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Inspector Steine: The complete BBC Radio 4 comedy crime drama

All four series of Lynne Truss's comedy thrillers set in 1950s Brighton - plus Christmas special 'Delicious fun' Sunday Times Brighton, 1957: a sunny seaside resort with a sinister underbelly. This den of villainy is policed by the touchingly innocent Inspector Steine, who naively believes he wiped out all the hoodlums in the Middle Street Massacre six years earlier. Can long-suffering Sergeant Brunswick and keen Constable Twitten persuade him that a criminal mastermind is at large - and that the station's charlady, Mrs Groynes, might bear investigation? Inspector Steine - A headless corpse on the ghost train, a murdered theatre critic, a bank robbery and a beautiful fish-and-chip-shop owner spell trouble for the hapless Inspector. Meanwhile, a deranged criminal escapes from Broadmoor seeking revenge... The Casebook of Inspector Steine - A matinee at the Hippodrome gives Mrs Groynes an idea, a day out in a vintage car proves eventful, Brunswick organises a police open day and goes undercover in a girls' school, and Steine meets a shady aristocrat - and finds his life in danger. The Adventures of Inspector Steine - When his chance to shine is scuppered by Steine, Brunswick wants to kill him. But is he behind the attempts on Steine's life - or could it be the Unknown Villain, or old adversary Mrs Vine? Events are further complicated by a criminal convention and the reappearance of Brunswick's old flame, Doris... The Return of Inspector Steine - Second World War bomb disposal hero Captain Hoagland limps into the station, with an award for Sergeant Brunswick and a head in a box. The latter is a warning that Adelaide Vine is back - and sadistic criminal Terence Chambers is heading for Brighton too, hell bent on havoc. Christmas for Inspector Steine - It is December 1957, the year of the Queen's inaugural Christmas broadcast and Mrs Groynes' first seasonal celebrations with new husband Captain Hoagland. But only Twitten has the festive spirit... Michael Fenton Stevens stars as Inspector Steine, with John Ramm as Sergeant Brunswick, Matt Green as Constable Twitten and Jan Ravens and Samantha Spiro as Mrs Groynes. Production credits Written by Lynne Truss Produced and directed by Karen Rose and Marilyn Imrie Original music by Anthony May Sound design: David Thomas A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4 Starring Michael Fenton Stevens as Inspector Steine, John Ramm as Sergeant Brunswick, Matt Green as Constable Twitten and Jan Ravens and Samantha Spiro as Mrs Groynes Cast Maisie - Carla Mendonça/Rachel Atkins Georgie/BBC announcer/Chaplain/Albert/Bobby/Cecil/Pierre/Diamond Tony - David Holt Boy - Cameron Cleaver Stanley/Bouncer - Michael Roberts Cook - Allan Corduner Johnnie - Jason Hughes Ruby - Carolyn Backhouse Ventriloquist Vince/Warder - Kim Wall Adelaide Vine/Gloria's mother - Janet Ellis Brian the Brain/Mystery guest/Terence Chambers - Ewan Bailey Rudi - Ethan Brook Doris - Rachel Atkins Roy - Will Keen Hinge - Nicholas Le Prevost Phyllis - Michelle Tate Female panellist - Sophie Dearlove Lord Melamine - Mark Heap Jupiter - Philip Jackson Unknown Villain - Adrian Bower Roy - Douglas Hodge Captain Hoagland - Robert Bathhurst First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 January-2 March 2007 (Inspector Steine), 4 April-9 May 2008 (The Casebook of Inspector Steine), 2 September-30 October 2009 (The Adventures of Inspector Steine), 17 October-21 November 2011 (The Return of Inspector Steine), 23 December 2013 (The Christmas of Inspector Steine) © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Lynne Truss (Author), Jan Ravens, John Ramm, Matt Green, Michael Fenton Stevens, Samantha Spiro (Narrator)

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Sun Dog

Author of the winner of the Costa Book of the Year award The Mermaid of Black Conch. August Chalmin feels the weather like no one else. A large awkward recluse, with bright orange hair and sun-shy eyes, August hides himself away behind the counter of a Shepherd's Bush deli. One winter's day two things change his life forever: his mother's ex-lover Cosmo shambles back into his life, and he discovers a rash on his arm which looks like frost. A rash which is frost. As Cosmo raises questions about August's identity, August finds himself changing with the seasons, in a journey that takes him deep into his past and to the very centre of his soul... "An ingenious fable about the nature of love, truth and perception." TRAVIS ELBOROUGH, author of Atlas of Improbable Places

Monique Roffey (Author), Matt Green (Narrator)

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Psycho by the Sea

In the latest installment of this funny, charming and quirky series - longlisted for the acclaimed CWA Historical Dagger - our trio of redoubtable detectives are faced with the arrival in town of an escaped criminal with an unlikely penchant for boiling the heads of policemen... It's September in Brighton and the city is playing host to weeks of endless rain and lashings of villainy. A trusted member of a local gang has disappeared part way through planning a huge heist; a violent criminal obsessed with boiling the heads of policemen has escaped Broadmoor and is rumoured to be headed towards the city, while at Gosling's department store an American researcher has been found dead in the music section. Inspector Steine has other things on his mind - since the triumphant conclusion to his last case, Steine has so many awards and invitations coming his way that he has had to take on a secretary - but Sergeant Brunswick and Constable 'Clever Clogs' Twitten are both on the case. If only they could work out just who is behind these dastardly acts. 'A giddy spell of sheer delight!' Praise for the Constable Twitten Series, Daily Mail 'Outstanding . In her ability to blend crime and farce, Truss is in a class of her own' Publishers Weekly

Lynne Truss (Author), Matt Green (Narrator)

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Murder by Milk Bottle

The latest installment in Lynne Truss's quirky and charming prize-winning series set in 1950s Brighton sees her trio of police detectives investigating a case with a most curious murder weapon. The August bank holiday is approaching and after two extremely high-profile murder cases, Constable Twitten is eagerly anticipating a quiet spell at work. But then they find the bodies - and the milk bottles. Three seemingly unconnected victims - a hard-working AA patrolman, a would-be Beauty Queen, a catty BBC radio personality - have all been killed with the same, highly unusual murder weapon. Constable Twitten, Sergeant Brunswick and Inspector Steine are initially baffled, the town is alarmed, and the local newspaper is delighted: after all, what sells papers better than a killer on the loose? Can our redoubtable trio solve the case and catch this most curious of killers before they strike again? "[A] pitch-perfect send-up of 1950s Brighton with nods to Graham Greene ... Hilarious." SUNDAY TIMES on the Constable Twitten series. "Funny, clever, charming, imaginative, nostalgic and gently satirical." THE TIMES on the Constable Twitten series.

Lynne Truss (Author), Matt Green (Narrator)

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The Man That Got Away

1957: In the beach town of Brighton, music is playing and guests are sunning themselves, when a young man is found dead, dripping blood, in a deck chair. Constable Twitten of the Brighton Police Force has a hunch that the fiendish murder may be connected to a notorious nightspot, but his captain and his colleagues are-as ever-busy with other more important issues. Inspector Steine is being conned into paying for the honor of being featured at the Museum of Wax, and Sergeant Brunswick is trying (and failing) to get the attention of the distraught Brighton Belles who found the body. As the case twists and turns, Constable Twitten must find the murderer and convince his colleagues that there's an evil mastermind behind Brighton's climbing crime rate. Our incomparable team of detectives are back for another outing in the second installment of Lynne Truss's joyfully quirky crime series.

Lynne Truss (Author), Matt Green (Narrator)

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A Shot in the Dark

After the notorious `Middle Street Massacre' of 1951, when the majority of Brighton's criminals wiped one another out in a vicious battle as the local police force enjoyed a brief stop en route for an ice cream, Inspector Steine rather enjoys life as a policeman. No criminals, no crime, no stress. He just wishes Sergeant Brunswick would stop insisting that perhaps not every criminal was wiped out that fateful day. So it's really rather annoying when an ambitious - not to mention irritating - new Constable shows up to work and starts investigating a series of burglaries. And it's even more annoying when, after Constable Twitten is despatched to the theatre for the night, he sits next to a vicious theatre critic who is promptly shot dead part way through the opening night of a new play. It seems Brighton may be in need of a police force after all...

Lynne Truss (Author), Matt Green (Narrator)

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The Return Of Inspector Steine

Series 4 of Lynne Truss's popular BBC Radio comedy thriller. It is 1957, and WWII bomb disposal hero Captain 'mad Hoagy' Hoagland, now fallen on hard times, appears at Brighton Police Station to deliver two boxes. One contains a silver truncheon; an award for valour for Sergeant Brunswick. The other contains the head of one of Mrs Groynes' old criminal accomplices. It is a warning that Mrs G's evil nemesis Adelaide Vine is back, hellbent on revenge... Plus, Mrs G and Sgt Brunswick take part in a talent contest; a Canadian filmmaker plans to make a film about the Brighton police; Inspector Steine is behaving oddly, big secrets are revealed and the boys and blue face a terrible threat. Starring Michael Fenton Stevens, Samantha Spiro, John Ramm, Matt Green, Robert Bathhurst, Janet Ellis and Ewan Bailey. Sound design: David Thomas. Music: Anthony May. Director: Marilyn Imrie. Producer: Karen Rose. A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.

Lynne Truss (Author), Ewan Bailey, Janet Ellis, John Ramm, Matt Green, Michael Fenton Stevens, Robert Bathhurst, Samantha Spiro (Narrator)

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The Adventures Of Inspector Steine

Constable Twitten takes over the narrative in this third series of Lynne Truss' seaside comedy about celebrity policeman, Inspector Steine. Back from an attachment at Scotland Yard, Twitten finds Brunswick more depressed than ever about villainy in Brighton. To cheer him up, Twitten persuades Brunswick's favourite writer, Harry Jupiter, crime reporter on the Daily Clarion, to interview Brunswick for a feature on the ordinary heroic policeman. Brunswick is jubilant - it is finally his day. But, when Inspector Steine takes Jupiter to Brighton Pier, disaster ensues and Brunswick's euphoria turns to unmitigated rage. Does Brunswick really want to murder Inspector Steine and can Twitten and Mrs Groynes do anything to stop him? Find out in 'The Adventures of Inspector Steine', starring Michael Fenton Stevens, Samantha Spiro, John Ramm and Matt Green with guest appearances from Philip Jackson, Adrian Bower, Janet Ellis and Douglas Hodge. 'Delicious fun' - Sunday Times Culture Magazine

Lynne Truss (Author), John Ramm, Matt Green, Michael Fenton Stevens, Samantha Spiro (Narrator)

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Tropical Secrets

Last year, in Berlin on the Night of Crystal my grandfather was killed while I held his hand. Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away the ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away. . . . At once deeply personal and utterly universal, Tropical Secrets is a stunning new history in verse from award-winning poet Margarita Engle.

Margarita Engle (Author), Matt Green, Ozzie Rodriguez, Roberto Santana, Vane Millon (Narrator)

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Larry and the Meaning of Life

Josh Swensen (otherwise known as Larry) can’t seem to get off the couch. His usual overactive imagination and save-the-world mindset have all but vanished, and his best friend Beth is seriously worried.When Beth coaxes Josh into taking a walk at Walden Pond, Josh meets Gus Muldarian, a spiritual guru who convinces him to join his study group as a way to find deeper meaning in life. Josh thinks Gus is a joke. Still, feeling desperate and seeing no way out of his rut, he agrees to try it. What begins as a harmless Thoreau-esque search for meaning soon turns into Josh’s most chaotic and profound adventure yet. After the success of The Gospel According to Larry and Vote for Larry, Janet Tashjian returns with yet another tour de force—an audiobook that explores important topics and will keep teens hooked right until the unexpected end.

Janet Tashjian (Author), Matt Green (Narrator)

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