I got this email and passing along to see if anyone can help!!
"Dave (83) English, looking for information on detective program, "Spot My Particular Mistake" and Man in Black form 1930-1940 radio in England."
Thanks Robert
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The original "Man in Black" was Valentine Dyall, who presented Appointment With Fear:
Appointment with Fear originally ran for ten series on the BBC Light Programme between 1943 and 1955. The Man in Black was played by the British character actor Valentine Dyall, except for the second series, which was presented by his father Franklin Dyall. Only four episodes are known to survive.
The Man in Black was broadcast for one series of eight episodes in 1949, also on the Light Programme, and again presented by Valentine Dyall in the title role. No episodes are known to have survived.
There was no "Man in Black" prior to the Dyall character.
Source: Wikipedia, Epguides
I have no info on the detective show. The BBC archives do not contain any such title or any title similar to it. I suspect that this may have been an early panel show, perhaps akin to Simon Brett's Foul Play?
Bit of a stab in the dark but could it be this?
MONDAY AT SEVEN
18 October 1937 19.00
Presented by Harry S. Pepper and Douglas Moodie
Singing Commere, Judy Shirley
The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Mark H. Lubbock
Frank Titterton
Inspector Hornleigh Investigates
No. 12, 'Murder at Midnight' by Hans W. Priwin
In this series of sketches Inspector Hornleigh interrogates the various witnesses, and in each case the witness makes some slip which convicts him. Are you as astute as Inspector Hornleigh? The mistake the witness makes will not be disclosed until later in the programme.
http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1475446c0ba7414bbbe0e026a79ae25c