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The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box

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Last broadcast on Tue, 21 Feb 2012, 01:30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

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Edwardian amateur sleuth and railway expert Thorpe Hazell has a daring plan to retrieve a vital document. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Broadcasts

  1. Mon 8 Dec 2008
    09:30
  2. Mon 8 Dec 2008
    20:30
  3. Tue 9 Dec 2008
    01:30
  4. Mon 27 Jul 2009
    13:30
  5. Mon 27 Jul 2009
    20:30
  6. Tue 28 Jul 2009
    01:30
  7. Mon 8 Feb 2010
    13:45
  8. Mon 8 Feb 2010
    20:45
  9. Tue 9 Feb 2010
    01:45
  10. Mon 20 Feb 2012
    06:30
  11. Mon 20 Feb 2012
    13:30
  12. Mon 20 Feb 2012
    20:30
  13. Tue 21 Feb 2012
    01:30

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