The Armchair Detective

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The Armchair Detective

1951

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Mystery

Overview

The BBC armchair detective clears a nightclub singer of suspicion of the murder of her boss.

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4 members

Writing

Ernest Dudley

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Hartley Power

Nicco

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Sally Newton

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Derek Elphinstone

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