DEAD MEN'S SHOES by Simon Masters was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 9 June 1984. A heart attack faces Det Insp Jack Branigan with an early retirement party, sympathetic smiles from colleagues and the patronising chit-chat of keen young men like Ray Duerdon, obviously angling for his old job. But that evening, events unfold which are to pit experience against ambition.
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Killing the Butterfly by Colin MacDonald was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 2 December 2006. A romantic thriller set on the sleeper between London Euston and Edinburgh. Two murder witnesses are put under police protection pending the High Court trial. But something goes wrong and they have to flee, never knowing whom it's safe to trust. A librarian and a lawyer's PA are thrust into Edinburgh's dark underbelly after witnessing a gangland execution. Though nervous of the consequences, Barker and Hannah agree to give evidence against the killers and are put under police protection until the case comes to court. But news of their whereabouts reaches the killer's friends and the pair have to run for their lives, never knowing who is friend and who is foe.
A Decent British Murder by Ken Whitmore was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 22 February 1980 Story: - (Please note it is an old recording) Colonel Victor Grace has invited a slightly eclectic bunch of people to spend Christmas with him at his remote house. As well as his batman Albert and his ex-jail-bird maid, his guests are his crime writer sister, the local chief constable, his late son's wife and her knife thrower partner.
Dr Salt is determined to leave Birkden, but when a patient of his suffering from chronic nephritis suddenly disappears and the police seem unconcerned, he becomes equally determined to find her. His persistence soon makes him some very powerful enemies. Dramatised for radio by Elizabeth Bradbury Produced by Roger Pine
