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3. An Egg Farm in Norfolk

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SIS agent Boyd Stuart undertakes a dangerous mission to Los Angeles on the trail of wartime secrets. Stars Trevor Nichols.

On the trail of wartime secrets, Boyd Stuart has been sent to Los Angeles by the British Secret Service to investigate a film company.

But he's being followed and his contact dies....

The title of Len Deighton’s riveting thriller XPD stands for Expedient Demise.

Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.

Boyd Stuart ...... Trevor Nichols
Charles Stein ...... Bruce Boa
Max Breslow ...... Bernard Hepton
Wever ...... Carl Duering
Reader ...... Colin Starkey
Case Officer ...... Alan Thompson
Psychiatrist ...... David Garth
Mrs Breslow ...... Mary Wimbush
Mrs Wever ...... Anne Jameson
Hitler ...... David Sinclair

Producer: Peter King

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in June 1985.

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