The murder of a woman in a small village outside Malmö in Southern Sweden wouldn't normally warrant the attentions of DI Martin Beck and his team, but the victim lived next door to a man who has already killed once, and there's a lot of press interest. Beck and Kollberg aren't getting anywhere when a shootout between two teenage boys and the police leads them gradually to the killer.

Narrators ..... Lesley Sharp and Nicholas Gleaves
Martin Beck ..... Steven Mackintosh
Lennart Kollberg ..... Neil Pearson
Gunvald Larsson ..... Ralph Ineson
Hergot Allwright ..... Howard Coggins
Einar Ronn ..... Wayne Foskett
Malm ..... Nicholas Murchie
Folke Bengtsson ..... John Mackay
Bertil Mard ..... Kenneth Collard
Caspar ..... Fraser Burrows
Christer ..... Will Howard
The Breadman ..... Paul Mundell
Clark Sundström ..... Ben Crowe
Maggie ..... Jenny Harrold
Mrs Sundström ..... Philippa Stanton
Sigbrit Mard ..... Joanna Brookes
Radio reporter..... Will Glennon

Original Music by Elizabeth Purnell
Directed by Sara Davies
Written by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Translated by Thomas Teal
Dramatised by Jennifer Howarth Show less