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Jagged Prayer

DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer: Icon, or A Pocketful of Nuns

DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer

Icon, or A Pocketful of Nuns

BBC Radio 4 Extra - DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer, Icon, or A Pocketful of Nuns

The theft of a treasure from her convent reunites Mother Helen with DI Cromwell.

The theft of a treasure from her convent reunites Mother Helen with the detective. Stars Cheryl Campbell and Timothy Spall.

A murder brought them together, but for Detective Inspector Cromwell and Mother Helen within her enclosed convent, it's the theft of an icon that reunites them. 

And there's also the small problem of Monsignor Nietzsche. 

Timothy Spall stars as DI Cromwell and Cheryl Campbell as Mother Helen.

Crime and convents, the police and perdition come together in comedy writer and former monk Robert Smith's series of mysteries.

DI Cromwell ...... Timothy Spall
Mother Helen ...... Cheryl Campbell
DC Kelp ...... Jeremy Finch
Monsignor Nietzsche ...... Sandor Eles 
Sister Demi ...... Elizabeth Bell
Radio/Tannoy ...... Beth Chalmers

Producer: Ned Chaillet 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.

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Drama: Crime

Detective Inspector Cromwell and Mother Helen try to solve a murder mystery.

Murder brings Detective Inspector Cromwell and Mother Helen together to try and solve a mystery. Robert Smith's comedy drama.

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