Mitchener - Black Box Detective
by Alison Joseph
128K - 39.7Mb MP3
Duration:
45 minutes
First broadcast:
Thursday 02 August 2012
Alison Joseph's new drama introduces a distinctive brand of detective. Mitchener is an air accident investigator, haunted by memories of a previous fatal air crash in which he was involved, and in which his best friend died. Having settled into a quiet life as a mechanic in a cycle shop, he has so far resisted all attempts to draw him back into investigative work, but when a Boeing 767 crashes mysteriously in the English Channel, the wife of one its victims approaches Mitchener personally in an effort to obtain his professional services, threatening not only his peace of mind but also his marriage.
Although entirely fictional and featuring only fictional characters, Mitchener's investigation in this drama is based on a real life air disaster and the science is authentic. The programme was made with the generous assistance of the Air Accident Investigation Board, an organisation with a formidable track record for painstaking work in uncovering the causes of air disasters.
Alison Joseph is a novelist and playwright whose books include the Sister Agnes stories. Alison is currently working on a novel about particle physics.
Directed by John Taylor
A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4.
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Thanks, Rick.
Thanks!
Many thanks, Rick!
You are all more than welcome. -------------------------- R
This was excellent! Thanks so much for sharing it, Rick.
I look forward to this, Rick. In Australia we get an English show called "Air Crash Investigation" and it's top shelf. The hours, persistence and down right doggedness of these blokes is amazing. Thank you and happy flying. Cheers, Dave.