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The First Private Eye

Crime writer Val McDermid looks into Allan Pinkerton, the Glasgow-born man who gave the world the term "private eye". From 2002.

Crime writer Val McDermid launches her own private investigation into the life of Allan Pinkerton

He was the Glasgow-born man who gave the world the term "private eye" and brought his own particular brand of justice to the Wild West.

Producer: Lynsey Moyes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002.

30 minutes

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Fri 20 Aug 202102:30
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