The Lady Detectives

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01The Redhill Sisterhood2005010320110905 (BBC7)
20110906 (BBC7)
20120612 (BBC7)
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20130312 (BBC7)
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20141213 (BBC7)
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20170102 (BBC7)
20180709 (BBC7)
Autumn,1897: Victorian undercover agent Loveday Brooke investigates a group of nuns who appear to have forsaken their vows - and taken to burglary.

From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.

Catherine Louisa Pirkis' mystery stars Gayanne Potter as Loveday Brooke, Paul Young as Inspector Gunning, Neil McKinven as Sergeant Blaine, Noreen Leighton as Sister Monica and Lucy Paterson as Sister Anna.

By Catherine Pirkis. Loveday Brooke investigates nuns forsaking their vows for burglary.

02Mr Bovey's Unexpected Will2005011020110906 (BBC7)
20110907 (BBC7)
20120613 (BBC7)
20120614 (BBC7)
20130313 (BBC7)
20130314 (BBC7)
20141220 (BBC7)
20141221 (BBC7)
20170103 (BBC7)
20180710 (BBC7)
Miss Florence Cusack, one of Victorian London's most clever and determined private consulting detectives, investigates a case where a man's fate depends on his weight in gold.

From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.

LT Meade and Robert Eustace's mystery stars Elizabeth Conboy as Miss Cusack, Crawford Logan as Dr Lonsdale and Paul Young as Inspector Schilling.

By L Meade. Florence Cusack investigates a man whose fate depends on his weight in gold.

03The Golden Slipper2005011720110907 (BBC7)
20110908 (BBC7)
20120614 (BBC7)
20120615 (BBC7)
20130314 (BBC7)
20130315 (BBC7)
20141227 (BBC7)
20141228 (BBC7)
20170104 (BBC7)
20180711 (BBC7)
The vivacious Miss Violet Strange shines in the best New York society. But, unknown to her friends, she's also a professional agency detective. Here, in a case from 1910, she investigates 'The Inseparables', four rich young women suspected of a series of thefts.

From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.

Anna Green's mystery stars Teresa Gallagher as Violet Strange, Crawford Logan as Driscoll, Lesley Hart as Alicia and Gayanne Potter as Theresa.

By Anna Green. Violet Strange probes four rich women suspected of multiple thefts.

04The Law And The Lady2005012420110908 (BBC7)
20110909 (BBC7)
20120615 (BBC7)
20120616 (BBC7)
20130315 (BBC7)
20130316 (BBC7)
20150103 (BBC7)
20150104 (BBC7)
20170105 (BBC7)
20180712 (BBC7)
From the author of 'The Woman in White' and 'The Moonstone', the sensational, Gothic tale of Valeria Woodville's quest to clear her husband of murdering his first wife.

From the Golden Age of the crime short story, 'The Lady Detectives' is a series of four female sleuths to rival the great Sherlock himself.

Wilkie Collins' mystery stars Abigail Docherty as Valeria Woodville, Richard Conlon as Eustace and Ralph Riach as the Reverend Starkweather.

By Wilkie Collins. Valeria Woodville tries to clear her husband of killing his first wife.