Three Full-Cast Dramatisations

Peter Lovesey: A BBC Radio Crime Collection

Peter Lovesey is a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath. Lovesey's novels are entertaining puzzlers in the "Golden Age" tradition of mystery writing. 
 
This Peter Lovesey collection brings together his standalone dramas for radio. 
 
It includes: 
 
Keystone –Adapted from the 1983 novel, Peter Lovesey's thriller is set among the real stars of the silver screen in the heyday of silent movies. English actor Warwick Easton is hired as a Keystone Cop, but comedy swiftly turns to tragedy. Dramatised by Michael Z Lewin, with Mark Straker as Warwick Easton and Jennifer Ehle as Amber. 
 
Rough Cider – In the 1960s, a lecturer is forced to re-live his childhood memories of a gruesome murder. Did he contribute to a miscarriage of justice? Adapted from the 1986 novel by Michael Z Lewin, starring Rob Edwards as Theo and Briony Glassco as Alice. 
 
Bertie and the Crime of Passion – Bertie, the Prince of Wales Bertie (and future King Edward VII) is an amateur sleuth. It's 1891, and there's been a fatal shooting at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Montmartre. Bertie embarks on an investigation, taking him through the winding streets of Paris alongside his famous and glamorous actress companion, Sarah Bernhardt. An historical whodunnit adapted from the 1993 novel, dramatised by Geoffrey M Matthews and starring Robert Lang and Jane Lapotaire. 
 
'Vandals' – Miss Parmenter disliked the young man on sight. He looked no better than a vandal. What was he doing on her doorstep? Read by Auriol Smith. 
 
'Curl Up and Dye' – A haircut turns into an uncomfortably close shave for the unfortunate client. Read by John Baddeley. 
 
'The Stalker' – It started with one of those calls you dread, at 2.15am, when you're in no state to pick up a phone ... Read by James Bryce. 
 
'Murdering Max' – A tale of bitter rivalry in the competitive world of crime fiction. Read by James Bryce.

Peter Lovesey is a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath. Lovesey's novels are entertaining puzzlers in the "Golden Age" tradition of mystery writing. 
 
This Peter Lovesey collection brings together his standalone dramas for radio. 
 
It includes: 
 
Keystone –Adapted from the 1983 novel, Peter Lovesey's thriller is set among the real stars of the silver screen in the heyday of silent movies. English actor Warwick Easton is hired as a Keystone Cop, but comedy swiftly turns to tragedy. Dramatised by Michael Z Lewin, with Mark Straker as Warwick Easton and Jennifer Ehle as Amber. 
 
Rough Cider – In the 1960s, a lecturer is forced to re-live his childhood memories of a gruesome murder. Did he contribute to a miscarriage of justice? Adapted from the 1986 novel by Michael Z Lewin, starring Rob Edwards as Theo and Briony Glassco as Alice. 
 
Bertie and the Crime of Passion – Bertie, the Prince of Wales Bertie (and future King Edward VII) is an amateur sleuth. It's 1891, and there's been a fatal shooting at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Montmartre. Bertie embarks on an investigation, taking him through the winding streets of Paris alongside his famous and glamorous actress companion, Sarah Bernhardt. An historical whodunnit adapted from the 1993 novel, dramatised by Geoffrey M Matthews and starring Robert Lang and Jane Lapotaire. 
 
'Vandals' – Miss Parmenter disliked the young man on sight. He looked no better than a vandal. What was he doing on her doorstep? Read by Auriol Smith. 
 
'Curl Up and Dye' – A haircut turns into an uncomfortably close shave for the unfortunate client. Read by John Baddeley. 
 
'The Stalker' – It started with one of those calls you dread, at 2.15am, when you're in no state to pick up a phone ... Read by James Bryce. 
 
'Murdering Max' – A tale of bitter rivalry in the competitive world of crime fiction. Read by James Bryce.

Peter Lovesey

Brian Cox

Timothy Bateson

Frank Windsor

William Eedle

John Hollis

John Cater

Full Cast

Barry Foster

Five BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations

Full-cast adaptations of five of Peter Lovesey's acclaimed novels featuring Victorian detective Sergeant Cribb and his assistant Constable Thackeray 
 
Tough, shrewd and determined, Sergeant Cribb is a stalwart of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department. Aided and abetted by the loyal, stolid Constable Thackeray, he pounds the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London, tracking down murderers and bringing them to justice. 
 
Waxwork - 1888. Sentenced to death for murder, Miriam Cromer awaits her fate in Newgate Prison. She has confessed that blackmail drove her to kill, but a photograph sent anonymously to the Home Office reveals new evidence and Sgt Cribb must investigate. Starring Brian Cox as Sergeant Cribb and John Cater as Thackeray. 
 
Swing, Swing Together - 1889, and Jerome K Jerome's bestselling novel Three Men in a Boat has sparked a craze for rowing on the River Thames. Out for a midnight swim, Harriet Shaw notices an unlikely boating threesome - and when a body is discovered, the trio become murder suspects, and Harriet the key witness... Barry Foster stars as Sergeant Cribb, with John Cater as Thackeray. 
 
A Case of Spirits - Spiritualism is all the rage among well-to-do Victorian Londoners, but when thefts follow two séances, Cribb is called in. He suspects the young medium, Peter Brand, but Brand's mysterious death means he must look further afield. Starring Barry Foster as Sergeant Cribb and John Cater as Thackeray. 
 
Wobble to Death - During a six-day speed-walking race, one of the pedestrian competitors is found dead, poisoned by strychnine. Enter Cribb and Thackeray, who discover murder is afoot. Timothy Bateson stars as Sergeant Cribb, with William Eedle as Thackeray. 
 
Abracadaver - Investigating a series of 'accidents' in the Victorian music-halls, the indomitable detective duo uncover the dark side of these popular entertainment palaces when a murder takes place. Starring Frank Windsor as Cribb and John Hollis as Thackeray. 
 
Due to the different ages of the recordings in this collection, the sound quality may vary. 
 
Text copyright © Peter Lovesey 1970 (Wobble to Death), 1972 (Abracadaver), 1975 (A Case of Spirits), 1976 (Swing, Swing Together), 1978 (Waxwork) 
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