A crime series.
This week: Bernard Horsfall as Nicholas Blake's Nigel Strangeways investigates the case of "The Beast Must Die"
Dramatised by Pip Baker and Jane Baker
Also starring Richard Hurndall, Catherine Lacey, Francis Matthews

The Poet Laureate, C. Day Lewis, is well known to many enthusiasts of detective fiction as Nicholas Blake - an unusual combination of roles. He has created the character of Nigel Strangeways, the private detective featured in this week's play.
In this story, Nigel Strangeways is called in to help solve a strange case. An attempt has been made on a man's life. This attempt has been foiled and the would-be murderer has been revealed. But later the same day the intended victim dies. This death is no accident - nor is it suicide. Clearly more than one person feels that the Beast must die.