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Radio 4 Extra,02 Nov 1986,30 mins

SeriesFather Brown Stories

Actor and Alibi

Whodunnits

Available for 39 days

A theatrical murder amid much back-stabbing is announced in the Chop-House. Father Brown finds himself in the midst of a School for Scandal. Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown. Series 2 of GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work. Dramatised by John Scotney Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs Mundon Mandeville ...... Peter Jeffrey Mrs Mandeville ...... Sheila Grant Inspector Bagshaw ...... Bill Wallis Ashton Jarvis ...... David Brierly Norman Knight ...... Charles Baillie Lady Miriam Talbot ...... Fleur Chandler Miss Maroni ...... Karen Ascoe Mrs Sans ...... Pauline Letts House Manager ...... Jonathan Scott Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1986.

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