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Daunt and Dervish

Drama: Crime

Former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish set up a detective agency

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Daunt and Dervish: Series 1

Daunt and Dervish: Series 1: Episode 5: The Singer Not the Song

Series 1

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Singer Not the Song

The Singer Not the Song

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Daunt and Dervish, Series 1, The Singer Not the Song

Suspected of killing a newspaper magnate, the detective duo must find the real murderer.

Suspected of killing a newspaper magnate, the detective duo must find the real murderer. Stars Anna Massey and Imelda Staunton.

When a newspaper magnate is murdered, the obvious suspect is his much younger wife, but when the police discover that Daunt and Dervish were actually in the grounds of the house that evening - they're not only under suspicion, but their licence is suspended. The only way to get it back will be for them to beat the police to the discovery of the real murderer... 

With the Second World War over, former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish are running their own detective agency. 

Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie and Nicky Henson as Daniel Slater. 

Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Meredith. 

Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.

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After the Second World War ends, former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish, played by Anna Massey and Imelda Staunton respectively, set up a detective agency

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