A new series of The Rivals starts today. This is series 4.
I have uploaded the episode to Onedrive. The BBC offers 320kbit files these days. So this episode is 320kbit. With episodes of The Rivals clocking in at half an hour the file size is 64MB. The previous series' episodes are 128kbit. Today's episode and all 12 episodes of seasons 1 through 3 can be found at the Onedrive link below.
Onedrive The Rivals 2011-2016 folder
I'm glad to see Radio 4 still producing episodes of this series. They make for a fun half hour. There's so much material they can use when you think about it. Next week's episode will feature Arthur Morrison's detective Martin Hewitt.
The Rivals
Series Four
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals.
BBC Radio 4
31 October and 7, 14 and 21 November 2016
Duration: 30 minutes
Episode 1/4 - The Clairvoyants
By Arthur B Reeve
Dramatised By Chris Harrald
Produced by Liz Webb
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. After his protégé Constance Dunlap saves a woman from drowning, the woman mumbles "this was meant to happen". Lestrade helps Constance investigate her suspicions that this was no accident and that the woman is in mortal danger.
Lestrade . . . . . James Fleet
Constance . . . . . Susannah Fielding
Mildred . . . . . Olivia Poulet
Mr Forest . . . . . Chris Pavlo
Tom Knowles . . . . . Chris Pavlo
Madame D'Urfe . . . . . Claire Perkins
Jim Dainty . . . . . Brian Protheroe
Penman . . . . . Sean Baker
Secretary . . . . . Kirsty Oswald
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Thank you!
Wow that is wonderful, thanks for all your hard work!
Here's the 4th, and final, episode of the fourth series.
The link below will take you to my Onedrive folder where you can find all sixteen episodes of The Rivals.
Onedrive folder The Rivals
Here is this episode's synopsis,
Episode 4/4 - The Mystery of the Scarlet Thread
By Jacques Futrelle
Dramatised By Chris Harrald
Produced by Liz Webb
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he gets his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals.
Lestrade enlists the help of 'the Thinking Machine' Professor SFX Van Dusen
with what he suspects may be a series of attempted murders.
City dealer Nicholas Henley, has nearly been gassed three times in apparent
accidents in the luxury flats of Malplaquet House.
All the residents have secrets, but which one of them is out to get Henley?
Van Dusen . . . . . Tony Gardner
Nicolas Henley . . . . . Nick Underwood
Charlotte Lipscombe . . . . . Joannah Tincey
Reginald Cabell . . . . . James Lailey
Miss Regnier . . . . . Kirsty Oswald
Burlingame . . . . . Brian Protheroe
Pemberley . . . . . Sean Baker
Capital! Thanks for all of these, Jake.
Roger
I've been listening to the series again and really enjoying it. Thanks again, Jake.
merci beaucoup Monsieur Jake, c'est beau!
Episode 3, synopsis below, is now on Onedrive. Again, the link in the first post can be used.
The final episode of the series next week is a thinking machine episode, Jacques Futrelle's Professor SFX Van Dusen.
Episode 3/4 - The Secret of Dunstan's Tower
By Ernest Bramah
Dramatised By Chris Harrald
Produced by Liz Webb
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. Lestrade enlists the help of the brilliant blind detective Max Carrados when he is asked to help a woman who believes that an old prophecy is foretelling her death. In 1662 a fierce quarrel lead to the fatal wounding of Sir Philip Belmont by Henry Ainsworth who owned Dunstan's Tower. Before Sir Philip died he prophesied that when blood appeared on the steps of the grand staircase of Dunstan's Tower, then one of the Ainsworth family had a week to live. Blood has now appeared on the steps and the present Lady Ainsworth is awaiting her death.
Lestrade . . . . . James Fleet
Max Carrados . . . . . Pip Torrens
Tom Ainsworth . . . . . Tom Forrister
Edith Ainsworth . . . . . Kirsty Oswald
Lady Una Ainsworth . . . . . Joanna Munroe
Parkinson . . . . . James Lailey
Swarbrick . . . . . Sean Baker
I have uploaded episode 2, synopsis below, to The Rivals Onedrive folder. The link for said Onedrive folder can be found in the first post. So use that.
Next week sees the return of Max Carrados.
Episode 2/4 - The Stanway Cameo Mystery
By Arthur Morrison
Dramatised By Chris Harrald
Produced by Liz Webb
Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. Lord and Lady Stanway win the auction for the priceless but cursed 'Stanway Cameo', but it is instantly stolen. Inspector Lestrade is less than pleased to be investigating alongside society detective Martin Hewitt.
Lestrade . . . . . James Fleet
Martin Hewitt . . . . . Adam James
Mr Claridge . . . . . James Lailey
Verlaine . . . . . Nick Underwood
Mr Cutler . . . . . Nick Underwood
Woollett . . . . . Sean Baker
Hahn . . . . . Sean Baker
Auctioneer . . . . . Sean Baker
Lord Stanway . . . . . Brian Protheroe
Lady Stanway . . . . . Elizabeth Bennett
Excellent series! Thank you Jake:)
David
Thank you.
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