Douglas Kelly stars as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling adventure for radio's greatest hero.Heralded by an instantly memorable signature tune, the adventures of special agent...

Ron Donachie stars in this two-part dramatisation of Ian Rankin's crime thriller set in Edinburgh and the Highlands in 1992. Inspector Rebus is investigating the death of an MP's wife when an...

Toby Stephens stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Raymond Chandler’s final completed Philip Marlowe mystery.Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a...

To tie-in with Radio 4's new versions of the Raymond Chandler classic thrillers aired in February 2011, Harriett Gilbert presents a reappraisal of the life and legacy of the man from Upper Norwood...

On sabbatical from the Franciscan order, Father Paolo Baldi is working as a philosophy lecturer in Dublin when his life takes an unexpected turn and he finds himself helping the police to solve...

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Ellis Peters' thrilling mystery featuring medieval monk Brother Cadfael.It is 1141. In Shrewsbury, civil war is tearing the country apart as the bitter feud...

An affectionate profile of Dick Barton - Special Agent, presented by John Hosken, including interviews with Noel Johnson, star of the Dick Barton radio series.Dick Barton is the radio character...

Toby Stephens stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Raymond Chandler’s second Philip Marlowe mystery.

Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a...

Part 1 of the 8-part remake of lost archive drama A Case for Paul Temple, starring Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson. Post-war London is buzzing with speculation about the deaths of ten young...

Two BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations, starring Brian Cox as McLevy, Siobhán Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland.

Inspired by the real-life memoirs of...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of Simon Brett’s comic murder mystery, starring Bill Nighy as the irrepressible Charles Paris.Bill Nighy returns as Charles Paris: unsuccessful actor, bad...

Bill Nighy returns as Charles Paris: unsuccessful actor, bad husband and dipsomaniac. Desperately in need of work, having been kicked out of the marital home, Charles jumps at playing a missing...

Bill Nighy returns as Charles Paris: unsuccessful actor, bad husband and dipsomaniac. Desperately in need of work, having been kicked out of the marital home, Charles jumps at playing a missing...

Bill Nighy stars as Charles Paris in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of Simon Brett's comic crime novel An Amateur Corpse. Charles is out of work again, and to make matters worse his mother...

Bill Nighy stars as Charles Paris with Martine McCutcheon as Jodie Ricks in this BBC Radio 4 comedy detective drama.Charles finds himself uncharacteristically employed in a film, having landed...