Woman's Hour Drama - The Power of Life and Death - A Pill For Everything

When a number of distinguished members of government committees are found dead in suspicious circumstances, it falls to DCI Kate Duncan to discover what the connecting factor is. A series of anonymous letters suggested that Dame Imelda Sharpe might have been murdered. An exhumation of the body revealed the presence of a prescription drug not mentioned in her medical records. Mark Lawson's deftly plotted murder-mystery gets to grips with a major concern at the heart of our cash-strapped NHS: the post code lottery and exactly who is to be considered deserving of the most expensive life saving drugs on the market. Kate Duncan-Haydn Gwynne Lorenzo-Lloyd Thomas Briggs-Chris McHallem Hermione Sharp -Abigail McKern Dame Imelda Sharp-Honor Blackman Sue Wells-Abigail McGibbon Dr Tom Cready-Nick Dunning Dee Mortimer-Stella McCusker Jeremy Vine-Himself Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Written by Mark Lawson.