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Petrella

Michael Gilbert's South London philosophical detective Petrella is brought to life by actor Philip Jackson in two series of gripping 45 minute dramas. 1-2 of 4

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Peter Lovesey

Bertie and the Tinman by Peter Lovesey dramatised by Geoffrey M.Matthews with Timothy West, Colin Starkey and John Moffatt directed by Matthew Walters Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and future Edward VII, suddenly finds himself caught up in murder a

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The Casebook of Gregory Hood

Hood specialized in finding and acquiring extremely rare and valuable antiquities. This was the twist for this series. During the course of the finding, quite early in each episode, he became involved in solving some current-day mystery or crime. Us

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A Bullet In The Ballet

A Bullet In The Ballet A play based on the 1937 novel by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon Dramatised by Pat Hooker. With Simon Callow, Nickolas Grace, Trevor Nichols, Sian Phillips, Vladek Sheybal and Peter Woodthorpe. Produced by Ian Cotterell Broadcast

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Strangers On A Train (BBC-4)

Broadcast 25 Jan 1996, rpt 24 Apr 1997 from Radio 4¹s Cinema 100 season BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of a Patricia Highsmith novel twists an ordinary encounter between two strangers into a disquieting tale of obsession and peril. When two men meet on a

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The Tinner's Corpse (BBC-4)

First broadcast 20070106. BBC4 By Bernard Knight, dramatised by Arnold Evans. Devon, 1195, and the effusive coroner Sir John de Wolfe, aided by his long suffering clerk, investigates mysterious murders among the complex relationships of the tin-mini

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Nero Wolfe (CBC)

Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe (CBC Radio, 1982) Think dramatic radio is only a thing of the distant past? In 1982, the Canadians tried their hand at 13 one hour episodes of Nero Wolfe, all based on novellas or short stories written by Stout. The result is

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Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery

Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery A NEW thrilling adventure for Paul Temple and his wife Steve. From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC radio's mos

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Dr. Johnson (BBC)

Dr.Johnson Investigates by Richard Brayshaw Directed by Brian Miller Samuel Johnson and his friend James Boswell are at David Garrick's theatre when an actor is murdered on stage. originally aired as a one-off play on BBC R4, 02 Sept 1978 80/44/mo

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Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh

Afternoon Play - A Certain Justice By PD James. Venetia Aldridge, QC, is a distinguished criminal lawyer. When she secures the acquittal of a young man, Garry Ashe, from the charge of murdering his aunt, a series of bizarre events is set in train,

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Sister Agnes Investigates (BBC-R4)

Sister Agnes Investigates: BBC Radio 4 Drama Detective-nun, Sister Agnes, the heroine of Alison Joseph’s popular crime series is brought to life in a radio drama for BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour! Celebrated actress Anne Marie Duff (best known for her

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Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, b

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Inspector Purbright (BBC)

Almost all of Colin Watson’s novels are based in the fictional town of Flaxborough, the location of which is always left vague. If forced to guess its position, from the evidence in the books, I would have said Norfolk, but Watson apparently worked i

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