Val McDermid's Dead Comedy Crime Dramas

Dead Pan. Image shows from L to R: DS Jason Trotter (John Hollingworth), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh), CSM Jo Black (Jane Hazlegrove). Copyright: Savvy Productions

Val McDermid has written these connected comedy crime dramas for Radio 4. Julie Hesmondhalgh is DCI Alma Blair, John Hollingworth is DS Jason Trotter and Jane Hazlegrove is CSM Jo Black.

Deadheading. Image shows from L to R: CSM Jo Black (Miriam Margolyes), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh). Copyright: Savvy Productions
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Deadheading

Best selling crime writer Val McDermid turns to comedy capers among the carrots, as we rummage through the undergrowth of a murder on the allotments.

Dead Clever. Image shows from L to R: DS Jason Trotter (John Hollingworth), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh). Copyright: Savvy Productions
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Dead Clever

DCI Alma Blair and DS Jason Trotter investigate murder in the Geography Department of a Russell Group university in the North of England.

Dead Pan. Image shows from L to R: DS Jason Trotter (John Hollingworth), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh), CSM Jo Black (Jane Hazlegrove). Copyright: Savvy Productions
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Dead Pan

Radio 4 comedy drama by Val McDermid about a death at a restaurant.

Dead Pan. Image shows from L to R: DS Jason Trotter (John Hollingworth), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh), CSM Jo Black (Jane Hazlegrove). Copyright: Savvy Productions
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Dead Weight

Radio 4 comedy drama by Val McDermid about a death at a slimming club.

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