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15 Minute Drama: Beatrice Hitchman - Petite Mort

Honor Blackman

Shelley Conn

Mariah Gale

Marcus D'Amico

Samantha Spiro

Georgie Fuller

David Seddon

Maria Teresa Creasey

John Norton

Priyanga Burford

Michael Bertenshaw

Sean Murray

Emma Harding

Miranda Davies

Beatrice Hitchman

15 Minute Drama: Beatrice Hitchman - Petite Mort: Episode 3

Drama: Thriller

Petite Mort

Episode 3

Beatrice Hitchman - Petite Mort

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Beatrice Hitchman - Petite Mort, Episode 3

The young Adele Roux is taken by surprise when her younger sister Camille turns up.

The young Adele Roux is taken by surprise when her younger sister Camille turns up at her door. Thriller stars Honor Blackman and Mariah Gale.

Honor Blackman, Shelley Conn, Mariah Gale and Samantha Spiro star in Beatrice Hitchman's thrilling debut, adapted by Miranda Davies. A 1914 silent film called Petite Mort holds the key to an infamous murder trial.

1967, Paris. Journalist Juliette Blanc (Shelley Conn) continues to interview Adele Roux (Honor Blackman), once a star of a famous silent film of 1914, Petite Mort.

1913, Paris. The young Adele Roux (Mariah Gale) is taken by surprise when her younger sister Camille turns up at her door. Her eyes still on screen greatness, Adele agrees to her lover Andre's (Marcus D'Amico) plan to install her in his house as assistant to his beautiful, but unpredictable, screen star wife - 'Terpsichore' - Luce Durand (Samantha Spiro).

Produced and directed by Emma Harding.

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Beatrice Hitchman's erotic thriller, set in the silent film studios of Paris

Beatrice Hitchman's erotic thriller. A 1914 silent film called Petite Mort holds the key to an infamous murder trial. Adapted by Miranda Davies

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