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The Left-Handed Sleeper: 2. Death in West Hampstead

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2. Death in West Hampstead

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Christine can't believe husband Mark is a spy - and is his loyal secretary in danger?

MP Mark Ritchie has been spotted abroad, but what about the papers left behind? His wife is in denial... Stars Annette Crosbie.

British Intelligence inform Christine Ritchie that they have been following her husband, MP Mark Ritchie, because they suspect him of being a Soviet spy.

Ritchie's loyal secretary Marian Brown shares a flat in London and feels Mark has let her down.

Starring Richard Pasco and Annette Crosbie. 

Spy thriller serial featuring its author Ted Willis.

Curly …. Alex Jennings
Bedayev …. Andrew Sachs
Christine Ritchie …. Annette Crosbie
Det Chief Supt Dell …. David Daker
Willie …. Jim Reid
Patrick Cadwall …. Richard Pasco
Marian Brown …. Thelma Whiteley
Nurse …. Theresa Streatfield
Letitis …. Wendy Murray
Narrator …. Ted Willis

Director: Christopher Venning

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1982.

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Drama: Thriller

When MP Mark Ritchie mysteriously disappears, MI5 wants answers - and so does his wife.

When MP Mark Ritchie mysteriously disappears, MI5 wants some answers - and so does his wife Christine. Starring Christopher Scoular and Annette Crosbie.

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