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4 Extra Debut. Comic capers amongst the carrots when a body is found on an allotment. Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh and Miriam Margolyes. From June 2014.

Best selling crime writer Val McDermid turns to comedy capers among the carrots, as we rummage through the undergrowth of a murder on the allotments. Starring Julie Hesmondhalgh and Miriam Margolyes.

It's a case for Detective Chief Inspector Alma Blair, the Alpha Detective, her sergeant Jason Trotter, and Jo Blake the crime scene manager. Watch how the women behave towards each other. Rivals? Not quite. There may even be a barely detectable flirtatiousness between them.

In Episode 1 a body is found on an allotment in Cranby

Sound Designer: Eloise Whitmore
Writer: Val McDermid

Directed and Produced by Justine Potter
A Savvy Production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Oct 201802:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

DSI Alma BlairJulie Hesmondhalgh
DS Jason TrotterJohn Hollingworth
CSM Jo BlakeMiriam Margolyes
NarratorJonathan Keeble
Brian MastersJonathan Keeble
Eric OllerinshawAlan Rothwell
PC SparksVictoria Brazier
ClaireVictoria Brazier
DirectorJustine Potter
ProducerJustine Potter
WriterVal McDermid

Broadcasts

  • Mon 9 Jun 201410:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 9 Jun 201419:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sat 20 Oct 201814:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 21 Oct 201802:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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