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Edgar Wallace: A Classic BBC Radio Crime Collection: Four Full-cast Dramatisations
"A collection of the surviving radio crime dramas from ‘The King of Thrillers’ Edgar Wallace was a bestselling author, journalist, playwright and film director, and the creator of King Kong. A prolific writer and celebrity superstar, he was thought to be responsible for a quarter of all new books read in Britain by the late 1920s. Presented here are full-cast adaptations of four of his classic crime novels, readings of four short detective stories, and a vintage recording of Wallace reading one of his own stories. Tying them all together is linking commentary from Edgar Wallace: The Man Who Wrote Too Much?, a documentary celebration of his life and work presented by crime writer Mark Billingham. The Ringer – Seeking revenge for his sister’s death, vigilante and master of disguise ‘The Ringer’ returns from the dead to target shady lawyer Herbert Meister. Can Scotland Yard catch the legendary assassin before he exacts his vengeance? David Davis and Alexander John star in this tense thriller. The Mind of Mr JG Reeder – Unassuming civil servant Mr JG Reeder has the mind of a criminal, which he uses to solve four baffling mysteries in 1920s London. ‘The Poetical Policeman’ sees him tackling a bank robbery and a nightwatchman's death; ‘The Troupe’ finds him probing a jewellery fraud with a theatrical link; in ‘The Green Mamba’ he thwarts a notorious villain, and in ‘The Strange Case’, he sets out to uncover the truth behind the death of a government minister. Read by David Horovitch. On the Spot – Set in 1920s Chicago during Prohibition, Edgar Wallace’s most famous play centres around Tony Perelli, a gangland boss who loads ‘his women with jewels and the coffins of his enemies with orchids’. But Chief of Police John Kelly is after him, determined to see him hang for murder… Starring Peter Woodthorpe as Perelli and Trevor Martin as Kelly. The Man in the Ditch – A vintage recording from 1928 of Edgar Wallace reading his own short story of murder, intrigue and gangland vengeance. The Case of the Frightened Lady – The ancestral home of Lord Lebanon, Mark’s Priory, is the scene of two murders. Inspector Tanner goes down to investigate and is confronted by a terrified young woman… Starring Simon Lack, Lewis Stringer, William Eedle and Valerie White. The Green Pack – West Africa, 1931. When wealthy investor Louis Creet cheats three young explorers out of their rightful share in the goldmine they discovered, they make a deadly pact. Soon after, he is found shot – but did one of them really murder him? David Timson, Paul Gaymon, Peter Egan and Francis de Wolff star. NB: These stories are set in the 1920s and 1930s, and contain some discriminatory language and attitudes that were perhaps typical of the time. Due to the age and off-air nature of the recordings, the sound quality may vary. Copyright © Edgar Wallace 1925 (The Mind of Mr JG Reeder), 1929 (The Ringer), 1930 (On the Spot), 1931 (The Case of the Frightened Lady), 1933 (The Green Pack) © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"
Edgar Wallace (Author), Alexander John, David Davis, David Horovitch, David Timson, Francis de Wolff, Full Cast, Mark Billingham, Peter Egan, Peter Woodthorpe, Simon Lack, Trevor Martin, William Eedle (Narrator)
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Second Holmes: Six BBC Radio full-cast adventures
"It is the 1980s, and Stamford Holmes is still living in the shadow of his famous grandfather. Languidly living on Sherlock's fortune, he reluctantly agrees to do some work as a consulting detective - if only to provide 'Doctor' Watson with material for the Sunday papers. Watson, on the other hand, brings all the bumbling enthusiam he can muster to their new cases, forever aping and quoting both their grandfathers - and wielding a magnifying glass. As they dash towards the eerie howls of a new hound of the Baskervilles, their sleuthing is interrupted by a busload of tourists, and shots ring out as they approach Baskerville hall - fired by exercising army commandos. Such problems never plagued the great Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson... Peter Egan stars as Stamford Holmes and Jeremy Nicholas as Watson in this loving parody of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's characters. The six adventures in this collection are: The Case of the Grandfather's Client The Case of the Maltese Pearls The Case of the Reading Undertaker The Case of the Shadowed Minister The Case of the Neglected Farm The Case of the Missing Link Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983."
Grant Eustace (Author), Full Cast, Jeremy Nicholas, Peter Egan (Narrator)
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"It is strange to consider that, although The Hound Of The Baskervilles is Conan Doyle's most popular novel, his hero is absent for much of the time. Notice how he sets up an atmosphere of supernatural horror right from the start through Dr Mortimer's reading of the ancient curse, and how he then presents as assortment of bizarre clues - in particular, the riddle of the missing boots - which Holmes will have to unravel. As the story progresses, red herrings are thrown up to put Holmes and Watson - and the listener - off the scent, so that interest is sustained throughout. 1. SUPERSTITION OR MURDER. Dr James Mortimer. Trustee of the late Sir Charles Baskerville's will, visits Holmes, concerned that Sir Charles may have been a victim of the curse of the Baskervilles - a huge hound that is said to haunt the family. Fearing, too, that Sir Henry, the last remaining Baskerville, might also be in danger, he relates to Holmes the story of the curse from a manuscript. Intrigued, Holmes asks Mortimer to return the next day with Sir Henry. 2. THE RIDDLE OF THE BOOT. At his meeting with Holmes and Watson, Sir Henry has several baffling reports: he has received a note made up of pasted words warning him to avoid the moor, and also reports the loss of a new boot from his hotel room. Although Holmes deduces that the words have been taken from the times, he is unable to solve the riddle of the boot. Later, Holmes and Watson observe Sir Henry being followed by a black-bearded man in a hansom cab, who quickly makes off. When they later meet Sir Henry, the latter is furious because another boot has disappeared - this time an old black one. 3. DEPARTURE FOR DEVON. Holmes and Watson lunch with Sir Henry and Dr Mortimer, who identifies the black-bearded stranger as Mr Barrymore, a servant at the hall. Holmes sends Watson to Devon with Sir Henry, instructing him to report back regularly. Sir Henry now finds his new boot, although the old one is till missing. Arriving in Devon, Watson and Sir Henry are told that there is a dangerous escaped convict called Selden loose on the moor. When they reach the hall, they are met by the two servants, Mr and Mrs. Barrymore. That night, Watson hears the sound of a woman weeping. 4. STRANGE ENCOUNERS. Watson and Sir Henry notice that Mrs Barrymore had been crying. On a walk, Mortimer and Watson meet an eccentric called Stapleton, who lives locally with his sister. They are invited back to his house, where his sister, mistaking Watson for Sir Henry, warns him to return to London. Watson reports back to Holmes about the Stapleton's, Mr Frankland (a neighbour) and the Barrymores' strange behaviour. 5. A KINDNESS REPAID. Watson discovers that the Barrymores have been helping the convict Selden, who is Mrs Barrymore's brother. Sir Henry and Watson eventually agree to let the Barrymores help Selden escape to South Africa. Thankful for this, Barrymore tells him that, on the eve of his death, Sir Charles met a woman with the initials L. L. - who had previously sent him a letter. She is later identified as Laura Lyons, Frankland's daughter. Barrymore mentions that Selden has also seen Watson's mystery man on the tor. 6. THE MAN ON THE TOR. Watson visits Laura Lyons, who reveals nothing except to say she has written to Sir Charles, asking to meet him, but had not done so. Watson and Frankland now track down the man on the tor, who turns out to be none other than Holmes. The latter discloses that Laura Lyons is Stapleton's mistress and that Stapleton's so-called sister is, in fact, his wife. Just as he is identifying Stapleton as the murderer, they hear a scream and run out to find Selden's body dressed in Sir Henry's old clothes, which have alerted the hound to the scent. They now see Stapleton approaching. 7. HOLMES LAYS A TRAP. Holmes and Watson return to the hall, where Holmes detects that Stapleton is a Baskerville from a portrait. Holmes tells Sir Henry that he and Watson must go to London but asks him to return home via the moor after dinner with the Stapleton's. Sir Henry reluctantly agrees. Holmes wires inspector Lestrade to join them before calling in on Laura Lyons. She admits to her affair with Stapleton, telling how he had persuaded her to lure Sir Charles out on to the moor. 8. THE DEMON HOUND. Holmes, Watson and Lestrade lie in wait for Sir Henry concerned about the approaching fog. Suddenly, a huge coal black hound leaps out to attack Sir Henry but is shot by Holmes. Holmes and Watson now visit Stapleton to find Mrs Stapleton beaten and tied up, although her husband is nowhere to be found. On her advice, they search for him at the Grimpen Mire, but find only Sir Henry's old black boot, which had been used to set the hound on to his scent. 9. REMINISCENCES. The novel ends with Holmes filling in the story for Watson, Sir Henry and Dr Mortimer at 221B Baker Street some time later. Stapleton, it turns out, was the son of Roger Baskerville, Sir Charles' younger bother. Finding that only Sir Charles and Sir Henry stood in the way of his inheritance, he returned to Devon in disguise and bought the hound which he then used to terrify Sir Charles to death."
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Peter Egan (Narrator)
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