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Val McDermid's comedy crime dramas starring Julie Hesmondhalgh as DCI Alma Blair.

Julie Hesmondhalgh stars as DCI Alma Blair in Val McDermid's comedy crime dramas.

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Murder most foal at work, as Alma and Jo wait at home for a different kind of result.

Murder most foal as Alma and Jo wait at home for a different kind of result. Starring Julie Hesmondhalgh and Jane Hazlegrove.

Murder most foal has returned to Cranby in this terrible tale of whoaaaa! 

Detective Chief Inspector Alma Blair is keen to get results at work, but she and partner Jo are waiting for a different kind of result at home. 

Starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.

The final furlong of Val McDermid’s 'Dead' series, with Dead Cert.

Written by Shelley Silas.

DCI Alma Blair ...... Julie Hesmondhalgh
Dr Jo Black ...... Jane Hazlegrove
DS Jason Trotter ...... Graeme Hawley
Narrator / Dr Hunter Clive / Noel Fell ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mo Hamid ...... Nitin Kundra
Clare Balding ...... Herself

Other parts played by members of the cast. 

Director: Justine Potter  

A Savvy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.

DCI Alma Blair: Dead Cert

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DCI Alma Blair investigates matters of life and death in the closed world of horse racing.

Val McDermid's Detective Chief Inspector Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh) investigates the closed world of horse racing, where some gambles can become a matter of life and death.

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