Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley
Anton Lesser reads from JB Priestley's atmospheric wartime thriller, set in a Midlands industrial town during the blackout
Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 1
Anton Lesser reads from JB Priestley's atmospheric wartime thriller set in a Midlands industrial town. Sensitive information is being leaked, but who is responsible?
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Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 10
Neyland has unmasked the majority of those involved in the network but still has to confront the man with the scar on his cheek, who is posing as the butler to Colonel Tarlington.
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Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 2
Posing as an engineer, Humphrey Neyland applies for a job at the local electrical works and afterwards he bumps into a motley assortment of acquaintances at the Hippodrome theatre.
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Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 3
Having met a group of acquaintances at the theatre, Humphrey is invited to join them for a meal at the Queen of Clubs and is intrigued when he recognises the so-called proprietor.
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Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 4
Having made contact with his opposite number in Special Branch, Humphrey agrees to meet the man later that night at his digs to compare notes.
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Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 5
A grisly fate has befallen Humphrey Neyland's Special Branch contact, and Neyland goes to visit the woman he surprised in his digs on the night of the accident.
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Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 6
As the tangle of information he has collected gets increasingly complex, Neyland enlists the help of a local policeman, the experienced Superintendent Hamp.
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Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 7
Having found a list of phone numbers in the dressing room of the mysterious acrobat Mamzelle Fifine, Neyland asks Superintendent Hamp to discover who they belong to.
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Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 8
Humphrey Neyland finally meets the man with the trace of a scar on his left cheek, who was mentioned in the notebook of the murdered Special Branch undercover agent.
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Book at Bedtime - Blackout in Gretley - Episode 9
As the picture becomes clearer, Neyland needs Superintendent Hamp's help to reel in the perpetrators.
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