Murder Most Foul

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BBC Radio 4 Extra

Factual: Crime & Justice

Forensics docu-drama series presented by Nick Ross

Murder Most Foul: Series 1: 5. Sheer Plod

5. Sheer Plod

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Murder Most Foul, Series 1, 5. Sheer Plod

Nick Ross looks back to the murder of Irene Manton, whose body was discovered in in 1943.

Nick Ross looks back to the murder of Irene Manton, whose body was discovered in the River Lea in 1943. With Norman Jones.

True tales of murder from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard wore trilby hats. 

Luton 1943: the discovery of a body in the River Lea sparks off a nationwide manhunt. 

But first the police must discover the identity of the dead woman. 

BBC TV's Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross reviews the case

Written by John Scotney. 

Chief Inspector Chapman    .......    Norman Jones
Bertie Manton    .......    Ronald Herdman 

With: 

Timothy Carlton
Mark Straker 
Andrew Wincott
Petra Markham 
Brett Usher  
Tara Dominick 
lan Barker  
Terence Edmond 

Producer: Tim Suter 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in  March 1991.

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