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Len Deighton - XPD: 7. The Geneva Raid

Len Deighton - XPD

7. The Geneva Raid

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Danger in Switzerland, and possibly explosive wartime secrets in England.

Breslow faces danger in Switzerland. Meanwhile, in England Stuart investigates explosive wartime secrets. Stars Trevor Nichols.

Breslow has been told by Kleiber that an armed raid is going to take place on Colonel Pitman's home in Switzerland. 

In England, Stuart has been investigating the possibility of Churchill meeting Hitler in 1940. 

The title of Len Deighton’s riveting thriller XPD stands for Expedient Demise. 

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Boyd Stuart ...... Trevor Nichols
Sydney Ryden ...... David Garth
Charles Stein ...... Bruce Boa
Max Breslow ...... Bernard Hepton
Colonel Pitman ...... Barry Morse
Kleiber ...... Clifford Rose
Reader ...... Colin Starkey
Mme Maurig ...... Mary Wimbush
Kalkhoven ...... Stuart Milligan
Wyn ...... Lou Hirsch
Koch ...... Garard Green

Producer: Peter King

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1985.

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