A Surfeit of Lampreys

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The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

Drama: Crime

Adaptations of Dame Ngaio Marsh's tales of the gentleman detective

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The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries: A Surfeit of Lampreys

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, A Surfeit of Lampreys

The gentleman sleuth probes the death of the head of a spendthrift aristocratic family.

Gentleman sleuth Inspector Alleyn probes a grisly death of the head of a spendthrift aristocratic family. Stars Jeremy Clyde.

The glamorous Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn enters a rarefied atmosphere when the unpleasant head of a spendthrift aristocratic family meets a gruesome end.

Another tale of Dame Ngaio Marsh’s gentleman detective.

Starring Jeremy Clyde.  

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

CDI Alleyn ...... Jeremy Clyde
DI Fox ...... John Baddeley
Nigel ...... Nick Waring
Lord Wutherwood ...... Christopher Godwin
Lady Wutherwood ...... Miriam Karlin
Lord Lamprey ...... Charles Kay
Lady Lamprey ...... Thelma Barlow
Lady Katherine ...... Kathleen Helme
Henry ...... Jonathan Forbes
Frieda ...... Sarah Paul
Stephen ...... Peter Damey
Colin ...... Carl Prekopp
Roberta ...... Helen Longworth
Tinkerton ...... Marlene Sidaway

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2002.

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