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Saturday Drama: The Martin Beck Killings

Steven Mackintosh

Neil Pearson

Ralph Ineson

Russell Boulter

Sally Orrock

Christine Absalom

Stuart McQuarrie

Joe Sims

Harry Livingstone

Patrick Brennan

Robert Blythe

Sam Alexander

Susie Riddell

Lauren Crace

Keely Beresford

Greta Dudgeon

Lesley Sharp

Nicholas Gleaves

Maj Sjowall

Per Wahloo

Katie Hims

Mary Peate

Saturday Drama: The Martin Beck Killings: Episode 5: The Fire Engine That Disappeared

Drama: Crime

The Fire Engine That Disappeared

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Fire Engine That Disappeared

The Martin Beck Killings

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, The Martin Beck Killings, The Fire Engine That Disappeared

A case of arson hinges on finding a man who fits an impossibly vague description.

A suspect's apartment explodes, killing three. The case hinges on finding a man who fits an impossibly vague description. Stars Steven Mackintosh.

The Fire Engine That Disappeared
by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö
Translated by Joan Tate
Dramatised by Katie Hims

The apartment of a suspect being staked out by Gunvald Larsson explodes, killing three people. Arson and murder isn't at first suspected - much to Larsson's fury - but when it becomes clear that the fire was started on purpose, the case hinges on the needle-in-a-haystack chance of finding a man who fits an impossibly vague description who was somewhere in the area around the time of the fire. 

Original Music composed by Elizabeth Purnell

Directed by Mary Peate.

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Detective Martin Beck and his colleagues in the National Homicide Department in Stockholm

Dramatisation of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's 10-book series featuring detective Martin Beck and his colleagues in the National Police Homicide Department in Stockholm

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