A Man Lay Dead

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Whodunnits: Inspector Alleyn - A Man Lay Dead

Inspector Alleyn: A Man Lay Dead

Inspector Alleyn - A Man Lay Dead

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The gentleman detective probes a baffling murder at a country house party.

In Dame Ngaio Marsh's thriller, gentleman detective, Inspector Alleyn tackles a country house party murder. Stars Jeremy Clyde.

When a murder takes place at a country-house party, it poses another baffling case for the glamorous Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn.

Another tale of Dame Ngaio Marsh’s gentleman detective. 

Starring Jeremy Clyde.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

CDI Alleyn    ......    Jeremy Clyde
Nigel Bathgate    ......    Nick Waring
Angela North    ......    Molly Gaisford 
Sir Hubert Hansley    ......    Donald Sinden
Arthur Wilde    ......    John Moffatt 
Marjorie Wilde    ......    Dorothy Tutin 
Rosamund Grant    ......    Susannah Corbett 
Doctor    ......    John Hartley 
Charles Rankin    ......    Derek Waring 
Sgt Bunce    ......    Stephen Thorne 

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.

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