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Against Belfast's 1983 political murders, detective Bibi Ash tracks a sadistic killer. Tom Kelly's thriller with Lalor Roddy.

It's 1983. Political murders in Belfast are rife. But amidst a trio of young men murdered, Bibi Ash, an RUC detective spots something unusual.

A sadistic killer is targeting young men and pretending their deaths are sectarian.

But what is it the killer is trying to cover up?

This murder hunt in Belfast and Glasgow demonstrates the uncomfortable closeness of the two cities and the undercurrent of violence that links them.

Starring Lalor Roddy.

Tom Kelly's two-part thriller.

Ash ...... Lalor Roddy
Dodd ...... Stuart Graham
Jenny ...... Paula McFetridge
Big Fat Val ...... Annie McCartney
Ratso ...... John Travers
Soupy ...... Matthew McElhinney
Face Ache ...... Brian Markey

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2009.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 1 Jun 202321:30
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  • Mon 23 Feb 200909:00
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  • Mon 23 Feb 200920:00
    BBC Radio 7
  • Tue 24 Feb 200901:00
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  • Thu 26 Nov 200913:30
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  • Thu 26 Nov 200920:30
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  • Fri 27 Nov 200901:30
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  • Thu 28 Oct 201013:00
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  • Thu 28 Oct 201020:00
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  • Fri 29 Oct 201001:00
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  • Thu 16 Jun 201106:30
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  • Thu 16 Jun 201113:30
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  • Thu 16 Jun 201120:30
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  • Fri 17 Jun 201101:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 15 Sep 201223:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 1 Jun 202321:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra