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Will the police allow journalist Paddy Meehan to report the biggest scoop of her career?

Will the police allow journalist Paddy Meehan to report the biggest scoop of her career? Stars Amy Manson and Stevie Hannan.

Cub reporter Paddy Meehan is pursuing the biggest scoop of her career - but it's a story the police don't want her to report.

Denise Mina's gripping crime thriller set in Glasgow, 1984.   

Dramatised by Chris Dolan.

Paddy Meehan .... Amy Manson
Billy .... Stevie Hannan
JT .... Finlay McLean
Kate .... Patricia Kavanagh
Sullivan .... Andrew Clark
Burns .... Grant O’Rourke
Gourlay .... Laurie Ventry

Director: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.

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Amy Manson stars in a tale set in Glasgow, 1984 about a rookie reporter

Amy Manson stars in Denise Mina's tale set in Glasgow, 1984 about a rookie reporter caught up in a web of intrigue.

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