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3. Paper Trail

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Clients of Flaxborough’s Handclasp Marriage Bureau come under police scrutiny. Stars John Rowe and Linda Gardner.

Clients of the Handclasp Marriage Bureau come under police scrutiny.

Meanwhile Lucy Teatime makes initial contact with Lonelyheart 4122.

Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles.

Why are lonely, well-off middle-aged women disappearing from the sleepy, small market town?

John Rowe stars as Inspector Walter Purbright.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

Insp Purbright .... John Rowe
Miss Teatime .... Linda Gardner
Det Sgt Love .... Paul Downing
Mrs Staunch .... Ann Rye
Receptionist .... Victoria Finney
Phyllis .... Judy Holt
Capper .... Keith Clifford
Rusk .... Malcolm Raeburn
Singleton .... Neville Barber

Directed at BBC Manchester by: Tony Cliff.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 19 Oct 202301:30
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