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Episode 5

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A fresh death and a singing Prime Minister make George Cragge ponder. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. From December 1999.

A fresh death and a singing Prime Minister make George Cragge ponder.

Maverick BBC reporter, George Cragge, and Superintendent Frank Jefferson are investigating a series of murders of journalists.

Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster.

Mark Taverner’s blackly humorous murder mystery set in the worlds of the BBC and politics.

George Cragge …. Michael Williams
Superintendent Frank Jefferson …. Barry Foster
Charles Prentiss...Stephen Fry
Martin Griffiths.....John Bird
Prime Minister …. Jonathan Coy
Crichton-Potter …. Anton Rogers
Marcia Mallon …. Rebecca Front
Chancellor …. Simon Greenall
Maria …. Jessica Oyelowo
Rupert Thresher........Michael Fenton Stevens
Radio 4 Newsreader …. Harriet Cass

With:

Peter Woodthorpe
Hugh Parker
Neil McCaul
Chris Pavlo
Beth Chalmers
David Holt

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.

30 minutes

Last on

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