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The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 7

The Flying Scotsman

Duration: 28 minutes

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

A whodunit set on the great Flying Scotsman in the days of steam.

A rookie Detective Constable and a world weary Detective Inspector combine forces with a recalcitrant train guard to solve a murder and expose Soho gangland supremo Mickey Two Eyes and his side kick Legs Leona.

Stanley Baxter is the guard who rules over the passengers and the timetable with a rod of iron.

Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.

Train Guard..................Stanley Baxter
DI Ross.........................David Mara
DC Sarah McLeod.........Beth Marshall
Lil.................................Cathy Sara

Written by Rona Munro

Director: Marilyn Imrie

A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2015. Show less

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