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November Dead List

Series 1

4. Confession

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

The murder enquiry into the death of a church parishioner continues.

The priest made himself a suspect by leaving London unexpectedly.

Detective Inspector Flood pursued him to Ireland but his body was discovered before she could speak to him.

But before he died he made a final confession to Father Manu, the curate, who now refuses to break the seal of the confessional by telling her what was said.

Nicola Walker stars in Nick Perry's gritty crime drama.

Each Roman Catholic parish compiles a Book of the Dead from the lists of departed loved ones submitted by parishioners.

Printed on the front of the envelopes are three words:

November Dead List.

A young priest opens one such envelope and discovers - not a list of the dead but a list of people he knows to be alive, and members of his congregation.

At first he thinks it's someone's idea of a joke. Then the people named start turning up dead.

DI Flood ...... Nicola Walker
Father Manu ...... Paul Ready
John ...... Steve Toussaint
Father Pat ...... Dermot Crowley
Simon ...... Arthur Hughes
Terrence ...... John Norton
Gerry ...... Stephen Hogan
Kevin ...... Sean Murray
Eileen ...... Carolyn Pickles
Journalist ...... Carys Eleri

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014. Show less

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