The Blackpool Detective

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Drama: Crime

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Blackpool Detective

Ex-actor Ben Lomax takes over his father’s investigation agency and gets a serious case

4 Extra Debut. When ex-actor Ben Lomax takes on his father’s investigation agency he’s soon faced with a very serious case. Stars Jason Done.

Ben Lomax is 29, impetuous, and facing a new career. 

He's actually an out-of-work actor who returns to his home town, with his girlfriend Anna, to run his father's private investigation agency. 

Ben is employed in what appears to be a straightforward surveillance case, but in fact turns out to be something far more serious...

Starring Jason Done and Abigail Ramsay.

Written by Peter Whalley.

Ben Lomax .... Jason Done
Anna .... Abigail Ramsay
Beatrice Donovan .... Sarah Parks
Vince Donovan .... Glenn Cunningham
Stan .... John Branwell
Melodie Griffin .... Debbie McAndrew
Colin ....Keiran Cunningham
Det Thompson/Graham .... Mark Chatterton

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.

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