The Franchise Affair

BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play Saturday 8 October 2005 14:30-16:00 (1 hr 30 min)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/saturdayplay/ The Franchise Affair By Josephine Tey. The Franchise is a dark and ugly house on the outskirts of the village and the two women who live there keep themselves to themselves. But when they are accused of abducting and torturing a young girl, people begin to take notice, and suddenly local solicitor Robert Blair finds himself involved with the most extraordinary case of his life. Marion              Tessa Peake-Jones Mrs Sharpe          Margaret Tyzack Robert              Ben Daniels Josephine Tey Alison Skilbeck Kevin               Aidan McArdle Inspector Grant Steven McNicoll Betty Kane          Emily Pennant-Rea Nevil               Guy Fearon Stanley             Samuel James Rose Glyn           Francesca Dymond Gladys Rees         Laura Rees Chadwick            Jonathan Dryden Taylor Mrs Chadwick Leila Hackett Miles Allison Sam Parks Stanley             Samuel Jones Producer/director Ellen Dryden.

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