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Radio 4 Extra,24 May 1990,30 mins

SeriesInspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122

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Inspector Purbright and Sergeant Love take to the teashops of Flaxborough on the trail of the local missing women. Meanwhile, Lucy Teatime is looking for a partner... Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles. Why are lonely, well-off middle-aged women disappearing from the sleepy, small market town? John Rowe stars as Inspector Walter Purbright. Dramatised by Christopher Denys. Inspector Purbright .... John Rowe Lucy Teatime .... Linda Gardner Detective Sergeant Love .... Paul Downing Mrs Staunch .... Ann Rye Rev Leaper .... Renny Krupinski Phyllis .... Judy Holt Italian Waitress .... Victoria Finney Directed at BBC Manchester by Tony Cliff. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.

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