The Blackburn Files

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Drama: Crime

Fine Time Fontayne stars as Stephen J Blackburn, ex-pitman turned private investigator

Stephen J Blackburn is an ex-pitman turned private investigator. Comic drama, written by Dave Sheasby, Ian McMillan and Martyn Wiley. Stars Fine Time Fontayne

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The Blackburn Files: Series 3: 3. A Case of Drowning Sorrows

3. A Case of Drowning Sorrows

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Blackburn Files, Series 3, 3. A Case of Drowning Sorrows

Steven J Blackburn probes a ventriloquist dummy's theft at a home for retired theatricals.

Private eye Steven J Blackburn probes a ventriloquist dummy's theft at a home for retired theatricals. With Fine Time Fontayne.

Stephen visits his Auntie Eileen in a retirement home, where the theft of a ventriloquist's dummy soon has him treading the boards of memory lane.

Starring Finetime Fontayne.

Another case for ex-pitman turned investigator Steven J Blackburn and his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey.

Written by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby

Stephen J Blackburn ...... Finetime Fontayne
Tracey Duggan ...... Judy Flynn
Eileen Simpson ...... Carole Copeland
Arthur Swinscoe ...... Rod Arthur
Nigel Weston ...... Norman Mills

Director: Dave Sheasby 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993.

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