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Across the Narrow Water

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DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water: 1. Ash

DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water

1. Ash

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Against a backdrop of political murders, detective Bibi Ash hunts for a sadistic killer.

Against Belfast's 1983 political murders, detective Bibi Ash tracks a sadistic killer. Tom Kelly's thriller with Lalor Roddy.

It's 1983. Political murders in Belfast are rife. But amidst a trio of young men murdered, Bibi Ash, an RUC detective spots something unusual. 

A sadistic killer is targeting young men and pretending their deaths are sectarian. 

But what is it the killer is trying to cover up? 

This murder hunt in Belfast and Glasgow demonstrates the uncomfortable closeness of the two cities and the undercurrent of violence that links them.

Starring Lalor Roddy.

Tom Kelly's two-part thriller.    

Ash    ......    Lalor Roddy
Dodd    ......    Stuart Graham
Jenny    ......    Paula McFetridge
Big Fat Val    ......    Annie McCartney
Ratso    ......    John Travers
Soupy    ......    Matthew McElhinney
Face Ache    ......    Brian Markey

Director:  Eoin O'Callaghan

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2009.

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It's 1983 and DI Ash investigates a series of murders in Glasgow. Stars Lalor Roddy.

It's 1983 and Detective Inspector Ash investigates a series of murders in Glasgow. Stars Lalor Roddy.

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