A Small Town Murder

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Crime drama with Meera Syal as Family Liaison Officer Jackie Hartwell.

Family Liaison Officer Jackie Hartwell continues her criminal investigations in the West Midlands. Starring Meera Syal.

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A Small Town Murder: Series 13: Episode 3

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Series 13

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Missing mobster Jimmy Reid's severed head has been delivered to the family home.

A missing mobster’s severed head is delivered to the family home. Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell.

Missing mobster Jimmy Reid's severed head has been delivered to the family home.

Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. 

Nobody seems to mind when notorious mobster Jimmy Reid goes missing in suspicious circumstances. He’s an out-and-out villain who’d get kicked out of hell for bad behaviour – a West Midlands millionaire made rich from a successful career in every aspect of organised crime, and a man made infamous by the cruelty of his tactic.

If someone has finally done him in, what’s not to like?

However, it’s down to Jackie Hartwell to remain impartial and support his wife and daughter as much as she can. And who knows, maybe they’ll have something that might help the investigation.

But Jackie soon realises she’s being lied to - and not just by the victim’s family.  It’s also her fellow police officers who are being economical with truth.

Written by Scott Cherry.

Jackie ...... Meera Syal
Peter ...... Mathew Marsh
Dee ...... Ayesha Antoine
Angela ...... Karen Archer
Claire ...... Jasmine Hyde

Director:  Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019.

A Small Town Murder: Series 13

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. A mobster has gone missing.

Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. A notorious West Midlands mobster has gone missing.

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