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The Return of Inspector Steine

The Return of Inspector Steine: Episode 1: Towards the End

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Episode 1: Towards the End

Towards the End

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A severed head arrives in a box - a warning that evil Mrs Vine is hell bent on havoc.

By Lynne Truss. A severed head arrives in a box at Brighton police station; evil Mrs Vine's got a cunning plan to wreak havoc.

A comedy series written by Lynne Truss set in and around a Brighton police station in the 1950s a few years after the end of World War Two.

Second World war Bomb disposal hero Captain 'mad Hoagy' Hoagland, now fallen on hard times, appears at Brighton Police Station to deliver two boxes. One contains a silver truncheon; an award for valour for Sergeant Brunswick. The other contains the head of one of Mrs Groynes' old criminal accomplices Birthmark Potter. It is a warning to them all that Mrs G's criminal nemesis Adelaide Vine is heading back to Brighton, and that the sadistic criminal Terence Chambers is heading for town too ; both hell bent on havoc and revenge.. 

Cast:
Inspector Steine ....... Michael Fenton Stevens 
Mrs Groynes ........ Samantha Spiro 
Sergeant Brunswick ...... John Ramm 
Twitten ....... Matt Green 
Captain Hoagland ....... Robert Bathhurst

Sound design: David Thomas
Music: Anthony May


Director: Marilyn Imrie
Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.

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Comedy series by Lynne Truss, set in and around a Brighton police station in the 1950s

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