Adam Baron

David Morrissey

Danny Webb

Adjoa Andoh

Edward de Souza

Rachael Stirling

Frances Jeater

Full Cast

Two Full-Cast BBC Radio 4 Crime Dramas

David Morrissey stars as Billy Rucker in these two gritty urban noir thrillers 
 
Ex-copper turned private investigator Billy Rucker scours the seamy underbelly of London, hunting for runaways - and murderers. Tough, worldly-wise and street-savvy, he can go where the police can't: and once he's on the trail, he won't stop until he finds the truth... 
 
Shut Eye - When an airline pilot is found brutally murdered with a champagne bottle, his brother, Tory MP Sir Peter Morant, asks Billy Rucker to investigate. Although he's already working one assignment - tracking down teenager Dominic Lewis - Rucker agrees to take the case. Delving into Teddy's private life in search of a serial killer, he identifies a high-profile suspect. But when another body is discovered, Billy finds the finger of suspicion pointing at him... 
 
Hold Back the Night - High summer, and the city is sweltering. Despite the heat, PI Billy Rucker is out pounding the streets, looking for a missing girl named Lucy Bonham. He suspects that Lucy and her friend Donna were mixed up in something nasty - but he has no idea of the full horrors he is about to uncover. 
 
Adapted from Adam Baron's highly acclaimed crime novels, these dark, suspenseful detective dramas star David Morrissey, Danny Webb, Adjoa Andoh, Li Leng Au and Ioan Meredith. 
 
Production credits 
Written by Adam Baron 
Dramatised by Doug Lucie 
Produced and directed by Janet Whitaker 
 
Starring David Morrissey as Billy Rucker, Danny Webb as DI Gold, Adjoa Andoh/Li Leng Au as Sharon and Ioan Meredith as Inspector Clay 
 
Shut Eye 
Sir Peter - Edward de Souza 
Alex - Matt Day 
Rollo - Declan Wilson 
Mrs Lewes - Rachel Atkins 
Secretary/Waitress - Gbemisola Ikumelo 
Charlotte - Caroline Langrishe 
Graham - Nicholas Woodeson 
Sal - Frances Jeater 
Dominic/Boy - Chris Moran 
Archie/PC - Damian Lynch 
Man - Harry Myers 
WPC/Kristen - Cherie Taylor-Battlste 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9-30 March 2004 
 
Hold Back the Night 
Mrs Bonham - Cheryl Campbell 
Emma - Rachael Stirling 
Olly - Harry Myers 
Sal - Elizabeth Bell 
Nicky - Nicholas Boulton 
Sharon - Adjoa Andoh 
Juliet - Alison Pettitt 
George - Vincenzo Nicoli 
Albanian prostitute - Alex Tregear 
Steve - Martin Hyder 
Janet/Iris - Susan Jameson 
Mr Bonham - Hugh Dickson 
Dr Fursten - Stephen Hogan 
Lee - Peter Darney 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 November-13 December 2005 
 
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