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The Redhill Sisterhood

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Victorian sleuth Loveday Brooke investigates some nuns who seem to be forsaking their vows for burglary. Stars Gayanne Potter.

Autumn,1897: Victorian undercover agent Loveday Brooke investigates a group of nuns who appear to have forsaken their vows - and taken to burglary.

From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.

Catherine Louisa Pirkis' mystery stars Gayanne Potter.

Dramatised by Roger Danes.

Miss Loveday Brooke …. Gayanne Potter
Insp Gunning …. Paul Young
Sgt Blaine …. Nell McKinven
Murray …. Simon Tait
Sister Monica …. Noreen Leighton
Sister Anna …. Lucy Paterson
Dyer …. Ralph Riach
White …. John Paul Hurley
Davie …. Frederick Forge

Producer: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.

45 minutes

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Tue 19 Aug 202501:00
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