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The Left-Handed Sleeper: 3. The Executioner

Ted Willis - The Left-Handed Sleeper

3. The Executioner

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Left-Handed Sleeper, 3. The Executioner

Mark Ritchie is in Tangier, Christine is taken to a ' safe ' house, but where is Letitia?

MP Mark Ritchie is in Tangier. His wife heads to a 'safe' house - but where is Letitia? Stars Annette Crosbie and Andrew Sachs.

MP Mark Ritchie has fled to Tangier with both MI5 and the KGB on his tail.  His secretary was killed by his exploding suitcase.

His wife, Christine, is in a 'safe house'.  

But there's mystery over the whereabouts of his secretary's flatmate.

Starring Richard Pasco and Annette Crosbie.

Spy thriller serial featuring its author Ted Willis.

Joseph Gaul …. Allan Cuthbertson
Badayev …. Andrew Sachs
Christine Ritchie …. Annette Crosbie
Newscaster / Driver …. Astley Jones
Set Chief Supt Dell …. David Daker
Coombes …. Hugh Dickson
Irvine …. James Kerry
Operator / Secretary …. Madi Hedd
Willie …. Jim Reid
Patrick Cadwall …. Richard Pasco
Ray Markham / Det Sergeant Gunn …. Simon Hewitt
Marian Brown …. Thelma Whiteley
Letitia …. Wendy Murray
Narrator …. Ted Willis

Director: 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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