1. The New Force

Available for 25 days

Sir Robert Peel’s new Metropolitan Police force proves unpopular sparking deep political unrest. Starring Mick Ford and Richard E Grant. Patrick Carroll’s six-part crime series. The action is set in 1830, a year after the Metropolitan Police Act created the 'Peelers'. PC Martin Quin ...... Mick Ford Jeremiah Morley ...... James Booth Sir Robert Peel ...... Norman Jones Lord Trowle ...... Richard E Grant Colonel Brown ...... Peter Jeffrey Richard Mayne ...... Killian McKenna Maria Staples ...... Joanna Myers Sergeant Dutton ...... Ronald Herdman Inspector Beale ...... Timothy Bateson PC Atkinson ...... Alan Barker PC Smythe ...... Mark Straker Lord Laverton ...... James Greene Mr Yardley ...... Richard Pearce Arthur Jenkins ...... Ian Lindsay Rev Charkes Lyton ...... Timothy Carlton Singer: Martin Carthy Director: Janet Whitaker First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991.