'Seven Serpents, Sulphur and Salt' (3 Parts) by Trevor Preston

A man named John Christopher arrives at Mr. Sweet’s bookshop, desperate to see the bookseller, but he is killed shortly after hiding a parchment inside one of the antique books. In a sinister taxidermist’s shop, the dark magician Estabis, also known as Mr. Stabs, is searching for the ‘Seven Serpents’ parchment, which holds the secret of turning base metal into gold; he is assisted in his task by the smelly Luko and a spirit named Polandi. Learning that Tarot has now found the script, Stabs takes on the form of Polandi so that he can break into the magician’s flat; he hypnotises Lulli into poisoning Tarot, but in the nick of time the plan is thwarted by Sam. Tarot, Sam and a restored Lulli take a trip to Swineshead, where the alchemist Flameld hid is secret of transmogrification six-hundred years ago. It is the site of the final confrontation between Tarot and Mr. Stabs - but which of the magicians will win the deadly battle of wits?


Michael Mackenzie (Tarot), Tony Selby (Sam), Judy Loe (Lulli), Donald Layne-Smith (Mr. Sweet), Fred Owl (Ozymandias), Russell Hunter (Mr. Stabs), Ian Trigger (Luko), Harriet Harper (Polandi), Jack Woolgar (Charlie Postle), Llewellyn Rees (Mr. Christopher), Jonathan Cecil (Mr. Thwaites)

Directed by Pamela Lonsdale
Produced by Pamela Londsdale

TX:
Part 1 - 21st July 1971 @ 5.20 pm - 5.50 pm
Part 2 - 28th July 1971 @ 5.20 pm - 5.50 pm
Part 3 - 4th August 1971 @ 5.20 pm - 5.50 pm

Notes:
*Featuring Tarot, Sam Maxted, Lulli Palmer, Mr. Sebastian Sweet and Ozymandias

*This story no longer exists