The Martin Beck Killings: Murder at The Savoy

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Nicholas Gleaves

Steven Mackintosh

Neil Pearson

Ralph Ineson

Wayne Foskett

Michael Maloney

Nicholas Murchie

Rick Warden

Ewan Bailey

Ben Crowe

Philippa Stanton

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Hannah Wood

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Nadine Marshall

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Robert Blythe

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Saturday Drama: The Martin Beck Killings: The Locked Room

The Locked Room

The Martin Beck Killings

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Steven Mackintosh stars as Martin Beck in the classic 1960s Swedish detective series.

Steven Mackintosh stars as Martin Beck in the classic 1960s Swedish detective series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. 8. The Locked Room.

Steven Mackintosh and Neil Pearson star as Martin Beck and Lennart Kollberg in the Swedish detective series that inspired a generation of crime writers.

The Locked Room. On his return to work after recuperating from a bullet wound in the chest, Martin Beck's first case is a conundrum: the body of a man who has been shot dead is discovered in a sealed room, but there is is no gun. Meanwhile, Kollberg and Larsson are on the trail of a pair of bank robbers.

Narrator 1 ... Lesley Sharp
Narrator 2 ... Nicholas Gleaves
Martin Beck ... Steven Mackintosh
Lennart Kollberg ... Neil Pearson
Gunvald Larsson ... Ralph Ineson
Einar Rönn ... Wayne Foskett
Bulldozer Olsson ... Michael Maloney
Malm ... Nick Murchie
Sten/Police Commissioner ... Rick Warden
Mauritzon ... Ewan Bailey
Ake/Manager/Doctor ... Ben Crowe
Monita ... Philippa Stanton
Clerk/Insurance Woman ... Joanna Brookes
Pathologist/Ingela ... Hannah Wood
Gustavsson ... David Seddon
Rhea ... Nadine Marshall
Zachrisson ... Joe Sims
Hjelm/Warehouse man - old ... Robert Blythe
Detective Sergeant/Warehouse man - young ... Matthew Watson
Original music by Elizabeth Purnell
Directed by Mary Peate
Dramatised by Katie Hims

Original novels by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö
Translated by Paul Britten Austin

Saturday Drama: The Martin Beck Killings

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Detective Martin Beck and his colleagues in the National Homicide Department in Stockholm

Dramatisation of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's 10-book series featuring detective Martin Beck and his colleagues in the National Police Homicide Department in Stockholm

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