2. A Cuckoo in the Nest
A man lost at sea returns to claim his fortune. Bow Street runner Pip and Peeler Thomas investigate. Stars Charles Simpson.
A man supposed lost at sea returns to claim his fortune...
Bow Street runner, Pip Shepherd, and Peeler, Thomas Tedman, investigate.
Starring Todd Carty and Charles Simpson.
John Peacock’s Victorian detective thriller - set when the Bow Street Runners were superseded by the London Metropolitan Police - nicknamed the ‘Peelers’.
Events are shrouded by the capital's deadly pea-soup fog, known as ‘London Particulars’.
Pip Shepherd …. Todd Carty
Thomas Tedman …. Charles Simpson
Dolly Jenks/Dodie Nettlefield …. Maggie McCarthy
Jane/Lillie Lamott/Lucy Cooke …. Deborah Berlin
Sarah Vermilloe/Marjorie Nettlefield …. Tessa Worsley
Rev. Chandler/Bert/Nightwatch/Sailor …. Ioan Meredith
Ned Nettlefield/Matt/Doorman …. Harry Myers
Oswald Nettlefield/Emcee …. Stephen Critchlow
Cora/Dora …. Tracy Wiles
Florence Hatfield/Bessie …. Elizabeth Conboy
Producer: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
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