Dead [Val McDermid's Dead Comedy Crime Dramas]

Val McDermid

(4 stars; 5 reviews)

S01 Deadheading [Omnibus] [Julie Hesmondhalgh] Best selling crime writer Val McDermid turns to comedy capers among the carrots, as we rummage through the undergrowth of a murder on the allotments.  Starring Julie Hesmondhalgh and Miriam Margolyes. It's a case for Detective Chief Inspector Alma Blair, the Alpha Detective, her sergeant Jason Trotter, and Jo Blake the crime scene manager. Watch how the women behave towards each other. Rivals? Not quite. There may even be a barely detectable flirtatiousness between them. Credits DSI Alma Blair Julie Hesmondhalgh DS Jason Trotter John Hollingworth CSM Jo Blake Miriam Margolyes Narrator Jonathan Keeble Brian Masters Jonathan Keeble Eric Ollerinshaw Alan Rothwell PC Sparks Victoria Brazier Claire Victoria Brazier Director Justine Potter Producer Justine Potter Writer Val McDermid A Savvy Production for BBC Radio 4. S02 Dead Clever [Omnibus] [Julie Hesmondhalgh] Val McDermid's second "Dead" comedy crime drama. DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh) and DS Jason Trotter investigate murder in the Geography Department of an unspecified Russell Group university in the North of England. Where academics rub shoulders and, indeed, other parts of the body with students and administrators. A place where the students think they know everything, the academics know they know everything and the secretaries actually know everything. Alma has worked her way up the ranks from making the tea for the families of murder victims to ordering Jason to make the tea. She knows she knows best. Jason should know better. Written by Val McDermid Sound Designer and Engineer: Eloise Whitmore Produced and Directed by Justine Potter A Savvy production for BBC Radio 4. Credits DCI Alma Blair Julie Hesmondhalgh DS Jason Trotter John Hollingworth CSM Jo Black Miriam Margolyes Narrator Jonathan Keeble Linda Helen Kay Mary Gemma North Mo Nitin Kundra Director Justine Potter Producer Justine Potter Writer Val McDermid S03 Dead Pan [Omnibus] [Julie Hesmondhalgh] The third "Dead" comedy crime drama series by Val McDermid. DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh) and her partner in life and crime CSM Jo Black (Jane Hazlegrove) are at a romantic dinner for two in Charnock 37 a fine dining restaurant. Is it only a matter of time before there is murder on the menu? And where is Alma's Sergeant DS Jason Trotter? Written by Val McDermid Produced and Directed by Justine Potter A Savvy production for BBC Radio 4. Credits DCI Alma Blair Julie Hesmondhalgh DS Jason Trotter John Hollingworth CSM Jo Black Jane Hazlegrove Narrator Jonathan Keeble Michelle Rosina Carbone Richard Simeon Truby Writer Val McDermid Director Justine Potter Producer Justine Potter

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