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15 Minute Drama: A Small Town Murder

Meera Syal

Matthew Marsh

Tanya Moodie

Anna Marie Cseh

Ben Onwukwe

Clive Brill

Scott Cherry

15 Minute Drama: A Small Town Murder: Episode 3

A Small Town Murder

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, A Small Town Murder, Episode 3

Jackie (Meera Syal) has broken a cardinal rule and taken a victim back to her flat.

After the suspicious death of her husband in a fire, Karla is distressed. So family liaision officer Jackie Hartwell lets her stay at her flat - breaking a cardinal rule.

Meera Syal stars as Family Liaison Officer Jackie Hartwell. For the tenth series, Scott Cherry's intimate drama once again focusses on family crises and what it must be like to lose a loved one. The role of the family liaison officer is always both to support the victim and keep a watchful eye out for clues. Many suspicious deaths are the result of family troubles.

In this series, In this series Karla's husband seems to be the victim of a deliberately set fire, while one of Jackie's previous cases, involving the death of a young prostitute, refuses to go away. With a lack of progress on the case, the victim's father tries to hunt down the killer himself.


Written by Scott Cherry

Produced and Directed by Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4.

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By Scott Cherry. Crime drama featuring family liaison officer DC Jackie Hartwell.

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