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The Smiler with the Knife

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A thieving magpie and a rather fussy surveyor of highways cause Nigel Strangeways and his wife to stumble on an organisation which has close links with fascist Germany, and some very odd ideas about the future of this country. Written by Nicholas Blake.

With Andrew Branch, John Church, Elaine Claxton , Steven Harrold ,
Shaun Prendergast , Natasha Pyne , Gordon Reid , Erie Stovell and Jonathan Tafler.

Dramatised by Barry Campbell Director Jane Morgan Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Nicholas Blake
Director:
Jane Morgan
Georgia Strangeways:
Jackie Smith-Wood
Nigel Strangeways:
Simon Cadell
Sir John Strangeways:
Jack May
Lord Canteloe:
John Rye
Alison Grove:
Susie Brann
Peter Braithwaite:
Christopher Douglas
Madame Alvaraz:
Avril Clark
Senor Alvaraz:
Tim Reynolds
Celia Mayfield:
Deborah Makepeace
Major Keston:
David Sinclair
Prof Hargreaves-Steele:
Richard Durden
Mrs Fortescue:
Jill Balcon
Rev Fortescue:
Peter Howell
Miss Agg-Thorsby:
Pauline Letts
Source: Radio Times

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