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DCI Alma Blair

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Val McDermid's comedy crime dramas starring Julie Hesmondhalgh as DCI Alma Blair.

Julie Hesmondhalgh stars as DCI Alma Blair in Val McDermid's comedy crime dramas.

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DCI Alma Blair: Dead Cert: 1. Murder at the Race Course

1. Murder at the Race Course

BBC Radio 4 Extra - DCI Alma Blair, Dead Cert, 1. Murder at the Race Course

Alma’s far from chomping at the bit to take on a race course murder.

4 Extra Debut. Alma’s far from chomping at the bit to take on a race course murder, where the going’s far from soft. Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh.

Detective Chief Inspector Alma Blair is far from chomping at the bit to take on a murder at Cranby race course, where the going is anything but soft.  

Starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.   

The final furlong of Val McDermid’s 'Dead' series, with Dead Cert.

Written in five parts by Shelley Silas.

DCI Alma Blair ...... Julie Hesmondhalgh
Dr Jo Black ...... Jane Hazlegrove
DS Jason Trotter / Pinky Penwortham ...... Graeme Hawley
Narrator / Dr Hunter Clive ...... Jonathan Keeble
Mo Hamid / Ricky Levey ...... Nitin Kundra
Clare Balding ...... Herself

Other parts played by members of the cast. 

Director:  Justine Potter

A Savvy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2019.

DCI Alma Blair: Dead Cert

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DCI Alma Blair investigates matters of life and death in the closed world of horse racing.

Val McDermid's Detective Chief Inspector Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh) investigates the closed world of horse racing, where some gambles can become a matter of life and death.

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