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The Saturday Play: Dover and the Claret Tappers

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Another Joyce Porter comedy thriller featuring Inspector Dover from Scotland Yard, this time set in 1976.
When one of their own gets kidnapped, there's a sense of jubilation at Scotland Yard. Not what you might expect, but then the victim is Inspector Dover, and he's not quite the detective England expects.
Dramatised by Paul Mendelson.
Other parts played by members of the cast
Producer/Director David Ian Neville

Contributors

Writer:
Joyce Porter
Dramatised By:
Paul Mendelson
Director:
David Ian Neville
CI Dover:
Kenneth Cranham
Sgt McGregor:
Stuart McQuarrie
Cmdr Brockhurst:
Crawford Logan
Noreen/Mrs Youens:
Joanna Tope
Insp Horton/PC Dawes:
Nick Underwood
Lesley/Miss Montmorency:
Lucy Paterson
Gallagher/Supt Trevelyan:
Terry Wale
Mary:
Laura Smales
Source: Radio Times

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