Episode 1
Maverick reporter George Cragge's retirement is cut short. Mark Tavener's comic thriller with Michael Williams. From 1998.
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.
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