By Charlotte Hastings, adapted by Peggy Wells
The villagers of Denzil St. David near Norwich will not forget that night in February 1947. The unusually high tides were battering at the sea walls and the countryside was threatened with severe floo
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By Heron Carvic, adapted for radio by Betty Lambda
When Miss Seeton walks out of a performance of Carmen and witnesses a stabbing, all she can recall is a shadowy figure. But how could even she have guessed that her latest dra
Read more…By Michael Robson
When Eva is killed by a hit-and-run driver, her brother Gregory is under suspicion. Not only does he deny being involved, he also denies that the body is that of his sister.
Cast:
Gregory Wilderspin.........Nigel Anthony
Chief
By Agatha Christie, dramatised by Joy Wilkinson.
1.3: Tape-Measure Murder
Gossip spreads through St Mary Mead, with a husband under suspicion of murdering his wife, and Miss Marple is called to provide an alibi.
Cast:
Miss Marple.........June W
Read more…Behind The Screen is a collaborative detective serial written by members of the Detection Club. It was first broadcast in six weekly instalments on the BBC National Programme in 1930, with each contributor reading his (or her) own part of the stor
Read more…Wilkie Collins' dark tale of passion, deception and murder, dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Part 1: The callow Allan Armadale unexpectedly inherits a substantial estate in Norfolk, bringing him to the attention of the beautiful and dangerous fortune-
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Read more…Former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish set up a detective agency.
Daunt and Dervish s1e1 After the Ball is Over
Feeling useless after the Second World War, two women set up their own detective agency. Stars Anna Massey and Imelda Staunton.
Read more…A missing husband; post-Wall Berlin; extreme political activists; and a severed hand with a wedding ring.
When successful businessman James Arden goes missing, his distraught wife is determined to find him, despite a lack of clues.
A darkly dist
Read more…Mr Cullender, a resourceful caddie and manservant, searches for a double murderer in the seething Old Town of Edinburgh.
With Alexander Morton, Richard Greenwood, Norman Maclean, Paul Young, Kern Falconer, Wendy Seager, Tom Smith, Liam Brennan, M
Read more…Literary Consequences - Dead Of Night
Read By Bob Peck.
Written by......
Colin Forbes
Jack Higgins
Ken Follett
Ted Allbeury
& Craig Thomas
5 Thriller writers each take an episode of a 5 part thriller from May 1990. Each episode is 15 minutes
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Philip Howe Sion Probert
Det Sgt Pryce and Det Constable Rees are investigating a series of arson attacks on Welsh holiday cottages. It all s
Read more…It seemed like a good idea at the time - a week spent in the idyllic surroundings of a Peak District Guest House. But little did Paul and Margot Sutton realise that far from being a relaxing time, their holiday would turn into a time of stark ter
Read more…By Laurence Henderson, adapted by Felix Felton
A policeman, walking his beat, is blinded by a point-blank shotgun blast . . . and the fair-haired assailant calmly walks away. With only a partial fingerprint to go on, the police doggedly stalk th
Read more…Taken from the clerical detective series The Grantchester Mysteries by James Runcie.
32 year-old bachelor Sidney Chambers is the unconventional Vicar of Grantchester, whose detective skills make him an in-demand clergyman-cum-sleuth.
1) Call me
Read more…Eddie Manson returns to London from Australia and is soon brought into the race to find the loot from a big heist that his father had been involved in.
(Martin Jarvis as a hard-boiled detective with a Strine accent)
Cast:
Eddie Manson.........M
Read more…Helen dreamt six years ago that her first husband died - and now the dream has started again.
Cast:
Paul.........Nigel Anthony
Roger.........Sean Barrett
Helen.........Sheila Grant
Jean.........Rosalind Shanks
Andrew Forbes.........Alan MacNaught
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