Adventures of Dick and Dora
by Sarah Maxwell
BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Plays
3 x 60 minutes @ 160 kbps - 44.1 KHz - mp3
These radio plays are pastiches of the "Thin Man" films, i.e. the detective is Nick (Dick in these plays), the wife is Nora (Dora here) and whereas the radio dog is Pasta the screen one was Asta! Can you guess what actors/actresses they are imitating from the 1930s? I'll give you hint -- screwball comedies.
AP-1986.09.09-The Case of the Cool Canary
A play in the style of a Hollywood comedy/thriller of the 1930s
by Sarah Maxwell.
With Francis Matthews and Margaret Robertson.
Produced by Glyn Dearman.
Can Dick and Dora keep a young heiress alive until she comes of age at midnight?
Broadcast 9 Sept 1986 (Afternoon Play)
MATTHEWS Francis ..............Dick George, Private Investigator
ROBERTSON Margaret ..........Dora, his lovely ex-wife
ANTHONY Nigel ....................Louie, a smoothly suspicious butler
TOWB Harry ..........................Mugsy, a gangster
DE SOUZA Edward ................Blore, Dick's valet
TILVERN Alan .......................Charlie, a hoodlum
JACOBS Lisa ........................Ruth-Ann Rogers, the heroine
and Lucille Lamont, her cousin
HERDMAN Ronald .................Pasta, the dog
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AP-1989.02.16-Case of the Substitute Spouse
A play in the style of a Hollywood Comedy/Thriller of the 30s
by Sarah Maxwell.
With Francis Matthews, Margaret Robertson.
Produced by Glyn Dearman.
The further adventures of Private Eye Dick George and his lovely wife Dora.
Broadcast 16 Feb 1989 (Afternoon Play)
MATTHEWS Francis .............Dick George
ROBERTSON Margaret ..........His lovely wife, Dora
DE SOUZA Edward ...............Blore, the butler
HERDMAN Ronald ................Pasta, the dog
ROSS Liza ...........................Antony Legrange
SHERMAN Bob ....................Sherriff Johnson
HURREN Bonnie ..................Connie Morgan
FAIRMAN Blain ....................Barrett Legrange
FELLOWS Bob ....................Zebediah
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AP-1992.07.16-Case of the Vanishing Vamp
A play in the style of a Hollywood Comedy/Thriller of the 30s
by Sarah Maxwell.
With Francis Matthews, Margaret Robertson.
Produced by Glyn Dearman.
The further adventures of Dick George and his soon-to-be-ex-wife Dora.
Broadcast 16 Jul 1992 (Afternoon Play)
MATTHEWS Francis ..............Dick George
ROBERTSON Margaret ..........His lovely wife, Dora
DE SOUZA Edward ................Blore, the butler
HERDMAN Ronald .................Pasta, the dog
TOWB Harry ..........................Mugsy Moran
ROSS Liza ............................Loretta Rain
BISHOP Ed ...........................Harry Loomis
WHITMAN Peter.....................Jonathan Dane
CROYDON Nicky...................Marie Celeste
HURREN Bonnie ...................Central Casting
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Thanks Rick. I will enjoy these this weekend.
Dear Rick -
Thanks for a great offering. I remember The Thin Man series of movies and loved the repartee that flew between Nick and Nora. I wish we could find something like what Powell and Loy did back in the day. Their movies were funny without being crude and rude. They used double entendres with double the frequency and always with a double chaser too. The mysteries were wrapped in words of mirth and some mayhem too. They even included Shemp Howard (one of the Three Stooges) in one of their movies too.
Again I will enjoy listening to the parody.
Bob
Bob F, you really didn't have to explain who Shemp Howard was for me, my 65th Birthday was just before New Years. I take your explanation as a compliment regarding my age. LOL --------------------- R
Very good, really enjoyable!
They did a very good job on these imitating the actors also. LOL ----------------------------------- R
Thanks, Rick. Sounds like fun. Mike