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Episode 2

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After unexpectedly running into another gangster, Jack follows him to a private club.

Nick Perry's dramatisation of Ted Lewis's crime classic. After unexpectedly running into another gangster, Eric Paice, Jack follows him to a private gambling club.

By Ted Lewis.
Dramatised for radio by Nick Perry.

It's 1970 and Jack Carter, a gangland enforcer, has returned to his hometown of Scunthorpe to investigate the suspicious death of his brother Frank. After unexpectedly running into another gangster, Eric Paice, Jack follows him to a private gambling club, gate-crashing a high stakes poker game in the penthouse suite. 

Cast:

Jack Carter . . . . . Hugo Speer
Mrs Garfoot . . . . . Tracy Wiles
Thorpey . . . . . John Biggins
Kinnear . . . . . Robert Blythe
Eric . . . . . Ben Crowe
Keith . . . . . Joe Sims
Glenda . . . . . Charlotte Riley
Brumby . . . . . James Weaver
Youth . . . . . Sam Alexander

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

Studio Managers: Anne Bunting, Keith Graham, Alison Craig.
Editor: Anne Bunting.
Production Co-ordinator: Lucy Collingwood.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Nick Perry's dramatisation of the iconic '70s crime novel that became the film Get Carter.

Gangland enforcer Jack Carter returns to his hometown of Scunthorpe to investigate the suspicious death of his brother. Nick Perry's dramatisation of Ted Lewis's crime classic.

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