Modesty Blaise - The Silver Mistress

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Daphne Alexander

Paul Bazely

Ian McNeice

Clare Grogan

Ewan Bailey

Sara Markland

John Ramm

Kate McAll

Peter O'Donnell

Stef Penney

Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress: Episode 2

Modesty Blaise

Episode 2

Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress

BBC Radio 4 - Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress, Episode 2

Modesty finds an injured man on a cliff ledge. Was he a witness to Sir Gerald's demise?

Modesty finds an injured man on a cliff ledge. Was he a witness to Sir Gerald's demise? Starring Daphne Alexander.

British Intelligence man, Sir Gerald Tarrant, is missing presumed dead in the Gorges du Tarn. 

Then Modesty finds an injured man on a ledge opposite the spot where Sir Gerald's car went over the cliff. Was he a witness to what happened? If only he could remember. 

Meanwhile, Willie Garvin is puzzled by a case of blackmail that doesn't seem to add up. 

Adapted from Peter O'Donnell's novel by Stef Penney about Modesty Blaise, former head of an international crime operation.

Modesty Blaise . . . Daphne Alexander
Willie Garvin . . . Paul Bazely
Sir Gerald Tarrant . . . Ian McNeice 
Clare . . . Clare Grogan 
Sexton/Colonel Jim . . . Ewan Bailey 
Lady Janet . . . Sara Markland 
Quinn . . . John Ramm

With music by Will Gregory, arranged by Ian Gardiner and performed by the National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ben Foster.

Sound by David Thomas
Director:  Kate McAll

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in February 2017.

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Stef Penney's adaptation of Peter O'Donnell's novel. Action adventure with the female answer to James Bond.

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