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4. The Kitten Houser

Episode 4 of 4

With a frightened young girl in danger, Pip and Thomas investigate a sophisticated vice ring. Stars Charles Simpson.

With a frightened young girl in danger, Pip and Thomas must investigate a sophisticated vice ring.

Starring Todd Carty and Charles Simpson.

John Peacock’s Victorian detective thriller - set when the Bow Street Runners were superseded by the London Metropolitan Police - nicknamed the ‘Peelers’.

Events are shrouded by the capital's deadly pea-soup fog, known as ‘London Particulars’.

Pip Shepherd …. Todd Carty
Thomas Tedman …. Charles Simpson
Dolly Jenks/Woman …. Maggie McCarthy
Catherine Hockley/Lucy Cooke/Belle …. Deborah Berlin
Sarah Vermilloe/Nellie Shuckle …. Tessa Worsley
Albert …. Ioan Meredith
Michael Tovey …. Harry Myers
Nat Etherington …. Stephen Critchlow
Florence Hatfield/Esme Donahoe/Tilly …. Elizabeth Conboy
Susannah Cooke …. Becky Hindley

Producer: David Blount

First broadcast on Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 in July 1999.

45 minutes

Last on

Fri 21 Nov 2025 01:00

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