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The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: A Man Lay Dead

BBC One
on BBC One London

A series of five period thrillers featuring the Scotland Yard sleuth created by Ngaio Marsh, adapted by Barbara Machin, and starring Patrick Malahide.
Spring 1948: Alleyn joins a weekend party at Frantock Hall where the theft of a priceless chalice and a game of murder that goes horribly wrong, test his deductive powers to the limit.

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Contributors

Author:
Ngaio Marsh
Adapted by:
Barbara Machin
Producer:
George Gallaccio
Director:
Sarah Pia Anderson
Chief lnspector Alleyn:
Patrick Malahide
Agatha Troy:
Belinda Lang
Inspector Fox:
William Simons
Sir Hubert Handesley:
Julian Glover
Arthur Wilde:
David Haig
Marjorie Wilde:
Clare Higgins
Rosamund Grant:
Susan Wooldridge
Dr Hans Hoffner:
Nickolas Grace
Dieter Krantz:
Michael Feast
Mother Superior:
Patricia Lawrence
Charles Rankin:
Robert Reynolds
Nigel Bathgate:
Matthew Lloyd Davies
Walters:
Robin Soans
Asst Commissioner Connors:
Leslie Schofield
Benningden:
Martin Wimbush
Det Sergeant Bailey:
Tim Dutton
Mary:
Harriette Ashcroft
Florence:
Clare Cathcart
Dr Beatrice Eaton:
Sian Webber
Edith:
Brenda Peters
Nellie Weston:
Jan Chappell
Source: Radio Times

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