1. The Last of the Bow Street Runners
London 1839, and Catherine turns to old-school detective Pip Shepherd when her sweetheart Michael disappears. Stars Todd Carty.
Crime-solving adventures set in the Victorian-era, when the Bow Street Runners were superseded by the London Metropolitan Police.
Introduced by Sir Robert Peel, they were nicknamed the ‘Peelers’.
Former Runner, Pip Shepherd, and Peeler, Thomas Tedman, solve crimes to the backdrop of the capital’s deadly pea-soup fog, known as ‘London Particulars’.
Starring Todd Carty and Charles Simpson.
Four-part detective thriller series written by John Peacock.
London, 1839. When her sweetheart Michael disappears, Catherine turns to old-school detective Pip Shepherd for help.
Pip Shepherd …. Todd Carty
Thomas Tedman …. Charles Simpson
Dolly Jenkins/Mrs Dutton …. Maggie McCarthy
Catherine Hockley/Belle …. Deborah Berlin
Ethel …. Zulema Dene
Sarah Vermilloe …. Tessa Worsley
Inspector Goddard/Robert Vermilloe/Judge/Sam Weekes …. Ioan Meredith
Toby …. Harry Myers
Ablass/Nightwatchman/Sergeant/Beggar …. Stephen Critchlow
Producer: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
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