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DISCO by Nick Walker

People don’t always notice Marnie Crawford, but they underestimate her at their peril. She is a huge fan of Sister Sledge; she knows about cognitive bias theory, she uses voice notes to help her think, and in the police she has an 85% crime solve rate.

Seeking to improve their declining arrest record, the Ministry of Defence has set up a new unit of the Military Police and have asked Marnie, a civilian, to head it up.

The new unit is D:SCO (Defence: Serious Case Operations). And, of course, everyone calls it DISCO …

Episode 1: Functional Fixedness
DISCO’s first ever case takes them to a working men’s club in Burnley, to investigate the murder of a military bandsman.

Nick Walker is the author of two novels and any number of plays and short stories for radio including ‘The First King of Mars’, ‘Life Coach’ and ‘Stormchasers’. He is also the writer of ‘Annika Stranded’, which ran for six seasons on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 between 2013 and 2020, and has since translated to TV as ‘Annika’, both starring his near name-sake, Nicola Walker.

Writer: Nick Walker
Reader: Bryony Hannah
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk Production for Â鶹Éç Radio 4