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Modesty Blaise: Episode 2: Series 2 Omnibus

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Modesty Blaise

Episode 2

Episode 2: Series 2 Omnibus

Series 2 Omnibus

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Modesty Blaise, Series 2 Omnibus

Modesty and Willie are hired to foil a plot to carry out a major diamond heist.

Hired by British Intelligence, can Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin foil a spectacular diamond heist? Stars Daphne Alexander.

A British agent is found dead in suspicious circumstances. 

Now rumours are circulating of a plot to steal a huge consignment of diamonds belonging to a Middle Eastern Sheik. The diamonds are part of a deal to secure oil for Britain and Sir Gerald Tarrant, head of a British secret service organisation, needs some specialist help to prevent the plot being carried out. 

He decides to 'set a thief to catch a thief' and persuades former criminal Modesty Blaise to come out of retirement, along with her right-hand man Willie Garvin.
 
Modesty Blaise, by Peter O'Donnell, was adapted from the novel of the same name by Stef Penney.

Modesty Blaise . . . Daphne Alexander
Willie Garvin . . . Neil Maskell
Sir Gerald Tarrant . . . Alun Armstrong
Gabriel . . . Ewan Bailey
McWhirter . . . Alex Ferns
Grant . . . Matthew Gravelle
Paul . . . John Hollingworth
Nicole . . . Hannah Pakeman.

Omnibus produced and directed by Kate McAll
 
With an original score by Goldfrapp's Will Gregory, arranged by Ian Gardiner, and performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ben Foster.
 
A BBC/Cymru Wales production first broadcast in five parts on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

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Adventures of an exceptional young woman originally created in a comic strip in 1963.

Omnibus editions of adventures of Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman originally created in a comic strip by Peter O'Donnell in 1963.

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