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DCI Alma Blair

Dead Weight

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Available for 4 months

Val McDermid's crime series, starring Julie Hesmondhalgh and Jane Hazlegrove, returns to Cranby, where it seems losing weight really can be murder!

DCI Alma Blair is found lurking behind the weighing scales at Fat Busters. Determined to be anonymous, she is masquerading as a florist, until someone with murder in mind forces Alma into action.

DS Jason Trotter is called to the scene and it seems there is another member of the team about to make a surprise appearance.

Cast:
DCI Alma Blair - Julie Hesmondhalgh
CSM Jo Black - Jane Hazlegrove
DS Jason Trotter and others - John Hollingworth
Narrator and JP and others - Jonathan Keeble
Assistant CSM Mo - Nitin Kundra
Sue Fulwood, Jean Cranberry and Blanche Rogers - Helen Kay

Created by Val McDermid
Series Four written by Shelley Silas

Sound Engineer and Editor: John Scott
Broadcast Assistant: Lynsey Hulme
Assistant Producer: Jay Harley
Producer: Justine Potter
Executive Producer: Melanie Harris

A Savvy production for BBC Radio 4. Show less

Contributors

DCI Alma Blair:
Julie Hesmondhalgh
CSM Jo Black:
Jane Hazlegrove
DS Jason Trotter:
John Hollingworth
Assistant CSM Mo:
Nitin Kundra
Sue Fulwood:
Helen Kay
Jean Cranberry:
Helen Kay
Blanche Rogers:
Helen Kay

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