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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 6

Drama: Thriller

Petite Mort

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Beatrice Hitchman - Petite Mort

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Beatrice Hitchman - Petite Mort, Episode 6

New Year 1914. Adele succumbs to temptation and betrays her lover.

New Year 1914. Hurt and confused by Luce's treatment of her, Adele succumbs to temptation and betrays her lover. Tale of love and silent cinema stars Mariah Gale and Samantha Spiro.

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.

1914, Paris. Hurt and confused by Luce's (Samantha Spiro) treatment of her, Adele (Mariah Gale) succumbs to temptation and betrays her lover. 

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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