The Long Drop

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Liam Brennan

Denise Mina

Sian Preece

Eilidh McCreadie

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Six months after the bizarre pub crawl, Peter Manuel is on trial for murder.

A lawyer struggles under cross-examination and details emerge about Watt and Manuel’s evening together. Read by Liam Brennan.

Glasgow, 1957. Six months on, Manuel is on trial for eight brutal murders and Watt's lawyer, Laurence Dowdall, is struggling under cross-examination at the High Court.

Denise Mina reimagines the true crime trial of Scotland's first serial killer, Peter Manuel, in a dark and compelling exploration of truth and storytelling.

Businessman William Watt wants answers about his family's murder.

Small time crook Peter Manuel claims to have them. But you don't get something for nothing. Over the course of a bizarre night these unlikely drinking partners will swap stories and attempt to cut a deal to emerge from scandal with reputations, and profits, intact. 

Read by Liam Brennan

Abridged by Siân Preece.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.

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Denise Mina reimagines the trial of brutal serial killer Peter Manuel in 1950s Glasgow.

Denise Mina reimagines events leading to the trial of brutal serial killer Peter Manuel in 1950s Glasgow. Abridged by Sian Preece. Read by Liam Brennan

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