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Women of Mystery

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Detective Hero In the third of five programmes, Jessica Mann examines the phenomenal success of women crime-writers. Is the series detective essential? Is he always a fantasy figure? Does his author inevitably fall in love with him?
SARAH CAUDWELL , JAMES BARNETT , P. D. JAMES
MARGHANITA LASKI , JOYCE ALLINGHAM ,
ELIZABETH FERRERS , RUTH RENDELL HEATHER JEEVES
7ENA SCOTT-ARCHER and MARGARET YORKE assist the investigations.
Readers KATHERINE PARR ALEXANDRA MATHIE , MADI
HEDD, FRANCES JEATER and HUGH DICKSON
Music by JOLYON JACKSON Producer
MARGARET WINDHAM

Contributors

Unknown:
Jessica Mann
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Sarah Caudwell
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James Barnett
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P. D. James
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Marghanita Laski
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Joyce Allingham
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Elizabeth Ferrers
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Ruth Rendell
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Margaret Yorke
Readers:
Katherine Parr
Readers:
Alexandra Mathie
Unknown:
Frances Jeater
Unknown:
Hugh Dickson
Music By:
Jolyon Jackson
Producer:
Margaret Windham
Source: Radio Times

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