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Roger Danes - Scarlet on Black

What links a kidnapping and events in Algeria 30 years ago? Roger Danes' political thriller set in Paris. Stars David Calder.

Fast-moving thriller set in 1990s Paris. Prison official Yvette Lalande is kidnapped on her way to work by a notorious group of terrorists. But what is the link to events in Algeria thirty years before? It appears 'someone in authority' has good reason to hamper Commissaire Grosset's police investigations.

Starring David Calder as Commissaire Grosset, Peter Jeffrey as Michel Corbillard, Alex Jennings as Jean Lenoir, Patti Holloway as Yvette Lalande and Natasha Pyne as Danielle Lesueur.

Scripted by Roger Danes

Directed by Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 1992.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 7 Jun 2015 04:00

Broadcasts

  • Sat 31 May 2008 12:00
  • Sun 1 Jun 2008 01:00
  • Sat 23 May 2009 13:00
  • Sun 24 May 2009 01:00
  • Sun 16 May 2010 02:30
  • Sun 16 May 2010 13:00
  • Mon 17 May 2010 01:00
  • Sun 27 Nov 2011 13:30
  • Mon 28 Nov 2011 03:30
  • Sat 6 Jun 2015 06:00
  • Sat 6 Jun 2015 16:00
  • Sun 7 Jun 2015 04:00