The Blackburn Files

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BBC Radio 7

Drama: Crime

Fine Time Fontayne stars as Stephen J Blackburn, ex-pitman turned private investigator

Stephen J Blackburn is an ex-pitman turned private investigator. Comic drama, written by Dave Sheasby, Ian McMillan and Martyn Wiley. Stars Fine Time Fontayne

BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Blackburn Files: Series 1: 1. A Case of Making Good

1. A Case of Making Good

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Blackburn Files, Series 1, 1. A Case of Making Good

Redundant pitman turned sleuth Stephen J Blackburn is embroiled with Hungarian exiles.

Redundant pitman turned private investigator, Stephen J Blackburn is embroiled with Hungarian exiles. Stars Fine Time Fontayne.

A rich woman receives a mysterious parcel of tenners and the past unfolds like a flower. 

Can redundant pitman turned discrete private investigator, Stephen J Blackburn solve the case? 

One of five cases for the ex-pitman turned investigator and his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Yorkshire town that's seen better days. 

Starring Fine Time Fontayne and Judy Flynn. 

Written by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby.

Stephen J Blackburn    ……    Finetime Fontayne 
Tracey    ……    Judy Flynn 

With: 

Rita May 
Vanessa Rosenthal  
Lorraine Peters 
Lucia Laratonda 
Robin Polley

Directed for BBC North East by Dave Sheasby 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1989.

The Blackburn Files: Series 1

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Fine Time Fontayne stars as Stephen J Blackburn, ex-pitman turned private investigator, in the comic drama

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