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John Creasey

Terence Alexander stars in these two classic crime dramas, adapted from the novels of John Creasey 
 
Meet The Honourable Richard Rollison - a.k.a the Toff. A debonair aristocrat and ace amateur sleuth, he's the scourge of London's criminal underworld: sometimes working alone, sometimes hand-in-glove with the police. But wherever he goes, he leaves his distinctive calling card: a jaunty caricature featuring a top hat, a monocle, a bow tie and a cigar. In these two gripping thrillers, he finds himself involved in rural intrigue and a wedding-day mystery... 
 
The Toff on the Farm - When the Toff is offered the opportunity to buy a small farm in Sussex, he politely declines - he's never had any inclination to be a country squire. But when he hears that there's a mystery attached to the place, he agrees to drive down and take a look. On arrival, he discovers that several other potential buyers are keen to get their hands on the property - and the owner's brother has vanished. Can the Toff uncover the secrets surrounding Selby Farm? 
 
The Toff and the Runaway Bride - Barbara Lawn is about to marry the Toff's old chum, Major Guy Lessing, against her father's wishes. But on the morning of the big day, she receives a distressing phone call - and later, at the reception, a letter arrives bearing shocking news. When she flees her husband en route to the honeymoon, the Toff finds himself investigating a heinous case of blackmail and murder... 
 
First published 1958 (The Toff on the Farm), 1959 (The Toff and the Runaway Bride) 
 
Cast and credits 
Written by John Creasey 
Dramatised by Roy Lomax 
Produced by John Fawcett Wilson 
 
Starring Terence Alexander as the Toff and Robert Dorning as Jolly 
 
The Toff on the Farm 
Gillian Selby - Heather Stoney 
Mr Lodwyn/Vicar - Jeffrey Segal 
Monty Morne - Terrence Hardiman 
Bert - Frank Jarvis 
Red Brandt/Eddie Forbes - Ed Bishop 
Inspector Bishop - Derek Newark 
Smith - Reg Lye 
Police Sergeant - Paul Meier 
Superintendent Grice - Duncan Lamont 
Lola Bridge - Liz Gebardt 
Alan Selby - Alaric Cotter 
Bert Ebbutt - Douglas Blackwell 
William T Brandt - Alan White 
Other parts played by the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC World Service, March 1977 
 
The Toff and the Runaway Bride 
Barbara - Rosalind Shanks 
Aunt Gloria - Peggy Ann Wood 
Holy Joe/Sergeant/Carruthers - David Graham 
Maggie - Frances Jeater 
Major Guy Lessing - Alan Cuthbertson 
Doctor - Dennis McCarthy 
Kevin Brennan - Robert Lawn 
Superintendent/Inspector Reno - Godfrey James 
Police Officer - Clifford Norgate 
Rose Lessing - Denise Buckley 
Inspector Ellerby - Roger Gartland 
Sergeant - Michael Shannon 
Robert Lawn - Kevin Brennan 
Police Constable - John Bull 
Inspector - Jean Dryant 
Other parts played by the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC World Service, June 1975 
 
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The Toff

Two BBC Radio 4 classic thrillers

Scott Cherry

Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell in this thrilling police procedural 
 
West Midlands copper Jackie Hartwell has one of the toughest jobs in CID: comforting and supporting grieving relatives in the aftermath of a serious crime. But there's much more to what she does than providing tea and sympathy. Part social worker, part savvy investigator, she needs to be able to win the trust of families, while simultaneously keeping a watchful eye on their behaviour and reactions. Because often, the suspect she's searching for isn't far from home... 
 
As an FLO, she's closer to the people involved than any of her colleagues, and can investigate in a way they can't. With her combination of empathy, intuition and razor-sharp observation, she's often the first to get to the truth - but sometimes, the truth can have tragic consequences. In these 14 series, we follow Jackie as she supports those caught up in nightmarish situations, such as murder, fatal accidents, abduction or a missing child. Some are harbouring secrets, others have a guilty conscience - but they're all victims, and they all need her help... 
 
Written by Scott Cherry (Babblewick Hall) and starring Meera Syal as Jackie, with Matthew Marsh as DI Peter Sanders, this captivating crime drama features a host of well-known actors including Barbara Flynn, Lizzy McInnerny, Robert Glenister, Amanda Root, Ben Onwukwe and Ayesha Antoine. 
 
 
Written by Scott Cherry 
Produced and directed by Clive Brill 
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4 (Series 1-6) 
A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4 (Series 7-14) 
 
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A Small Town Murder: The Complete Series 1-14

G. F. Newman

The first two series of the epic saga plotting the course of one family against the backdrop of a revolution in crime 
 
'Magnificently detailed' The Stage 
 
1951. With the Festival of Britain in full swing, the country is looking forward to a brighter, more prosperous future. But young Brian Oldman cannot forget the past. Traumatised by a murder he witnessed when he was just six, he holds a terrible secret; but there is a more devastating secret he has yet to discover. Falling under the spell of his mother, Cath, he is drawn into London's criminal underworld, where territory battles are raging between the old guard and the new. 
 
Brian idolises his uncle, Jack Braden, who dreams of becoming a boxing champion. But when his ambition is thwarted by the army and the Kray twins, Jack's bitterness and anger turns him towards crime. Meanwhile, the head of the family, Joey Oldman - a Russian Jew with a talent for business and a love of money - is building an empire. Growing rich with the help of venal bankers, he and Cath join Macmillan's Conservative Party, and move in increasingly influential circles. 
 
They try in vain to keep their son Brian away from Jack, who has taken the 'firm' from running illicit clubs to armed robbery. Battling to escape the law, the Krays and their rivals the Richardsons, Joey finds himself so steeped in depravity, even his lawyer struggles to help him survive... 
 
Adapted by award-winning writer G. F. Newman (Law and Order, Judge John Deed) from his own bestselling books, this thrilling series spans six decades, following the fortunes of the Oldmans as they are sucked into a web of corruption reaching to the heart of the Establishment. Weaving fiction with real historical characters, it reveals the nexus of crime, business and politics woven through the fabric of 20th and 21st century greed. Toby Jones stars as Joey, with Denise Gough as Cath, Tom Weston-Jones as Jack, Joe Armstrong as Brian and Ross Kemp as the Narrator. 
 
NB: Contains violence, scenes of a sexual nature, prejudicial dialogue and attitudes prevalent in the time in which the events depicted took place 
 
Created by G. F. Newman 
Characters based on G. F. Newman's novels 
Produced and directed by Clive Brill 
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Narrator - Ross Kemp 
Joey Oldman - Toby Jones 
Cath Oldman - Denise Gough 
Young Brian - Rory McMenamin 
Brian - Joe Armstrong 
Jack Braden - Tom Weston-Jones/Luke Allen Gale 
Gracie Braden/Violet Kray - Ruth Gemmell 
Billy Hill/Keffo - Robert Glenister 
Bobby Brown/Eddie Richardson/Selwyn Carruthers/Lambert/John Bindon - Charles Davies 
Watling/Mr Thompson/Tom Driberg - Nigel Cooke 
Win Booker - Lotte Rice 
Frank Cockain/Tiger Braden/Tinkerbell - Michael Eaves 
Spotty/Sammy Cohen/Capt Tyrwhitt - Jonathan Tafler 
DI Drury - Tom Weston-Jones 
Ronnie Kray/Mr Booker/CSM/Basil Jones/Harold Wilson/Alfie - Lewis MacLeod 
Bank Manager/DI Bulmer - Matthew Townshend 
Stephen Ward/Shop Owner/Policeman/Fenwick/John Bloom/Paul Raymond - Theo Fraser Steele 
Alice/Gladys Brown - Catherine Henderson 
Driver/Charlie Richardson/Dealer - Oliver Mawdsley 
DI Drury/Fat Cecil/Rikki the Malt - Matthew Marsh 
Leah Cohen - Jasmine Hyde 
Joshua/Pongo - Chinna Woddu 
Ruth Sutton/Martha Baines/Student - Kellie Shirley 
Arnold Goodman - Edward Max 
Tony Wednesday - Petrice Jones 
Judge Stevenson - David Shaw Parker 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 21 October-1 November 2013 (Series 1), 19-30 January 2015 (Series 2) 
 
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G.F. Newman’s The Corrupted: Series 1 and 2

A BBC Radio full-cast crime drama

The third and fourth series of the criminal family saga, based on G. F. Newman's bestselling novels 
 
'Terrific listening' The Independent 
 
1971. As Ted Heath's government presides over the collapse of Rolls Royce, and Britain goes over to decimalisation, Brian Oldman is locked up in Brixton Prison. 
 
Joseph Oldman pulls every corrupt string in a desperate attempt to get him released; yet no sooner is Brian out, than he finds himself back inside. Joseph, however, is on the up: expanding his business through dodgy deals with a Colombian drug cartel, and making friends in high places, including Lord Goodman and Margaret Thatcher. Entering the murky world of politics, he becomes an MP, and reverts to his old surname, Olinska. 
 
But just as he is about to receive a knighthood, putting the final seal on his acceptance into the Establishment, he receives news that could ruin everything. Brian, facing a life sentence for a murder he didn't commit, is launching an appeal. He knows who the real guilty party is - Joseph - and he's determined to prove it... 
 
Blending fact and fiction to gripping effect, The Corrupted charts the story of the Oldman family against a backdrop of a revolution in crime, as the underworld extends its reach into the highest echelons of society. Adapted by award-winning writer G. F. Newman (Law and Order, Judge John Deed) from his own acclaimed books, it stars Toby Jones as Joseph, with Izabella Urbanowicz as Cath, Joe Armstrong as Brian and a full cast including Jasmine Hyde, Richard Wilson and Steve Nallon. 
 
NB: Contains violence, scenes of a sexual nature, prejudicial dialogue and attitudes prevalent in the time in which the events depicted took place 
 
Created by G. F. Newman 
Characters based on G. F. Newman's novels 
Produced and directed by Clive Brill 
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Joseph Oldman/Olinska - Toby Jones 
Brian Oldman - Joe Armstrong 
Cath - Izabella Urbanowicz 
Jack - Jacob Fortune-Lloyd 
Tony Wednesday/Michael O'Dell - Alec Newman 
Margaret Courtney - Flora Montgomery 
Leah Cohen - Jasmine Hyde 
Lord Goodman/Gerald Ronson - Edward Max 
DCI Fenwick - Theo Fraser Steele 
Ken Drury/Sir Donald/Warder DeWitt - Matthew Marsh 
Sir Ralph Courtney - Nick Sampson 
Margaret Thatcher/Denis Thatcher - Steve Nallon 
Bobby Brown/John Bindon/Warder Shenton - Charles Davies 
Charlie Peck/Terry Parrish- Patrick Marlowe 
Terry Lynch/Terry Bishop - Sam Donnelly 
DCS Slipper - Mark Perry 
John Redvers - Joseph Kloska 
Senor Ortega/Jose Picado/Mr Wilkes - Will Harrison-Wallace 
Pongo - David Ajao 
Mo Thompson/Doreen/Sonia - Suzanne Proctor 
Sonia/Doreen - Lotte Rice 
Julian Tyrwhitt - Jonathan Tafler 
Yvonne/Clair Hamil - Susie Emmett 
DCI Robertson/Kevin Wheeler - Lucas Hare 
Sir Robert Mark - Patrick Cremin 
Franco/Simon Hatfield - Joshua Akehurst 
Claude Dobbs/Airey Neave - Jonathan Rigby 
Lionel Smith/Andrew McDowell - Kieron Jecchinis 
Martha - Serena Jennings 
Girls - Matilda &amp; Bethany Suett 
DC Baldwin - Tom Dawze 
Judge Melford Stevenson - Richard Wilson 
George Carman QC/Hank Nolan/AC Roland - Nigel Cooke 
AC Jennings/Brian Perry/Ernest Saunders/Dr Rickard - Nicholas Murchie 
Robert Gallo - William Meredith 
Harding/Commissionaire - Simon Pontin 
Jack Lynn/Bobby Mark - Ben Jacobson 
Paul Newman - David John 
Sir Roger Berry - Jamie Newall 
Donnie James - John Hollingworth 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 9-20 January 2017 (Series 3), 25 June-6 July 2018 (Series 4) 
 
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G.F. Newman’s The Corrupted: Series 3 and 4

The fifth and sixth series of the East End family crime saga, starring Toby Jones as Joseph Olinska 
 
1991. Britain and the US are waging war in Iraq, the Soviet Union is breaking up - and Brian Oldman is banged up in Parkhurst, his 30-year sentence restarted. Set on proving his innocence, he studies law from his cell in a bid to win justice at last. But will he ever be released from prison? 
 
Joseph Olinska, meanwhile, seems unstoppable. Now ennobled and on the board of Lehman Brothers, he plans to extend his business interests into Russia - with a little help from Boris Yeltsin and his cronies. He also cultivates the new Prime Minister, John Major: as well as a young centre-left politician named Tony Blair. The only fly in the ointment is his acrimonious divorce from Catherine, who's seeking a multi-million-pound settlement and has engaged top barrister George Carman to get it. And in the meantime, she's airing all Joseph's dirty laundry in court... 
 
With his crimes revealed for all to see, will Joseph finally get his comeuppance? And as a new millennium dawns, whose fortunes will prosper - and who will get their just deserts? 
 
Adapted by double BAFTA-winning writer G. F. Newman (Law and Order, Judge John Deed) from his own hit novels, this compelling tale mingles fact and fiction to shine a light on the corruption woven through the fabric of our society. Toby Jones stars as Joseph, with Joe Armstrong as Brian and Izabella Urbanowicz as Catherine. 
 
NB: Contains violence, scenes of a sexual nature, prejudicial dialogue and attitudes prevalent in the time in which the events depicted took place 
 
Written by G. F. Newman 
Characters based on G. F. Newman's novels 
Produced and directed by Clive Brill 
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Sir Joseph Olinska - Toby Jones 
Brian Oldman - Joe Armstrong 
Catherine - Izabella Urbanowicz 
Leah Cohen - Jasmine Hyde 
Margaret - Flora Montgomery 
Warder Peters/John Major/Douglas Hurd/Menachem Hayek/Judge Kelman/PO Rogers/Paul Linthwaite/David Blunkett/Robin Bleecher - Paul Kemp 
Asst Governor/Lord Miles/Assistant Governor/Warder Thompson/Mr Justice Balardy - Christian Rodska 
Dr Aziz/Pongo/Bob Reed/John Quayle - Damian Lynch 
Dr Eaves - Felicity Duncan 
Lord Goodman - Edward Max 
Kevin Wheeler/Nurse Moriarty/Reggie Kray - Lucas Hare 
George Carman QC/Tony Blair/Dr Jordan - Nigel Cooke 
The Master/Peter Balladur/Lord Carson/Judge - Jamie Newall 
Jack Braden - John Hollingworth/Jacob Fortune-Lloyd 
Third Doctor/Usher/Secretary/Sonia Hope/Angela/Rita/Audrey/Emma - Sarah Lambie 
Tony Wednesday/Boris Yeltsin/Malcolm Rifkind - Alec Newman 
Eddie Richardson/Tim Listfield/Dietrich Heller/Professor King - Charles Davies 
Chuck Haley - Matt Rippy 
Anatoly Popov - Boris Isarov/Matthew Marsh 
Brad Peterson/FBI Agent Pyke - William Meredith 
2nd Warder/Prisoner/Supervisor/Nikolai Lebedev/Alexei Egorkin/Jodi Monserrat/Prison Doctor- Kieron Jecchinis 
Brian Perry/DAC Henderson - Nicholas Murchie 
John Redvers - Tom York/Arty Froushan 
Sir Ralph Courtney/Magistrate - Nick Sampson 
Alex Murray/Inspector Vallins/Gianni/Technician - John Hastings 
Julian Tyrwhitt - Jonathan Tafler 
Detective Albright/Sir Michael O'Dell/EXO Avedlund - Nigel Pivaro 
Clive Bunter/Justice Deed/Brad Thompson - Matthew Marsh 
Jeremy Corbyn - Christopher Harper 
Pongo/John Quayle - David Ajao 
Mrs Jinks/Marcia Hoffman - Suzan Sylvester 
Hamid Afzal/Mr Kumar - Akbar Kurtha 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 20 April-1 May 2020 (Series 5), 10-20 May 2021 (Series 6) 
 
'G. F. Newman's powerful story of ambition and crooks' The Times 
 
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G.F. Newman’s The Corrupted: Series 5 and 6

John Peacock

A BBC Radio thriller series about two old-school detectives who solve crimes in Victorian London 
 
1839, and Bow Street Runner Pip Shepherd is out of a job. The Runners have been disbanded, merged with Sir Robert Peel's new Metropolitan Police - and there's no way Pip's signing up with them. But when he befriends 'Peeler' Thomas Tedman, and hears about an upcoming detective division, he has second thoughts: and soon the duo are investigating their first cases together. 
 
The Last of the Bow Street Runners sees Tom and Pip teaming up to solve the mystery of a murdered earl and a missing fiancé. 
 
In A Cuckoo in the Nest, a man lost at sea for 14 years returns to claim his fortune. But is he the Nettlefields' true son and heir, or an imposter? 
 
Out on the Drag finds Pip going undercover to infiltrate a gang of 'draggers' led by the sinister Brock - and finding more than he bargained for. 
 
In The Kitten House, the two policemen probe a sophisticated vice ring operating in the highest echelons of society... 
 
Scripted by award-winning writer John Peacock, these four fantastic historical crime dramas star Todd Carty (Grange Hill, EastEnders) as Pip, with Charles Simpson (London Bridge, Kavanagh QC) as Thomas. 
 
Written by John Peacock 
Directed by David Blount 
Pianist: Harry Myers 
 
Cast 
Pip Shepherd - Todd Carty 
Thomas Tedman - Charles Simpson 
Dolly Jenks - Maggie McCarthy 
With Deborah Berlin, Ioan Meredith, Tessa Worsley, Zulema Dene, Stephen Critchlow, Tracy Wiles, Becky Hindley, Elizabeth Conboy, Harry Myers, Maggie McCarthy 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11 June-2 July 1999 
 
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London Particulars

A BBC Radio 4 crime drama

Bill Lyons

Four full-cast dramas featuring the London police duo 
 
Sergeant Jimmy Vogel is an old-school, down-to-earth copper. Dedicated and tenacious, he's happy to work overtime to get results (to the dismay of his long-suffering wife, Mo). But after repeatedly missing out on promotion, he finds himself working under Superintendent Fraser, whose methods are alien to him. For Jimmy, policing's about understanding human nature, while his boss relies more on facts and figures. But to catch criminals, it takes both science and instinct, as the duo discover in these four stories. 
 
Body on the Heath - A young man is found on Putney Heath, his throat cut. Who is he, and how did he come to die such a grisly death? Vogel's having trouble finding any satisfactory answers... 
 
An Ordinary Bloke - When a woman is killed by faulty electrical wiring, it looks like murder. Her husband is the obvious suspect, but he's disappeared - and in tracking him down, Vogel and Fraser uncover unpleasant truths and secrets dating back thirty years. 
 
Sins of the Father - Jimmy Vogel is feeling his age. He's finally managed to make Inspector, but at the expense of his home life; he's feeling out of step with the youngsters at the station; and Superintendent Fraser still criticises his lack of tact. And his current investigation isn't making life any easier... 
 
Background - The old firm of Vogel and Fraser is in danger of breaking up. Fraser's stuck behind a desk and rarely gets out on the job, and Vogel's thinking of packing it in altogether. But neither of them can resist a challenge, and when a child is kidnapped they both get back on the case. 
 
Created by veteran scriptwriter Bill Lyons, these thrilling detective dramas star Douglas Livingstone as Vogel and Nigel Hawthorne as Fraser, with Diana Bishop as Mo. 
 
 
Cast and credits 
Starring Douglas Livingstone as Vogel and Nigel Hawthorne as Fraser, with Diana Bishop as Mo 
Produced and directed by Jane Morgan 
 
Body on the Heath 
Sgt Mann - Walter Hall 
PC Jackson - Michael Harbour 
Pathologist/Mr Simon - Bruce Purchase 
Hairdresser/Waiter/Car park attendant - Alan Dudley 
Laura Holland - Colette O'Neil 
Edward Holland - David Graham 
Annie Viccars - Valerie Murray 
Eric Hills - Christopher Bidmead 
David Simon - Steven Pacey 
With Michael Tudor Barnes and Irene Sutcliffe 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 23 October 1976 
 
An Ordinary Bloke 
Jack Davis - Philip Stone 
Vi Davis - Joan Matheson 
Robert Davis - Gavin Campbell 
Det-Sgt Burridge - Michael Goldie 
Brian - Walter Hall 
PC Jackson - Kenneth Shanley 
Margaret Davis - Frances Jeater 
Spooner - Christopher Saul 
Brenda Parsons - Sheila Reid 
Alan Davis - Brian Hewlett 
Mrs Walters - Margot Boyd 
Sheila Stewart - Nicolette McKenzie 
Technical presentation by David Greenwood 
Assisted by David Hitchinson, Nick Bamford and Allyson Reed 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 3 September 1977 
 
Sins of the Father 
Mrs Sutton - Petra Davies 
Charles Sutton - Philip Voss 
Jo Blackitt - Jenny Twigge 
Dave Walker - Brian Carroll 
Mayor - Brian Haines 
Tony Sutton - Merlin Ward 
Eric Roye - Fred Bryant 
Gerry Marshall - Dominic Cox 
Harris - Jeffrey Segal 
Tina - Tina Lyons 
Club Leader - David Sinclair 
Mrs Marshall - Eva Stuart 
Gaffer - John Bott 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 September 1979 
 
Background 
Mrs Ornum - Miranda Forbes 
Mr Ornum - Michael McStay 
Timothy Ornum - Rusty Livingstone 
Andy - Leroi Samuels 
Dave - Alex Jennings 
Insp Peter Gardner - Ronald Baddiley 
Rick - Michael Deeks 
Chas - Simon Hewitt 
Stew - Patrick Field 
DC Young - Steve Hodson 
Sharon Fraser - Alexandra Mathie 
Mrs Fraser - Lillias Walker 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 January 1983 
 
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Vogel & Fraser

Four BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime dramas

Robert Barr

Ex-policeman Galbraith is caught up in mystery and murder in these two gripping, fast-paced detective dramas 
 
After a long career in the Flying Squad, veteran copper Bill Galbraith is hanging up his truncheon and saying goodbye to the police force. He's looking forward to a quiet life on civvy street - but his best friend, private investigator Tommy Evans, has other ideas... 
 
In The King of Diamonds, Galbraith's enjoying a peaceful retirement in the countryside when Tommy calls him up with a job offer. Adamant that he's done with detection, Bill refuses, but Evans persists - and soon, Galbraith is embroiled in murky goings-on involving a beautiful blonde, a missing diamond courier and a criminal mastermind. 
 
The Midas Touch sees Bill accosted once again by his old PI pal, who shows him a mysterious photograph of a party on a lawn, with circles drawn round the heads of three people. The photo was part of a parcel addressed to a retired criminal lawyer, which also contained bearer bonds, a list of jewellery worth £750,000 and a letter threatening the life of a man named Paul Carson. The crime the package tells of has yet to be discovered - can Galbraith root it out? 
 
Created by the award-winning writer of Z Cars and Softly Softly, Robert Barr, these two suspenseful full-cast dramas star Bernard Hepton as the reluctant investigator, with Richard Davies as Tommy Evans. 
 
Production credits 
Written by Robert Barr 
Produced by John Browell 
Starring Bernard Hepton as Galbraith 
 
Cast 
The King of Diamonds 
Tommy Evans/Paul - Richard Davies 
David Cater - Tom Watson 
Gelder - Peter Dyneley 
Anne-Marie - Eva Haddon 
Cornell/Commander - Hector Ross 
Mary Galbraith - Katharine Page 
Milne - Bruce Alexander 
Lindemanns - Cyril Shaps 
Dykers - Trader Faulkner 
Brent - Peter Williams 
Jacobus - Stephen Greif 
Betty van Druten - Frances Jeater 
Lander - Peter Hawkins 
Gunman - Robert Gillespie 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 August-19 September 1975 
 
The Midas Touch 
Tommy Evans - Richard Davies 
Bernie Finch - Garard Green 
Sailor/Andreas - Kevork Malikyan 
Nick Tully - Clive Merrison 
Bavister - Eric Richard 
Mrs Palmer - Margery Withers 
Doc McDowall - Robert Gillespie 
Thorn - David Ryall 
Chief Inspector Collins/Inspector Burridge - Michael Kilgarriff 
Rita - Rosalyn Slater 
Carson - Matthew Francis 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4 October-8 November 1977 
 
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Detective Galbraith: The King of Diamonds & The Midas Touch

2 BBC Radio crime dramas

CJ Sansom

The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series 
 
Set during the reign of Henry VIII, these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers. 
 
Dissolution - Winter, 1537. When a King's Commissioner is brutally murdered at Scarnsea monastery, Thomas Cromwell sends Shardlake to investigate. Can he catch the killer before he strikes again? 
 
Dark Fire - Summer, 1540, and Shardlake is embroiled in two urgent cases: tracking down a batch of Greek Fire, an ancient weapon of mass destruction, and defending an orphan girl accused of murder. Accompanied by Cromwell's man, Barak, he must race against time to save Elizabeth's life - and Cromwell's skin. 
 
Sovereign - Autumn, 1541. As the King embarks on a Royal Progress to York, Shardlake and Barak arrive in the city on a secret mission for Archbishop Cranmer. But soon they are caught up in a murder investigation - and a daring plot to bring down the royal family... 
 
Revelation - Spring, 1543. With London rocked by religious turmoil, Shardlake must complete two vital assignments: help a teenage boy imprisoned in Bedlam for his heretical ravings, and prevent a serial killer from completing his unholy mission. 
 
Heartstone - Summer, 1545, and Shardlake and Barak are drawn into two murky mysteries: one involving 'monstrous wrongs' committed against a ward of the court, the other involving the troubled past of Bedlam inmate Ellen Fettiplace. Meanwhile, across the Channel, the French fleet is preparing to attack... 
 
Lamentation - 1546. Henry VIII lies dying, and his Protestant and Catholic factions are vying for power. As heretics are burned at the stake, the Queen rashly decides to write a compromising confessional book - and when it is stolen, she turns to Shardlake. His investigations lead him from London's backstreet print shops to the heart of the royal court... 
 
Jason Watkins and Justin Salinger star as Shardlake, with Bryan Dick as Barak, Mark Bonnar and Robert Glenister as Cromwell, Sam Dale and Sean Baker as Cranmer, and Emily Wachter and Jessica Hardwick as Queen Catherine Parr. 
 
 
Written by C. J. Sansom 
Dramatised by Colin MacDonald 
Produced and directed by Kirsteen Cameron, David Jackson Young and Bruce Young 
 
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection

Six BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations

Wally K. Daly

Wally K. Daly's sparkling trilogy of comic crime capers featuring the prison inmates of B Block 
 
When Bullet Head, Fingers and the other B Block cons meet Prisoners' Aid society members Charles Forbes and George Evans, trouble ensues. Soon, they are embroiled in daring escapades involving an upmarket department store, the Tower of London and the Bank of England... 
 
Burglar's Bargains - For 16 years, Charles and George have helped former prisoners to make a new start. But with forced retirement imminent, they decide to cross the line into criminality. With the assistance of B Block's finest, they mastermind the heist of the century - but events don't go entirely to plan, as they get tangled up with rival gangs, the Mafia and naked shop assistants... 
 
A Right Royal Rip-Off - Now happily ensconced behind bars, Charles and George are keeping themselves busy organising a full curriculum of artistic and cultural activities for their fellow inmates. But their cushy life is threatened when they learn that they're up for parole. The only way to stay inside is to commit another crime: so, aided by their jailbird friends, they plan their most audacious job yet - stealing the Crown Jewels. 
 
The Bigger They Are - Out of prison and holidaying in Sicily, Charles and George spot an old enemy from A Block, 'Machine Gun' Calloni. Determined to find out what this notorious Mafiosi is up to, they eavesdrop on a meeting of his 'Family' - and discover a plot to defraud the Bank of England. Enlisting the help of their criminal cronies once more, they set out to thwart Cosa Nostra... 
 
Written by veteran dramatist Wally K. Daly, these funny, light-hearted dramas perfectly evoke the glory days of the British crime caper movie. Peter Jones (The Rag Trade) and Lockwood West (Please Sir!, Doctor at Large) star as Charles and George, while the ensemble cast includes 'Carry On' regulars Charles Hawtrey and Bernard Bresslaw, and It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Donald Hewlett. 
 
Production credits 
Written by Wally K. Daly 
Produced and directed by Martin Jenkins 
Audio provided by the author 
 
NB: Due to the off-air nature of the recordings, the sound quality may vary 
 
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The Burglar’s Bargains Trilogy

Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast comedy crime capers

Lynne Truss

All four series of Lynne Truss's comedy thrillers set in 1950s Brighton - plus Christmas special 
 
'Delicious fun' Sunday Times 
 
Brighton, 1957: a sunny seaside resort with a sinister underbelly. This den of villainy is policed by the touchingly innocent Inspector Steine, who naively believes he wiped out all the hoodlums in the Middle Street Massacre six years earlier. Can long-suffering Sergeant Brunswick and keen Constable Twitten persuade him that a criminal mastermind is at large - and that the station's charlady, Mrs Groynes, might bear investigation? 
 
Inspector Steine - A headless corpse on the ghost train, a murdered theatre critic, a bank robbery and a beautiful fish-and-chip-shop owner spell trouble for the hapless Inspector. Meanwhile, a deranged criminal escapes from Broadmoor seeking revenge... 
 
The Casebook of Inspector Steine - A matinee at the Hippodrome gives Mrs Groynes an idea, a day out in a vintage car proves eventful, Brunswick organises a police open day and goes undercover in a girls' school, and Steine meets a shady aristocrat - and finds his life in danger. 
 
The Adventures of Inspector Steine - When his chance to shine is scuppered by Steine, Brunswick wants to kill him. But is he behind the attempts on Steine's life - or could it be the Unknown Villain, or old adversary Mrs Vine? Events are further complicated by a criminal convention and the reappearance of Brunswick's old flame, Doris... 
 
The Return of Inspector Steine - Second World War bomb disposal hero Captain Hoagland limps into the station, with an award for Sergeant Brunswick and a head in a box. The latter is a warning that Adelaide Vine is back - and sadistic criminal Terence Chambers is heading for Brighton too, hell bent on havoc. 
 
Christmas for Inspector Steine - It is December 1957, the year of the Queen's inaugural Christmas broadcast and Mrs Groynes' first seasonal celebrations with new husband Captain Hoagland. But only Twitten has the festive spirit... 
 
Michael Fenton Stevens stars as Inspector Steine, with John Ramm as Sergeant Brunswick, Matt Green as Constable Twitten and Jan Ravens and Samantha Spiro as Mrs Groynes. 
 
 
Production credits 
Written by Lynne Truss 
Produced and directed by Karen Rose and Marilyn Imrie 
Original music by Anthony May 
Sound design: David Thomas 
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Starring Michael Fenton Stevens as Inspector Steine, John Ramm as Sergeant Brunswick, Matt Green as Constable Twitten and Jan Ravens and Samantha Spiro as Mrs Groynes 
 
Cast 
Maisie - Carla Mendonça/Rachel Atkins 
Georgie/BBC announcer/Chaplain/Albert/Bobby/Cecil/Pierre/Diamond Tony - David Holt 
Boy - Cameron Cleaver 
Stanley/Bouncer - Michael Roberts 
Cook - Allan Corduner 
Johnnie - Jason Hughes 
Ruby - Carolyn Backhouse 
Ventriloquist Vince/Warder - Kim Wall 
Adelaide Vine/Gloria's mother - Janet Ellis 
Brian the Brain/Mystery guest/Terence Chambers - Ewan Bailey 
Rudi - Ethan Brook 
Doris - Rachel Atkins 
Roy - Will Keen 
Hinge - Nicholas Le Prevost 
Phyllis - Michelle Tate 
Female panellist - Sophie Dearlove 
Lord Melamine - Mark Heap 
Jupiter - Philip Jackson 
Unknown Villain - Adrian Bower 
Roy - Douglas Hodge 
Captain Hoagland - Robert Bathhurst 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 January-2 March 2007 (Inspector Steine), 4 April-9 May 2008 (The Casebook of Inspector Steine), 2 September-30 October 2009 (The Adventures of Inspector Steine), 17 October-21 November 2011 (The Return of Inspector Steine), 23 December 2013 (The Christmas of Inspector Steine) 
 
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Inspector Steine

The complete BBC Radio 4 comedy crime drama

Nicholas Freeling

The collected BBC adaptations of Nicolas Freeling's bestselling thrillers - plus bonus documentary 
 
Acclaimed as 'the most thoroughly European of British crime writers' (The Guardian), Nicolas Freeling was well known for his novels featuring Dutch sleuth Van der Valk and French policeman Henri Castang. Included in this collection are six stories showcasing both detectives, as well as a bonus programme exploring Van der Valk and his creator. 
 
Love in Amsterdam - Martin's former lover has been murdered. He's the prime suspect, his alibi is thin, and he's lying - but is he the killer? It's up to Van der Valk to find out... David Troughton reads the first novel in the Van der Valk series. 
 
Gun Before Butter - The Dutch detective finds himself dealing with a body, an abandoned Mercedes and the beautiful daughter of a dead conductor. Ian Hogg and Sophie Thompson star in this dramatisation of Freeling's 1963 novel, the winner of France's Grand Prix de Roman Policier. 
 
King of the Rainy Country - A handsome, middle-aged millionaire and a naked girl disappear. Can Van der Valk find them? Martin Jarvis stars in this adaptation of the sixth Van der Valk novel, which received a 1967 Edgar Award for Best Novel. 
 
Arlette - When her husband is shot in the street, Arlette Van der Valk takes the law into her own hands. Starring Stella Gonet as Arlette and Nigel Anthony as Piet Van der Valk. 
 
The Nightlords - A dead man in the boot of a Rolls-Royce in Normandy threatens to disrupt Anglo-French relations. Keith Barron stars in this dramatisation of Freeling's first book featuring Henri Castang. 
 
Not as Far as Velma- Newly-promoted Commissaire Henri Castang probes the case of a missing hotel owner, the bombing of a convent and an elusive British journalist... Starring Keith Barron as Castang. 
 
Foreign Bodies: Netherlands - Commissaris Van Der Valk - As part of a series looking at European history through crime fiction, Mark Lawson takes a trip to Amsterdam in search of Van der Valk, and asks how Freeling's fiction reflected changes in postwar Dutch society. 
 
 
Text copyright © Nicolas Freeling 1962 (Love in Amsterdam), 1963 (Guns Before Butter), 1966 (The King of the Rainy Country), 1978 (The Night Lords), 1979 (The Widow), 1989 (Not as Far as Velma) 
 
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Nicholas Freeling: Van der Valk & Castang

Six BBC Radio thrillers featuring Piet Van der Valk & Inspector Henri Castang

Alfred Hitchcock

Ernest Lehman

Mark Gatiss

Alfred Hitchcock and Ernest Lehman's unfinished screenplay, completed by Mark Gatiss 
 
'Achingly tense scenes... and a masterpiece of a climax' Radio Times 
 
The annals of movie history are full of lost treasures - spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten gems have been brought to life, fully realised as vivid, cinematic radio productions. Scripted by major 20th Century writers, including Harold Pinter, Arthur Miller, Alfred Hitchcock and Dennis Potter, they star a host of A-list actors and feature richly evocative, atmospheric soundtracks. 
 
One of seven 'unmade movies' available on audio, The Blind Man is set in 1961, and features a famous blind jazz pianist, Larry Keating, who agrees to a pioneering surgical procedure: an eye transplant. The operation is a success, but his new eyes are those of a murdered man - and burned onto their retina is the image of his killer. Can Larry track him down before he strikes again? 
 
The proposed follow-up to North by Northwest, The Blind Man was to be set in Disneyland and star Jimmy Stewart - but Walt Disney refused permission, Stewart pulled out and Lehman dropped the project, leading to a 16-year rift with Hitchcock. Decades later, the unfinished script was rediscovered by producer Laurence Bowen in a research institute in Texas - along with extensive notes and letters between Hitchcock and Lehman. Completed and directed by Mark Gatiss, it stars Hugh Laurie (House) as Larry and Rebecca Front (The Thick of It) as Sylvia, with Peter Serafinowicz (Shaun of the Dead) giving a masterly impression of Hitchcock as the narrator. Prepare to be blown away by this explosive new psychological thriller from the Master of Suspense... 
 
 
Production credits 
Written by Alfred Hitchcock and Ernest Lehman 
Completed and directed by Mark Gatiss 
Adapted for radio by Laurence Bowen 
Produced by Laurence Bowen and Peter Ettedgui 
Co-Producer: Laurent Bouzereau 
Original music by Blair Mowat 
Sound Design: Wilfredo Acosta 
A Feelgood Fiction production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Larry Keating - Hugh Laurie 
Sylvia Whitehead - Rebecca Front 
Victor Farmer - Nicholas Woodeson 
Jenny Stiles - Kelly Burke 
Mortie Levitt/Captain Barzoni - Andy Nyman 
Linda Whitehead - Hilary Connell 
Herman Graubner - John Guerrasio 
Dr McGraw - John Light 
Autograph Girl - Hollie Burgess 
Narrator, Alfred Hitchcock - Peter Serafinowicz 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 October 2015 
 
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Unmade Movies: Hitchcock's The Blind Man

A BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the unproduced screenplay

Philip Palmer

A gritty thriller set behind the Iron Curtain in 1960s Hungary 
 
Budapest, 1963. Special Investigator Bertalan Lázár and his wife, spymaster Franciska Lázár, face formidable challenges as they try to navigate a path through the dangerous underworld of Cold War-era Hungary. Catching the criminals is difficult enough, but there are other more threatening battles raging in higher places. 
 
In these 16 episodes, Bertalan must investigate the murder of a former member of the secret police, fight a turf war as he tries to find a child killer, probe a seemingly straightforward case of GBH that leads him to a rogue cop and enter the uncharted territory of Budapest's underground drugs scene after a rock musician is found dead. 
 
Written by Philip Palmer, this gripping, atmospheric drama expertly conjures up the tense, paranoid world of Communist Hungary, where dissidence was dangerous, the truth was hard to find and pursuing justice could get you killed. Leo Bill stars as Bertalan and Clare Corbett as Franciska, with Andy Linden as Tibor Farkas and Joseph Ayre as József Szabados. 
 
The episodes in this collection are: 
 
 The Wolf 
The Old Days 
Behind the Wall 
Waiting by the River 
Heroes 
Gellert Hill 
Spider's Web 
Carnaby Street 
Gypsy Dancers 
Grandmother's Footsteps 
Mad Dog 
The Light of Dawn 
The Great Society 
Red Pen 
The Great Tree Gang 
The Magical Magyars 
 
Produced and directed by Toby Swift and Sasha Yevtushenko 
Sound Design by Caleb Knightley 
 
Cast 
Bertalan Lázár - Leo Bill 
Franciska Lázár - Clare Corbett 
Tibor Farkas - Andy Linden 
József Szabados - Joseph Ayre 
Gizella - Nicola Ferguson 
Bela Fekete - Sargon Yelda 
Mr Papp - Nick Underwood 
Kitchen Porter - Richard Pepple 
Police Officer/Csaba - Sam Rix 
Lilien Racz - Adie Allen 
Milton Szilard - Philip Fox 
Kristof Szep - Samuel James 
Mr Kiraly - Robert Blythe 
Waiter/Peterke - Tom Forrister 
Mrs Tolnay - Sanchia MacCormack 
Stenographer - Kerry Gooderson 
Dmitri Dragunov - Simon Scardifield 
Márk Mészáros - Michael Bertenshaw 
András Vásáry - David Hounslow 
Priest/Copper - Christopher Harper 
Gyuri Varg/Fabenyi/Police officer/Partygoer - Kenny Blyth 
Dorina Varga - Helen Clapp 
Ministry official/Police officer/Drug dealer/Partygoer - Chris Pavlo 
Hanna Krivosik - Franchi Webb 
Zsófia/Nurse 1 - Sarah Ovens 
PuŠomori Žiga - Debbie Korley 
Mrs Kovacs/Nurse 2/Receptionist - Susan Jameson 
Gyozo Novak - Carl Prekopp 
Florian Hevesi - Luke Nunn 
Sandor Boros - Stephen Greif 
Pathologist - Jane Whittenshaw 
Cop/Detective - Stefan Adegbola 
Mother - Emma Handy 
Kulcsar - Roger Ringrose 
Draskovic - Ewan Bailey 
Billiards player/Prison officer - Ian Dunnett Jnr 
Hadik - Hasan Dixon 
Richard Miklos/Károly Miklós/Laska - Shaun Mason 
Violinist/Márton Kozma/Police Officer/Priest - Simon Ludders 
Réka Kozma/Pathologist - Jane Slavin 
Archivist/Ioveanu - Tony Turner 
Orsolya - Ria Marshall 
Receptionist - David Sturzaker 
 
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Keeping the Wolf Out

The complete BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime series

Patricia Highsmith

The definitive collection of dramatisations and readings of Patricia Highsmith's finest fiction - plus bonus material 
 
A master of the psychological crime genre, Patricia Highsmith is most famous for her quintet of bestselling 'Ripley' novels, and her groundbreaking thriller Strangers on a Train (notably adapted as a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock). This extensive collection encompasses her best-known works, as well as selected short stories and three programmes about the author herself and her greatest creation, charismatic anti-hero Tom Ripley. 
 
Included is a series of five plays charting Ripley's journey from smalltime conman to cool, calculated killer. Comprising The Talented Mr Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Under Water, The Complete Ripley stars Ian Hart as Tom. 
 
Also featured are dramatisations of Strangers on a Train (starring Anton Lesser, Michael Sheen, Saskia Reeves and Bill Nighy); Patricia Highsmith's compelling tale of obsession, The Cry of the Owl (starring John Sharian, Adrian Lester and Joanne McQuinn); and the dark, intriguing domestic noir A Suspension of Mercy (starring Stuart Milligan and Janet Maw). 
 
Highsmith's tender, unsettling lesbian love story Carol is abridged and read in 10 parts by Zoë Wanamaker, and there are abridged readings of her short stories 'A Dangerous Hobby', 'Variations on a Game' (both read by Campbell Scott), and 'The Trouble with Mrs Blynn, the Trouble with the World' (read by Anna Massey). Five more unabridged stories, 'The Cries of Love', 'The Snail-Watcher', 'The Breeder', 'Notes from a Respectable Cockroach' and 'Goat Ride', are read by Helen Horton, John Webb, Garrick Hagon, William Hootkins and Crawford Logan. 
 
In Looking for Ripley, crime writer Mark Billingham unravels the mystery behind our lasting fascination with Tom Ripley, while in A Passionate Affair, Marcel Berlins asks if his creator Patricia Highsmith also fell under his spell. And in Desert Island Discs, the author shares the soundtrack of her life with presenter Roy Plomley. 
 
Contents 
The Talented Mr Ripley 
Ripley Under Ground 
Ripley's Game 
The Boy Who Followed Ripley 
Ripley Under Water 
Strangers on a Train 
The Cry of the Owl 
A Suspension of Mercy 
Carol 
A Dangerous Hobby 
Variations on a Game 
The Trouble with Mrs Blynn, The Trouble with the World 
The Cries of Love 
The Snail-Watcher 
The Breeder 
Notes from a Respectable Cockroach 
Goat Ride 
Looking for Ripley 
A Passionate Affair 
Desert Island Discs: Patricia Highsmith 
 
Original texts © 1993 by Diogenes Verlag AG Zurich, all rights reserved. 
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The Patricia Highsmith BBC Radio Collection

The Talented Mr Ripley, Strangers on a Train, Carol & other stories

Caroline Stafford

David Stafford

Five tales of murder, mayhem and political intrigue from the casebook of Norman Birkett 
 
Norman Birkett KC (1883-1962) was a real-life Rumpole - a distinguished and highly skilled lawyer who had numerous successes in the courtroom during his long career. This collection covers some of his most famous cases of the inter-war years, including the dramatic trial of Buck Ruxton; the notorious Dennistoun affair; and the peculiar events surrounding the mysterious cyclist Ronald Light. 
 
Norman Birkett and the Case of the Coleford Poisoner - The celebrated advocate defends a woman accused of murdering her husband with arsenic. 
 
Birkett and the Blind Soldier - When a blind First World War veteran is charged with killing his wife, Birkett takes on his defence. 
 
Birkett and the Green Bicycle - Appearing for the prosecution, the brilliant barrister deals with a case involving death by gunshot, pacifism and chocolate... 
 
Birkett and the Red Stains on the Carpet - The renowned KC defends a doctor accused of murdering and dismembering his wife and maid. 
 
Birkett and the Naked Toreador - Norman Birkett takes on the case that made his name in this extraordinary saga of blackmail, snobbery, society scandal and bullfighting... 
 
David Haig and Neil Dudgeon star as Birkett, with Alison Pettitt and Bonnie Engstrom as his wife, Billie, and Alun Raglan as his clerk, Edgar. 
 
Written by Caroline and David Stafford 
Directed by Marc Beeby 
 
Norman Birkett and the Case of the Coleford Poisoner 
Birkett - David Haig 
Edgar Bowker - Trystan Gravelle 
Billie - Alison Pettitt 
Elton Pace - Michael Shelford 
Annie Pace/Leslie Pace - Clare Corbett 
Dr du Pre - Sam Dale 
Judge Horridge/Vicar - Bruce Alexander 
Mrs Elizabeth Porter - Joanna Monro 
Other parts were played by John Biggins and Nigel Hastings 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 1 June 2010 
 
Birkett and the Blind Soldier 
Norman Birkett - Neil Dudgeon 
Billie - Bonnie Engstrom 
Edgar - Alun Raglan 
Lady Pearson - Adjoa Andoh 
Arthur - Carl Prekopp 
MacCormac - Paul Moriarty 
Frazer/Warder - Adam Billington 
Humphreys - James Lailey 
Sgt Waller - Gerard McDermott 
Randall/Clerk - Rikki Lawton 
Grace/Margaret - Alex Rivers 
Woman - Victoria Inez Hardy 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 3 January 2012 
 
Birkett and the Green Bicycle 
Norman Birkett - Neil Dudgeon 
Billie - Bonnie Engstrom 
Edgar - Alun Raglan 
Sir Edward - Nicholas Jones 
Cadbury - James Lailey 
Cox/Enoch - Adam Billington 
Judge - Gerard McDermott 
Lily/Muriel - Francine Chamberlain 
Ronald - Christopher Webster 
Graham - Simon Bubb 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 10 January 2012 
 
Birkett and the Red Stains on the Carpet 
Norman Birkett - Neil Dudgeon 
Billie - Bonnie Engstrom 
Edgar - Alun Raglan 
Jackson - Adam Billington 
Buck Ruxton - Sagar Arya 
Shaw - Gerard McDermott 
Glaister - James Lailey 
Bennett - Rikki Lawton 
Alfred - Christopher Webster 
Susan/Gracie - Victoria Inez Hardy 
Mary - Alex Rivers 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17 January 2012 
 
Birkett and the Naked Toreador 
Norman Birkett - Neil Dudgeon 
Billie - Bonnie Engstrom 
Edgar - Alun Raglan 
Lady Caernarvon - Joanna Monro 
Sir Edward - Nicholas Jones 
Dennistoun - Carl Prekopp 
Mlle Cina - Victoria Inez Hardy 
Dorothy - Adjoa Andoh 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 January 2012 
 
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Birkett

Five full-cast BBC Radio 4 crime dramas

Paul Sellar

Robert Glenister stars in this compelling corporate thriller about a self-made property tycoon who sets out to build a brand new London skyscraper 
 
Property magnate Max Silver is in trouble. His West End properties are starting to crumble, his assets are turning into liabilities and his business empire's on the rocks. With the company in danger of going under, he shakes up his property portfolio, ditches his shiftless partner, Larry, and brings his brother Teddy and daughter Zara on board. 
 
Then the Lord Mayor of London asks him to build an iconic skyscraper in the heart of the capital - a 1000ft, state-of-the-art tower that will show off London to the world, and be a defiant new national symbol. With an eye to his family's future - and his personal legacy - Max agrees, and with the help of high-profile architect Katalina, the Hourglass is born. 
 
But it soon begins to look as if this prestigious project will never get off the ground. From planning permission to political opposition, the obstacles pile up - and when his legitimate funding is suddenly withdrawn, Max is left at the mercy of shadowy forces. As old scores are settled, and new enemies emerge, he will need all his charm, ruthlessness and deal-making skills to avoid the many traps put in his path by big business - and by sheer human folly... 
 
Written by acclaimed dramatist Paul Sellar, this gripping full-cast drama takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the cut-throat world of international commerce, via corruption, intrigue, dodgy finance, kidnapping and intimidation. It stars Robert Glenister as Max, with Catherine Cusack, Katherine Press and Sean Baker. 
 
 
Written by Paul Sellar 
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole, Jonquil Panting and Sasha Yevtushenko 
 
Cast 
Max Silver - Robert Glenister 
Carol - Catherine Cusack 
Teddy - Sean Baker 
Zara - Katherine Press 
Katalina - Daphne Alexander 
Kolo - Buom Tihngang 
Larry/Kevin - Paul Hickey 
John/Gavin - Shaun Mason 
Maryam - Susan Jameson 
Sasha - Andrew Byron 
Clem - Vineeta Rishi 
Angus - Nicholas Murchie 
Asha - Nokukhanya Masango 
Fadi - Alexander Devrient 
Rory - Jonny Holden 
Jack - Ben Crowe 
Zoe - Tife Kusoro 
Sunil - Bhasker Patel 
DK - Sagar Radia 
Karakas - Chris Pavlo 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2-5 September 2019 
 
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How to Build a Supertower

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast thriller

David Napthine

Steve Chambers

Seven gripping dramas featuring forensic psychologist and memory expert Dr Joe Aston 
 
Returning to his home town of Middlesborough on a six-month attachment to the Teesside police, criminal psychologist Joe Aston is called in for seven unusual and baffling cases. As a specialist in the controversial field of 'recovered memory', his skills are crucial: only he can uncover the truth by persuading victims, witnesses and suspects to remember what they'd rather forget... 
 
In Doctor Joe Aston Investigates, the 'recall man' tackles the only suspect in a murder case: a scientist suspected of killing her boss. 
 
Making Waves finds a confused diver claiming to have witnessed an old murder: can his memory be trusted? 
 
In Over the Border, Aston probes a taxi driver who may be the sole witness to a gangland killing, but claims to remember nothing. 
 
In Stepping Out, he finds his position under threat when rival psychologist Beth Webster is hired to investigate a spate of attacks on young women. 
 
Taken by Surprise sees Aston resorting to unorthodox methods to secure an identification of the main suspect in a kidnapping case. 
 
In Can't See for Looking, a witness to an arson attack swears she saw a rhinoceros throwing a petrol bomb: can Aston discover what she really saw? 
 
Finally, in Best Forgotten, the forensic psychologist uncovers fresh information about an unsolved robbery from 1952 - but the newfound facts have some unwelcome implications... 
 
Written by David Napthine and Steven Chambers, these gripping dramas star Jeremy Swift as Dr Joe Aston, with Paul Brennen as DC Patten, Janet Dibley as DI Reynolds and Andrew Harrison as DC Hamilton. 
 
 
Credits 
Written by David Napthine and Steven Chambers 
Produced and directed by Toby Swift and Mary Peate 
 
Starring Jeremy Swift as Dr Joe Aston 
 
Doctor Joe Aston Investigates 
Grace Hayle - Rosie Cavaliero 
Dl Karen Dennis - Carolyn Pickles 
Tom Aston - Colin MacLachlan 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
DC Talbot - Sue Scott Davison 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 December 2001 
 
Making Waves 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
Defence Counsel - Andrew Harrison 
George - James Gaddas 
Jane - Elizabeth Carling 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 31 October 2003 
 
Over the Border 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley 
Tommy - Vincent Friell 
DC Hamilton - Andrew Harrison 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 November 2003 
 
Stepping Out 
DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley 
Beth - Tessa Peake-Jones 
Linda - Sue Scott Davison 
Nicola - Suzanne Heathcote 
DC Hamilton - Andrew Harrison 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 14 November 2003 
 
Taken by Surprise 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley 
Bill - Andrew Dunn 
Tony - Gerard McDermott 
Moira - Susan Jameson 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 26 September 2005 
 
Can't See for Looking 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley 
Donna - Sharon Percy 
Billy - Michael Imerson 
Alison - Colleen Prendergast 
Steve - Wayne Foskett 
Asif - Shiv Grewal 
Mickey - Michael Hodgson 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 3 October 2005 
 
Best Forgotten 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley 
Tom - Colin MacLachlan 
Frankie - Maurice Roëves 
Sue - Sheila Tait 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 10 October 2005 
 
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The Recall Man

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime drama

Colin Watson

A collection of cosy crime dramas adapted from Colin Watson's 'Flaxborough Chronicles', set in a small Lincolnshire market town in the 1960s and '70s 
 
Inspector Purbright is a thoroughly English policeman: affable, polite, dogged and decent. Created by award-winning crime writer Colin Watson, he appeared in 12 Flaxborough mysteries, four of which were adapted for BBC TV under the title Murder Most English. These five radio dramatisations star Peter Jeffrey, John Pullen and John Rowe as Purbright. 
 
Coffin, Scarcely Used - When newspaper proprietor Marcus Gwill is found dead under an electricity pylon, shortly after the death of his neighbour Harold Carobleat, Inspector Purbright investigates. He soon discovers that something very odd is going on in the seemingly respectable town of Flaxborough. 
 
Bump in the Night - Tuesday nights in Chalmsbury are becoming quite explosive: first a drinking fountain is blown to bits, then the statue of Alderman Berry is decapitated, and the following week a giant glass eye is shattered. On loan from Flaxborough CID, can Purbright find the mystery bomber? 
 
Lonelyheart 4122 - Two middle-aged women have gone missing in Flaxborough, and Purbright's investigations lead him to local marriage bureau Handclasp House. Meanwhile, the resourceful Miss Lucy Teatime has her own interest in the agency... 
 
Charity Ends At Home - The kindly detective probes dark deeds in the world of small-time animal charities - and uncovers a trail of murder and sabotage. 
 
The Naked Nuns - An intercepted telegram hints that Flaxborough is home to human traffickers - and then a tip-off arrives from America that an assassin is on the way. Soon, Inspector Purbright finds himself picking his way through a case of vice and violence... 
 
Content warning: These programmes contain strong language, and some dated attitudes. 
 
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Inspector Purbright

Five BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime dramatisations from The Flaxborough Chronicles

Ayeesha Menon

Matthew Solon

A fast-paced, globe-trotting family saga of wealth, power, revenge and karma - with helicopters, private jets and a tiger reserve 
 
Meet the Majumdars, a family at war - with itself... 
 
Self-made tech mogul Ravi Majumdar fought his way up from nothing to make a billion-dollar fortune. Now he risks losing everything in his single-minded quest to defeat his enemy, Jai Singh: the man he once considered his best friend. Concerned for their inheritance, his children - Ash, the eldest son and would-be heir; Maya the brilliant business student; socialite and ex-Bollywood actress Zara; and sensitive Shaan, who yearns for his father's approval - fight for control of the company. But there are others bidding for the succession: Seraphina, Ravi's 'spiritual advisor', and Amit, their Indian cousin, whose humility belies his ambition... 
 
As Ravi plays 'divide and rule' with his offspring, the multinational corporation he has spent a lifetime building is brought to the brink of collapse. The warring siblings must join forces and work together if they are to see off the competition and save their father's business empire... 
 
Written by Ayeesha Menon and Matthew Solon, this exhilarating drama of high-stake deals and sibling rivalry, set in the world of the super-wealthy, plays out on the grand scale of a Shakespearean tragedy. Recorded in the UK and India, it stars Rajit Kapur as Ravi, with Abhin Galeya as Ash, Amrita Acharia as Maya, Munirih Grace as Zara and Danny Ashok as Shaan. 
 
Production credits 
Written by Ayeesha Menon and Matthew Solon 
Executive produced and directed by John Scott Dryden 
Produced by Emma Hearn and Nadir Khan 
Assistant Producer: Eleanor Mein 
Production Assistant: Anna Calandra 
Original music by Sacha Puttnam 
India Sound Supervisor Ayush Ahuja 
Editing and Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore 
Sound recording by Paul Clark, Ashyar Bulsara and Ayush Ahuja 
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Ravi Majumdar - Rajit Kapur 
Anya - Dolya Gavanski 
Ash - Abhin Galeya 
Maya - Amrita Acharia 
Zara - Munirih Grace 
Shaan - Danny Ashok 
Ian - Finbar Lynch 
Seraphina - Jennifer Armour 
Dr Lincoln - Emma Carter 
Jeet - Ronny Jhutti 
Amit - Tavish Bhattacharyya 
Jai - Vincent Ebrahim 
Karan - Zafar Karachiwala 
Sharma - Neil D'Souza 
Venitia - Laurel Lefkow 
John Myson - Ash Hunter 
Ben - Philip Desmeules 
Beth Mitchell - Natalie Simpson 
All other parts played by Lola Ogunyemi, Matthew Solon, Nadir Khan, Aseem Hattangady and Ayeesha Menon 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 June-1 July 2021 
 
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TakeOver

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama

Joyce Porter

Paul Mendelson

Six entertaining thrillers featuring slovenly sleuth Chief Inspector Dover, Scotland Yard's most unwanted man 
 
Cantankerous and dishevelled, Chief Inspector Dover is no-one's idea of a model detective - but he does have an uncanny knack for solving crimes. In these radio dramas, set in the 1960s and '70s, he and his long-suffering Sergeant, Charlie McGregor, investigate sinister cases of kidnap and murder. The first four are adapted from Joyce Porter's novels, while the latter two are original stories based on her characters. 
 
Dover Goes to Pott - The irascible Chief Inspector travels to the Yorkshire town of Pott Winckle to look into the murder of leading businessman Daniel Wibbley's daughter. 
 
Dover and the Claret Tappers - When Dover is kidnapped, only to be released 36 hours later, he finds himself leading the hunt for a criminal gang. Can he catch them before they strike again? 
 
Dover Beats the Band - A body is found at Didcaster dump, naked, burned and strangled. Dover follows the trail to Rankin's Holiday Ranch and an eccentric group of stamp collectors - but was the dead man really an innocent philatelist? 
 
Dover and the Unkindest Cut of All - Dover's annual seaside break becomes a busman's holiday after his wife witnesses a policeman throwing himself off a cliff. Was it suicide, and is it linked to the recent murder of a local gangster? 
 
Dover and the Sleeping Beauty - Isabel Slatcher has been in an irreversible coma for eight months after being shot outside her local church. Now she has been smothered to death. Are the shooter and the killer the same person, and if so, why did they wait till now to complete their evil deed? 
 
Dover and the Smoking Gun - McGregor takes compassionate leave to return to Glasgow for an old flame's funeral. But was Fiona Gordon's death accidental, or foul play? Dover heads north to find out... 
 
Kenneth Cranham stars as Chief Inspector Dover and Stuart McQuarrie as Sergeant McGregor, with casts including Carolyn Pickles, Crawford Logan, Shaun Prendergast and Frances Grey. 
 
 
Produced and directed by David Ian Neville 
 
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The Chief Inspector Dover Mysteries

Six BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime dramas

Brett Neichin

Janina Matthewson

The hit hopepunk sci-fi thriller starring Anya Chalotra and Chance Perdomo 
 
'Pulse-pounding, breathtaking... like an HBO mini-series for the ear' LA Weekly 
 
When the cryptic Parallax puzzle appears online, it quickly becomes the world's most talked-about conundrum. A complex, multi-level cipher, it has the brightest minds on the planet baffled: but who created it, and why? 
 
Sixteen-year-old Sabrina is obsessed with cracking it - but when she does, she discovers it isn't a game. Caught up in a sinister global conspiracy, she becomes involved with a mysterious international task force, and is recruited to hunt down a serial killer who may not be from this world. 
 
Joined by geeky New Yorker Benny, the second solver of the Parallax, Sabrina embarks on a dangerous journey that turns her world upside down and sees her questioning her past, her parentage, and everything she's ever known... 
 
A fast-moving, heart-stopping story about finding yourself while finding a killer, this blockbuster drama combines edge-of-your-seat storytelling and powerful sound design to create a totally immersive experience. And for those who want to dig deeper, there are also several 'Easter eggs' scattered within the story, in the form of puzzles and pop culture references planted by writer Brett Neichin. A must-listen for fans of Doctor Who, Stranger Things and The OA, The Cipher stars Anya Cholatra (The Witcher) as Sabrina and Chance Perdomo (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Benny, with a stellar cast including Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell), Hera Hilmar (Mortal Engines), Olivia Popica (Tyrant), Samuel Adewunmi (The Last Tree) and George Takei (Star Trek). 
 
NB: Contains very strong language and violent scenes 
 
Production credits 
Produced by Emma Hearn 
Director and Executive Producer: John Scott Dryden 
Commissioning Editor: Jason Phipps 
Commissioning Producers: Rachel Simpson, Ella Woods and Eli Sessions 
Written and created by Brett Neichin with additional writing by Janina Matthewson 
Script editing by Mike Walker 
Music by Benbrick and Mark Henry Phillips 
Editing &amp; Sound Design by Steve Bond 
Sound Assistant: Makashe Ogbon 
Assistant Producer: Eleanor Mein 
Trails by Jack Soper 
Recorded at Sonica Studios, London 
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Sounds 
 
Cast 
Sabrina - Anya Chalotra 
Benny - Chance Perdomo 
Harry - Enzo Cilenti 
Isabella - Hera Hilmar 
Mr Ahmed - Nabil Elouahabi 
Dr Usman - Cyril Nri 
Efrat - Olivia Popica 
Lucy - Molly Harris 
Janitor/Ken - Akie Kotabe 
Fergus - Samuel Adewunmi 
Ian - Kerry Shale 
Sara - Nina Yndis 
Katrin/Diane Trumbo - Clare Corbett 
Lucy Rabbit - Molly Harris 
Quentin - Carl Prekopp 
Vincent - Dave McRae 
Lynn - Leanne Best 
Dr Aoki - George Takei 
Japanese Girl - Chloe Okada-Howells 
 
Other parts played by Stephen Mitchell, Philip Desmeules, George Georgiou, Ayeesha Menon, John Scott Dryden, Hugo Dryden 
 
First broadcast BBC Sounds, 26-29 December 2020 
 
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The Cipher

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dolya Gavanski

Ed Stoppard stars as obsessive pianist Alexei in this modern-day take on Dostoevsky's classic The Gambler 
 
When brilliant but penniless pianist Alexei is hired to tutor the 10-year-old daughter of Russian oligarch Mikhail, he is drawn into a world of chance, obsession and violence. Hopelessly infatuated with Mikhail's beautiful stepdaughter Polina, he vows to do anything to win her love: and so begins his involvement in a dangerous, high-stakes game... 
 
Seduced by the lure of the roulette wheel, and embroiled in the complications and machinations of Polina and her family, Alexei's life takes a dark turn. The unexpected arrival of Mikhail's mother Anastasia from Russia offers hope of rescue from financial ruin: but an obsession with risk-taking threatens to destroy everything... 
 
This lively reimagining, set in contemporary London, was written by Dolya Gavanski, who also plays Polina. Ed Stoppard (Home Fires) stars as Alexei, with Eleanor Bron (A Little Princess) as Anastasia and Matthew Marsh (Love, Lies and Records) as Mikhail. 
 
Production credits 
Adapted by Dolya Gavanski, from Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Gambler 
Directed and produced by John Dryden 
Original music composed by Sacha Puttnam 
All music performed by Sacha Puttnam 
Casting: Toby Whale 
Script Editor: Mike Walker 
Sound Design: Steve Bond 
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Alexei - Ed Stoppard 
Mikhail - Matthew Marsh 
Polina - Dolya Gavanski 
Vika - Isabella Blake Thomas 
Astley - Graham Seed 
Francois - Orlando Seale 
Katie - Lucy May Barker 
Inokenti - George Lasha 
Masha - Irina Karatcheva 
Mullighan - Jay Taylor 
Office Worker - Alana Ramsey 
Blake - Timothy Walker 
Anastasia - Eleanor Bron 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17-24 November 2013 
 
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The Russian Gambler

A BBC Radio full-cast adaptation

All eleven episodes of the detective serial set &amp; recorded in Mumbai 
 
Inspector Alia Khan is a tough, determined female cop struggling to make her mark in a male-dominated world. As she fights to uncover crime and corruption, she must also battle the endemic sexism of the police force, and the patronising, chauvinist attitudes of her boss and colleagues - as well as dealing with her own personal demons. 
 
In Series 1, landed with a new partner, she investigates a rescued baby, a missing husband, a child prostitution ring and strange goings-on at a psychiatric hospital. When a glamour model is found dead in a five-star hotel, she sets out on the trail of Bollywood's leading heart-throb, and uncovers murder, political scandal - and the truth about her policeman father's death. 
 
In Series 2, the disgraced police inspector has just been released from jail. Seeking a life of obscurity, she gets a job as a receptionist in a run-down Mumbai hotel. But when a serial killer starts operating on the rooftop, Alia is called in. Paired up with incompetent Inspector Ratna Shinde, she soon realises that the murderer is trying to communicate with her through the victims themselves... 
 
Series 3 finds Alia going undercover after suspicions are raised about a young woman's death. When Nyla Ansari is found in a bathtub in her parents' home, a bottle of pills beside her, it looks like suicide. Then a video is discovered, made by Nyla a year before. In it, she claims her father, a wealthy Indian businessman, was going to kill her. Posing as a newly married couple, Alia and her male colleague Junaid Qureshi move into the flat next door. Their mission: befriend Nyla's family, friends and servants, and find out the truth... 
 
Written by Ayeesha Menon, these fast-paced crime thrillers, recorded on location in India, star Prerna Chawal as Alia, with Anand Tiwari, Rajit Kapur, Shivani Tanksale, Tavish Bhattacharya, Rohit Malkani and Radhika Mital. 
 
Production credits 
Written by Ayeesha Menon 
Script Editors: Mike Walker and Phillip Shelley 
Produced by Nadir Khan 
Directed, recorded and edited by John Dryden 
Assistant Producer/Production Manager: Toral Shah 
Production Assistant: Vivek Madan 
Editing Assistants: Andrew Lewis, Aditya Khanna and Varrunn Bangera 
Music: Sacha Putnam 
Sound Recordists: Hitesh Chaurasia and Ayush Ahuja 
Sound Design: Steve Bond 
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Alia - Prerna Chawla 
Nakul - Anand Tiwari 
Inspector Desai/Parvez - Rajit Kapur 
Mrs Gomes - Radhika Mittal 
Popo - Rohit Malkani 
Alia's father - Zafar Karachiwala 
Vikram Naresh - Darius Shroff 
Commissioner Kripalani - Jayant Kripalani 
Ratna - Shivani Tanksale 
Jamal - Kenny Desai 
Yamraj - Abhay Mahajan 
Meenakshi - Ratnabali Bhattacharjee 
Faisal - Prashant Prakash 
Bala - Prabal Panjabi 
Hotel Manager - Joy Sengupta 
Principal Pandey - Sohrab Ardeshir 
Inspector Siddiqui - Adhir Bhat 
Home Minister - Satchit Puranik 
Dhruv - Neil Bhoopalam 
Shaina Patel - Preetika Chawla 
Junaid - Tavish Bhattacharya 
Shahnaz - Shernaz Patel 
Jaz - Sukant Goel 
Roopkala - Lovleen Mishra 
Bhupinder - Aseem Hattangady 
Patel - Jaimini Pathak 
Roopkala's son - Ajitesh Gupta 
Dr. Rao - Sohrab Ardeshir 
Dr. Rameshwari - Anahita Uberoi 
Sam/Inspector Kaur/Ensemble - Vivek Madan 
Pander/Bartender/Ensemble - Nadir Khan 
Nyla/Adele/Ensemble - Abir Abrar 
Poona/Ensemble - Kamakshi Rai 
Boy - Dhruv Hemdev 
With Karan Pandit, Faezeh Jalali, Devika Shahani-Punjabi, Ayeesha Menon, Ankur Vikal 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 9-14 September 2013 (Series 1), 18-19 August 2015 (Series 2), 11-13 September 2019 
 
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Undercover Mumbai

A BBC Radio full-cast drama

John Dickson Carr

Eight BBC Radio crime dramas featuring Golden Age detective Gideon Fell, starring Donald Sinden 
 
With his cape, canes and shovel hat, portly amateur sleuth Dr Gideon Fell cuts an eccentric figure - but his odd appearance belies his sharp intellect and astonishing faculty for deduction. Created by crime novelist John Dickson Carr, and supposedly based on fellow author G. K. Chesterton, Dr Fell appeared in 23 novels between 1933 and 1967. This radio collection comprises all eight of the BBC adaptations based on Carr's bestselling books. 
 
The Hollow Man - Dr Gideon Fell becomes embroiled in an intriguing locked room mystery when an illusionist threatens an eminent professor. 
 
The House in Gallows Lane - 1936, and the peace of a small English village is disrupted by a mysterious death in this captivating drama adapted from the novel Till Death Do Us Part. 
 
To Wake the Dead - On the eve of King George VI's coronation, a woman is murdered in a grand London hotel. But this death is not the first of its kind... 
 
The Blind Barber - When a brutal killing takes place on an ocean liner, the engraving on the murder weapon provides a vital clue. 
 
The Black Spectacles - Three people witness a murder, yet none of them can agree about what they have seen. 
 
The Mad Hatter Mystery- A young journalist is found murdered at Traitors' Gate in fog-bound London, a crossbow through his heart and a top hat on his head. 
 
He Who Whispers - Dr Fell becomes involved in a seemingly supernatural murder, in which the victim was found entirely alone at the top of an isolated medieval tower in France. 
 
Below Suspicion - The stifling respectability of a South London suburb is rocked by a spate of ruthless poisonings - and as Fell investigates, he uncovers a sinister black magic cult... 
 
Donald Sinden stars as Gideon Fell, with John Hartley as Superintendent Hadley. Among the supporting casts are Nigel Davenport, Wendy Craig, Patrick Allen, Andrew Wincott and James Fleet. 
 
Written by John Dickson Carr 
Dramatised by Peter Ling 
Produced and directed by Enyd Williams 
 
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Dr Gideon Fell: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection

Eight full-cast crime dramas from the Golden Age of detective fiction

Simon Brett

Jeremy Front

Actor and sleuth Charles Paris is back in this full-cast BBC radio dramatisation of Simon Brett's novel, starring Bill Nighy 
 
Locked down with his semi-detached wife Frances, Charles has thrown himself into a new career as a handyman, becoming quite the DIY expert. He's developed muscles, stopped smoking and even cut back on the booze. 
 
Then his agent, Maurice, offers him the chance to get back on stage - and in a West End play, no less. The star, Justin Grover, asked for him specifically: but Charles has reservations. Grover was cocky enough when they were both young hopefuls; now he's the star of a massive TV fantasy series, and the play - a verbatim piece set in a monastery - is dire. 
 
So why has Justin signed up for it? He certainly doesn't need the money, unlike Charles. The cast is drearily male, and before long Charles is hitting the Scotch again. When he drunkenly stumbles over the corpse of a fellow actor, Charles panics, leaving the body to be discovered by someone else. But he soon regrets lying to the police, and driven by guilt and self-preservation, he resolves to find the murderer... 
 
This sparkling adaptation by Jeremy Front stars Bill Nighy (Emma, Love Actually) as Charles Paris, with Suzanne Burden as Frances and Jon Glover as Maurice. 
 
Credits 
Written by Simon Brett 
Adapted by Jeremy Front 
Directed by Sally Avens 
 
Cast 
Charles Paris........................Bill Nighy 
Frances........................Suzanne Burden 
Maurice........................Jon Glover 
Justin ........................Tony Turner 
Lydia ........................Ria Marshall 
Kit ........................Joseph Ayre 
Brendan ........................Jonathan Kydd 
Nina ........................Marilyn Nnadebe 
D.S. Dalby ........................Stewart Campbell 
Alice/Peaches ........................Elinor Coleman 
Kelly/Dervla ........................Jane Slavin 
Bethan ........................Christine Kavanagh 
Neil ........................Simon Ludders 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 3-24 September 2021 
 
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Charles Paris: A Deadly Habit

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

Dick Francis

Fast-paced radio dramatisations of six of Dick Francis' classic racing thrillers, plus bonus documentary 
 
Enquiry 
After riding the favourite into second place, jockey Kelly Hughes loses his licence. But he didn't throw the race, and is determined to find out who framed him... 
 
Rat Race 
A cushy job transporting passengers between racecourses turns dangerous for pilot Matt Shore when his plane explodes and he's embroiled in a deadly plot. 
 
Bonecrack 
Abducted by masked men, Neil Griffon is faced with a deadly ultimatum - obey the instructions of a ruthless crime czar, or risk the destruction of his father's racing stables. 
 
Whip Hand 
Disabled ex-jockey turned investigator Sid Halley is faced with a triple threat when he is asked to guard a horse, probe a suspicious syndicate and find a swindler. 
 
Proof 
When a party to celebrate the success of the racing season ends in tragedy, wine dealer and amateur sleuth Tony Beach investigates. 
 
Bolt 
Asked by a princess to fend off a dangerous cousin who is making threats, Kit Fielding agrees to help. But he also has problems of his own to deal with... 
 
Among the casts of these six action-packed adaptations are Bill Nighy, Nigel Havers and Siân Phillips. 
 
Also included is a bonus episode of the Radio 4 series Great Lives, presented by Matthew Parris, in which Francis' biographer Graham Lord, chairman of the British Horseracing Board Martin Broughton and racing correspondent Jonathan Powell explore the life and work of the champion thriller writer. 
 
Please note that due to the age of some of these recordings, sound quality may vary. 
 
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The Dick Francis BBC Radio Drama Collection

Six full-cast dramatisations

Sara Paretsky

BBC radio productions of the first four bestselling V.I. Warshawski novels from Sara Paretsky - plus a short story featuring the hardboiled PI, read by Buffy Davis 
 
One of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime fiction, Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski is a strong, smart, independent heroine in a male-dominated world. She tracks down corrupt businessmen, ruthless blackmailers and cold-blooded murderers - while trying not to get killed herself. 
 
Indemnity Only 
The first novel in the V.I. Warshawski series introduces one of the world's best-loved private detectives. V.I. meets an anonymous client on a sizzling summer night, but soon discovers that he has been lying to her. As she questions his motives, she sinks deeper into Chicago's underworld of gangsters, insurance fraud and contract killings. Read by Liza Ross. 
 
Deadlock 
At the funeral of her cousin, ice hockey hero Boom Boom, V.I. becomes suspicious that his death wasn't an accident. Her investigation leads her to the heart of Chicago's shipping industry, where someone powerful will stop at nothing to get her off the case. A full-cast dramatisation, adapted by Michelene Wandor and starring Kathleen Turner. 
 
Killing Orders 
When forged share certificates are discovered at a Dominican priory, V.I. really doesn't want to get involved. Because agreeing to investigate would mean doing a favour for Aunt Rosa, who hates her - and the feeling's mutual. A full-cast dramatisation, adapted by Michelene Wandor and starring Kathleen Turner. 
 
Bitter Medicine 
Private eye V.I. Warshawski suspects all is not well at a hospital after a young pregnant girl dies. A full-cast dramatisation, adapted by Michelene Wandor and starring Sharon Gless. 
 
Publicity Stunts 
V.I. Warshawski is being set up for a murder she didn't commit - of a woman she hardly knew. Can she find out the truth before the law closes in on her? Read by Buffy Davis.

V.I. Warshawski: A BBC Radio Collection

Indemnity Only, Deadlock, Killing Orders & Bitter Medicine

All ten episodes of the compelling BBC radio thriller about art forger Daniel Ballantyne and his biographer and nemesis, Jessica Brown 
 
Daniel Ballantyne: monster and angel, thief and conman, genius - and murderer? 
 
Newly released from Wormwood Scrubs, and dying of cancer, notorious art forger Daniel Ballantyne agrees to help art critic Jessica Brown write his biography. But as Jessica digs deeper into his life, she realises that nearly everything he's told her is a lie, and behind his charming persona is a man capable of almost anything. 
 
Trapped in a cat-and-mouse game with a master manipulator, Jessica finds herself putting her reputation - and her life - on the line... 
 
Written by Philip Palmer (Red and Blue, Keeping the Wolf Out), this wickedly enjoyable crime drama stars David Schofield as Daniel Ballantyne, with Indira Varma and Hattie Morahan as Jessica Brown. 
 
NB: Contains strong language and scenes which some listeners may find disturbing 
 
Production credits 
Written by Philip Palmer 
Produced and directed by Toby Swift 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22-26 June 2009 (Series 1), 20-24 December 2010 (Series 2) 
 
Cast 
Daniel Ballantyne - David Schofield 
Jessica Brown - Indira Varma/Hattie Morahan 
Ben - Matt Addis 
Andrew Jarrold - Jonathan Keeble/Harry Myers 
Claire de Vere - Belinda Lang 
DI Grimwood/Art dealer - John Biggins 
Stavros Persakis - Malcolm Tierney 
Museum curator - Philip Fox 
DS Ruckley/Taxi driver - Benjamin Askew 
Moisha Perez/Stefan Hunt - Stephen Greif 
Lisa - Pandora Colin 
DC Morgan - Sally Orrock 
Gondolier/Waiter - Iain Batchelor 
Other parts played by Kenneth Collard and Jude Akuwudike 
 
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The Art of Deception: The Complete Series 1 and 2

Stephen Mulrine

Series 1 &amp; 2 of the mystery drama featuring the crime-solving exploits of a Scottish pathologist and his daughter. 
 
1920s Stirling, and Chief Pathologist Dr Wallace is the town's acknowledged expert on all matters forensic. But he's not the only detective in the family - his daughter Barbara, a medical student, also has quite a talent for investigating. In these six one-off dramas, the two amateur sleuths join forces to tackle a string of tricky cases, each involving a suspicious death. 
 
A Good Shaking - When a woman is accused of killing her three-month-old daughter, Dr Wallace and Barbara are determined to discover the truth. 
 
Fast and Loose - Two mysterious deaths, in Glasgow and Stirling, intrigue the duo. Sleeping pills seem like the simplest solution for one, but could the other be linked to dry cleaning fluid? 
 
Rights and Wrongs - Dr Wallace finds himself in court as a witness in a malpractice case. Meanwhile, Barbara ponders some moral questions of her own... 
 
Testing Times - A grim discovery in Braeburn Quarry draws Dr Wallace into a double murder case. And at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, with exam season approaching, Barbara suddenly finds herself in demand. 
 
Win Some, Lose Some - A Lake District holiday beckons for Dr Wallace, but there's a crucial piece of evidence to be delivered afterwards. In her father's absence, Barbara looks into an alleged poisoning case - and receives a surprise proposal. 
 
Not Proven- A doubtful suicide presents Dr Wallace and DC Curran with a perplexing puzzle - and Barbara is faced with a difficult career decision... 
 
Scripted by acclaimed poet and playwright Stephen Mulrine, these six absorbing dramas star Martyn James as Dr Wallace and Meg Fraser as Barbara, with Liam Brennan as DC Curran. 
 
Please note: this audio contains language and attitudes that reflect the era in which it was written. 
 
A Good Shaking 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
DC Curran - Liam Brennan 
Mrs Dwyer - Alyxis Daly 
Mr Dwyer - Owen Kavanagh 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
Mrs Hamilton - Grace Glover 
Dr Ibbotson - Louise Beattie 
Crissie - Sybil Wintrope 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 21 October 1996 
 
Fast and Loose 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
Lady Archer - Eliza Langland 
Kennedy - Kern Falconer 
DC Curran - Liam Brennan 
Mrs Hamilton - Grace Glover 
Davidson - Billy Boyd 
Dr Ibbotson - Louise Beattie 
Celine - Maria Miller 
Beth - Elaine Ellis 
DC Norton - Barry Hunter 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 October 1996 
 
Rights and Wrongs 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
Lorrimer - Paul Young 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
Mrs Hamilton - Grace Glover 
Sheriff - Andrew Conlan 
Dr Randolph - Alec Heggie 
Considine - Michael Perceval Maxwell 
McDaid - Alex Harvey 
O'Donnell - Raymond Short 
Martin - Bob Docherty 
Dr Ibbotson - Louise Beattie 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4 November 1996 
 
Testing Times 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
Mrs Hamilton - Grace Glover 
DC Curran/McPhee - Liam Brennan 
Dr Randolph - Alec Heggie 
Pritchard - Michael Perceval-Maxwell 
O'Donnell - Billy Boyd 
McDaid - Frank Gallagher 
Miss Strachan - Fiona Danskin 
Mrs Ross - Andrea McKenna 
Examiner - Peter Lincoln 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8 December 1997 
 
Win Some, Lose Some 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
DC Curran - Liam Brennan 
Pritchard - Michael Perceval-Maxwell 
Mrs Hendry - Elizabeth Bechman-Murray 
Pritchard - Michael Perceval-Maxwell 
Davey - Finlay Welsh 
Signalman - Martin Docherty 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 December 1997 
 
Not Proven 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
Pritchard - Michael Perceval-Maxwell 
O'Donnell/Startley - Billy Boyd 
Mrs Hamilton - Grace Glover 
DC Curran - Liam Brennan 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
Dr Ibbotson - Louise Beattie 
McDaid - Frank Gallagher 
Dr Randolph - Alec Heggie 
Atkinson - Robin Thomson 
Helen - Jane Hemsey 
 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 December 1997 
 
 
Written by Stephen Mulrine 
Directed by Hamish Wilson 
Technical presentation by Jim Ross, Gillian Charles and Paul Sumerling 
Production assistant: Wilma Gardiner 
 
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Hand in Glove – The Casebook of Dr Wallace

Six BBC Radio 4 Crime Dramas

Atlantia

Avalon

BBC Children's Classics

BBC Classics

BBC Earth

BBC Radio’s The Lord of the Rings

BBC TV Soundtracks

BP Animation

Baby Touch

Ballroom Girls

Barnaby Grimes

Be More...

Bear Mountain Rescue Series

Beasts of Prey

The complete boxed collection of Beatrix Potter's beloved Peter Rabbit books

Beatrix Potter Originals

Beautiful Creatures

Bel Dame Apocrypha

Bella Wallis Victorian Mysteries

Belle

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom

Bergman Brothers

Big Ideas for Little Philosophers

Bill Clinton & James Patterson stand-alone thrillers

Bill Smith / Lydia Chin

Bim Blake

Bindi Babes

Tim and Biscuit, two unlikely friends, always seem to get themselves into difficult situations. From their first meeting in Cliffhanger, where bookish Tim is forced to endure an activities camp, to Buried Alive, where a quiet camping holiday turns out to be full of surprises, there is never a dull moment with these two around.Jaqueline Wilson’s hilarious duo of books catalogues their escapades, triumphs and failures, with a good helping of snacks along the way!

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