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Philomel Cottage
Alex meets Terry and is coaxed to start a business out in the country. Mike Walker's revamped whodunit with Lizzie McInnerny.
When Alex meets Terry she's swept off her feet.
He persuades her to leave her job with a dot com company and set up a business with him - based in an out of the way cottage in the country...
A new spin on the Queen of the whodunnit, Agatha Christie's classic story.
Dramatised by Mike Walker.
Alex ...... Lizzie McInnerny
Terry ...... Tom Hollander
Richard ...... Adam Godley
Merlin ...... Struan Rodger
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.
On radio
Friday
06:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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