The Iron Hand of Mars

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Falco

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Drama: Historical

Anton Lesser stars as Roman detective, Falco. Written by Lindsey Davis.

Anton Lesser stars as Roman detective, Marcus Didius Falco. Written by Lindsey Davis.

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The Roman sleuth has a fateful encounter with a missing legate and a giant Celtic bull.

Still on the case, the Roman sleuth has a fateful encounter with a missing legate and a giant Celtic bull. Stars Anton Lesser.

Just as Falco thinks his mission is drawing to a close, the Roman detective has a fateful encounter with a missing legate and a giant Celtic bull. 

But he doesn't manage to close the case without the help of his resourceful girlfriend Helena, and the intervention of a small child.
 
Starring Anton Lesser.

Conclusion of Lindsey Davis’s historical mystery.

Dramatised by Mary Cutler.

Falco …. Anton Lesser
Helena Justina …. Anna Madeley
Helveticus …. Gary Lewis
Lentullus …. Dan Crow
Justinus …. Oliver J Hembrough
Gracilis …. Mark Straker
Xanthus …. David Holt
Civilis …. Michael Elwyn
Augustinilla …. Sophie Samuda

Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007.

Falco: The Iron Hand of Mars

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Falco is dispatched to a hostile part of the Empire with a standard for one of the legions

Falco is dispatched to one of the most hostile parts of the Empire to deliver a new standard to one of the legions

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