Inspector Alleyn Mysteries. A Man Lay Dead.

First broadcast 18th April 1993.

Alleyn cancels his holiday with Troy to investigate a murder connected to a stolen chalice, but he's called when a second murder occurs at uncle's estate.

Martin Carroll ... Corporal Billings
Michael Feast ... Dieter Kranz
Robert Reynolds ... Charles Rankin
Matthew Lloyd Davies ... Nigel Bathgate (as Matthew Lloyd-Davies)
Belinda Lang ... Agatha Troy
Brenda Peters ... Edith
Patrick Malahide ... Chief Inspector Alleyn
Tim Dutton ... DS Bailey
Susan Wooldridge ... Rosamund Grant
Clare Higgins ... Marjorie Wilde
David Haig ... Arthur Wilde
Patricia Lawrence ... Mother Superior
Julian Glover ... Sir Hubert Handesley
Nickolas Grace ... Dr. Hans Hoffner
Leslie Schofield ... Assistant Commissioner Connors
William Simons ... Inspector Fox
Sian Webber ... Dr. Beatrice Eaton
Robin Soans ... Walters
Harriette Ashcroft ... Mary
Clare Cathcart ... Florence
Jan Chappell ... Nellie Weston
Gareth Milne ... Bryant
Martin Wimbush ... Benningden