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A Tale of Two Cities - 2. The Old Order

Afternoon Drama Lucie Manette is a witness at Charles Darnay's trial for treason at the Old Bailey.

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Meet Modesty Blaise (aka the female James Bond)

Duration: 01:23

Modesty Blaise is glamorous, intelligent, rich and very, very cool. She's been called the female James Bond but she's much more interesting than that.

Modesty started life in 1963 as a strip cartoon in the London Evening Standard. The first of the novels followed three years later.

Daphne Alexander plays Modesty in Radio 4's adaptation of A Taste for Death.

(Images: Modesty Blaise is © 2012 Associated Newspapers/Solo Syndication. Published in the UK by Titan Books.)

Available since: Tue 11 Dec 2012

3 weeks left to watch

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15 Minute Drama Modesty Blaise - A Taste for Death, Episode 1

1/5 Modesty takes on public school villain Simon Delicata in a deadly Sahara showdown.

First broadcast: 17 Dec 2012

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