The Rivals series 2 - BBC Radio 4

Posted by JakeTucker on September 18, 2013 at 7:35am

The second series of this show started today on Radio 4.

Here's the link to the Times Past page I made for first series from 2011. Mind you don't use the link on this page if you want the files. That's an old 4Shared link. These days I am putting all episodes from both series into one Skydrive folder which I'll link to at the bottom.

Times Past - The Rivals - series one - 2011

Tim Pigott-Smith has taken over from James Fleet as Lestrade for the second series.

The BBC have put up info for the first two episodes of the second series. I have already uploaded a mp3 of the first episode to the Skydrive folder.

The Rivals
Series Two
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he is writing his memories and has a chance to get his own back,
with tales of Holmes' rivals.

BBC Radio 4
18 and 25 September and 2 and 9 October 2013
Duration: 30 minutes

Episode 1/4 - The Problem of the Superfluous Finger
By Jaques Futurelle
Dramatised By Chris Harrald
Producer: Liz Webb

Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he is writing his memories and has a chance to get his own back,
with tales of Holmes' rivals.
He begins with his collaboration with "The Thinking Machine" Professor
SFX Van Dusen, trying to solve a strange case involving self-mutilation.

Lestrade . . . . . Tim Pigott-Smith
Van Dusen . . . . . Paul Rhys
Mrs Morey . . . . . Emerald O'Hanrahan
Dr Prescott . . . . . Sean Murray
Miss Marsh . . . . . Philippa Stanton
Hoskins . . . . . Ben Crowe

Episode 2/4 - The Clue of the Silver Spoons
By Robert Barr
Dramatised By Chris Harrald
Producer: Liz Webb

Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he is writing his memories and has a chance to get his own back,
with tales of Holmes' rivals.
He continues with Food Connoisseur and Detective Eugene Valmont trying
to solve a curious series of thefts from private dinner parties.

Lestrade . . . . . Tim Pigott-Smith
Valmont . . . . . Rupert Vansittart
Lionel Dacre . . . . . David Seddon
Sophia Gibb . . . . . Joanna Monro
Arletty . . . . . Liza Sadovy
Boothroyd . . . . . Michael Bertenshaw
Innis . . . . . Michael Watson
Maitre D' . . . . . Sean Murray

Here's that Skydrive folder link.

The Rivals - BBC Radio 4 - 2011 & 2013

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  • codepop October 9, 2013 at 6:51pm

    Thanks Jake...have you heard anything about a season 3?

    • JakeTucker > codepop October 10, 2013 at 9:02am

      There was nothing announced after the broadcast. I did like John Sessions' Fane in this one.

  • JakeTucker October 9, 2013 at 7:48am

    I have just uploaded the final episode of series 2 featuring Ernest Bramah's blind 'tec Max Carrados.

    Skydrive folder for The Rivals 2011 & 2013

    • Magersfontein > JakeTucker October 9, 2013 at 6:56pm

      Splendid! Thanks very much, Jake.

      Charles Edwards, who plays Carrados, was rather miscast as Arthur Conan Doyle in the TV series "Murder Rooms", with the wonderful Ian Richardson as Dr Joseph Bell. (In the original one-off film, ACD was played by the even less suitable Robin Laing.)

      Roger

    • Steve Kostelecky > JakeTucker October 9, 2013 at 10:22am

      Thanks a lot for these, Jake. I will make time to hear them in the twilight hours when they'll be most effective.

    • Gerald Lea > Steve Kostelecky October 9, 2013 at 1:05pm

      Ditto, many thanks!

  • JakeTucker October 2, 2013 at 8:13am

    I have just uploaded this week's episode, The Intangible Clue, to Skydrive.

    Skydrive folder for The Rivals 2011 & 2013

    The final episode of series 2 next week features one of my favourite 'Rivals'  Max Carrados and also stars John Sessions.

    Episode 4/4 - The Game Played in the Dark
    By Ernest Bramah
    Dramatised By Chris Harrald
    Producer: Liz Webb

    Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
    Now he is writing his memories and has a chance to get his own back,
    with tales of Holmes' rivals.
    He finishes the present series with the blind detective Max Carrados who
    tries to stop international master criminal Fane from selling compromising
    letters which could derail an upcoming royal wedding.

    Lestrade . . . . . Tim Pigott-Smith
    Max Carrados . . . . . Charles Edwards
    Fane . . . . . John Sessions
    Parkinson . . . . . Michael Bertenshaw
    Maria . . . . . Joanna Brookes
    Carver . . . . . Ben Crowe

    • Anson (Bob) Roberts > JakeTucker October 3, 2013 at 10:41pm

      And here is the e-book of next week's story. This is a Project Gutenberg e-nook. The story is the last in the volume.

      Ernest Bramah's Max Carrados is one of my favorite detctives of the period.

      Max Carados.mobi

      Max Carrados.epub

    • Steve Kostelecky > JakeTucker October 3, 2013 at 9:07pm

      Wonderful--thanks, Jake.

    • Magersfontein > JakeTucker October 3, 2013 at 4:49pm

      Jake, you're a star! Thank you.

      Roger

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