Village SOS

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Whodunnits: Val McDermid - Village SOS: 5. Pub Night

Val McDermid - Village SOS

5. Pub Night

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DCI Bettany hopes to find Colin's murderer in the village pub.

DCI Bettany hopes that spending a night in the village pub will bring her closer to Colin Arnott's killer. Stars Helen Baxendale.

DCI Bettany fears she's no closer to finding Colin Arnott's murderer. 

Colin's plans to convert a United Reformed chapel into a performing arts centre made him enemies in the village. 

Bettany hopes that spending a night in the village pub will bring her closer to the killer.

Detective team created for BBC Radio by award-winning author Val McDermid, creator of TV's Wire in the Blood.

Starring Helen Baxendale.

Village SOS is a fictional version of the BBC ONE series of the same name.

DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale
DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon
Peter Robson ..... Shaun Prendergast
Kai Ling Arnott ..... Liz Sutherland
Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton
Tom Briggs ..... Christian Rodska

Producer / Director: Fiona Kelcher

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.

Whodunnits: Val McDermid - Village SOS

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Crime drama by Val McDermid, starring Helen Baxendale

By Val McDermid. Two detectives are trying to investigate a murder in the sleepy Northumbrian village of Shilwick, but the residents are making it difficult

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