Outbreak of Fear

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Whodunnits

Drama: Crime

Murder mysteries from the world's greatest crime fiction writers. Only on BBC Sounds.

A collection of murder mysteries from some of the world's greatest writers of crime fiction. Only on BBC Sounds.

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Whodunnits: Outbreak of Fear by RD Wingfield: 1. The Body on the Beach

1. The Body on the Beach

Outbreak of Fear by RD Wingfield

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Whodunnits, Outbreak of Fear by RD Wingfield, 1. The Body on the Beach

Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the coastal fishing village of Polford.

When a brutal death is discovered in the coastal fishing village of Polford, Sergeant Fowler investigates. Stars Leslie Sands.

Until PC Beaumont came to Polford, fresh from Police Training College, he'd never seen a dead body. 

But despite the location of this sleepy fishing village in the West Country, he's set to complete his education...

Starring Leslie Sands and Nick Orchard. 

RD Wingfield's five-part thriller serial.

Sergeant Fowler …. Leslie Sands
PC Beaumont …. Nick Orchard
Dave Clark …. Cornelius Garrett
The Doctor …. Paul Nicholson
Pete Carter …. Derek Graham
Mitchell …. Conrad Phillips
Rose …. Gillie Graham
Fred Dickey …. Fred Bryant
Albert …. Douglas Leach
Kim …. Deborah Paige
Mrs Trevor …. Patricia Gibson

Director: Brian Miller 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1982.

Whodunnits: Outbreak of Fear by RD Wingfield

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Drama: Thriller

A brutal death sparks a police probe in an unassuming coastal fishing village

A brutal death sparks a police probe in the unassuming coastal fishing village of Polford, Starring Leslie Sands as Sergeant Fowler.

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