A BBC Radio 4 crime drama about a Merseyside mum-turned-private eye

Single mum Rosie Monaghan is 39 and redundant. Wondering what to do with the rest of her life – and with two kids to support – she decides to start a new career as a private detective.

In Series 1 she begins her first investigation, involving a mystery client and a seemingly innocent death that no one else thinks is murder. But being a private eye proves trickier than she thought. The job itself is fraught with problems (how do you tail someone without them noticing?), and the demands of love, children and her bank manager are all jostling for her attention. Can she solve the case and confront the murderer? And will the guilty be brought to justice?

Series 2 finds Rosie back in business, with a rent-free corner of an office, and an ‘anything investigated’ ad in the paper. Among the cases that come her way are a mysterious briefcase full of cash, a missing wife whose husband is ‘one card short of a full deck’, and a series of racial attacks on a corner shop.

Written by Alan McDonald, this intriguing crime series stars Paula Wilcox (Upstart Crow, Mount Pleasant) as Rosie.

Cast

Rosie Monagahan – Paula Wilcox

Margie – Elizabeth Estensen

Jerry – Christopher Bramwell

Bob – Dominic Grounsell

Carol – Helen Roberts

Mike – Steve Hodson

Martin Bullivant – Paul Barber

Andrew Stephenson – Kim Wall

Bill Jones/Deputy Chief Constable – Dominic Letts

Elsie/Dorothy – Pauline Yates

Detective Sergeant Murdoch – Gareth Armstrong

Hickey – Michael Onslow

Helen Thackray – Rachel Atkins

James MacLeish – James Telfer

Old woman – Diana Payan

Graham – David Thorpe

Auntie – Jillie Meers

Paddy/Daz – Peter Kenny

Debbie – Barbara Dryhurst

Barbara Rowan/Jessica – Elaine Claxton

Joe Geoghegan/Gregson/Derek – Gavin Muir

Dan McGuinness/Billy – Tom Bevan

Mr Khadur– Lyndam Gregory

Mrs Khadur – Nina Wadia

Gricewell – Don McCorkindale

Planner – Don Warrington

Peggy – Margaret John

Ginny – Tina Gray

WPC/Chantal – Deborah Berlin

Miranda – Tara Dominick

Bren – Siriol Jenkins

Nat – Paul Panting

With Federay Holmes, Matthew Morgan, Nicholas Murchie, Teresa Gallagher, Vivienne Rochester, James Taylor, Malcolm Ward, Suzannah Corbett and Dominic Traynor

Written by Alan McDonald

Directed by Tracey Neale

Music composed by Peter Howell

Series 1:

Ep 1: Down These Mean Streets 

Ep 2: Following From In Front 

Ep 3: Back Against the Wall 

Ep 4: If Looks Could Kill 

Ep 5: Count Your Blessings 

Ep 6: In Dreams

Series 2:

Ep 1: Starting Over 

Ep 2: Softies 

Ep 3: The Front Man 

Ep 4: Massaging the Truth