Richard Osman's best-selling debut novel, read by Olivier-nominated Haydn Gwynne (Billy Elliot the Musical, Drop the Dead Donkey). Abridged by Sara Davies.
In a peaceful retirement village in Kent, four residents meet up once a week to investigate un
Read more…Drama based on the best-selling novel by C.J. Sansom. In 1546, the court of Henry VIII is on the edge of anarchy as Catholic and Protestant factions vie for power. While heretics are burned at the stake, the Queen, Catherine Parr, rashly decides to w
Read more…"Nothing goes away in this world any more. Nothing gets lost. If you don't want a record of it, then don't do it."
When police camera operator Leslie Burden receives a call from a former colleague concerning the disappearance of a young Polish woman
Read more…By Patricia Highsmith, adapted by Shaun McKenna.
1: Now that Robert Forester is living in Langley, Pennsylvania, he has escaped his oppressive wife and has no need to see a psychiatrist again. So why is he outside Jenny Theiroif 's house, watching
Read more…Abridged by Libby Spurrier
In 1910, Hungarian-born British novelist Baroness Orczy was responsible for a coming up with a female sleuth who, unlike her male opposite numbers, relied on brains rather than brawn to solve crime. Molly Robertson-Kirk
Read more…Irish writer Bill Murphy made his radio drama debut with the highly successful BBC Woman's Hour thriller 'Fractions of Zero'. An exciting detective story about the hunt for a serial killer obsessed with numbers, its hero is DS Sue Manson, grounded
Read more…The young man found on Putney Heath had his throat cut from ear to ear. It seems as if it could be suicide though it's not an easy way to kill yourself. But who is he, and if he did kill himself, what drove him to such a dreadful death? Sergeant Vo
Read more…A moderately unhappily married couple, and a girl fed up with looking after a sick mother - what on earth can a hit-man want with them?
Cast:
The Hitman......Leslie Grantham
Derek......Steve Hodson
Sandra......Francis Jeeta
Will Lavender......Keit
Read more…Curtain Up!: The Ringer
Author: Edgar Wallace
Adapted By: Hugh Stewart
Adapted By: Archie Campbell
Pianist: Arthur Dulay
Producer: Archie Campbell
Detective-Inspector Bliss: Stanley Groome
Divisional Detective Inspector Wembury: Wensley Pithey
Colone
Dramatised by Alan Downer
In August 1138, King Stephen is besieging rebels loyal to Empress Matilda in Shrewsbury Castle. Aline Siward enters King Stephen's camp to pledge loyalty, even though her brother Giles has sided with Matilda. The castle fa
Lord Willis discovers that neighbours of his are in great trouble. involved in an extraordinary drama that makes headlines in the world's press.
1: Who Goes Home?
MP Mark Ritchie is on the run - tailed by MI5, but who else is chasing him?
2: Death
Read more…A new thriller serial in six episodes by Edward Boyd
with David Ashton as Peter Calman
A small town in Galloway, on the South-west coast of Scotland. A cottage mysteriously unchanged since 1941. A dead nurse. And lawyer Peter Caiman with £1 million
Read more…Master of the Mint
Drama
By David Ashton. The creator of the Victorian detective series, McLevy, returns with a new hero in the unlikely guise of the 17th century scientific genius, Isaac Newton. After 30 years as a Cambridge academic, Newton takes u
Read more…Having the perfect life may be far more dangerous than you could ever believe.
Roz Gilmour is a happy woman with two children, a loving husband, a successful career as a local radio presenter and a comfortable home in North London. Sometimes she can
Read more…Spoofs of Hollywood comedy thrillers of the 1930s
The Case of the Cool Canary
Private investigator Dick George and his lovely ex-wife, Dora, are called upon by heiress Ruth-Ann Rogers for protection from gangsters intent upon wresting her fortune f
Read more…FOR SOME REASON THE FILES I POSTED DISAPPEARED TWICE.
I HAVE UPLOADED THE SEVEN I HAVE UNDER A NEW LINK.
WILL UPDATE INFO CAST IN DUE COURSE.
ALL I CAN SAY IS I AM SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION.
SING OUT IF THINGS GO PEAR SHAPED.AGAIN.
WHY NOT LET ME KN
Read more…BOOK 1; Death of a Red Heroine
Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson.
The tense thriller is set in Shanghai, May 1990. The body of a national model worker is found in Baili Canal. Poet and translator-turned-detective, Chen Cao, now heads the Special Case S
Read more…A phone call from an old friend is cut off before Joe can get the whole story.
When his friend's sister turns up, he finds himself immersed in a dark mystery.
Cast:
Joe.......Matthew Dunster
Tommy.......David Crellin
Hardwick.......John Henshaw
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Colonel Grace's house-guests include a number of people who are experienced at breaking and entering.
He decides to offer a prize of £1,000 to the one who can get into his intruder-proof library, which is protected with a deafening alarm, heavy secur
Read more…Aboard the Carthena, on its way to Southampton, a passenger walks on the dark deck, not knowing his death is only seconds away - a death which will set in motion a criminal investigation stretching from England to Australia.
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