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Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. James Fleet stars as Inspector Lestrade. After his protégé Constance Dunlap saves a woman from drowning, the woman mumbles "this was meant to happen". Lestrade helps Constance investigate her suspicions that this was no accident - and that the woman is in mortal danger... Written by Arthur B Reeve and dramatised by Chris Harrald. Lestrade ...... James Fleet Constance ...... Susannah Fielding Mildred ...... Olivia Poulet Mr Forest / Tom Knowles ...... Chris Pavlo Madame D'Urfe ...... Claire Perkins Jim Dainty ...... Brian Protheroe Penman ...... Sean Baker Secretary ...... Kirsty Oswald Producer: Liz Webb. First broadcast on Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 in October 2016.
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