What happens
Joe Kendall, a Bureau agent, is sent to Algiers after a plane carrying Sir Hartley Manning explodes over the Mediterranean. Manning's decision on an Arab farm loan was pending, and both sides blame each other for his death. In Algiers, Kendall meets wealthy merchants and a fellow passenger named Pagon, who was almost on the flight. When Kendall returns to his hotel, he finds Pagon stabbed in the back. The series is The Man Called X, first broadcast on July 6, 1951, starring Joseph Cotton. Kendall's inquiries lead him through the city's tense political and business circles.
Algiers and the Mediterranean, 1951
Characters: Joe Kendall, Pagon, Sir Hartley Manning, Aben Hamid, Marais, Gromett, Billy
Listen for: Kendall's conversations with Aben Hamid and Gromett about Manning's decision on the loan, and the clues Pagon gives before he dies.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.