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3. The Perplex'd Plot of the Perilous Plague

As London is ravaged by plague - the playwright spy is on the case of a double-crossing. Stars Dominic Jephcott.

Can the hub of government survive the plague?

As London is ravaged by an epidemic - the playwright spy is on the case of a double-crossing.

Amid the splendour and squalor of Elizabethan London - scholar, playwright and government spy, Christopher Marlowe is assigned to investigate a number of baffling mysteries and perplexing intrigues...

Starring Dominic Jephcott and Bill Wallis.

Series of historical comedy mysteries by Ged Parsons.

Christopher Marlowe ....... Dominic Jephcott
Bartholomew Ratsbane ....... Bill Wallis
Sir Francis Walsingham ....... Paul Brooke
Beaumont ....... Garard Green
Faversham ....... Ronald Herdman
Ripley ....... Richard Bonneville
Dr Valentine ....... Hugh Dennis

Producer: Richard Wilson

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in 1993.

30 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Wed 5 Sep 2007 09:30
  • Wed 5 Sep 2007 20:30
  • Thu 6 Sep 2007 01:30
  • Thu 17 Jul 2008 09:30
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  • Thu 19 Aug 2010 13:00
  • Thu 19 Aug 2010 20:00
  • Fri 20 Aug 2010 01:00
  • Wed 17 Aug 2011 06:00
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  • Thu 18 Aug 2011 01:00
  • Mon 10 Dec 2012 06:00
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  • Wed 26 Mar 2014 06:30
  • Wed 26 Mar 2014 13:30
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  • Thu 27 Mar 2014 01:30
  • Thu 25 Apr 2019 06:00
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  • Thu 18 Feb 2021 06:00
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  • Thu 17 Nov 2022 06:00
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