5. Diamonds

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Vera and Christopher undertake a life-threatening undercover operation for MI6. With no-one else to turn to, Irene combines forces with the ex-pat couple employing her to get Vera and Christopher air-lifted out of the diamond mine in which they have been billeted. Starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales. The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence. Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman. Irene ...... Prunella Scales Vera ...... Patricia Routledge Brian ...... Ewan Bailey Producer: Claudine Toutoungi First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.