Afternoon Play - Dickens Confidential
Series of plays looking at how Charles Dickens, as the head of a daily paper, would have tackled bringing the news to the masses
Afternoon Play - Dickens Confidential - Dickens and Dizzy
In the weeks leading up to Queen Victoria's coronation, Dickens meets Benjamin Disraeli, an ambitious young politician. There is an instant rivalry and unease.
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Afternoon Play - Dickens Confidential - Gangs of London
Series postulating Charles Dickens as the head of a daily paper. In Mike Walker's play, a mugging of financier Joseph Paxton points Dickens to a plot to rock the financial world.
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Afternoon Play - Dickens Confidential - Murder in the Red Barn
When the body of a young baby is found floating on the River Thames, the Herald's chief correspondent Daniel Parker is given the task of finding out why.
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Afternoon Play - Dickens Confidential - The Deal
When a timid doctor is accused of murdering his wealthy lover, Dickens alone is convinced of his innocence. His journalistic team's investigations take them to the debtors' prison.
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Afternoon Play - Dickens Confidential - The Man Who Robbed the Bank of England
Series postulating Charles Dickens as the head of a daily paper. In Mike Walker's play, Dickens investigates the connection between financier Iron Billy and a cunning plot.
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Afternoon Play - Dickens Confidential - Why Are We in Afghanistan?
Dickens and his team find themselves in the midst of spies, intrigue and dark goings-on at the Russian Embassy, culminating in a heroic balloon chase across the London skyline.
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