The Chief Pathologist in the Scottish town of Stirling gets an urgent call out to the Dwyer family.

Dr Wallace must examine the body of a their three-month-old child.

His daughter Barbara who is studying medicine also gets drawn into the investigation....

Set in 1920s Stirling, Stephen Mulrine's series about the town’s Chief Pathologist, Dr Wallace.

Wallace ...... Martyn James
Barbara ...... Meg Fraser
DC Curran ...... Liam Brennan
Mrs Dwyer ...... Alyxis Daly
Mr Dwyer ...... Owen Kavanagh
Mrs Wallace ...... Jan Moffatt
Mrs Hamilton ...... Grace Glover
Dr Ibbotson ...... Louise Beattie
Crissie ...... Sybil Wintrope

Director: Hamish Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996. Show less