Baldi: Sick Rose

Alternative title: Sick Rose
Synopsis: In this episode of the Irish murder-mystery series created by Barry Devlin, priest-turned-sleuth Paolo Baldi digs around in the murderous world of gardening. The plot is loosely based on King Lear, with three daughters as potential inheritors of the gardening firm that belonged to the murdered patriarch Jack Meadows. Baldi’s knowledge of Shakespeare (references not only to Lear but also to Hamlet and the language of flowers) help him solve yet another hybrid mystery, even though it leads him on the wrong path at first ...
Series: Afternoon Play
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 28 Mar 2001 at 14:15 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
Duration: 45 mins

Director

Mark Lambert

Writer

Martin Meenan

Contributor

Barry Devlin

Cast

History: Episode 3 of the third series of the murder-mystery drama revolving around the adventures of Paolo Baldi, Franciscan priest and lecturer of semiotics, set in Trinity College, Dublin. The drama series was originally launched on BBC Radio 4 in October 22, 2001 in the ‘Afternoon Play’ slot.

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