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Episode 4

BBC Radio 4 - Jack's Return Home, Episode 4

Jack's discovery that Frank's daughter made a porn film drives him to find her co-star.

Nick Perry's dramatisation of Ted Lewis's crime classic Get Carter. Jack's discovery that Frank's daughter had appeared in a pornographic film drives him to seek out her co-star.

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. His discovery that Doreen, Frank's 15-year-old daughter, had appeared in a pornographic film produced by local gangster Cyril Kinnear drives him to seek out the film's co-star, Thorpey.

Cast:

Jack Carter . . . . . Hugo Speer
Eric . . . . . Ben Crowe
Margaret . . . . . Katherine Dow Blyton
Thorpey . . . . . John Biggins
Kinnear . . . . . Robert Blythe
Glenda . . . . . Charlotte Riley
Brumby . . . . . James Weaver
Gerald . . . . . Patrick Brennan
Con . . . . . Joe Sims

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

Studio Managers: Anne Bunting, Mike Etherden, Alison Craig.
Editor: Anne Bunting.
Production Co-ordinator: Helen Perry.

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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