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1. Dead or Alive?

A priest gets a list of the departed to pray for - only to find they’re people still living – for now... Stars Nicola Walker.

Nicola Walker stars as a Detective Inspector Flood in Nick Perry's gritty five-part crime drama.

Each Roman Catholic parish compiles a Book of the Dead from the lists of departed loved ones submitted by parishioners.

Printed on the front of the envelopes are three words:

NOVEMBER DEAD LIST

A young priest opens one such envelope and discovers - not a list of the dead - but names of people he knows to be LIVING members of his congregation!.

At first he thinks it's someone's idea of a joke.

Then the people named start turning up dead...

Detective Inspector Flood ...... Nicola Walker
Father Manu ...... Paul Ready
John ...... Steve Toussaint
Father Pat ...... Dermot Crowley
Simon ...... Arthur Hughes
Terrence ...... John Norton
Gerry ...... Stephen Hogan
Kevin ...... Sean Murray
Eileen ...... Carolyn Pickles
Journalist ...... Carys Eleri

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 in January 2014.

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15 minutes

Last on

Tue 18 Nov 2025 01:45

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Credits

Role Contributor
DI Flood Nicola Walker
Father Manu Paul Ready
John Steve Toussaint
Father Pat Dermot Crowley
Simon Arthur Hughes
Terrence John Norton
Gerry Stephen Hogan
Kevin Sean Murray
Eileen Carolyn Pickles
Journalist Carys Eleri
Producer Sasha Yevtushenko
Writer Nick Perry

Broadcasts

  • Mon 20 Jan 2014 10:45
  • Mon 20 Jan 2014 19:45
  • Mon 18 Dec 2023 21:45
  • Mon 17 Nov 2025 06:45
  • Mon 17 Nov 2025 11:45
  • Mon 17 Nov 2025 17:45
  • Tue 18 Nov 2025 01:45