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4. The Civil War

Agatha and James's murder hunt leads to Oxford, as intimacy beckons in a cupboard full of special books. Stars Penelope Keith.

The search to find the killer leads Agatha and James to the dreaming spires of Oxford.

Here they soon get intimate - in a cupboard full of EM Forster first editions...

Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin.

MC Beaton’s novel about the PR guru turned amateur sleuth.

Dramatised by David Semple.

Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith
James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair
DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan
Mrs Friendly ...... Joanna Brookes
Mrs Hicks ...... Lynda Baron
Professor Wolf ...... Simon Treves

Director: Carol Smith

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio in October 2005.

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