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The Left-Handed Sleeper: 1. Who Goes Home?

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1. Who Goes Home?

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An MP vanishes one morning and MI5 are on his tail.  Stars Richard Pasco.

MP Mark Ritchie is on the run - tailed by MI5, but who else is chasing him? Stars Richard Pasco and Annette Crosbie. From 1982.

Lord Willis discovers that some neighbours of his are in great trouble.

They're involved in an extraordinary drama making headlines in the world's press.

MP Mark Ritchie is on the run - tailed by MI5, but who else is chasing him? 

Starring Richard Pasco and Annette Crosbie. 

Spy thriller serial adapted in five parts by Ted Willis from his 1975 novel.

Christine Ritchie …. Annette Crosbie
Radio Announcer / Doorkeeper …. Astley Jones
Mark Ritchie …. Christopher Scoular
Det Chief Superintendent …. David Daker
Coombes …. Hugh Dickson
Irvine …. James Kerry
Patrick Cadwall …. Richard Pasco
Telephone Operator / Stewardess …. Rosalind Adams
Detective Constable Green …. Simon Hewitt
Marian Brown …. Thelma Whiteley
Narrator …. Ted Willis

Producer: Christopher Venning 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1982.

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Drama: Thriller

When MP Mark Ritchie mysteriously disappears, MI5 wants answers - and so does his wife.

When MP Mark Ritchie mysteriously disappears, MI5 wants some answers - and so does his wife Christine. Starring Christopher Scoular and Annette Crosbie.

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