5. Escalation

Claire Gillian has left home so her husband can't update her on what he's discovered.

But he's getting closer to confronting the blackmailer...

The Gillian family's happy and successful life has been shattered by a blackmail plot.

Starring Paul Shelley and Sandra Clark.

Peter Whalley’s mystery thriller, set in ‘90s Cheshire.

Richard Gillian .... Paul Shelley
Jane Gillian .... Saskia Downes
David Gillian .... John Lloyd Fillingham
Maurice Townsend .... Glyn Morrow
Philip Thornton .... Peter Rylands
Melissa .... Kathryn Hunt
Julie .... Julie Corrigan
Lawrence Nevison .... Russell Dixon
Adele Nevison .... Melissa Jane Sinden

Directed at BBC Manchester by Tony Cliff.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1994.