- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Tom Goulding
Resurrected for radio by Stef Penney, Daphne Alexander assumes the role of pulp provocateuse Modesty Blaise, a glamorous agent with an appetite for fast cars, martial arts and a foreign tongue.
Often pegged as the female James Bond, the 60s feminist icon began life as a cartoon strip in the London Evening Standard. In this adaptation of a later novel by Peter O’Donnell, Modesty is called out of retirement to put her expertise into practise against a larger-than-life public school villain. Exotic, sexy and bullet-paced, A Taste for Death is the perfect blend of schoolboy fantasy and Tarantino kitsch.
About this programme
1/5. By Peter O'Donnell. Dramatised by Stef Penney. Sir Gerald Tarrant, head of a British secret service agency, tempts female super-spy Modesty Blaise out of retirement with a job involving a gifted young woman, an exotic desert locale, and a larger-than-life public school villain intent on murdering his way to a vast fortune. Daphne Alexander stars as the femme fatale in an action-adventure based on the author's spy novel. Broadcast earlier as part of Woman's Hour.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Modesty
- Daphne Alexander
- Willie
- Carl Prekopp
- Sir Gerald
- Alun Armstrong
- Delicata
- Sam Dale
- Steve
- Geoffrey Streatfeild
- Dinah
- Samantha Dakin
- McWhirter
- Alex Fearns
- Skeet
- Jeff Mash
- Sir Howard
- Nigel Anthony
Crew
- Director
- Kate McAll
- Dramatised By
- Stef Penney
- Writer
- Peter O'Donnell
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