Modesty Blaise - The Silver Mistress

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Daphne Alexander

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Ian McNeice

Clare Grogan

Ewan Bailey

Sara Markland

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Kate McAll

Peter O'Donnell

Stef Penney

Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress: Episode 4

Modesty Blaise

Episode 4

Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress

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Quinn shows Modesty and Willie a secret way into the chateau via an underground cave.

A suspicious accident and an unlikely blackmail scam involving fake nuns, lead to a shocking discovery. Stars Paul Bazely.

Sir Gerald Tarrant of British Intelligence has disappeared, presumed killed in a road accident after stopping to help two nuns who had broken down. 

Meanwhile Modesty and Willie have uncovered a blackmail scam - also involving a nun - and a Chateau in the Pyrenees, which can be accessed by a secret cave. 

Could Tarrant have been kidnapped? They head for the Chateau to find out. 

Adapted from Peter O'Donnell's novel by Stef Penney. 

Modesty Blaise . . . Daphne Alexander 
Willie Garvin . . . Paul Bazely 
Sir Gerald Tarrant . . . Ian McNeice 
Clare . . . Clare Grogan 
Sexton/Colonel Jim . . . Ewan Bailey 
Lady Janet . . . Sara Markland 
Quinn . . . John Ramm

With music by Will Gregory, arranged by Ian Gardiner and performed by the National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ben Foster.

Sound by David Thomas
Directed by Kate McAll

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in February 2020.

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Stef Penney's adaptation of Peter O'Donnell's novel. Action adventure with the female answer to James Bond.

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