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Letters of Introduction: 1. Dear Mr Gillian...

1. Dear Mr Gillian...

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Letters of Introduction, 1. Dear Mr Gillian...

The Gillians have everything in life – until a letter blackmailing the husband arrives...

4 Extra Debut. The Gillians have everything in life. A letter blackmailing the husband seems like an absurd joke... Stars Paul Shelley.

Richard Gillian has have everything - money, a good marriage, happy children. 

He’s a successful publisher and former England rugby international player. 

Then, one day, he receives a blackmail letter.

It seems like an absurd joke, until the real truth unfolds...

Starring Paul Shelley and Sandra Clark.  

Peter Whalley’s six-part mystery thriller, set in 1990s Cheshire.

Richard Gillian .... Paul Shelley
Claire Gillian .... Sandra Clark
Jane Gillian .... Saskia Downes
Adele Nevison .... Melissa Jane Sinden
Philip Thornton .... Peter Rylands
Hotel Manager .... Michael Duggan
Waiter .... John Lloyd Fillingham

Directed at BBC Manchester by Tony Cliff.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1994.

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Drama: Crime

A successful publisher's life is turned upside down when he receives a blackmail threat.

A successful publisher's life is turned upside down when he receives a blackmail threat. He has to persuade his family that he is innocent and then find who's behind the plot.

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