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The Samaritan's Secret
Schoolteacher and amateur sleuth Omar Yussef teams up with his ex-student, now chief of police in Nablus, Sami Jaffari, to solve the murder of a young Samaritan.
Crime drama set in Palestine. Omar Yussef teams up with an ex student turned police officer to solve the case of the murder of a young man whose body is found at the most sacred Samaritan site in Nablus.
Novelist ..... Matt Rees
Dramatist ..... Jennifer Howarth
Director ..... Mary Peate
This is the second novel of the Palestinian Quartet series by Matt Rees to be dramatised for Radio 4 by Jennifer Howarth. Matt Rees draws on his experience as Time Magazine's Jerusalem Bureau Chief to create detective stories which give us an insight into life in Palestine in the early 2000's.
Last on
Sat 17 Mar 2018
21:00
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Omar Yussef | Peter Polycarpou |
| Sami Jaffari | Nabil Elouhabi |
| Jibril | Vincent Ebrahim |
| Sheikh | Vincent Ebrahim |
| Roween | Lara Sawalha |
| Awwadi | Philip Arditti |
| Amin Kanaan | Zubin Varla |
| Jamie King | Isabella Inchbald |
| TV Interviewer | Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong |
| Thug | Adam Fitzgerald |
| Young Man | Adam Fitzgerald |
| Director | Mary Peate |
| Author | Matt Rees |
| Adaptor | Jennifer Howarth |
Broadcasts
- Sun 11 Mar 2018 15:00
- Sat 17 Mar 2018 21:00
