At the Villa Rose

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Whodunnits: Inspector Hanaud - At the Villa Rose

Inspector Hanaud - At the Villa Rose

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Whodunnits, Inspector Hanaud - At the Villa Rose

Inspector Hanaud  takes up the case when Madame Dauvray is found murdered at her villa.

4 Extra Debut. France's famous Inspector Hanaud takes up the case when Madame Dauvray is found murdered at her villa.  Stars Andrew Sachs.

Madame Dauvray is found murdered at her villa and all evidence seems to point to her young English companion Celia Harland. 

But Celia disappears - so her fiance tries to persuade France's well-known detective to take up the case...

Andrew Sachs stars as Inspector Hanaud.  

AEW Mason's detective novel first published in 1910.
   
Dramatised by David Benedictus

Hanaud .... Andrew Sachs
Ricardo .... Ian Masters
Wethermill .... Nicholas Rowe
Celia .... Fiona Clarke
Madame Dauvray .... Janet Whiteside
Helene Vauquiers .... Alice Arnold
Perrichet .... Stephen Critchlow
Servattaz .... Sean Baker
Adele .... Becky Hindley

Other parts played by the cast.  

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999

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