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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 1: After the Ball is Over

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Episode 1: After the Ball is Over

After the Ball is Over

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Daunt and Dervish, Series 1, After the Ball is Over

Feeling useless after the Second World War, two women set up their own detective agency.

Feeling useless after the Second World War, two women set up their own detective agency. Stars Anna Massey and Imelda Staunton.

Feeling useless after both working for the Ministry of Defence during the Second World War, two women set up their own detective agency.

Guy Meredith's comedy thrillers star Anna Massey as Josephine Daunt and Imelda Staunton as Susan Dervish.

With Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie, Kate Buffery as Elizabeth Vavasseur, Rupert Vansittart as James Vavasseur, Beth Chalmers as Daisy, Ben Crowe as Waiter, Andrew Harrison as Customs Official and Stephen Critchlow as Salesman. 

Director: Cherry Cookson 

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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