A Taste For Death by PD James

[Riklaa]

A Taste For Death (Women's Hour Drama) 10-11-2008 - 21-11-2008 Richard Derrington and Deborah McAndrew star in this thrilling dramatisation of PD James's enduringly popular mystery in 10 parts for Woman's Hour. When two men are discovered with their throats cut in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, the police are faced with an intriguing challenge – one of the victims was ex-Government minister Sir Paul Berowne and the other Harry Mack, a local tramp and alcoholic. For Commander Adam Dalgliesh, now heading a Scotland Yard unit set up to investigate politically sensitive crimes, the case is particularly affecting – he had known Berowne, and the minister had asked for his help regarding an anonymous letter, shortly before his resignation. From The Radio Times PD James's main strength is her sense of place and the opening scene of blood-soaked slayings in a church vestry is one of her finest. As usual, her sleuth Adam Dalgliesh seems to hover over proceedings without being fully formed: almost all we know of his character is that he's a respected poet. It's certainly hard to work out why, as one suspect explains, he's regarded "as the most dangerous detective in London". Good job then that the cast of vile nobility at the centre of this absorbing mystery make up for it with their deliciously ignoble acts. -- David Brown Part 1 - Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigates when two bodies are found murdered in the vestry of a London church. One of them is a tramp and the other a recently resigned government minister, who had previously asked Dalgliesh for help. Part 2 - Following the death of her son, Lady Ursula Berowne talks to medical consultant Stephen Lampart about his relationship with her daughter-in-law. Meanwhile, Dalgliesh prepares to visit the grand lady himself. Part 3 - After interviewing Lady Ursula, Dalgliesh moves on to Sir Paul's widow Barbara and is introduced to her volatile brother Dominic. Meanwhile, Sir Paul's wayward daughter Sarah is behaving secretively. Dalgliesh ...... Richard Derrington Kate Miskin ...... Deborah McAndrew Massingham ...... Mark Carey Father Barnes ...... Rob Swinton Lady Ursula/Iris Minns/Millicen ...... Auriol Smith Lampart ...... David Birrell Barbara ...... Sonia Ritter Dominic/Ivor ...... Richard Katz Sarah/Mattie ...... Octavia Walters Henry ...... Rob Swinton Carole ...... Liz Sutherland Producer/Peter Leslie Wild Type : mpeg 1 layer III Bitrate : 128 Mode : joint stereo Frequency : 44100 Hz Length : 02:17:41 Encoder : FhG Source : BBC iPlayer

[Robert Johnson]

Thanks for this. You folks in the UK are fortunate to have a resource like the BBC. Here in Australia where I live (Perth) we have zero radio drama produced by our public radio organization (the ABC).

Robert