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Radio 4 Extra,02 Dec 1984,30 mins

SeriesFather Brown Stories

The Blue Cross

Whodunnits

Available for 40 days

The cream of London's police force in association with France's finest detective fail to apprehend arch villain Flambeau - the master of disguise. Their suspicions fall on a tall Roman Catholic priest and they set off in vain pursuit. However it’s the little English priest who seems to be behaving oddly... Starring Andrew Sachs and Olivier Pierre. Series 1 of GK Chesterton's stories about the insightful clerical sleuth. Dramatised by John Scotney. Father Brown ........ Andrew Sachs Flambeau ........ Olivier Pierre Bagshaw ........ Bill Wallis Sergeant ........ Alan Thompson Shopkeeper ........ Ellen McIntosh Restauranteur ........ Trader Faulkner Valentine ........ John Abineri Constable ........ Trevor Nichols Porter ........ Graham Blockey Waiter ........ Robin Summers Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984.

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