Dead Pan

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Val McDermid's comedy crime dramas starring Julie Hesmondhalgh as DCI Alma Blair.

Julie Hesmondhalgh stars as DCI Alma Blair in Val McDermid's comedy crime dramas.

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Jane Hazlegrove

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Simeon Truby

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Justine Potter

DCI Alma Blair: Dead Pan: Episode 5

Episode 5

BBC Radio 4 Extra - DCI Alma Blair, Dead Pan, Episode 5

The conclusion of Val McDermid's comic crime drama set in a fine dining restaurant.

Can DCI Alma Brown and CSM Jo Black salvage their personal relationship? Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh.

The conclusion of Val McDermid's comic crime drama set in a fine dining restaurant - but when Alma and Jo finally get time alone to talk, it is the future of their personal relationship, more than the murder investigation, that is called in to question. 
Cast:
DCI Alma Blair ... Julie Hesmondhalgh
DS Jason Trotter .... John Hollingworth
CSM Jo Black .... Jane Hazlegrove
Narrator ... Jonathan Keeble
Mo ... Nitin Kundra
Michelle. .... Rosina Carbone
Richard .... Simeon Truby
All other parts played by members of the cast

Written by Val McDermid 
Produced and Directed by Justine Potter 
A Savvy production

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017.

DCI Alma Blair: Dead Pan

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Murder is on the menu. Julie Hesmondhalgh stars as for DCI Alma Blair. By Val McDermid.

Murder is on the menu for DCI Blair. Julie Hesmondhalgh stars in Val McDermid's comedy crime drama.

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