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Cath Staincliffe - Blood in the Mountains

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Cath Staincliffe - Blood in the Mountains, Episode 5

Dan and Rachel's quest to get a slice of the fortune leads to revealing an awful secret.

Dan and Rachel's quest to get a slice of Henry Gaunt's fortune leads to the uncovering of an awful secret. Stars Claire Keelan.

When the weekly list of unclaimed estates is published, probate researchers, brother and sister team Dan and Rachel, search backwards through the family line to find the true heir and get a slice of the fortune. Their quest leads them to uncover a broken family and a terrible secret. 

Henry Gaunt died leaving a sizeable estate but no Will. Ninety four year old Eric Beatty, the rightful heir to the estate has rejected the money. Eric fought for the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War alongside Henry Gaunt's father George who was killed there. But Eric has been holding a terrible secret about George's death and Dan and Rachel are about to uncover it.

DAN.....William Ash
RACHEL.....Claire Keelan
YOUNG ERIC.....Tom Hughes
GEORGE.....Stephen Hoyle
JO.....Eithne Brown
ERIC.....Russell Dixon

Directed by Nadia Molinari.

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By Cath Staincliffe. Probate detectives Rachel and Dan seek the rightful heir to an estate

By Cath Staincliffe. Probate detectives Rachel and Dan search for the rightful heir to an estate. Their quest leads them to uncover a broken family with a terrible secret

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