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3. A Case of Drowning Sorrows

The Blackburn FilesSeries 3
Episode 3 of 4

Private eye Steven J Blackburn probes a ventriloquist dummy's theft at a home for retired theatricals. With Fine Time Fontayne.

Stephen visits his Auntie Eileen in a retirement home, where the theft of a ventriloquist's dummy soon has him treading the boards of memory lane.

Starring Finetime Fontayne.

Another case for ex-pitman turned investigator Steven J Blackburn and his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey.

Written by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby

Stephen J Blackburn ...... Finetime Fontayne
Tracey Duggan ...... Judy Flynn
Eileen Simpson ...... Carole Copeland
Arthur Swinscoe ...... Rod Arthur
Nigel Weston ...... Norman Mills

Director: Dave Sheasby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 8 Mar 202401:30
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