Aldrich Kemp and The Rose of Pamir: 3. American Cryptography

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4.4 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Aldrich Kemp and the gang are back with some new faces as the race for the mysterious and elusive Rose of Pamir moves from London to Paris, New York to Amsterdam and the Maldives to Tajikistan.

Chapter Three: American Cryptography

Clara Page and Aldrich Kemp travel to New York and call in a favour, but who else is lurking in Manhattan? Meanwhile, Mrs Bartholomew and Mrs Boone are facing challenges of their own back in Blighty.

Clara Page - Phoebe Fox Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker Nakesha – Karla Crome Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson The Underwood Sisters & Forsaken McTeague – Jana Carpenter Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt Lionel – Steven Mackintosh Selina – Catherine Kanter Vartan - Ben Crowe

Written and directed by Julian Simpson Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.

Sound Design: David Thomas Producer: Sarah Tombling Production Assistant: Ethan Elsenburg Executive Producer: Karen Rose

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:06.6	Interior, hotel room, London.
0:12.0	Selina Page, aka Abigail Dankworth,
0:16.8	helps her boss unwrap a large oil painting.
0:25.4	Okay. helps her boss unwrap a large oil painting. Is that it?
0:26.6	Lord Francis Willoughby.
0:27.8	That's him.
0:28.4	That was the portrait on the wall.
0:32.3	That's not it.
0:33.9	What do you mean that's not it?
0:34.8	That was the portrait in the library?
0:36.1	Yes.
0:36.6	At Willoughby Manor.
0:37.4	Indeed. So this is it. This is the portrait of Lord Francis Willoughby that was hanging in the library of Willoughby Manor. It is not the key to a code. How do you know? Because that is... The pheasant? The music box in the picture. Swiss. Charles Rouge design. Except it's not. It's wrong. It's a ringer, which means
0:59.0	it's what we're looking for. But the key is in the music box. The key is the music box.
1:05.8	The other side have it. That's no good. Well, they were going in as I was coming out. I didn't
1:09.8	stop to kill them because you said...
1:11.0	They've got the music box, we got the journal. Their next step is to figure out how the one decodes the other. There's only one person who can tell them that. Elias Story. That his real name? No, I shouldn't think so. He's the greatest cryptographer in the world and he lives in a derelict motel in upstate New York.
1:11.6	He does not. But our trail to Mr. Story nonetheless starts here. It's cold, it's wet. Welcome to the actual middle of nowhere, otherwise known as the Garrett von Horn Motel in Potsdam, Upstate New York. Don't forget to tell them the title of the show. Saldridge Kemp and the Rose of Premier. Excellent. By Julian Simpson Chapter 3, America Cryptography. Oh, I like that. This Simpson chap is good, isn't he? Not really. It's just a basic pot boiler wherein I break the fourth wall occasionally. It's not exactly Beckett, is it? Well, I'm very happy with my part let's the office one second
2:03.5	hello ah good there you are where are you a place called potstam oh I know
2:13.5	pottsdam there's a charming bakery no not that not that one. Upstate New York. Oh, how
2:18.2	jury. Now, listen, there's been a security breach at the office. What kind of breach?
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