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In
an affectionate look at Paul and Steve Temple, detective aficionado Professor
Jeffrey Richards revisits the Temples' world of car bombs, poisoned cocktails,
gentlemen and rogues, where the villain is always caught.
2: `The
Voice of Sherlock Holmes'. 27/05/98
Equipped
with pipe, hansom cab, tortured violin and other sound effects, Professor
Richards investigates the numerous incarnations of Sherlock Holmes and
Dr Watson. Featuring interviews and classic recordings
by Orson Welles, Basil Rathbone, Sir John Gielgud, Carleton Hobbs and Clive
Merrison.
3: `Sexton
Blake, the Other Baker Street Detective'. 03/06/98
Blake
was an instant hit when he was born and made resident of Baker Street in
the very month Sherlock Holmes was `killed off'. His career, like that
of his faithful assistant, Tinker, spans 100 years. Featuring
Norman Wright, William Franklin from a 1967 series, and excerpts from various
films including the voice of George Curzon, who also featured in a lost
radio series.
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4: `Enter
The Saint'. 10/06/98
Tracking
down the history and various portrayals of the Robin Hood of crime, Simon
Templar, aka The Saint.
Featuring the
voices of Roger Moore (TV Series), George Sanders (Film), Vincent Price
& Tom Conway from US radio series, Neville Teller adapter of 1995 BBC
Radio episodes featuring Paul Rhys.
5: `The
Shadow Knows'. 17/06/98
Unraveling the history of Walter Gibson's legendary force against evil,
The Shadow. Featuring
the classic Orson Welles portrayal and an interview with Simon Callow.
Also Agnes Moorehead and Peter Bogdanovich. This programme focuses on Welles
portrayal or the role, and does not have clips of later actors.
The
casebook of Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy L Sayers's
aristocratic amateur detective, who appeared on radio as well as in books,
films and on television.
2: `The
Little Grey Cells of Hercule Poirot'. 25/05/99
Agatha
Christie's fastidious Belgian detective with the genius for lateral thinking.
Featured
in this programme, a number of "Poirot's". Orson Welles, John Moffatt,
Peter Sallis, David Suchet, Peter Ustinov, adapter Michael Bakewell, producer
Enyd Williams and the voice of Agatha Christie.
TV "Poirot" David Suchet.
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3: `The
Wisdom of Miss Marple'. 01/06/99
Examining
the appeal of Agatha Christie's spinster detective from Saint Mary Mead,
featuring
June Whitfield, dramatist Michael Bakewell, producer Enyd Williams and
the voices of Margaret Rutherford & Joan Hickson.
Photo shows Joan Hickson as Miss Marple.
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4: `A
Case for Doctor Morelle'. 08/06/99
A
look at how Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective Dr Morelle uses
psychology as well as criminology to solve cases.
"Presenting
the secret papers of perhaps the strangest personality in the annals of
criminal investigation". Series created by Ernest Dudley - debuted in July
1942 with Dennis Arundall as Doctor Morelle and Jane Graham as Miss Frayle.
A second series followed in April 1946.
A full series
of half hour mysteries began in April 1957, with Cecil Parker and Sheila
Sim. This series was titled "A Case for Doctor Morelle".
5: `On
the Beat with PC 49'. 15/06/99
Created
specifically for radio, PC 49 is an ordinary bobby on the beat, solving
crime in the late 40s and early 50s. Professor Jeffrey Richards uncovers
a combination of light comedy and sleuthing in a character who also appeared
in comic strips and films as spinoffs. Taking part in the show; Vernon
Harris (producer), Norman Wright, Susan Stranks.
"Incidents in the career of Police Constable Archibald Berkeley-Willoughby" were first heard in "The Adventures of PC 49" in 1947 and lasted till 1953. 112 episodes were made, sadly only 2 are know to survive. The series created by Alan Stranks, featured Brian Reece, Leslie Perrins & Eric Phillips, Joy Shelton.
1:`Sam
Spade - the Original Private Eye'. 29/02/00
The
development of the tough, hard-boiled, wisecracking but principled detective.
The programme features cultural historian Peter Stead,
the voice of Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, and others from "The Maltese
Falcon" - which transferred to radio, with the principals from John Huston's
film cast, and also Howard Duff from the later radio series featuring Dashiell
Hammett's character.
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2:`Down
the Mean Streets with Philip Marlowe'. 07/03/00
More
from the hard-boiled school.
The programme
features the voices of Van Heflin and Gerald Mohr from the 1940s US series,
and Ed Bishop as Philip Marlowe in the BBC version which debuted in 1977.
Also featured from this series, Bill Morrison dramatist and producer John
Tydeman.
A
look at G K Chesterton's most celebrated creation.
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4:`The
Genius of Gideon Fell'. 21/03/00
A
look at Dr Gideon Fell, an archetypal English eccentric created by American-born
John Dickson Carr.
featuring Dickson
Carr's biographer - Douglas Green, outlining Carr's contribution to US
series "Suspense" and the BBC's "Appointment with Fear" - including an
extract of "The Clock Strikes Eight", and the recent BBC radio series of
Gideon Fell stories starring Donald Sinden. Also taking part; Peter Ling
dramatist, and director Enyd Williams.
5: `Stand
By for West'. 28/03/00
An
examination of the top-class detective fiction of John Creasey and one
of his most popular creations - Inspector West.
Featured in
this programme, John Fawcett Wilson (original producer), Richard Creasey,
Norman Wright, and stars Patrick Allen & Sarah Lawson.
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