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2. The House in Geneva

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Charles Stein is on a mission to Switzerland to discover the truth about the Nazi Kaiseroda mine. Stars Trevor Nichols.

Charles Stein is on a mission to Switzerland to meet his old Colonel.

Can he discover the truth about the missing treasures from the Nazi Kaiseroda mine?

The title of Len Deighton’s riveting thriller XPD stands for Expedient Demise.

An alleged secret meeting between Churchill and Hitler in 1940 is at the centre of the tangled plot; Will the so-called Hitler Minutes prove Churchill a traitor?

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Boyd Stuart ...... Trevor Nichols
Charles Stein ...... Bruce Boa
Colonel Pitman ...... Barry Morse
Shumuk ...... George Coulouris
Ian Tyler ...... Billy Stein
Loden ...... Bernard Brown
Mme Maurig ...... Mary Wimbush
Kalkhoven ...... Stuart Milligan
Ivan ...... David Garth
Grechko ...... David Sinclair
Hollis ...... David Learner
Parker ...... Colin Starkey

Producer: Peter King

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1985.

30 minutes

Last on

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