

[Melanie Willis]

What?

[Adam Kane]

Your air. Nice, clean and soft. You take good care of it. I like that.

[Melanie Willis]

I. I really do.

[Adam Kane]

Got a canteen in this place?

[Melanie Willis]

Yes, there's the one food.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Good.

[Melanie Willis]

All right. It's not.

[Adam Kane]

Come on, then. I'll buy you some lunch.

[Melanie Willis]

You really are a very surprising person. Yeah, well, you were so rude, so brutal, and then so very nice. You've also got a rather nasty sense of humor.

[Adam Kane]

I do my job.

[Melanie Willis]

But you aren't a bit like a policeman. You aren't a policeman, are you? They wouldn't trust something as big as this to Scotland Yard. You're from Whitehall, probably Di6.

[Adam Kane]

And you're a touch too bright for your own good.

[Melanie Willis]

I see. And I won't ask any more questions. How's the food?

[Adam Kane]

Not bad. What are you gonna do now?

[Melanie Willis]

Now that Mr. Farley's dead? Oh, I don't know. They've offered me another director, but I don't think I'll stay with Fleetwood. I like to choose the man I work for.

[Adam Kane]

You liked Farley?

[Melanie Willis]

Yes, I liked Mr. Farley.

[Adam Kane]

Any idea why he.

[Melanie Willis]

If I told you that, I couldn't have been more shocked if the Russians had dropped a bomb on London. It was a nightmare.

[Adam Kane]

Did he say anything before the meeting? Seemed different in any way?

[Melanie Willis]

No. I've been thinking about that. There was nothing to show that he could have had that sort of breakdown.

[Adam Kane]

You think it was a spur of the moment thing, then? A sort of brainstorm?

[Melanie Willis]

Oh, yes, it had to be. There's no other explanation.

[Adam Kane]

Then what was he doing with a loaded pistol in his pocket?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Very nice. Dapper. Was that you? Yeah. Being a bit noisy, aren't we? Yeah, we are. You mind? Well, I'd rather you didn't fire that thing. Unless you have to. Of course. In anger I mean, if I don't practice, I won't be any good, will I? No, I expect not. You've. You finished practicing, have you? Yeah, for the time being.

[Adam Kane]

Good.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Then we have something to discuss. Another job? Yes. The last one was so good, I thought we might strike while the iron was hot, as it were. You got him picked out, this man?

[Peter Milder]

Yes.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Fortune has rather dumped him in our laps. The opportunity is a little too good to miss, I think. Him?

[Adam Kane]

The very man.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yes. They should pay well for him. Blimey. When I've put the old cat among the pigeons, killing this one. Sir Archibald Parkinson. They'll love it. Sir Archibald Pleydon Parkinson. Adam, think about it. Sir Archibald Parkinson. Not nice. A disaster. A crushing disaster. The head of the Coordinating Defence Council, Chairman of the Weapons Training Board, the most famous brain in England.

[Adam Kane]

And he's dead.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

As last week's. Martin. Look at it. My telephone almost melted in my hand.

[Adam Kane]

Devilish on the line.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Not to mention the Minister and the Permanent Under Secretary for Defense. Not to mention the tea.

[Adam Kane]

Been up yet?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Tea? At a time like this? What's the time?

[Adam Kane]

Nearly four.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

You're right. Where is the tea?

[Adam Kane]

I'll go and look.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

No, you won't. You'll stay right where you are. Adam. It's been three months. Three whole months since Beckenham was killed. You found nothing about Farley? Absolutely nothing that might tell us why he did it. Now, the same thing happens to another man. Shot and killed in a top level meeting by a member of his staff who meekly commits suicide seconds after the actual. There is a link. There has to be.

[Adam Kane]

I'll go along with that. Who did it this time?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

A youngster called McIntyre. Brilliant. Senior maths tutor at new college. In line for the Chair of Binary Maths, as a matter of fact.

[Adam Kane]

What?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Binary maths?

[Adam Kane]

You got anything on him?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Very little as yet. You'll have to go down there and investigate, of course.

[Adam Kane]

You're not coming this time.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I'll be here. Right here. Making excuses into the telephone. I do hate that instrument.

[Adam Kane]

Where? What? Where do I go?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Cambridge, of course. You contact his secretary?

[Adam Kane]

Parkinson's?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

No, McIntyre's. Parkinson can't help us. He's dead, remember.

[Adam Kane]

So is Macintyre.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

You are being very difficult.

[Adam Kane]

Sorry. His secretary, you said.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I've got the name here somewhere. Oh, yes. Ms. Melanie Willis. Melanie Willis. Where have I heard that name before? Adam? Wasn't she? Wasn't she the girl?

[Adam Kane]

Yeah. Farley Secretary.

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[Adam Kane]

Hello, Melanie.

[Melanie Willis]

Uncle Gus.

[Adam Kane]

How are you, dear?

[Melanie Willis]

Oh, not very well.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

No, of course. Very understandable. Tragedy.

[Peter Milder]

Poor man.

[Melanie Willis]

Uncle. He didn't show any signs of imbalance.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yes, he was very highly strung. Of course, that was why I was treating him.

[Adam Kane]

We both knew that.

[Melanie Willis]

But not dangerously so.

[Adam Kane]

No, no, no. A tragic mystery.

[Melanie Willis]

Yes, I expect so. Like the last one.

[Adam Kane]

Like the last one.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

The mind of man is a deep bottomless swell. All we can do is to cast a little light into the gloom. Yes, Mel, if you feel you want to talk to anyone. Well, please, we'd love to see you.

[Melanie Willis]

There's so much to do. Uncle Gus, the police are here.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Of course. But anytime it gets too much to bear, I'll remember.

[Melanie Willis]

Thank you. Goodbye, Uncle Gus.

[Adam Kane]

Bless you, my dear.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Augustus.

[Melanie Willis]

Yes?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

You must have just heard.

[Melanie Willis]

It was on the lunchtime news.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I didn't see it.

[Melanie Willis]

Oh, but come on now.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Come on. I won't help to cry. Not yet. Just a little longer.

[Melanie Willis]

I've told them all I know. What do they want from me?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

You aren't quite finished with them yet.

[Melanie Willis]

But the superintendent.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

There's A new one. Doesn't look like police this time. Bit more sinister, I'm afraid.

[Melanie Willis]

Di6 again.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

He says his name's Kane. Adam Kane.

[Adam Kane]

Getting a bit monotonous in it.

[Melanie Willis]

I'd hardly call it that.

[Adam Kane]

No, you probably wouldn't.

[Melanie Willis]

I can tell you nothing, Mr. Kane. Nothing more than I have done. Nothing more than I could tell the police.

[Adam Kane]

I believe you.

[Melanie Willis]

Then why keep on?

[Adam Kane]

Because I believe that you believe you've nothing to tell me. Nothing. You think that's interesting?

[Melanie Willis]

What do you mean?

[Adam Kane]

I mean the coincidence is a bit much in it, love. Two men doing something crazy like shooting their boss when their boss happens to be a vital link in Britain's defense. Two men? And you just happen to be secretary to both of them.

[Melanie Willis]

I know what it seems. I know I look very suspicious, but.

[Adam Kane]

I believe you're straight.

[Melanie Willis]

Thank you.

[Adam Kane]

I also believe that there's something you can tell us but you just don't think it's important. Something that links you with Farley and MacIntyre.

[Melanie Willis]

No, there's nothing except.

[Adam Kane]

Except what, Melanie?

[Melanie Willis]

No, nothing.

[Adam Kane]

I think we're beginning to get somewhere.

[Melanie Willis]

I think I'd like you to leave me alone now.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Mel. You all right?

[Adam Kane]

Who are you?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

You saw me downstairs.

[Adam Kane]

That's right. Askin Donkin. The physics man. Yeah. What do you want, Mel?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Is he housing you?

[Melanie Willis]

No, I'm. I'm all right.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

But really you're not. Look at you. She's done enough, Kane. You can let her go now.

[Adam Kane]

I'll let her go when I'm good and ready. Now clear off. Don't.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I'll go if she comes with me.

[Adam Kane]

Eaty heavy boyfriend.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I'll knock your nasty little block off.

[Adam Kane]

The same problem. They tell me I'm going to be.

[Melanie Willis]

Burt Dunkin's secretary now that McIntyre's dead.

[Adam Kane]

Are you indeed? How's your life insurance, Duncan? I knew I was right. The girl had to be the link. She'd been just about to tell me something when a physicist boyfriend burst in swinging punches. I let them go. But I thought a discreet tail might lead somewhere.

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[Adam Kane]

And somewhere turned out to be a big house tucked into the corner of a bigger estate just outside the town of Cambridge.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Doctor Augustus Maxwell. That was a name, wasn't it?

[Adam Kane]

Yeah. What'd you find out?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

He's a psychologist, a practicing hypnotist. The doctorate's an American degree. It's not worth anything here.

[Adam Kane]

Holly street think he's a quack, but his patients don't.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Not by the size of his clientele. We can't legally call it a practice. They pay a great deal of money and he seems to solve their problems. His security record seems clean enough. Although he has been to Russia twice.

[Adam Kane]

He gets more interesting by the second.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Both times for a very legitimate reason. Medical conferences. Both times.

[Adam Kane]

We know all about those.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Oh, goodness, yes, we do, don't we? Do you think that I had a.

[Adam Kane]

Taped bug in our phone? Melanie's. She spoke to him just before I did this morning. She called him Uncle Gus.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yes, I checked that. He's certainly not a blood relation. Her father has one sister and the mother was an only child.

[Adam Kane]

You think he was treating Macintyre and Farley?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

He certainly seems to be treating a boyfriend.

[Melanie Willis]

What's his name?

[Adam Kane]

Duncan.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yes, but disturbing that he's on the Atomic Energy Board. They have a meeting here in London next week.

[Adam Kane]

Say no more.

[Peter Milder]

What?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

What are you going to do?

[Adam Kane]

For starters, I'll get to meet the doctor.

[Melanie Willis]

How did you find out about Uncle Gus?

[Adam Kane]

It's the link, innit? Fowley and McIntyre both went to him. Yes, and now Duncan, you.

[Melanie Willis]

You're so very wrong. You wouldn't be talking like this if you knew Gus. He helps people, not kills them.

[Adam Kane]

Then you'll have to remedy that, won't you?

[Melanie Willis]

What?

[Adam Kane]

I'll have to meet your Uncle Gus.

[Melanie Willis]

I don't know if that would be possible.

[Adam Kane]

Why not?

[Melanie Willis]

He chooses the people that see him. He doesn't like frivolous people.

[Adam Kane]

This time I'm serious. You just don't know how serious I can be.

[Melanie Willis]

I still don't know. I can ask him. But I shall have to tell him who you really are. I can't lie to him. That's part of the treatment.

[Adam Kane]

I see you're a patient.

[Melanie Willis]

Oh, yes. I've been with Gus for over five years now.

[Adam Kane]

That ugly prickle started at the back of my neck. I shivered like someone had walked over my. Oh, stop it. Cool imagination does funny things when you let it run wild. I watched her go over to her phone and speak to Dr. Augustus Maxwell. She was speaking very softly, nodding a lot, looking hard at me once or twice. Then she put the phone down and came over.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Dapper. Yeah, I. I think they're onto us. Who is? A gentleman from Di6, if I'm not very much mistaken. A certain Adam Kane. Kane?

[Adam Kane]

You know him?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yeah, I know Kane. He's Di6, all right. A bleeding tough little Burke too. More to the point, does he know you? No, never met him. Just heard the boys talking, that's all. There's still a chance he can't possibly discover anything here. And.

[Peter Milder]

What?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

What's the matter, boss? You know, Dapper, we might scrap all the work we've done on Donkin.

[Peter Milder]

Why?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Because our Russian friends would pay a lot more to see the head of British Secret Service dead, wouldn't they?

[Adam Kane]

All the way there she talked and I listened. It was a non stop eulogy to Augustus Maxwell. You'd have to be a pretty amazing man to live up to all that. Because I like Melanie Willis. She was a pretty intelligent girl.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

More tea, Mr. Kane?

[Adam Kane]

Yeah.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

So dapper, poor Mr. Kane. Another cup. Make it a good strong cup. You like strong tea, I'm sure.

[Adam Kane]

Yeah.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

There, I'm. I'm sure you'll enjoy that.

[Adam Kane]

God.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

You mind if I. Oh, no, no, no. Dapper.

[Adam Kane]

You.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

You go right ahead. Ah, you'll know where to find me.

[Adam Kane]

You've.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

You've been very quiet, Melanie.

[Melanie Willis]

What? Oh, well, that's just because I haven't had much to say. Island. Oh, dear.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Your tea. You spilled it all over your trousers.

[Adam Kane]

Yeah. Stupid.

[Melanie Willis]

You.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

You look a little pale, Mr. Kenner. Are you feeling quite yourself?

[Adam Kane]

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Could I go and clean this off somewhere?

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Come.

[Adam Kane]

I showed you the bathroom, dear.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Are you quite sure you can walk, Mr. Kane? Open the door for us, would you, Melanie?

[Melanie Willis]

Adam.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Are you all right?

[Adam Kane]

Yeah, fine.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Just relax, Mr. Kane. There's not a thing to worry about. You're going to be comfortable in a moment. Very comfortable. No anxieties will trouble you.

[Adam Kane]

Fine. Dapper.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yeah, he's going under. Take him up, will you? Yeah, yeah. Light as a feather. You're going to have a lovely kip, Adam Kane. Come on. This is where you kip. In here. Now, down front of the bed. Oh, blimey, you'll spark out on you. Nice and comfy. Good. Now a pair of handcuffs onto the bedstead. We don't want you running away, do we?

[Adam Kane]

Shouldn't take everything for guarding, mate. Not all stupid as Farley and McIntyre. Nice little bit of distracting Your boss did. While you slip the Mickey Fin into the second cup of tea. Good psychology. The second cup. It's never suspected. Let's see. Yeah, this is it. Sodium pentafal, I guess. Your turn for the anchor, Dapper, my lad.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Oh, don't look so worried, Melanie. It's just a little fainting fit. I'm a doctor.

[Melanie Willis]

He looks so ill.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I'll have a look at him in a moment. There's nothing to worry about. Ah, Dapper is. Adam.

[Adam Kane]

Bugger. You stay just where you are. Now, Maxwell, suppose you tell this nice lady all the nasty things you've been up to.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

A silver pencil.

[Adam Kane]

You've got one answer, Duncan.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Yes, Augustus gave it to me.

[Adam Kane]

Let me see.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

Here you are.

[Adam Kane]

Yeah, identical. Farley had one and so did McIntyre. It triggers a response. Powerful transmitter to a wire embedded in here. And the result? Supersonic vibrations. The subject goes into a trance and does what he's been conditioned to do.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

And I was going to be the next victim.

[Adam Kane]

Direction. You were going to be the next killer. Until I came along.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

And they were going to use you.

[Adam Kane]

Yeah. Allie, it didn't happen. Relax, Viv. Your tea's getting cold.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

What a horrible thought. Like a cuckoo in the nest. How's Melanie?

[Adam Kane]

She's in a clinic. They'll let her out when they're happy with her. Shouldn't be more than a week or two. She's tough enough to get over it.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

I'll make it up to her, Mr. Kane.

[Adam Kane]

I really will. You better, mate, or I'll knock your nasty little block off.

[Dr. Augustus Maxwell]

My name is adam kane is written by dale cutts and directed by margaret heel.

[Adam Kane]

My name's adam kane.