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The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Comedy: Sitcoms

Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter

Stanley Baxter

David Mara

Beth Marshall

Cathy Sara

Marilyn Imrie

Catherine Bailey

Rona Munro

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: Series 7: The Flying Scotsman

Comedy

The Flying Scotsman

Series 7

BBC Radio 4 - The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 7, The Flying Scotsman

A whodunnit set on the great Flying Scotsman in the days of steam.

Whodunit? Detectives combine forces with a recalcitrant guard to solve a murder on the famous train. With David Mara. From 2015.

A whodunit set on the great Flying Scotsman in the days of steam.  

A rookie Detective Constable and a world weary Detective Inspector combine forces with a recalcitrant train guard to solve a murder and expose Soho gangland supremo Mickey Two Eyes and his side kick Legs Leona. 
 
Stanley Baxter is the guard who rules over the passengers and the timetable with a rod of iron.

Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.

Train Guard..................Stanley Baxter
DI Ross.........................David Mara
DC Sarah McLeod.........Beth Marshall
Lil.................................Cathy Sara

Written by Rona Munro

Director: Marilyn Imrie

A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2015.

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: Series 7

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