Daunt And Dervish. Image shows from L to R: Josephine Daunt (Anna Massey), Susan Dervish (Frances Barber). Copyright: BBC
Daunt And Dervish
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2003 - 2009
- 20 episodes (4 series)
Radio comedy thriller. After the Second World War ends, former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish decide to setup a detective agency. Stars Anna Massey, Imelda Staunton, Frances Barber, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Bill Paterson and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - A Question Of Class
Our two female detectives return to their Covent Garden office early one morning to discover an Oxford undergraduate slumped on the doorstep wanting them to find the wallet he left in a Soho house of ill repute. Daunt's knowledge of his past makes her very suspicious of later accusations that he has beaten a woman up.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 19th November 2003
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 45 minutes
Cast & crew
| Anna Massey | Josephine Daunt |
| Imelda Staunton | Susan Dervish |
| Bill Paterson | Bill Mackie |
| Charles Simpson (as Charlie Simpson) | Stephen Lane |
| Scott Handy | Jamie Urquhart |
| Rachel Atkins | Mimi |
| Tom George | Doctor |
| Stephen Critchlow | Salesman |
| Guy Meredith | Writer |
| Cherry Cookson | Director |