18th century architect Nicholas Dyer is under suspicion, and a series of modern murders baffle Nicholas Hawksmoor.

Starring Philip Jackson.

Conclusion of Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed tale of parallel investigations into killings across two centuries.

Dramatised by Nick Fisher.

Dyer/Hawksmoor ...... Philip Jackson
Sir Christopher Wren ...... Norman Rodway
John Vanbrugh ...... Andrew Wincott
Nat Eliot ...... Ben Crowe
Penny ...... Clare Corbett
Mary ...... Helen Ayres
Thomas Hill ...... Jordan Calvert
Boy 1 ...... Luke Smith
Boy 2 ...... Bradley Sowter
Anne ...... Miranda Foster
Mirabelis ...... Richard Johnson
Mrs West ...... Richenda Carey
Dad ...... Terence Edmond
Walter Pyne ...... Thomas Arnold

Other parts played by the cast.

Recorded on location in London’s Spitalfields and Clerkenwell and at Soundhouse Studios.

Producer: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000. Show less