Radio’s smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife solve a case of international mystery 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 most popular serials. They inhabit a sophisticated well-dressed world of chilled cocktails and fast cars where the women are chic and the men still wear cravats. And where Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard always needs Paul s help with a tricky case. First broadcast on the 30th October 1942 this is the oldest full length drama to remain in the BBC archives. Starring Carl Bernard and Bernadette Hodgson as Paul Temple and his wife Steve this detective duo help Scotland Yard to track down master criminal The Marquis in eight thrilling episodes.

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The elegant intelligent amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey is one of detective literature’s most popular creations. Ian Carmichael is the personification of Dorothy L. Sayers’ charming investigator in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. ; ; Society’s eligable women are in mourning – Lord Peter Wimsey has married at last. Having finally succeeded in his ardent pursuit of the lovely Harriet Vane they depart for a tranquil honeymoon in a country farmhouse. But the couple’s newly wedded peace is shattered when the dead body of the previous owner is found in the cellar. Why would anyone have wanted to kill old Mr Noakes? What dark secrets was he hiding?

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This title includes the radio adventures of MC Beaton’s famous amateur sleuth. ; ; The Quiche Of Death: Struggling to adapt to life in a Cotswold village after a lifetime spent in Public Relations Agatha Raisin determines to make her mark by winning the local baking competition. When the judge is poisoned by her efforts she investigates only to uncover a web of extra-marital sex and pastry-based favours. So much for the quiet life! ; ; The Vicious Vet: Determined to find out who killed the village vet Agatha and James must resort to barefaced lies burglary and badger-watching.

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BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild spinster sleuth. ; ; With only one bizarre clue to the agonizing death of a wealthy financier Miss Marple must unravel a mystery hidden in a child’s nursery rhyme that is to prove one of the strangest cases of her life…

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A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild spinster sleuth. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn including Miss Marple are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm. Is it a hoax? As the time approaches the crowds gather at Little Paddocks; and then the lights go out. This was Agatha Christie’s fiftieth book – acknowledged to be one of the best.

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