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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 4: Games of Chance

Series 1

Episode 4

Episode 4: Games of Chance

Games of Chance

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Daunt and Dervish, Series 1, Games of Chance

The detective duo get caught up with a priest and a young 1948 Olympic boxing hopeful.

The detective duo get caught up with a priest and a young 1948 Olympic boxing hopeful. Stars Anna Massey and Imelda Staunton.

The detective duo are called in on a 'sporting' assignment to keep a 24 hour watch on a young East End boy who's about to fight for a place in the 1948 boxing team. The local Catholic priest has been taking a special interest in the boy's progress, but why? 

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, Dermot Crowley as Father Mike Finucan and Carl Prekopp as Tommy. 

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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