Adam Thirlwell was born in London in 1978. The author of three previous novels, his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books, and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review. His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists.

Adam Thirlwell

Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992 and he has published two books of stories and ten further novels, most recently Missing Fay (2017), and six poetry collections. 
 
 
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Adam Thorpe

Adam Tooze is the author of the highly praised Crashed, The Deluge and The Wages of Destruction, all published by Allen Lane. He has been the recipient of the Wolfson Prize for History, the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize and the Lionel Gelber Prize. Tooze has taught at Cambridge and Yale and is now Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History at Columbia University.

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Adam Weymouth's work has been published widely, including in Granta, The Atlantic, The Observer and the BBC. His first book, Kings of the Yukon, won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year and the Prix Paul-Emile Victor. He has been named by the National Writing Centre as one of ten writers shaping the UK's future.

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Adam Wisniewski-Snerg (1937-95) was born on the outskirts of Warsaw. His science fiction writing is largely focused around the consequences of totalitarianism. Although largely unread during his lifetime, after his suicide in 1995 his work began to receive major critical attention. He is now considered to be, along with Stanislaw Lem, one of Poland's greatest science fiction writers.

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Adele Lang

Adele Nozedar is an author and photographer. Previously, she was in a cult indie band, then ran her own indie record label and became A&amp;R Director/General Manager of a major record company. 
 
Her wide-ranging passions are reflected in her books, which include The Hedgerow Handbook (2012), The Signs and Symbols Sourcebook (2011), The Secret Language of Birds (2006), and The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans (2013).

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Adelle Waldman is a freelance writer and book critic. She worked as a reporter at the New Haven Register and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal's website. Her articles also have appeared in The New York Times Book Review,The New Republic,Slate,The Wall Street Journal, and other national publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Aditi Kakade Beaufrand is an Indian illustrator based in France. She likes experimenting with bright, happy colours. She grew up reading fairytales, watching animated films and imagining adventure stories, and her style is an embodiment of her Indian heritage and western culture. She loves animals and taking long walks on the beach, but she is never too far away from a pencil and a paper to draw her perception of the world.

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Aditya Chakrabortty

Adiva Geffen is a bestselling writer and playwright. Her plays have appeared on major stages in Israel, she lectures and leads numerous writing workshops and she is a board member of the Israeli Writers’ Association. 
 
 Geffen started out as a special-education teacher, before serving as the spokesperson for the Habima National Theatre for more than a decade. She founded and subsequently led the Israeli Theatre Award for ten years, and now serves as head of The Gnazim Institute of the Hebrew Writers Association, the largest Hebrew literature archive in the world. 
 
 Born in Haifa, Israel and the mother of three sons, Geffen now lives in Tel Aviv with her partner Aharon Meidan.

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Adnan Sarwar, 35, is a former British soldier who served in the Iraq War.  He has since worked as a military consultant to film and is a writer based in London.  Read more at www.adnansarwar.com / @adnansarwar

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Loos (1877-1933) was a leading Austro-Hungarian architect, perhaps most famous for the revolutionary 'Loos House' opposite the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, which caused outrage when it was built in 1912, and the wonderful American Bar, also in Vienna. He wrote extensively on architecture and design, working in reaction to the elaborate mass of decoration celebrated by the Vienna Secession movement.

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D.M. Thomas

Dennis Potter

Dennis Potter's unproduced screenplay of D. M. Thomas's award-winning novel, plus bonus documentary 
 
'Incendiary' Radio Times 
 
The annals of movie history are full of lost treasures - spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten gems have been brought to life, fully realised as vivid, cinematic radio productions. Scripted by major 20th Century writers, including Harold Pinter, Arthur Miller, Alfred Hitchcock and Dennis Potter, they star a host of A-list actors and feature richly evocative, atmospheric soundtracks. 
 
The White Hotel, one of seven 'unmade movies' available on audio, centres around circus performer Lisa, who visits famous Berlin psychoanalyst Dr Probst to discover the cause of her mysterious breast and pelvic pains. Reading her sexually-charged journal, Probst concludes that the answer lies in her past. But then Lisa reveals her unsettling premonitions - 'I see what is going to happen. And what is going to happen cannot be endured.' Is her trauma really the result of childhood memories, or a dark vision of the future? 
 
Lauded for his groundbreaking TV dramas, Dennis Potter also wrote several acclaimed screenplays, including Gorky Park. The White Hotel was taken up by numerous directors, from Bertolucci to David Lynch, with actors including Barbra Streisand and Meryl Streep slated to star - but the project defeated them all. Now, directed by Jon Amiel, who worked with Potter on The Singing Detective, this haunting, hallucinatory drama has finally found an audience. Anne-Marie Duff (His Dark Materials) stars as Lisa, with Bill Paterson (Fleabag) as Probst and Simon McBurney (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) as the narrator. It is preceded by a 15-minute documentary, The Long Road to the White Hotel, telling the story of the many failed attempts to film Thomas's novel and the making of the radio production. 
 
NB: Contains strong language and sexual scenes 
 
 
Production credits 
Written by D. M. Thomas 
Original screenplay by Denis Potter under licence from Briarpatch Limited L.P 
Directed by Jon Amiel 
Produced by Laurence Bowen and Peter Ettedgui 
Sound design: Wilfredo Acosta 
A Dancing Ledge production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Lisa - Anne-Marie Duff 
Probst - Bill Paterson 
Narrator - Simon McBurney 
The Lover - David Gyasi 
Victor - Nigel Lindsay 
Aunt Magda - Morwenna Banks 
Vera/Old Woman/Wife - Jasmine Jones 
Various - Wayne Forester 
Officer/Captain/Maitre d'/Old Man - Nick Underwood 
Koyla - Felix Jamieson 
Little Lisa - Tillie Murray 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8 September 2018 
 
The Long Road to the White Hotel 
With DM Thomas, Amanda Bale and Jon Amiel 
Produced by Philippa Geering and Geoff Bird 
An Overtone Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8 September 2018 
 
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Unmade Movies: Dennis Potter's The White Hotel

A BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the unproduced screenplay

Alfred Hitchcock

Ernest Lehman

Mark Gatiss

Alfred Hitchcock and Ernest Lehman's unfinished screenplay, completed by Mark Gatiss 
 
'Achingly tense scenes... and a masterpiece of a climax' Radio Times 
 
The annals of movie history are full of lost treasures - spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten gems have been brought to life, fully realised as vivid, cinematic radio productions. Scripted by major 20th Century writers, including Harold Pinter, Arthur Miller, Alfred Hitchcock and Dennis Potter, they star a host of A-list actors and feature richly evocative, atmospheric soundtracks. 
 
One of seven 'unmade movies' available on audio, The Blind Man is set in 1961, and features a famous blind jazz pianist, Larry Keating, who agrees to a pioneering surgical procedure: an eye transplant. The operation is a success, but his new eyes are those of a murdered man - and burned onto their retina is the image of his killer. Can Larry track him down before he strikes again? 
 
The proposed follow-up to North by Northwest, The Blind Man was to be set in Disneyland and star Jimmy Stewart - but Walt Disney refused permission, Stewart pulled out and Lehman dropped the project, leading to a 16-year rift with Hitchcock. Decades later, the unfinished script was rediscovered by producer Laurence Bowen in a research institute in Texas - along with extensive notes and letters between Hitchcock and Lehman. Completed and directed by Mark Gatiss, it stars Hugh Laurie (House) as Larry and Rebecca Front (The Thick of It) as Sylvia, with Peter Serafinowicz (Shaun of the Dead) giving a masterly impression of Hitchcock as the narrator. Prepare to be blown away by this explosive new psychological thriller from the Master of Suspense... 
 
 
Production credits 
Written by Alfred Hitchcock and Ernest Lehman 
Completed and directed by Mark Gatiss 
Adapted for radio by Laurence Bowen 
Produced by Laurence Bowen and Peter Ettedgui 
Co-Producer: Laurent Bouzereau 
Original music by Blair Mowat 
Sound Design: Wilfredo Acosta 
A Feelgood Fiction production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Larry Keating - Hugh Laurie 
Sylvia Whitehead - Rebecca Front 
Victor Farmer - Nicholas Woodeson 
Jenny Stiles - Kelly Burke 
Mortie Levitt/Captain Barzoni - Andy Nyman 
Linda Whitehead - Hilary Connell 
Herman Graubner - John Guerrasio 
Dr McGraw - John Light 
Autograph Girl - Hollie Burgess 
Narrator, Alfred Hitchcock - Peter Serafinowicz 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 October 2015 
 
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Unmade Movies: Hitchcock's The Blind Man

Philip Palmer

A gritty thriller set behind the Iron Curtain in 1960s Hungary 
 
Budapest, 1963. Special Investigator Bertalan Lázár and his wife, spymaster Franciska Lázár, face formidable challenges as they try to navigate a path through the dangerous underworld of Cold War-era Hungary. Catching the criminals is difficult enough, but there are other more threatening battles raging in higher places. 
 
In these 16 episodes, Bertalan must investigate the murder of a former member of the secret police, fight a turf war as he tries to find a child killer, probe a seemingly straightforward case of GBH that leads him to a rogue cop and enter the uncharted territory of Budapest's underground drugs scene after a rock musician is found dead. 
 
Written by Philip Palmer, this gripping, atmospheric drama expertly conjures up the tense, paranoid world of Communist Hungary, where dissidence was dangerous, the truth was hard to find and pursuing justice could get you killed. Leo Bill stars as Bertalan and Clare Corbett as Franciska, with Andy Linden as Tibor Farkas and Joseph Ayre as József Szabados. 
 
The episodes in this collection are: 
 
 The Wolf 
The Old Days 
Behind the Wall 
Waiting by the River 
Heroes 
Gellert Hill 
Spider's Web 
Carnaby Street 
Gypsy Dancers 
Grandmother's Footsteps 
Mad Dog 
The Light of Dawn 
The Great Society 
Red Pen 
The Great Tree Gang 
The Magical Magyars 
 
Produced and directed by Toby Swift and Sasha Yevtushenko 
Sound Design by Caleb Knightley 
 
Cast 
Bertalan Lázár - Leo Bill 
Franciska Lázár - Clare Corbett 
Tibor Farkas - Andy Linden 
József Szabados - Joseph Ayre 
Gizella - Nicola Ferguson 
Bela Fekete - Sargon Yelda 
Mr Papp - Nick Underwood 
Kitchen Porter - Richard Pepple 
Police Officer/Csaba - Sam Rix 
Lilien Racz - Adie Allen 
Milton Szilard - Philip Fox 
Kristof Szep - Samuel James 
Mr Kiraly - Robert Blythe 
Waiter/Peterke - Tom Forrister 
Mrs Tolnay - Sanchia MacCormack 
Stenographer - Kerry Gooderson 
Dmitri Dragunov - Simon Scardifield 
Márk Mészáros - Michael Bertenshaw 
András Vásáry - David Hounslow 
Priest/Copper - Christopher Harper 
Gyuri Varg/Fabenyi/Police officer/Partygoer - Kenny Blyth 
Dorina Varga - Helen Clapp 
Ministry official/Police officer/Drug dealer/Partygoer - Chris Pavlo 
Hanna Krivosik - Franchi Webb 
Zsófia/Nurse 1 - Sarah Ovens 
PuŠomori Žiga - Debbie Korley 
Mrs Kovacs/Nurse 2/Receptionist - Susan Jameson 
Gyozo Novak - Carl Prekopp 
Florian Hevesi - Luke Nunn 
Sandor Boros - Stephen Greif 
Pathologist - Jane Whittenshaw 
Cop/Detective - Stefan Adegbola 
Mother - Emma Handy 
Kulcsar - Roger Ringrose 
Draskovic - Ewan Bailey 
Billiards player/Prison officer - Ian Dunnett Jnr 
Hadik - Hasan Dixon 
Richard Miklos/Károly Miklós/Laska - Shaun Mason 
Violinist/Márton Kozma/Police Officer/Priest - Simon Ludders 
Réka Kozma/Pathologist - Jane Slavin 
Archivist/Ioveanu - Tony Turner 
Orsolya - Ria Marshall 
Receptionist - David Sturzaker 
 
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Keeping the Wolf Out

The complete BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime series

Patricia Highsmith

The definitive collection of dramatisations and readings of Patricia Highsmith's finest fiction - plus bonus material 
 
A master of the psychological crime genre, Patricia Highsmith is most famous for her quintet of bestselling 'Ripley' novels, and her groundbreaking thriller Strangers on a Train (notably adapted as a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock). This extensive collection encompasses her best-known works, as well as selected short stories and three programmes about the author herself and her greatest creation, charismatic anti-hero Tom Ripley. 
 
Included is a series of five plays charting Ripley's journey from smalltime conman to cool, calculated killer. Comprising The Talented Mr Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Under Water, The Complete Ripley stars Ian Hart as Tom. 
 
Also featured are dramatisations of Strangers on a Train (starring Anton Lesser, Michael Sheen, Saskia Reeves and Bill Nighy); Patricia Highsmith's compelling tale of obsession, The Cry of the Owl (starring John Sharian, Adrian Lester and Joanne McQuinn); and the dark, intriguing domestic noir A Suspension of Mercy (starring Stuart Milligan and Janet Maw). 
 
Highsmith's tender, unsettling lesbian love story Carol is abridged and read in 10 parts by Zoë Wanamaker, and there are abridged readings of her short stories 'A Dangerous Hobby', 'Variations on a Game' (both read by Campbell Scott), and 'The Trouble with Mrs Blynn, the Trouble with the World' (read by Anna Massey). Five more unabridged stories, 'The Cries of Love', 'The Snail-Watcher', 'The Breeder', 'Notes from a Respectable Cockroach' and 'Goat Ride', are read by Helen Horton, John Webb, Garrick Hagon, William Hootkins and Crawford Logan. 
 
In Looking for Ripley, crime writer Mark Billingham unravels the mystery behind our lasting fascination with Tom Ripley, while in A Passionate Affair, Marcel Berlins asks if his creator Patricia Highsmith also fell under his spell. And in Desert Island Discs, the author shares the soundtrack of her life with presenter Roy Plomley. 
 
Contents 
The Talented Mr Ripley 
Ripley Under Ground 
Ripley's Game 
The Boy Who Followed Ripley 
Ripley Under Water 
Strangers on a Train 
The Cry of the Owl 
A Suspension of Mercy 
Carol 
A Dangerous Hobby 
Variations on a Game 
The Trouble with Mrs Blynn, The Trouble with the World 
The Cries of Love 
The Snail-Watcher 
The Breeder 
Notes from a Respectable Cockroach 
Goat Ride 
Looking for Ripley 
A Passionate Affair 
Desert Island Discs: Patricia Highsmith 
 
Original texts © 1993 by Diogenes Verlag AG Zurich, all rights reserved. 
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The Patricia Highsmith BBC Radio Collection

The Talented Mr Ripley, Strangers on a Train, Carol & other stories

Caroline Stafford

David Stafford

Five tales of murder, mayhem and political intrigue from the casebook of Norman Birkett 
 
Norman Birkett KC (1883-1962) was a real-life Rumpole - a distinguished and highly skilled lawyer who had numerous successes in the courtroom during his long career. This collection covers some of his most famous cases of the inter-war years, including the dramatic trial of Buck Ruxton; the notorious Dennistoun affair; and the peculiar events surrounding the mysterious cyclist Ronald Light. 
 
Norman Birkett and the Case of the Coleford Poisoner - The celebrated advocate defends a woman accused of murdering her husband with arsenic. 
 
Birkett and the Blind Soldier - When a blind First World War veteran is charged with killing his wife, Birkett takes on his defence. 
 
Birkett and the Green Bicycle - Appearing for the prosecution, the brilliant barrister deals with a case involving death by gunshot, pacifism and chocolate... 
 
Birkett and the Red Stains on the Carpet - The renowned KC defends a doctor accused of murdering and dismembering his wife and maid. 
 
Birkett and the Naked Toreador - Norman Birkett takes on the case that made his name in this extraordinary saga of blackmail, snobbery, society scandal and bullfighting... 
 
David Haig and Neil Dudgeon star as Birkett, with Alison Pettitt and Bonnie Engstrom as his wife, Billie, and Alun Raglan as his clerk, Edgar. 
 
Written by Caroline and David Stafford 
Directed by Marc Beeby 
 
Norman Birkett and the Case of the Coleford Poisoner 
Birkett - David Haig 
Edgar Bowker - Trystan Gravelle 
Billie - Alison Pettitt 
Elton Pace - Michael Shelford 
Annie Pace/Leslie Pace - Clare Corbett 
Dr du Pre - Sam Dale 
Judge Horridge/Vicar - Bruce Alexander 
Mrs Elizabeth Porter - Joanna Monro 
Other parts were played by John Biggins and Nigel Hastings 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 1 June 2010 
 
Birkett and the Blind Soldier 
Norman Birkett - Neil Dudgeon 
Billie - Bonnie Engstrom 
Edgar - Alun Raglan 
Lady Pearson - Adjoa Andoh 
Arthur - Carl Prekopp 
MacCormac - Paul Moriarty 
Frazer/Warder - Adam Billington 
Humphreys - James Lailey 
Sgt Waller - Gerard McDermott 
Randall/Clerk - Rikki Lawton 
Grace/Margaret - Alex Rivers 
Woman - Victoria Inez Hardy 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 3 January 2012 
 
Birkett and the Green Bicycle 
Norman Birkett - Neil Dudgeon 
Billie - Bonnie Engstrom 
Edgar - Alun Raglan 
Sir Edward - Nicholas Jones 
Cadbury - James Lailey 
Cox/Enoch - Adam Billington 
Judge - Gerard McDermott 
Lily/Muriel - Francine Chamberlain 
Ronald - Christopher Webster 
Graham - Simon Bubb 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 10 January 2012 
 
Birkett and the Red Stains on the Carpet 
Norman Birkett - Neil Dudgeon 
Billie - Bonnie Engstrom 
Edgar - Alun Raglan 
Jackson - Adam Billington 
Buck Ruxton - Sagar Arya 
Shaw - Gerard McDermott 
Glaister - James Lailey 
Bennett - Rikki Lawton 
Alfred - Christopher Webster 
Susan/Gracie - Victoria Inez Hardy 
Mary - Alex Rivers 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17 January 2012 
 
Birkett and the Naked Toreador 
Norman Birkett - Neil Dudgeon 
Billie - Bonnie Engstrom 
Edgar - Alun Raglan 
Lady Caernarvon - Joanna Monro 
Sir Edward - Nicholas Jones 
Dennistoun - Carl Prekopp 
Mlle Cina - Victoria Inez Hardy 
Dorothy - Adjoa Andoh 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 January 2012 
 
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Birkett

Five full-cast BBC Radio 4 crime dramas

Jonathan Meyerson

Nigel Williams

Rex Obano

Joy Wilkinson

Tamsin Oglesby

A collection of factual dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we pay for it 
 
Ever since it was first drilled over 150 years ago, oil has been both a blessing and a curse. It has enabled economic growth; provided an efficient energy source; fuelled our entire infrastructure - and caused wars, pollution and global warming. These seven dramas, set between 1951 and 2045, and taking us from postwar Iran to futuristic Lancashire, examine the role oil has played in shaping our world: recounting incredible stories of wealth, power, politics and corruption. 
 
Stand Firm, You Cads! By Jonathan Myerson tells the colourful tale of how Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh took back the nation's oil from the British, and the chaos and conflict that followed. In Looking for Billy by Nigel Williams, a private detective investigates protests against an Alaskan pipeline - and finds out what oil did to the indigenous Inupiat people. The Weapon, by Jonathan Myerson, is a tense, thrilling dramatisation of the 1973 OPEC siege, while Baby Oil, also written by Myerson, is based on real events in the propaganda campaign at the outbreak of the First Gulf War. 
 
In Someone's Making a Killing in Nigeria by Rex Obano, a local businesswoman is caught up in the violent consequences of the Ogoni people's campaign against the oil industry. No Two Days by Joy Wilkinson is a mesmerising maze of stories about risk, passion and deep-sea oil, centred around an ambitious journalist's attempts to investigate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. And in Tamsin Ogleby's future oil comedy Blood from Stone, a father-and-son energy company struggles with the new economics of the oil market. Is Ralph right about getting out for good? Is his dad Charlie more addict than businessman? And will we ever be able to give up oil? 
 
Anna Maxwell Martin, Raad Rawi, Jemma Redgrave, Paul Ritter, Nicholas Le Prevost , James McArdle, Nadine Marshall, Faye Marsay, Obi Abili, David Ajala, Jude Akuwudike, and Alun Armstrong are among the casts in these enthralling dramas. Also included are two short clips in which Nicolas Kent discusses the difference between directing for radio and stage, and explains his inspiration for The Price of Oil. 
 
Production credits 
Devised by Nicolas Kent, with Jack Bradley and Jonathan Myerson 
Produced by Jonquil Panting 
 
Listening Order 
 
Stand Firm, You Cads! 
Written by Jonathan Myerson. Directed by Nicolas Kent. Pianist: Laurie O'Brien 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 September 2015 
 
Looking for Billy 
Written by Nigel Williams. Directed by Nicolas Kent. Inupiat translations provided by Chelsey Zibell 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 September 2015 
 
The Weapon 
Written by Jonathan Myerson. Directed by Jonquil Panting 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 September 2015 
 
Baby Oil 
Written by Jonathan Myerson. Directed by Nicolas Kent 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30 September 2015 
 
Someone's Making a Killing in Nigeria 
Written by Rex Obano. Directed by Jonquil Panting 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 1 October 2015 
 
No Two Days 
Written by Joy Wilkinson. Directed by Nicolas Kent 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2 October 2015 
 
Blood from Stone 
Written by Tamsin Oglesby. Directed by Jonquil Panting 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 3 October 2015 
 
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The Price of Oil

7 BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas

Paul Sellar

Robert Glenister stars in this compelling corporate thriller about a self-made property tycoon who sets out to build a brand new London skyscraper 
 
Property magnate Max Silver is in trouble. His West End properties are starting to crumble, his assets are turning into liabilities and his business empire's on the rocks. With the company in danger of going under, he shakes up his property portfolio, ditches his shiftless partner, Larry, and brings his brother Teddy and daughter Zara on board. 
 
Then the Lord Mayor of London asks him to build an iconic skyscraper in the heart of the capital - a 1000ft, state-of-the-art tower that will show off London to the world, and be a defiant new national symbol. With an eye to his family's future - and his personal legacy - Max agrees, and with the help of high-profile architect Katalina, the Hourglass is born. 
 
But it soon begins to look as if this prestigious project will never get off the ground. From planning permission to political opposition, the obstacles pile up - and when his legitimate funding is suddenly withdrawn, Max is left at the mercy of shadowy forces. As old scores are settled, and new enemies emerge, he will need all his charm, ruthlessness and deal-making skills to avoid the many traps put in his path by big business - and by sheer human folly... 
 
Written by acclaimed dramatist Paul Sellar, this gripping full-cast drama takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the cut-throat world of international commerce, via corruption, intrigue, dodgy finance, kidnapping and intimidation. It stars Robert Glenister as Max, with Catherine Cusack, Katherine Press and Sean Baker. 
 
 
Written by Paul Sellar 
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole, Jonquil Panting and Sasha Yevtushenko 
 
Cast 
Max Silver - Robert Glenister 
Carol - Catherine Cusack 
Teddy - Sean Baker 
Zara - Katherine Press 
Katalina - Daphne Alexander 
Kolo - Buom Tihngang 
Larry/Kevin - Paul Hickey 
John/Gavin - Shaun Mason 
Maryam - Susan Jameson 
Sasha - Andrew Byron 
Clem - Vineeta Rishi 
Angus - Nicholas Murchie 
Asha - Nokukhanya Masango 
Fadi - Alexander Devrient 
Rory - Jonny Holden 
Jack - Ben Crowe 
Zoe - Tife Kusoro 
Sunil - Bhasker Patel 
DK - Sagar Radia 
Karakas - Chris Pavlo 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2-5 September 2019 
 
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How to Build a Supertower

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast thriller

Clara Glynn

The complete BBC Radio 4 legal drama, starring Claire Rushbrook and Clare Corbett. 
 
Behind Closed Doors is a courtroom drama with a difference - it centres around civil law, not criminal. In these nine plays, London barrister Rebecca Nyman takes on cases ranging from workplace harassment to the sensitive, secret trial of a terrorist and a morally complex 'right to die' hearing. 
 
In Series 1, Nyman represents a senior policewoman in a case of sexist bullying at work in 'One of the Lads', while 'Tilting the Odds' sees her helping an equine vet accused of serious professional misconduct. In 'Safe House', a suspected terrorist has his movement and activities severely restricted by the security services - can Nyman clear his name so he can get his life back? 
 
Series 2 features 'A Bad Night Out', in which a man claiming wrongful arrest seeks police compensation; 'Excluded', which sees a teenager facing permanent exclusion from school; and 'Catastrophic Injury', in which a mother claims her baby's cerebral palsy is due to medical negligence and is fighting the hospital for compensation. 
 
In Series 3's 'Contact', a sperm donor is trying to get a court order to allow him to see 'his' daughter, but Nyman's client, the mother, wants him to keep his distance. In 'Section', the barrister hopes to convince a tribunal that a patient who has spent seven years in a secure mental hospital is fit to be released. And in 'Protection', Rebecca represents a man whose wife has been in a minimally conscious state for over three years - should she be allowed to die? 
 
Series 4 includes 'Life Chances', in which Emily has a history of anorexia but is refusing treatment. Should she be force fed? In 'Best Interests', a divorced Charedi Jewish mother has come to the Family Courts to stop her ex-husband changing their children's schools. 'More than Kissing', sees The Court of Protection decide if an 18-year-old with learning difficulties should be allowed to have sex; and in 'Mediation', Maud and Martin's father has died and left his whole estate to a 22-year-old dog walker. Can they challenge the will? Finally, in 'The Balance of Probabilities', a couple fight to get their baby daughter back following the death of their baby son. 
 
Written by award-winning dramatist Clara Glynn, these compelling dramas provide an intriguing glimpse into the little-known world of civil litigation, with all its challenges, complexities and controversies. 
 
Producer/director: David Ian Neville 
 
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Behind Closed Doors: Series 1-4

A gripping BBC Radio 4 legal drama

David Hare

Eight incisive dramas by the internationally-renowned playwright - plus bonus interview 
 
Writer and director David Hare is one of England's leading political dramatists, celebrated for his many award-winning plays analysing the morality of contemporary Britain. This collection comprises some of his most acclaimed pieces, as well as a fascinating radio interview with Hare himself. 
 
It opens with his two acknowledged masterpieces: Plenty and Amy's View. These mesmerising dramas, both spanning several decades, present vivid portraits of strong women diminished by circumstance, metaphorically evoking the changing values and collapsing ideals of the postwar period. These are followed by Knuckle, a fast-paced parody of the American hardboiled thriller set in the Home Counties; and Pravda, co-written with Howard Brenton, a satirical comedy about a monstrous media tycoon. 
 
Also included are The Bay at Nice, set in 1950s Russia and exploring the nature of art and freedom; Skylight, about the reunion between a Thatcherite entrepreneur and his onetime mistress; Racing Demon, the first in a trilogy of plays about British institutions, focusing on the Church of England in crisis; and the play in which Hare made his acting debut: the powerful monologue Via Dolorosa, a meditation on his extraordinary 1997 trip to Israel and Palestine. 
 
Among the stellar cast: Jane Lapotalre, Zoë Wanamaker, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond, Anthony Hopkins, Bill Nighy, Robert Glenister, Stephen Tompkinson, Ronald Pickup, Geoffrey Palmer, Stella Gonet &amp; Paul McGann. 
 
In an interview for the World Service arts programme Meridian, David Hare talks about why he enjoys writing good parts for women, what he believes plays can achieve that other media cannot, and the capacity of art to change society. 
 
Production credits 
Written by David Hare. 
Pravda written by David Hare and Howard Brenton. 
Text copyright © David Hare 1974 (Knuckle), 1978 (Plenty), 1986 (The Bay at Nice), 1990 (Racing Demon), 1995 (Skylight), 1997 (Amy's View), 1998 (Via Dolorosa). Pravda text copyright © David Hare and Howard Brenton 1985. 
All rights reserved. 
Special thanks to The British Library and Keith Wickham for sourcing audio files. 
 
Content list 
 
 
1. Plenty 
2. Amy's View 
3. Knuckle 
4. Pravda 
5. The Bay at Nice 
6. Skylight 
7. Racing Demon 
8. Via Dolorosa 
 
Bonus interview 
Meridian: David Hare 
First broadcast BBC World Service, 21 October 1991 
 
 
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David Hare: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

8 full-cast productions including Plenty, Skylight, Amy’s View & others

David Napthine

Steve Chambers

Seven gripping dramas featuring forensic psychologist and memory expert Dr Joe Aston 
 
Returning to his home town of Middlesborough on a six-month attachment to the Teesside police, criminal psychologist Joe Aston is called in for seven unusual and baffling cases. As a specialist in the controversial field of 'recovered memory', his skills are crucial: only he can uncover the truth by persuading victims, witnesses and suspects to remember what they'd rather forget... 
 
In Doctor Joe Aston Investigates, the 'recall man' tackles the only suspect in a murder case: a scientist suspected of killing her boss. 
 
Making Waves finds a confused diver claiming to have witnessed an old murder: can his memory be trusted? 
 
In Over the Border, Aston probes a taxi driver who may be the sole witness to a gangland killing, but claims to remember nothing. 
 
In Stepping Out, he finds his position under threat when rival psychologist Beth Webster is hired to investigate a spate of attacks on young women. 
 
Taken by Surprise sees Aston resorting to unorthodox methods to secure an identification of the main suspect in a kidnapping case. 
 
In Can't See for Looking, a witness to an arson attack swears she saw a rhinoceros throwing a petrol bomb: can Aston discover what she really saw? 
 
Finally, in Best Forgotten, the forensic psychologist uncovers fresh information about an unsolved robbery from 1952 - but the newfound facts have some unwelcome implications... 
 
Written by David Napthine and Steven Chambers, these gripping dramas star Jeremy Swift as Dr Joe Aston, with Paul Brennen as DC Patten, Janet Dibley as DI Reynolds and Andrew Harrison as DC Hamilton. 
 
 
Credits 
Written by David Napthine and Steven Chambers 
Produced and directed by Toby Swift and Mary Peate 
 
Starring Jeremy Swift as Dr Joe Aston 
 
Doctor Joe Aston Investigates 
Grace Hayle - Rosie Cavaliero 
Dl Karen Dennis - Carolyn Pickles 
Tom Aston - Colin MacLachlan 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
DC Talbot - Sue Scott Davison 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 December 2001 
 
Making Waves 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
Defence Counsel - Andrew Harrison 
George - James Gaddas 
Jane - Elizabeth Carling 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 31 October 2003 
 
Over the Border 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley 
Tommy - Vincent Friell 
DC Hamilton - Andrew Harrison 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 November 2003 
 
Stepping Out 
DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley 
Beth - Tessa Peake-Jones 
Linda - Sue Scott Davison 
Nicola - Suzanne Heathcote 
DC Hamilton - Andrew Harrison 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 14 November 2003 
 
Taken by Surprise 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley 
Bill - Andrew Dunn 
Tony - Gerard McDermott 
Moira - Susan Jameson 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 26 September 2005 
 
Can't See for Looking 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley 
Donna - Sharon Percy 
Billy - Michael Imerson 
Alison - Colleen Prendergast 
Steve - Wayne Foskett 
Asif - Shiv Grewal 
Mickey - Michael Hodgson 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 3 October 2005 
 
Best Forgotten 
DC Patten - Paul Brennen 
DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley 
Tom - Colin MacLachlan 
Frankie - Maurice Roëves 
Sue - Sheila Tait 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 10 October 2005 
 
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The Recall Man

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime drama

Colin Watson

A collection of cosy crime dramas adapted from Colin Watson's 'Flaxborough Chronicles', set in a small Lincolnshire market town in the 1960s and '70s 
 
Inspector Purbright is a thoroughly English policeman: affable, polite, dogged and decent. Created by award-winning crime writer Colin Watson, he appeared in 12 Flaxborough mysteries, four of which were adapted for BBC TV under the title Murder Most English. These five radio dramatisations star Peter Jeffrey, John Pullen and John Rowe as Purbright. 
 
Coffin, Scarcely Used - When newspaper proprietor Marcus Gwill is found dead under an electricity pylon, shortly after the death of his neighbour Harold Carobleat, Inspector Purbright investigates. He soon discovers that something very odd is going on in the seemingly respectable town of Flaxborough. 
 
Bump in the Night - Tuesday nights in Chalmsbury are becoming quite explosive: first a drinking fountain is blown to bits, then the statue of Alderman Berry is decapitated, and the following week a giant glass eye is shattered. On loan from Flaxborough CID, can Purbright find the mystery bomber? 
 
Lonelyheart 4122 - Two middle-aged women have gone missing in Flaxborough, and Purbright's investigations lead him to local marriage bureau Handclasp House. Meanwhile, the resourceful Miss Lucy Teatime has her own interest in the agency... 
 
Charity Ends At Home - The kindly detective probes dark deeds in the world of small-time animal charities - and uncovers a trail of murder and sabotage. 
 
The Naked Nuns - An intercepted telegram hints that Flaxborough is home to human traffickers - and then a tip-off arrives from America that an assassin is on the way. Soon, Inspector Purbright finds himself picking his way through a case of vice and violence... 
 
Content warning: These programmes contain strong language, and some dated attitudes. 
 
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Inspector Purbright

Five BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime dramatisations from The Flaxborough Chronicles

Ayeesha Menon

Matthew Solon

A fast-paced, globe-trotting family saga of wealth, power, revenge and karma - with helicopters, private jets and a tiger reserve 
 
Meet the Majumdars, a family at war - with itself... 
 
Self-made tech mogul Ravi Majumdar fought his way up from nothing to make a billion-dollar fortune. Now he risks losing everything in his single-minded quest to defeat his enemy, Jai Singh: the man he once considered his best friend. Concerned for their inheritance, his children - Ash, the eldest son and would-be heir; Maya the brilliant business student; socialite and ex-Bollywood actress Zara; and sensitive Shaan, who yearns for his father's approval - fight for control of the company. But there are others bidding for the succession: Seraphina, Ravi's 'spiritual advisor', and Amit, their Indian cousin, whose humility belies his ambition... 
 
As Ravi plays 'divide and rule' with his offspring, the multinational corporation he has spent a lifetime building is brought to the brink of collapse. The warring siblings must join forces and work together if they are to see off the competition and save their father's business empire... 
 
Written by Ayeesha Menon and Matthew Solon, this exhilarating drama of high-stake deals and sibling rivalry, set in the world of the super-wealthy, plays out on the grand scale of a Shakespearean tragedy. Recorded in the UK and India, it stars Rajit Kapur as Ravi, with Abhin Galeya as Ash, Amrita Acharia as Maya, Munirih Grace as Zara and Danny Ashok as Shaan. 
 
Production credits 
Written by Ayeesha Menon and Matthew Solon 
Executive produced and directed by John Scott Dryden 
Produced by Emma Hearn and Nadir Khan 
Assistant Producer: Eleanor Mein 
Production Assistant: Anna Calandra 
Original music by Sacha Puttnam 
India Sound Supervisor Ayush Ahuja 
Editing and Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore 
Sound recording by Paul Clark, Ashyar Bulsara and Ayush Ahuja 
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Ravi Majumdar - Rajit Kapur 
Anya - Dolya Gavanski 
Ash - Abhin Galeya 
Maya - Amrita Acharia 
Zara - Munirih Grace 
Shaan - Danny Ashok 
Ian - Finbar Lynch 
Seraphina - Jennifer Armour 
Dr Lincoln - Emma Carter 
Jeet - Ronny Jhutti 
Amit - Tavish Bhattacharyya 
Jai - Vincent Ebrahim 
Karan - Zafar Karachiwala 
Sharma - Neil D'Souza 
Venitia - Laurel Lefkow 
John Myson - Ash Hunter 
Ben - Philip Desmeules 
Beth Mitchell - Natalie Simpson 
All other parts played by Lola Ogunyemi, Matthew Solon, Nadir Khan, Aseem Hattangady and Ayeesha Menon 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 June-1 July 2021 
 
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TakeOver

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama

Joyce Porter

Paul Mendelson

Six entertaining thrillers featuring slovenly sleuth Chief Inspector Dover, Scotland Yard's most unwanted man 
 
Cantankerous and dishevelled, Chief Inspector Dover is no-one's idea of a model detective - but he does have an uncanny knack for solving crimes. In these radio dramas, set in the 1960s and '70s, he and his long-suffering Sergeant, Charlie McGregor, investigate sinister cases of kidnap and murder. The first four are adapted from Joyce Porter's novels, while the latter two are original stories based on her characters. 
 
Dover Goes to Pott - The irascible Chief Inspector travels to the Yorkshire town of Pott Winckle to look into the murder of leading businessman Daniel Wibbley's daughter. 
 
Dover and the Claret Tappers - When Dover is kidnapped, only to be released 36 hours later, he finds himself leading the hunt for a criminal gang. Can he catch them before they strike again? 
 
Dover Beats the Band - A body is found at Didcaster dump, naked, burned and strangled. Dover follows the trail to Rankin's Holiday Ranch and an eccentric group of stamp collectors - but was the dead man really an innocent philatelist? 
 
Dover and the Unkindest Cut of All - Dover's annual seaside break becomes a busman's holiday after his wife witnesses a policeman throwing himself off a cliff. Was it suicide, and is it linked to the recent murder of a local gangster? 
 
Dover and the Sleeping Beauty - Isabel Slatcher has been in an irreversible coma for eight months after being shot outside her local church. Now she has been smothered to death. Are the shooter and the killer the same person, and if so, why did they wait till now to complete their evil deed? 
 
Dover and the Smoking Gun - McGregor takes compassionate leave to return to Glasgow for an old flame's funeral. But was Fiona Gordon's death accidental, or foul play? Dover heads north to find out... 
 
Kenneth Cranham stars as Chief Inspector Dover and Stuart McQuarrie as Sergeant McGregor, with casts including Carolyn Pickles, Crawford Logan, Shaun Prendergast and Frances Grey. 
 
 
Produced and directed by David Ian Neville 
 
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The Chief Inspector Dover Mysteries

Six BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime dramas

Brett Neichin

Janina Matthewson

The hit hopepunk sci-fi thriller starring Anya Chalotra and Chance Perdomo 
 
'Pulse-pounding, breathtaking... like an HBO mini-series for the ear' LA Weekly 
 
When the cryptic Parallax puzzle appears online, it quickly becomes the world's most talked-about conundrum. A complex, multi-level cipher, it has the brightest minds on the planet baffled: but who created it, and why? 
 
Sixteen-year-old Sabrina is obsessed with cracking it - but when she does, she discovers it isn't a game. Caught up in a sinister global conspiracy, she becomes involved with a mysterious international task force, and is recruited to hunt down a serial killer who may not be from this world. 
 
Joined by geeky New Yorker Benny, the second solver of the Parallax, Sabrina embarks on a dangerous journey that turns her world upside down and sees her questioning her past, her parentage, and everything she's ever known... 
 
A fast-moving, heart-stopping story about finding yourself while finding a killer, this blockbuster drama combines edge-of-your-seat storytelling and powerful sound design to create a totally immersive experience. And for those who want to dig deeper, there are also several 'Easter eggs' scattered within the story, in the form of puzzles and pop culture references planted by writer Brett Neichin. A must-listen for fans of Doctor Who, Stranger Things and The OA, The Cipher stars Anya Cholatra (The Witcher) as Sabrina and Chance Perdomo (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Benny, with a stellar cast including Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norrell), Hera Hilmar (Mortal Engines), Olivia Popica (Tyrant), Samuel Adewunmi (The Last Tree) and George Takei (Star Trek). 
 
NB: Contains very strong language and violent scenes 
 
Production credits 
Produced by Emma Hearn 
Director and Executive Producer: John Scott Dryden 
Commissioning Editor: Jason Phipps 
Commissioning Producers: Rachel Simpson, Ella Woods and Eli Sessions 
Written and created by Brett Neichin with additional writing by Janina Matthewson 
Script editing by Mike Walker 
Music by Benbrick and Mark Henry Phillips 
Editing &amp; Sound Design by Steve Bond 
Sound Assistant: Makashe Ogbon 
Assistant Producer: Eleanor Mein 
Trails by Jack Soper 
Recorded at Sonica Studios, London 
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Sounds 
 
Cast 
Sabrina - Anya Chalotra 
Benny - Chance Perdomo 
Harry - Enzo Cilenti 
Isabella - Hera Hilmar 
Mr Ahmed - Nabil Elouahabi 
Dr Usman - Cyril Nri 
Efrat - Olivia Popica 
Lucy - Molly Harris 
Janitor/Ken - Akie Kotabe 
Fergus - Samuel Adewunmi 
Ian - Kerry Shale 
Sara - Nina Yndis 
Katrin/Diane Trumbo - Clare Corbett 
Lucy Rabbit - Molly Harris 
Quentin - Carl Prekopp 
Vincent - Dave McRae 
Lynn - Leanne Best 
Dr Aoki - George Takei 
Japanese Girl - Chloe Okada-Howells 
 
Other parts played by Stephen Mitchell, Philip Desmeules, George Georgiou, Ayeesha Menon, John Scott Dryden, Hugo Dryden 
 
First broadcast BBC Sounds, 26-29 December 2020 
 
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The Cipher

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dolya Gavanski

Ed Stoppard stars as obsessive pianist Alexei in this modern-day take on Dostoevsky's classic The Gambler 
 
When brilliant but penniless pianist Alexei is hired to tutor the 10-year-old daughter of Russian oligarch Mikhail, he is drawn into a world of chance, obsession and violence. Hopelessly infatuated with Mikhail's beautiful stepdaughter Polina, he vows to do anything to win her love: and so begins his involvement in a dangerous, high-stakes game... 
 
Seduced by the lure of the roulette wheel, and embroiled in the complications and machinations of Polina and her family, Alexei's life takes a dark turn. The unexpected arrival of Mikhail's mother Anastasia from Russia offers hope of rescue from financial ruin: but an obsession with risk-taking threatens to destroy everything... 
 
This lively reimagining, set in contemporary London, was written by Dolya Gavanski, who also plays Polina. Ed Stoppard (Home Fires) stars as Alexei, with Eleanor Bron (A Little Princess) as Anastasia and Matthew Marsh (Love, Lies and Records) as Mikhail. 
 
Production credits 
Adapted by Dolya Gavanski, from Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Gambler 
Directed and produced by John Dryden 
Original music composed by Sacha Puttnam 
All music performed by Sacha Puttnam 
Casting: Toby Whale 
Script Editor: Mike Walker 
Sound Design: Steve Bond 
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Alexei - Ed Stoppard 
Mikhail - Matthew Marsh 
Polina - Dolya Gavanski 
Vika - Isabella Blake Thomas 
Astley - Graham Seed 
Francois - Orlando Seale 
Katie - Lucy May Barker 
Inokenti - George Lasha 
Masha - Irina Karatcheva 
Mullighan - Jay Taylor 
Office Worker - Alana Ramsey 
Blake - Timothy Walker 
Anastasia - Eleanor Bron 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17-24 November 2013 
 
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The Russian Gambler

A BBC Radio full-cast adaptation

Vikas Swarup

A ten-part dramatisation of the bestselling thriller by Slumdog Millionaire author Vikas Swarup 
 
Sapna Sinha is a sales assistant in a TV showroom in New Delhi. As the sole breadwinner in the family, she works hard to support her widowed mother and younger sister Neha. Then billionaire Vinay Mohan Acharya walks into her life and offers to make her the CEO of his global empire. All she has to do is pass seven tests - rites of passage, designed to gauge her mettle as a leader. 
 
It seems too good to be true, and Sapna is sceptical. But, in desperate need of money, she signs the contract that will subject her to the series of 'life tests'. She has no idea what they will be, or when they will come, but if she gets through them, her life will change forever. 
 
And change it does - though not in a way she could ever have predicted. As the consequences of her Faustian pact become clear, it seems there is no escape. Only by revisiting her past can she make sense of her present: but nothing can prepare her for what she finds there... 
 
Dramatised by award-winning authors Ayeesha Menon and John Dryden, this gripping, suspenseful drama with a twist in the tale stars Rasika Dugal as Sapna and Vijay Chrishna as Acharya. 
 
 
Production credits 
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and John Dryden from the novel The Accidental Apprentice by Vikas Swarup 
Produced by Nadir Khan 
Directed by John Dryden 
Sound Design: Steve Bond 
Editing Assistant: Varun Bangera 
Script Editor: Mike Walker 
Assistant Producer: Toral Shah 
Music: Sacha Puttnam 
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Sapna - Rasika Dugal 
Acharya - Vijay Chrishna 
Karan - Neil Bhoopalam 
Nirmila Ben/Rosie - Radhika Mital 
Sapna's Mother - Shernaz Patel 
Raja - Sumeet Vyas 
Kuldeep Singh/Roaji - Rajit Kapur 
Neha - Amrita Puri 
Priya Capoor/Pushpa/Female Judge - Ayesha Raza 
Badan Singh/Politician/Constable - Kenny Desai 
Madan - Vivek Madan 
Neelam - Prerna Chawla 
Babli/Janet - Preetika Chawla 
Rent Collector - Satchit Puranik 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 19-30 May 2014 
 
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The Seventh Test

A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation of The Accidental Apprentice

All eleven episodes of the detective serial set &amp; recorded in Mumbai 
 
Inspector Alia Khan is a tough, determined female cop struggling to make her mark in a male-dominated world. As she fights to uncover crime and corruption, she must also battle the endemic sexism of the police force, and the patronising, chauvinist attitudes of her boss and colleagues - as well as dealing with her own personal demons. 
 
In Series 1, landed with a new partner, she investigates a rescued baby, a missing husband, a child prostitution ring and strange goings-on at a psychiatric hospital. When a glamour model is found dead in a five-star hotel, she sets out on the trail of Bollywood's leading heart-throb, and uncovers murder, political scandal - and the truth about her policeman father's death. 
 
In Series 2, the disgraced police inspector has just been released from jail. Seeking a life of obscurity, she gets a job as a receptionist in a run-down Mumbai hotel. But when a serial killer starts operating on the rooftop, Alia is called in. Paired up with incompetent Inspector Ratna Shinde, she soon realises that the murderer is trying to communicate with her through the victims themselves... 
 
Series 3 finds Alia going undercover after suspicions are raised about a young woman's death. When Nyla Ansari is found in a bathtub in her parents' home, a bottle of pills beside her, it looks like suicide. Then a video is discovered, made by Nyla a year before. In it, she claims her father, a wealthy Indian businessman, was going to kill her. Posing as a newly married couple, Alia and her male colleague Junaid Qureshi move into the flat next door. Their mission: befriend Nyla's family, friends and servants, and find out the truth... 
 
Written by Ayeesha Menon, these fast-paced crime thrillers, recorded on location in India, star Prerna Chawal as Alia, with Anand Tiwari, Rajit Kapur, Shivani Tanksale, Tavish Bhattacharya, Rohit Malkani and Radhika Mital. 
 
Production credits 
Written by Ayeesha Menon 
Script Editors: Mike Walker and Phillip Shelley 
Produced by Nadir Khan 
Directed, recorded and edited by John Dryden 
Assistant Producer/Production Manager: Toral Shah 
Production Assistant: Vivek Madan 
Editing Assistants: Andrew Lewis, Aditya Khanna and Varrunn Bangera 
Music: Sacha Putnam 
Sound Recordists: Hitesh Chaurasia and Ayush Ahuja 
Sound Design: Steve Bond 
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4 
 
Cast 
Alia - Prerna Chawla 
Nakul - Anand Tiwari 
Inspector Desai/Parvez - Rajit Kapur 
Mrs Gomes - Radhika Mittal 
Popo - Rohit Malkani 
Alia's father - Zafar Karachiwala 
Vikram Naresh - Darius Shroff 
Commissioner Kripalani - Jayant Kripalani 
Ratna - Shivani Tanksale 
Jamal - Kenny Desai 
Yamraj - Abhay Mahajan 
Meenakshi - Ratnabali Bhattacharjee 
Faisal - Prashant Prakash 
Bala - Prabal Panjabi 
Hotel Manager - Joy Sengupta 
Principal Pandey - Sohrab Ardeshir 
Inspector Siddiqui - Adhir Bhat 
Home Minister - Satchit Puranik 
Dhruv - Neil Bhoopalam 
Shaina Patel - Preetika Chawla 
Junaid - Tavish Bhattacharya 
Shahnaz - Shernaz Patel 
Jaz - Sukant Goel 
Roopkala - Lovleen Mishra 
Bhupinder - Aseem Hattangady 
Patel - Jaimini Pathak 
Roopkala's son - Ajitesh Gupta 
Dr. Rao - Sohrab Ardeshir 
Dr. Rameshwari - Anahita Uberoi 
Sam/Inspector Kaur/Ensemble - Vivek Madan 
Pander/Bartender/Ensemble - Nadir Khan 
Nyla/Adele/Ensemble - Abir Abrar 
Poona/Ensemble - Kamakshi Rai 
Boy - Dhruv Hemdev 
With Karan Pandit, Faezeh Jalali, Devika Shahani-Punjabi, Ayeesha Menon, Ankur Vikal 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 9-14 September 2013 (Series 1), 18-19 August 2015 (Series 2), 11-13 September 2019 
 
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Undercover Mumbai

A BBC Radio full-cast drama

William Ingram

Richard Davies

Maurice Travers

Barry Campbell

Roald Dahl

Rene Basilico

Elizabeth Morgan

Charles Birkin

Twenty tales of terror and suspense, brought to you by sinister storyteller Vincent Price 
 
Horror legend Vincent Price presents an anthology of eerie, unsettling tales with a devilish twist - some purportedly based on his own adventures, others narrated by him in his own inimitable style. 
 
Listen to his horrifying accounts of an unnerving piscatorial experience Down Under, a violinist with very special hands, a Bonfire Night party when a bullying father disappeared and a secretary's murderous revenge. Here, too, are the spine-chilling stories of a beloved cat with an unusual inheritance, a scientist whose experiments on his own son lead to unforeseen danger and a phoney clairvoyant and her client, who seeks a preview of eternity... 
 
Among the star casts are Garard Green, Peter Cushing, Bill Kerr, Coral Browne, Christopher Bidmead, Adrienne Corri, Betty Huntley-Wright, Freddie Jones, Edward Woodward, Annette Crosbie, Maurice Denham and Hywel Bennett. 
 
Production credits 
Presented by and starring Vincent Price 
Produced by John Dyas 
 
Remains to be Seen 
Dramatised by William Ingram from the story by Jack Ritchie. First broadcast BBC World Service, 1 September 1973 
 
William and Mary 
Dramatised by Barry Campbell from the story by Roald Dahl. First broadcast BBC World Service, 8 September 1973 
 
Cat's Cradle 
Dramatised by Richard Davis from the story 'The Squaw' by Bram Stoker. First broadcast BBC World Service, 15 September 1973 
 
Meeting in Athens 
Dramatised by Maurice Travers from the story 'So Pale, So Cold, So Fair' by Charles Birkin. 
First broadcast BBC World Service, 22 September 1973 
 
The Man Who Hated Scenes 
Dramatised by William Ingram from the story by Robert Arthur. First broadcast BBC World Service, 29 September 1973 
 
Lot 132 
Written and dramatised by Elizabeth Morgan. First broadcast BBC World Service, 6 October 1973 
 
The Waxwork 
Dramatised by Barry Campbell from the story by AM Burrage. First broadcast BBC World Service, 13 October 1973 
 
Fish 
Written and dramatised by Rene Basilico. First broadcast BBC World Service, 20 October 1973 
 
Soul Music 
Written and dramatised by William Ingram. First broadcast BBC World Service, 27 October 1973 
 
Guy Fawkes' Night 
Written and dramatised by Richard Davis. First broadcast BBC World Service, 3 November 1973 
 
Come As You Are 
Written and dramatised by William Ingram. First broadcast BBC World Service, 6 April 1974 
 
The Ninth Removal 
Dramatised by Barry Campbell from the story by R Chetwynd Hayes. First broadcast BBC World Service, 20 April 1974 
 
An Eye for an Eye 
Written by William Ingram. First broadcast BBC World Service, 27 April 1974 
 
Blind Man's Bluff 
Written and dramatised by William Ingram. First broadcast BBC World Service, 4 May 1974 
 
Goody Two Shoes 
Written and dramatised by William Ingram. First broadcast BBC World Service, 30 May 1983 
 
To My Dear, Dear Saladin 
Written by William Ingram. First broadcast BBC World Service, 6 June 1983 
 
The Family Album 
Written by William Ingram. First broadcast BBC World Service, 13 June 1983 
 
Out of the Mouths 
Written by William Ingram. First broadcast BBC World Service, 20 June 1983 
 
Not Wanted on the Voyage 
Written by William Ingram. First broadcast BBC World Service, 27 June 1983 
 
Is There Anybody There? 
Written by William Ingram. Music by Derek Price 
First broadcast BBC World Service, 4 July 1983 
 
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The Price of Fear: 20 tales of suspense told by Vincent Price

A BBC Radio 4 vintage horror series

John Dickson Carr

Eight BBC Radio crime dramas featuring Golden Age detective Gideon Fell, starring Donald Sinden 
 
With his cape, canes and shovel hat, portly amateur sleuth Dr Gideon Fell cuts an eccentric figure - but his odd appearance belies his sharp intellect and astonishing faculty for deduction. Created by crime novelist John Dickson Carr, and supposedly based on fellow author G. K. Chesterton, Dr Fell appeared in 23 novels between 1933 and 1967. This radio collection comprises all eight of the BBC adaptations based on Carr's bestselling books. 
 
The Hollow Man - Dr Gideon Fell becomes embroiled in an intriguing locked room mystery when an illusionist threatens an eminent professor. 
 
The House in Gallows Lane - 1936, and the peace of a small English village is disrupted by a mysterious death in this captivating drama adapted from the novel Till Death Do Us Part. 
 
To Wake the Dead - On the eve of King George VI's coronation, a woman is murdered in a grand London hotel. But this death is not the first of its kind... 
 
The Blind Barber - When a brutal killing takes place on an ocean liner, the engraving on the murder weapon provides a vital clue. 
 
The Black Spectacles - Three people witness a murder, yet none of them can agree about what they have seen. 
 
The Mad Hatter Mystery- A young journalist is found murdered at Traitors' Gate in fog-bound London, a crossbow through his heart and a top hat on his head. 
 
He Who Whispers - Dr Fell becomes involved in a seemingly supernatural murder, in which the victim was found entirely alone at the top of an isolated medieval tower in France. 
 
Below Suspicion - The stifling respectability of a South London suburb is rocked by a spate of ruthless poisonings - and as Fell investigates, he uncovers a sinister black magic cult... 
 
Donald Sinden stars as Gideon Fell, with John Hartley as Superintendent Hadley. Among the supporting casts are Nigel Davenport, Wendy Craig, Patrick Allen, Andrew Wincott and James Fleet. 
 
Written by John Dickson Carr 
Dramatised by Peter Ling 
Produced and directed by Enyd Williams 
 
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Dr Gideon Fell: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection

Eight full-cast crime dramas from the Golden Age of detective fiction

Simon Brett

Jeremy Front

Actor and sleuth Charles Paris is back in this full-cast BBC radio dramatisation of Simon Brett's novel, starring Bill Nighy 
 
Locked down with his semi-detached wife Frances, Charles has thrown himself into a new career as a handyman, becoming quite the DIY expert. He's developed muscles, stopped smoking and even cut back on the booze. 
 
Then his agent, Maurice, offers him the chance to get back on stage - and in a West End play, no less. The star, Justin Grover, asked for him specifically: but Charles has reservations. Grover was cocky enough when they were both young hopefuls; now he's the star of a massive TV fantasy series, and the play - a verbatim piece set in a monastery - is dire. 
 
So why has Justin signed up for it? He certainly doesn't need the money, unlike Charles. The cast is drearily male, and before long Charles is hitting the Scotch again. When he drunkenly stumbles over the corpse of a fellow actor, Charles panics, leaving the body to be discovered by someone else. But he soon regrets lying to the police, and driven by guilt and self-preservation, he resolves to find the murderer... 
 
This sparkling adaptation by Jeremy Front stars Bill Nighy (Emma, Love Actually) as Charles Paris, with Suzanne Burden as Frances and Jon Glover as Maurice. 
 
Credits 
Written by Simon Brett 
Adapted by Jeremy Front 
Directed by Sally Avens 
 
Cast 
Charles Paris........................Bill Nighy 
Frances........................Suzanne Burden 
Maurice........................Jon Glover 
Justin ........................Tony Turner 
Lydia ........................Ria Marshall 
Kit ........................Joseph Ayre 
Brendan ........................Jonathan Kydd 
Nina ........................Marilyn Nnadebe 
D.S. Dalby ........................Stewart Campbell 
Alice/Peaches ........................Elinor Coleman 
Kelly/Dervla ........................Jane Slavin 
Bethan ........................Christine Kavanagh 
Neil ........................Simon Ludders 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 3-24 September 2021 
 
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Charles Paris: A Deadly Habit

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

Shaun Prendergast

A tense six-part techno-thriller, set during the era of George Bush and Boris Yeltsin 
 
Mike Fisher has everything to live for: a stunning model girlfriend, who has just accepted his proposal, and a successful career as a computer programmer. So why would he suddenly resign, dress up in women's underwear and crash his car into a tree? And if he wanted to kill himself, why do it on his wedding day? 
 
His death is ruled as suicide, but his fiancée Kim Drake is sure there's more to it than meets the eye. Determined to find out what really happened, she retraces Mike's footsteps across Europe, where she learns he'd been keeping crucial secrets relating to his highly sensitive job at Peregrine Communications Systems and his involvement with certain disaffected members of the European intelligence community. 
 
Aided by ex-Stasi agent Otto, rock producer Charles Causley and Mike's brother, disabled cyperpunk genius Todd Fisher, she travels across Germany, Denmark and France in search of answers. But Kim's every move is being watched by the sinister Mr Stone, and her dogged investigations are putting her in terrible danger... 
 
First broadcast in 1992, this hard-hitting, electrifying drama was created by award-winning writer and actor Shaun Prendergast, who plays Otto. It stars Siriol Jenkins as Kim, Kenneth Cranham as Stone, Neil Roberts as Mike, Okon Jones as Charles and Jack Klaff as Todd. 
 
Production credits 
Written by Shaun Prendergast 
Produced and directed by Adrian Bean 
Technical presentation by Wilfredo Acosta, Michael Atherton and Ian Pratt 
 
Cast 
Kim Drake - Siriol Jenkins 
Mike Fisher - Neil Roberts 
Anne/Optician's receptionist/Jean/Clearwater - Kate Binchy 
Frank/Otto/Burns - Shaun Prendergast 
Miss Gee - Ann Davies 
Stone - Kenneth Cranham 
Todd - Jack Klaff 
DI Dear - Eric Alan 
DS Love - Jonathan Tafler 
John Maschler - Terence Edmond 
Emma/Nurse Lewis - Caroline Strong 
Mary/WPC - Nicola Boyce 
Charles - Okon Jones 
Wilson - Peter Gunn 
Doris Meyer/Computer/Hotel receptionist - Joanna Wake 
Helga/Prostitute - Melanie Hudson 
DI Dear - Eric Allen 
DS Love/Victor - Jonathan Tafler 
Seeta Kumar - Mamta Kaash 
Welkin/Journalist - William Roberts 
Jill Noone - Alice Arnold 
Nelson - Kenneth McClellan 
Doctor - Teresa Streatfield 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 23 April-28 May 1992 
 
 
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Only The Good Die Young

A BBC Radio 4 Thriller

Dick Francis

Fast-paced radio dramatisations of six of Dick Francis' classic racing thrillers, plus bonus documentary 
 
Enquiry 
After riding the favourite into second place, jockey Kelly Hughes loses his licence. But he didn't throw the race, and is determined to find out who framed him... 
 
Rat Race 
A cushy job transporting passengers between racecourses turns dangerous for pilot Matt Shore when his plane explodes and he's embroiled in a deadly plot. 
 
Bonecrack 
Abducted by masked men, Neil Griffon is faced with a deadly ultimatum - obey the instructions of a ruthless crime czar, or risk the destruction of his father's racing stables. 
 
Whip Hand 
Disabled ex-jockey turned investigator Sid Halley is faced with a triple threat when he is asked to guard a horse, probe a suspicious syndicate and find a swindler. 
 
Proof 
When a party to celebrate the success of the racing season ends in tragedy, wine dealer and amateur sleuth Tony Beach investigates. 
 
Bolt 
Asked by a princess to fend off a dangerous cousin who is making threats, Kit Fielding agrees to help. But he also has problems of his own to deal with... 
 
Among the casts of these six action-packed adaptations are Bill Nighy, Nigel Havers and Siân Phillips. 
 
Also included is a bonus episode of the Radio 4 series Great Lives, presented by Matthew Parris, in which Francis' biographer Graham Lord, chairman of the British Horseracing Board Martin Broughton and racing correspondent Jonathan Powell explore the life and work of the champion thriller writer. 
 
Please note that due to the age of some of these recordings, sound quality may vary. 
 
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The Dick Francis BBC Radio Drama Collection

Six full-cast dramatisations

Sara Paretsky

BBC radio productions of the first four bestselling V.I. Warshawski novels from Sara Paretsky - plus a short story featuring the hardboiled PI, read by Buffy Davis 
 
One of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime fiction, Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski is a strong, smart, independent heroine in a male-dominated world. She tracks down corrupt businessmen, ruthless blackmailers and cold-blooded murderers - while trying not to get killed herself. 
 
Indemnity Only 
The first novel in the V.I. Warshawski series introduces one of the world's best-loved private detectives. V.I. meets an anonymous client on a sizzling summer night, but soon discovers that he has been lying to her. As she questions his motives, she sinks deeper into Chicago's underworld of gangsters, insurance fraud and contract killings. Read by Liza Ross. 
 
Deadlock 
At the funeral of her cousin, ice hockey hero Boom Boom, V.I. becomes suspicious that his death wasn't an accident. Her investigation leads her to the heart of Chicago's shipping industry, where someone powerful will stop at nothing to get her off the case. A full-cast dramatisation, adapted by Michelene Wandor and starring Kathleen Turner. 
 
Killing Orders 
When forged share certificates are discovered at a Dominican priory, V.I. really doesn't want to get involved. Because agreeing to investigate would mean doing a favour for Aunt Rosa, who hates her - and the feeling's mutual. A full-cast dramatisation, adapted by Michelene Wandor and starring Kathleen Turner. 
 
Bitter Medicine 
Private eye V.I. Warshawski suspects all is not well at a hospital after a young pregnant girl dies. A full-cast dramatisation, adapted by Michelene Wandor and starring Sharon Gless. 
 
Publicity Stunts 
V.I. Warshawski is being set up for a murder she didn't commit - of a woman she hardly knew. Can she find out the truth before the law closes in on her? Read by Buffy Davis.

V.I. Warshawski: A BBC Radio Collection

Indemnity Only, Deadlock, Killing Orders & Bitter Medicine

Victor Pemberton

A trio of terrifying radio tales starring Roger Delgado, Vincent Price and Honor Blackman 
 
Author, playwright and TV producer Victor Pemberton was probably best known as a script editor and writer for Doctor Who, and as the inventor of the Doctor's trademark sonic screwdriver. But he also created numerous dramas for radio, among them the three cult classics included here. 
 
The Slide - In the Kent new town of Redlow, the residents are shocked by a sudden earthquake. But a worse subterranean threat is still to emerge. When a torrent of mud oozes from the fissure and the local wildlife begins to die, expert seismologist Professor Gomez is called in. His analysis reveals the awful truth: the mud is sentient, intelligent - and lethal... Roger Delgado and Maurice Denham star in this thrilling seven-part sci-fi serial. 
 
Night of the Wolf - March, 1883, and a monster is on the loose in the East Anglian Fens... Concerned about his missing son, Robert, Judge Mathew Deacon travels from Pennysylvania to Cambridge to find out what has become of him. His inquiries lead him to the remote Northcott Manor, deep in the marsh country, where he finds a family hiding dark secrets - and comes face to face with a werewolf... This Gothic horror play stars Vincent Price and Coral Browne. 
 
Dark- Virginia's lover was murdered and her husband hanged. Then, years later, inexplicable events occur in the room where the murder took place. Summoned to investigate, medium Simon Elliott becomes possessed by people from the past. Can the dead really return to exert control over the living? Honor Blackman, Bessie Love and Nigel Anthony star in this suspenseful paranormal thriller. 
 
 
Produced by John Tydeman 
 
The Slide 
Professor Josef Gomez - Roger Delgado 
Hugh Deverill MP - Maurice Denham 
Janet Marshall - Elisabeth Proud 
Dr Ken Richards - David Spenser 
Anna Deverill - Marion Mathie 
'Tug' Wilson - Stephen Jack 
Mrs Wilson - Miriam Margolyes 
Sergeant Johnson - Wilfred Babbage 
Inspector Baxter - Geoffrey Matthews 
Constable/First Journalist/Pilot - Anthony Jackson 
Professor Landers - Rolf Lefebvre 
Professor Lippert - Allan McClelland 
Newscaster/AC2 Gibbons - Nigel Graham 
Mrs Luke - Noel Hood 
Nursing Sister - Eva Haddon 
Sorensen - Fraser Kerr 
RAF Corporal - Anthony Hall 
Barry - Glyn Dearman 
Nurse - Patricia Leventon 
Dr Robeson - Michael Kilgarriff 
Second Journalist - Hector Ross 
Third Journalist/Policeman/Ground Control - Brian Hewlett 
American Journalist - Peter Marinker 
Vicar - Noel Howlett 
Margaret Griffiths MP - Joan Matheson 
TV Interviewer - Henry Stamper 
Special effects: The BBC Radiophonic Workshop 
First broadcast BBC Radio Light Programme, 13 February-27 March 1966 
 
Night of the Wolf 
Judge Mathew Deacon - Vincent Price 
Robert Deacon, his son - Peter Whitman 
Mrs Northcott - Coral Browne 
Sybil, her daughter - Sheila Grant 
Dorothy, Sybil's daughter - Elizabeth Proud 
Nicholas, Sybil's son - John Rye 
Griffin, an undergraduate - Michael Cochrane 
Professor Forrester - Hugh Manning 
Sir Richard Burnett - Haydn Jones 
Morris - Paul Gaymon 
Jessie - Norma Ronald 
Technical assistants Jock Parrell, Marsail MacCuish, David Bitchinson and Alister Wilson 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9 August 1975 
 
Dark 
Virginia Preston - Honor Blackman 
Mother - Bessie Love 
Simon Elliott - Nigel Anthony 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 February 1978 
 
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Vintage BBC Radio Horror: The Slide, Night of the Wolf & Dark

Three full-cast supernatural thrillers

All ten episodes of the compelling BBC radio thriller about art forger Daniel Ballantyne and his biographer and nemesis, Jessica Brown 
 
Daniel Ballantyne: monster and angel, thief and conman, genius - and murderer? 
 
Newly released from Wormwood Scrubs, and dying of cancer, notorious art forger Daniel Ballantyne agrees to help art critic Jessica Brown write his biography. But as Jessica digs deeper into his life, she realises that nearly everything he's told her is a lie, and behind his charming persona is a man capable of almost anything. 
 
Trapped in a cat-and-mouse game with a master manipulator, Jessica finds herself putting her reputation - and her life - on the line... 
 
Written by Philip Palmer (Red and Blue, Keeping the Wolf Out), this wickedly enjoyable crime drama stars David Schofield as Daniel Ballantyne, with Indira Varma and Hattie Morahan as Jessica Brown. 
 
NB: Contains strong language and scenes which some listeners may find disturbing 
 
Production credits 
Written by Philip Palmer 
Produced and directed by Toby Swift 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22-26 June 2009 (Series 1), 20-24 December 2010 (Series 2) 
 
Cast 
Daniel Ballantyne - David Schofield 
Jessica Brown - Indira Varma/Hattie Morahan 
Ben - Matt Addis 
Andrew Jarrold - Jonathan Keeble/Harry Myers 
Claire de Vere - Belinda Lang 
DI Grimwood/Art dealer - John Biggins 
Stavros Persakis - Malcolm Tierney 
Museum curator - Philip Fox 
DS Ruckley/Taxi driver - Benjamin Askew 
Moisha Perez/Stefan Hunt - Stephen Greif 
Lisa - Pandora Colin 
DC Morgan - Sally Orrock 
Gondolier/Waiter - Iain Batchelor 
Other parts played by Kenneth Collard and Jude Akuwudike 
 
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The Art of Deception: The Complete Series 1 and 2

A BBC Radio 4 crime drama

Stephen Mulrine

Series 1 &amp; 2 of the mystery drama featuring the crime-solving exploits of a Scottish pathologist and his daughter. 
 
1920s Stirling, and Chief Pathologist Dr Wallace is the town's acknowledged expert on all matters forensic. But he's not the only detective in the family - his daughter Barbara, a medical student, also has quite a talent for investigating. In these six one-off dramas, the two amateur sleuths join forces to tackle a string of tricky cases, each involving a suspicious death. 
 
A Good Shaking - When a woman is accused of killing her three-month-old daughter, Dr Wallace and Barbara are determined to discover the truth. 
 
Fast and Loose - Two mysterious deaths, in Glasgow and Stirling, intrigue the duo. Sleeping pills seem like the simplest solution for one, but could the other be linked to dry cleaning fluid? 
 
Rights and Wrongs - Dr Wallace finds himself in court as a witness in a malpractice case. Meanwhile, Barbara ponders some moral questions of her own... 
 
Testing Times - A grim discovery in Braeburn Quarry draws Dr Wallace into a double murder case. And at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, with exam season approaching, Barbara suddenly finds herself in demand. 
 
Win Some, Lose Some - A Lake District holiday beckons for Dr Wallace, but there's a crucial piece of evidence to be delivered afterwards. In her father's absence, Barbara looks into an alleged poisoning case - and receives a surprise proposal. 
 
Not Proven- A doubtful suicide presents Dr Wallace and DC Curran with a perplexing puzzle - and Barbara is faced with a difficult career decision... 
 
Scripted by acclaimed poet and playwright Stephen Mulrine, these six absorbing dramas star Martyn James as Dr Wallace and Meg Fraser as Barbara, with Liam Brennan as DC Curran. 
 
Please note: this audio contains language and attitudes that reflect the era in which it was written. 
 
A Good Shaking 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
DC Curran - Liam Brennan 
Mrs Dwyer - Alyxis Daly 
Mr Dwyer - Owen Kavanagh 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
Mrs Hamilton - Grace Glover 
Dr Ibbotson - Louise Beattie 
Crissie - Sybil Wintrope 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 21 October 1996 
 
Fast and Loose 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
Lady Archer - Eliza Langland 
Kennedy - Kern Falconer 
DC Curran - Liam Brennan 
Mrs Hamilton - Grace Glover 
Davidson - Billy Boyd 
Dr Ibbotson - Louise Beattie 
Celine - Maria Miller 
Beth - Elaine Ellis 
DC Norton - Barry Hunter 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 October 1996 
 
Rights and Wrongs 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
Lorrimer - Paul Young 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
Mrs Hamilton - Grace Glover 
Sheriff - Andrew Conlan 
Dr Randolph - Alec Heggie 
Considine - Michael Perceval Maxwell 
McDaid - Alex Harvey 
O'Donnell - Raymond Short 
Martin - Bob Docherty 
Dr Ibbotson - Louise Beattie 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4 November 1996 
 
Testing Times 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
Mrs Hamilton - Grace Glover 
DC Curran/McPhee - Liam Brennan 
Dr Randolph - Alec Heggie 
Pritchard - Michael Perceval-Maxwell 
O'Donnell - Billy Boyd 
McDaid - Frank Gallagher 
Miss Strachan - Fiona Danskin 
Mrs Ross - Andrea McKenna 
Examiner - Peter Lincoln 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8 December 1997 
 
Win Some, Lose Some 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
DC Curran - Liam Brennan 
Pritchard - Michael Perceval-Maxwell 
Mrs Hendry - Elizabeth Bechman-Murray 
Pritchard - Michael Perceval-Maxwell 
Davey - Finlay Welsh 
Signalman - Martin Docherty 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 December 1997 
 
Not Proven 
Wallace - Martyn James 
Barbara - Meg Fraser 
Pritchard - Michael Perceval-Maxwell 
O'Donnell/Startley - Billy Boyd 
Mrs Hamilton - Grace Glover 
DC Curran - Liam Brennan 
Mrs Wallace - Jan Moffatt 
Dr Ibbotson - Louise Beattie 
McDaid - Frank Gallagher 
Dr Randolph - Alec Heggie 
Atkinson - Robin Thomson 
Helen - Jane Hemsey 
 
Other parts played by members of the cast 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 December 1997 
 
 
Written by Stephen Mulrine 
Directed by Hamish Wilson 
Technical presentation by Jim Ross, Gillian Charles and Paul Sumerling 
Production assistant: Wilma Gardiner 
 
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Hand in Glove – The Casebook of Dr Wallace

Six BBC Radio 4 Crime Dramas

Rob Grant

Andrew Marshall

London, England, 1952. 
 
Meet the mercurial genius Professor Quanderhorn (James Fleet) - a maverick scientist with absolutely no moral compass. Join him and his rag-tag crew on their frontal-lobe-knotting escapades as they: 
 
· Battle insane hybrid creatures: the Gorrirrel and the Squirrilla, to the death! 
· Become Gods to a Stone Age tribe 
· Are engulfed in a Martian invasion of Earth 
· Escape shipwreck on the Moon in a spacecraft powered by anger 
· Evade multiple fiendish traps in the Alien Ziggurat of Death 
· Tussle with a Top Secret Parrot 
· Become terminally confused when they encounter their past selves in a Time accident... 
 
Will our crew of Brave Boffins survive? 
 
And what a crew they are: Q's part insect son, Troy, reputedly a "major breakthrough in Artificial Stupidity" (Freddie Fox); eager young Test Pilot and recovering amnesiac, Brian Nylon (Ryan Sampson); brilliant scientist Dr. Gemini Janussen with her half-clockwork brain (Cassie Layton); captured Martian hostage Guuuurk (Kevin Eldon); sinister janitor Jenkins (John Sessions), and synthetic-voice-commentator-later-inserted-into-diving-suit, Dolores (Rachel Atkins). 
 
Plug in your blue and red cardboard airpods and pair your tin foil router with the Droitwich transmitter array for an adventure beyond human understanding. 
 
Get it now, in Super-Vis-O-Download-O-Sound! [patent refused] 
 
This Collexion includes both series of the BBC Radio 4 sci-fi comedy, plus ten never-before-heard deleted scenes and interviews with the cast and crew. 
 
Track listing: 
 
Series 1: 
1. It's Eating My Face 
2. Mummy! My Donkey's Head is Exploding 
3. A Little Thing Like Chocolate Gates Can't Stop Us 
4. The Splattered Remains of Unidentifiable Organs Incident All Over Again 
5. Fear! Terror! Gut-wrenching Horror! Arg Arg. Please! 
6. Dah dah dah dah dah dahh Dah dah dah dah dahhh... 
 
Series 2: 
7. Killdiboos and Universibold Explodibangbang 
8. Shoveleth in More Hazlenuts! 
9. Wasp 
10. I Didn't Say it was Well Cloaked 
11. Am I Actually the Other Half of Gemma Emma Emma? 
12. I Heregy Thind You Guilky 
 
Deleted scenes: 
 13. Psychopathic Wasp (Series 1, Ep 6) 
14. Crockery Cupboard (Series 1, Ep 6) 
 15. Guuuurk Diary (Series 2, Ep1) 
 16. Nut Merchant (Series 2, Ep 2) 
 17. Bongo-playing Beatniks from Under the Sea (Series 2, Ep 4) 
 18. Martian Training (Series 2, Ep 4) 
 19. Martian Countdown (Series 2, Ep 5) 
20. Churchill Full Speech (Series 2, Ep 5) 
 21. Quanderhorn Prison Diary (Series 2, Ep 5) 
 22. Make your own Martian Opera Tracks (Series 2, Ep 6) 
 
Cast and crew interviews: 
23. Gordon interviews Rob, Andrew and sound designer Alisdair MacGregor 
24. Rob and Andrew interview composer Peter Brewis 
25. Gordon interviews Freddie Fox 
26. Gordon interviews John Sessions 
27. Gordon interviews Rachel Atkins and James Fleet 
28. Gordon interviews Ryan Sampson and Cassie Layton 
29. Gordon interviews Kevin Eldon 
 
Cast and credits: 
Professor Quanderhorn - James Fleet 
Brian Nylon - Ryan Sampson 
Dr Gemini Janussen - Cassie Layton 
Guuuurk - Kevin Eldon 
Troy Quanderhorn - Freddie Fox 
Churchill/Jenkins - John Sessions 
Synthetic Voice/Mrs Bessie Braddock (MP)/Virginia White/Dolores - Rachel Atkins 
Created and written by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall 
 Directed by Andrew Marshall 
 Music by Peter Brewis 
 Engineered, Edited and Sound designed by Alisdair McGregor 
 Production Manager: Sarah Tombling 
 Produced by Rob Grant and Gordon Kennedy 
 Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios 
Special Thanks to Edward Rowett 
 
An Absolutely Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2018 (Series 1) and May 2020 (Series 2).

The Quanderhorn Collexion

The complete BBC Radio 4 sci-fi comedy

Jonathan Swift

Robert Louis Stevenson

Arthur Conan Doyle

H.G. Wells

John Buchan

Unabridged readings of five gripping adventure stories 
 
This thrilling anthology contains five action-packed tales of incredible journeys, a murderous treasure hunt, invaders from outer space and international espionage - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors. With over 33 hours of exciting listening, tracked by chapter, let yourself get carried away with these classic adventures. 
 
Gulliver's Travels 
Jonathan Swift's dark satire following Lemuel Gulliver's fantastical travels through strange and exotic lands. Read by Tony Turner. 
 
Kidnapped 
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story of David Balfour's youthful adventures on the high seas and across the Scottish Highlands. Read by Kenny Blyth. 
 
The Sign of the Four 
Arthur Conan Doyle's intriguing locked-room mystery follows Holmes and Watson as they uncover a murky tale of theft, betrayal and greed. Read by Kenny Blyth. 
 
The War of the Worlds 
HG Wells' iconic sci-fi story about the battle to save Earth from a Martian invasion. Read by Michael Bertenshaw. 
 
The Thirty-Nine Steps 
John Buchan's stirring tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war. Read by Kenny Blyth. 
 
Credits: 
 
Gulliver's Travels 
Read by Tony Turner 
Produced by Ross Burman 
First broadcast on BBC Sounds, 1 November 2019 
 
Kidnapped 
Read by Kenny Blyth 
Produced by Ciaran Bermingham 
First broadcast on BBC Sounds, 24 August 2019 
 
The Sign of the Four 
Read by Kenny Blyth 
Produced by Ciaran Bermingham 
First broadcast on BBC Sounds, 22 August 2019 
 
The War of the Worlds 
Read by Michael Bertenshaw 
Produced by Martha Littlehailes 
First broadcast on BBC Sounds, 23 August 2019 
 
The Thirty-Nine Steps 
Read by Kenny Blyth 
Produced by Karen Holden 
First broadcast on BBC Sounds, 1 November 2019 
 
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BBC Classics: Adventure Collection

Gulliver’s Travels, Kidnapped, The Sign of Four, The War of the Worlds & The Thirty-Nine Steps

Mary Shelley

Charles Dickens

Henry James

Unabridged readings of four spine-tingling stories 
 
This suspenseful anthology collects together four gripping tales of gruesome scientific experiments and chilling supernatural events - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors. With over 18 hours of electrifying listening, tracked by chapter, these classic tales will have you on the edge of your seat. 
 
Frankenstein 
Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece about young scientist Victor Frankenstein, whose quest to create new life has horrific consequences... Read by Shaun Mason. 
 
A Christmas Carol 
Charles Dickens' timeless classic about a bitter old miser who has a Christmas epiphany when he is visited by four spirits. Read by Sean Baker 
 
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 
Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novella about a doctor who experiments with the duality of human nature - and in doing so creates a monster. Read by Sam Dale. 
 
The Turn of the Screw 
Henry James' terrifying tale of a governess sent to look after two children in a haunted country house. Read by Sam Dale and Clare Corbett. 
 
 
Credits: 
 
Frankenstein 
Read by Shaun Mason 
Produced by Martha Littlehailes 
First broadcast on BBC Sounds, 24 August 2019 
 
A Christmas Carol 
Read by Sean Baker 
Produced by Anne Bunting 
First broadcast on BBC Sounds, 22 August 2019 
 
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 
Read by Sam Dale 
Produced by Julian Wilkinson 
First broadcast on BBC Sounds, 22 August 2019 
 
The Turn of the Screw 
Read by Sam Dale and Clare Corbett 
Produced by Julian Wilkinson 
First broadcast on BBC Sounds, 1 November 2019 
 
 
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BBC Classics: Suspense Collection

Frankenstein, A Christmas Carol, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & The Turn of the Screw

Oscar Wilde

Virginia Woolf

A treasure chest of timeless short stories by some of the world's greatest authors 
 
Suspense and horror 
1 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire - Arthur Conan Doyle 
2 The Signalman - Charles Dickens 
3 Lost Hearts - MR James 
4 The Sealed Room - Arthur Conan Doyle. 
5 Mrs Badgery - Wilkie Collins 
6 Wailing Well - MR James 
7 The Open Window - Saki 
8 How it happened - Arthur Conan Doyle 
9 The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe 
10 The Cone - HG Wells 
11 A Haunted House - Virginia Woolf 
12 Rats - MR James 
13 The Oval Portrait - Edgar Allan Poe 
14 Tarquin of Cheapside - F. Scott Fitzgerald 
15 One Crowded Hour - Arthur Conan Doyle 
16 The Mezzotint - MR James 
17 The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe 
 
Love 
18 The Kiss - Kate Chopin 
19 Eleonora - Edgar Allan Poe 
20 About Love - Anton Chekhov 
21 The Lovers - Hans Christian Anderson 
22 Love - Guy De Maupassant 
23 The Sphinx Without a Secret - Oscar Wilde 
24 A Wedding Gift - Guy De Maupassant 
25 Kew Gardens - Virginia Woolf 
26 The District Doctor - Ivan Turgenev 
27 Happiness - Guy De Maupassant 
28 A Blunder - Anton Chekhov 
29 The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky - Stephen Crane 
30 In a Far-Off World - Olive Schreiner 
31 The Cook's Wedding - Anton Chekhov 
32 The Recruit - Honore de Balzac 
33 The Nightingale and the Rose - Oscar Wilde 
34 Pyramus and Thisbe - Ovid 
35 Aunt Hetty on Matrimony - Fanny Fern 
36 A Country Cottage - Anton Chekhov 
37 Marriage a la Mode - Katherine Mansfield 
38 The Statue of Limitations - Ernest Dowson 
39 The Dilettante - Edith Wharton 
 
Humorous 
40 Tobermory - Saki 
41The Mesmeric Mountain - Stephen Crane 
42 The Children's Joke - Louisa May Alcott 
43 At The Siren - Anton Chekhov 
44 The Garden Party - Katherine Mansfield 
45 The Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allan Poe 
46 The New Dress - Virginia Woolf 
47 How I Built Myself A House - Thomas Hardy 
48 The Model Millionaire - Oscar Wilde 
49 A Pair of Silk Stockings - Kate Chopin 
50 At The Barbers - Anton Chekhov 
51 A Respectable Woman - Kate Chopin 
 
Folk &amp; Fable 
52 The Happy Prince - Oscar Wilde. 
53 The Elves and the Shoemaker - The Brothers Grimm 
54 The Emperor's New Clothes -Hans Christian Andersen 
55 The Tongue Cut Sparrow - Yei Theodora Ozaki 
56 Finn and the Scottish Giant - Harold F. Read 
57 The Postmaster - Rabindranath Tagore 
58 The Toys of Peace - Saki 
59 The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde 
60 The Flower Gatherer - Edward Thomas 
61 Araby - James Joyce 
62 The Interlopers - Saki 
63 Tom Thumb - The Brothers Grimm 
64 The Kabuliwalah - Rabindranath Tagore 
65 The Monkey's Paws - WW Jacobs 
 
Christmas 
66 The Little Match Girl - Hans Christian Andersen 
67 Papa Panov's Special Christmas - Leo Tolstoy 
68 Christmas Storms and Sunshine - Elizabeth Gaskell. 
69 The Gift of the Magi - O'Henry 
70 At Christmas Time - Anton Chekhov 
71 A Dill Pickle - Katherine Mansfield 
 
Classic Tales 
72 The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
73 The Fall of Lord Barrymore - Arthur Conan Doyle 
74 The Necklace - Guy De Maupassant 
75 Holiday Group - EM Delafield 
76 Three Questions - Leo Tolstoy 
77 The Cop and the Anthem - O'Henry 
78 The Fly - Katherine Mansfield 
79 The Christening - DH Lawrence 
80 After the Race - James Joyce 
81 The String Quartet - Virginia Woolf 
82 Two Friends - Guy De Maupassant 
83 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce. 
84 A Gentleman Friend - Anthon Chekhov 
85 Ma'ame Pelagie - Kate Chopin 
86 Second Best - DH Lawrence 
87 El Verdugo - Honore de Balzac 
88 The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin 
89 The Man of No Account - Bret Hart 
90 The Piece of String - Guy De Maupassant 
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BBC Classics: Ultimate Story Collection

90 unmissable tales

By Hand

Byrne & Balzano

Described by his creator as 'short, fat and primitive', Evert Bäckström is a rather unique homicide detective but he is undeniably the real deal with it comes to modern policing. 
 
This series is blackly comic, thrillingly compelling and utterly real.

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