Woman's Hour Drama - The Private Patient - Episode 1

PD James's latest Dalgliesh mystery, dramatised by Neville Teller. Journalist Rhoda Gradwyn checks into Cheverell Manor, an exclusive cosmetic surgery clinic in Dorset. Chandler-Powell, the owner, is faced with his right-hand man, Marcus Westhall and his sister Candace trying to persuade him that it may not be a good idea to admit such a well-known investigative writer. Meanwhile, Rhoda is told a dark secret about the stone circle next to the clinic. The Private Patient is the latest in the long-running Dalgliesh series, and the first to be dramatised on radio before television. The entire serial will be released on CD by BBCAudiobooks in June, and repeated on Radio 7 in August as part of a PD James season. The dramatiser is Neville Teller, who also dramatised the previous Dalgliesh serial featuring Richard Derrington and Deborah McAndrew, A Taste For Death. Narrator . . . . . . Carolyn Pickles Rhoda Gradwyn . . . . . Christine Kavanagh George Chandler-Powell . . . . . Jonathan Keeble Candace Westhall . . . . . Alison Pettitt Marcus Westhall . . . . . Adrian Grove Robin Boyton . . . . . Bertie Carvel Sharon Bateman/Mary Keyte . . . . . . Charlotte Worthing Dramatised by Neville Teller.