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- ↑ Article on the BBC website for The Other Simenon, Last broadcast Friday 17 December 2010 on Radio 4
- ↑ Ronald Frame's Profile on the BBC Scotland website
- ↑ An interview with Ronald Frame about Ghost City on the BBC Scotland website
- ↑ Review of Unwritten Secrets on The Independent website, Wednesday 21 July 2010
- ↑ Entry from the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) website for Paris
- ↑ Ronald Frame's entry on the Debretts website
- ↑ Ronald Frame's entry on the Polygon website
