Death Against the Odds

Death Against The Odds

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Coleman and Astor

Stephen Thorne and Joe Dunlop star as Michael McStay's detectives.

Stephen Thorne stars as Inspector Coleman and Joe Dunlop as Sergeant Astor in Michael McStay's detective thrillers.

Coleman and Astor: Death Against the Odds

Drama: Crime

Michael McStay - Death Against the Odds

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Coleman and Astor, Death Against the Odds

Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor investigate two murders in one night.

4 Extra Debut. Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor investigate two murders in one night. Stars Stephen Thorne and Joe Dunlop.

Two murders in one night cause Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor to lose some sleep and long for the days when sheep-rustling was the worst crime on their patch... 

Stephen Thorne stars as Inspector Coleman and Joe Dunlop as Sergeant Astor in Michael McStay's detective thriller. 

Inspector Coleman …. Stephen Thorne
Sergeant Astor …. Joe Dunlop
PC Young …. Peter Gunn
Sir Harry Kelso …. James Warwick
Lady Penelope Kelso…. Phyllis Logan
Margaret Coleman …. Diana Bishop
Dr Calderside …. Pauline Yates
Superintendent McCauley …. John Fleming
Nancy Farrell …. Elaine Collins
Annette Grainger…. Morag Hood 
Mr Cropper …. John Webb

Director: Jane Morgan 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1993

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