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The Lady Detectives

The Lady Detectives: Episode 1: The Redhill Sisterhood

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Episode 1: The Redhill Sisterhood

The Redhill Sisterhood

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By Catherine Pirkis. Loveday Brooke investigates nuns forsaking their vows for burglary.

By Catherine Pirkis. Victorian sleuth Loveday Brooke investigates some nuns who seem to be forsaking their vows for burglary. Stars Gayanne Potter.

Autumn,1897: Victorian undercover agent Loveday Brooke investigates a group of nuns who appear to have forsaken their vows - and taken to burglary.

From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself. 

Catherine Louisa Pirkis' mystery stars Gayanne Potter as Loveday Brooke, Paul Young as Inspector Gunning, Neil McKinven as Sergeant Blaine, Noreen Leighton as Sister Monica and Lucy Paterson as Sister Anna.

Dramatised by Roger Danes.

Producer: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

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