Dramatisation by Mary Cutler of the novel by Lindsey Davis, featuring her Roman detective, Falco. Back in Rome after his adventures in Celtic Germany, Falco finds a stranger waiting at his mother's house. And it is not long before he finds himself in a fight. Falco ...... Anton Lesser Helena ...... Anna Madeley Petronius ...... Ben Crowe Mother ...... Frances Jeater Censorinus ...... Andy Hockley Epimandos ...... Paul Clarkson Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.