EPISODE · Jun 18, 2020 · 5 MIN
Daunt & Dervish: The Complete BBC Radio crime series by Guy Meredith
from Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Westerns & War · host Stanford Bartoletti
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daunt & Dervish: The Complete BBC Radio crime series Author: Guy Meredith Narrator: Sean Scanlan, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Bill Paterson, Imelda Staunton, Full Cast, Frances Barber, Anna Massey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 18, 2020 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: All four series of the jaunty crime drama featuring two ex-spies who set up a private detective agency London, 1953. Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish both worked for the Ministry of Defence during the Second World War, doing top-secret, highly dangerous espionage work. But in peacetime, they find themselves without a job and feeling useless. Determined to put their talents to good use, they decide to set up a detective agency, with the help of former private eye Bill Mackie. From their Covent Garden office, they handle a steady flow of business. But the ladies' lives really become exciting when they rescue a woman from drowning - only to discover that she's not what she seems. Soon, the daring duo are caught up in all manner of challenging cases, including a sporting assignment involving a priest and an Olympic boxing hopeful; a request to bid on a Monet that takes them on a trail across the Channel; a commission to investigate film actress Belinda Lane; and a theft at a fashion designer's workshop that leads them into a world of Teddy boys, political machinations and murder... Guy Meredith's light-hearted crime series stars Anna Massey as Josephine Daunt, while Imelda Staunton, Frances Barber and Sylvestra Le Touzel play Susan Dervish. Bill Paterson and Sean Scanlan co-star as Bill Mackie. Written by Guy Meredith Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey Series 1 produced by Cherry Cookson and directed by Janet Whitaker Series 2-4 produced and directed by Colin Guthrie Clarinet played by Julian Stringle (Series 3, Episode 1) ©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daunt & Dervish: The Complete BBC Radio crime series Author: Guy Meredith Narrator: Sean Scanlan, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Bill Paterson, Imelda Staunton, Full Cast, Frances Barber, Anna Massey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 18, 2020 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: All four series of the jaunty crime drama featuring two ex-spies who set up a private detective agency London, 1953. Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish both worked for the Ministry of Defence during the Second World War, doing top-secret, highly dangerous espionage work. But in peacetime, they find themselves without a job and feeling useless. Determined to put their talents to good use, they decide to set up a detective agency, with the help of former private eye Bill Mackie. From their Covent Garden office, they handle a steady flow of business. But the ladies' lives really become exciting when they rescue a woman from drowning - only to discover that she's not what she seems. Soon, the daring duo are caught up in all manner of challenging cases, including a sporting assignment involving a priest and an Olympic boxing hopeful; a request to bid on a Monet that takes them on a trail across the Channel; a commission to investigate film actress Belinda Lane; and a theft at a fashion designer's workshop that leads them into a world of Teddy boys, political machinations and murder... Guy Meredith's light-hearted crime series stars Anna Massey as Josephine Daunt, while Imelda Staunton, Frances Barber and Sylvestra Le Touzel play Susan Dervish. Bill Paterson and Sean Scanlan co-star as Bill Mackie. Written by Guy Meredith Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey Series 1 produced by Cherry Cookson and directed by Janet Whitaker Series 2-4 produced and directed by Colin Guthrie Clarinet played by Julian Stringle (Series 3, Episode 1) ©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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