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Queen and Country

Episode 3 of 10

Crime drama. DS Pullman breaks the rules to explore a possible cover-up at the Foreign Office when the team reinvestigate the apparent suicide of a diplomat.

UCOS reinvestigate the death of Annabel Tilson, a diplomat in the Foreign Office whose body was discovered in a frozen river on Christmas Day 2008. Having suffered a miscarriage and been demoted at work, Annabel's death was presumed to be suicide. This view is shared by her devastated husband Eddie. However, Annabel's eccentric twin sister Minnie is convinced that she was murdered to cover up a conspiracy within the Foreign Office.

Eddie is profoundly deaf, and working with an interpreter prompts Detective Superintendent Standing to start learning sign language himself in the hope of reconnecting with his deaf cousin Danny. Meanwhile, Pullman clashes with Annabel's old boss Peter Hammond and starts to wonder if Minnie's conspiracy theory could be right after all.

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59 minutes

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Credits

Role Contributor
Brian Lane Alun Armstrong
Det Supt Sandra Pullman Amanda Redman
Gerry Standing Dennis Waterman
DAC Robert Strickland Anthony Calf
Tony Symes Simon Day
Minnie/Annabel Tilson Sharon Small
Peter Hammond James Wilby
Eddie Julian Peedle-Calloo
Vera Josette Simon
Laura Marsh Aislin McGuckin
Jack Halford James Bolam
Esther Lane Susan Jameson
PC Clark Chike Okonkwo
Actor Nicholas Day
Director Matthew Evans
Producer Tom Mullens

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