Episode 1

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At last maverick crime reporter, George Cragge is retiring from the BBC to the delight of executives attending his retirement party. But his retirement is cut short by an urgent phone call - a serial killer is murdering dentists in London... Starring Michael Williams and Barry Foster. Mark Tavener's blackly humorous six-part murder mystery. George Cragge ...... Michael Williams DCI Frank Jefferson ...... Barry Foster Prime Minister ...... Hugh Laurie Crichton-Potter ...... Richard Griffiths Martin McCabe ...... John Bird Charles Prentiss ...... Stephen Fry Marcia Mallon ...... Rebecca Front Jim Hardie ...... Kenneth Cranham Director of Personnel ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Chancellor ...... Simon Greenall John ...... Jonathan Keeble Caroline ...... Susie Brann Max ...... Peter Woodthorpe With: Brian Parr Henrietta Garden Rachel Atkins Darren Boyd Harriet Cass Music by Paul Mottram. Producer: Paul Schlesinger First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.