BBC Radio 2006 - The Radio Detectives - As My Whimsy Takes Me
Broadcast on BBC7 - Thu 24 Aug - 18:00 - Approximately 30 minutes of high quality MP3.
Jeffrey Richards investigates Lord Peter Wimsey with help from Ian Carmichael, Simon Brett (original radio producer),and Jill Paton Walsh (novelist who completed Sayers "Thrones, Dominations" fragment).
THE RADIO DETECTIVES is a radio series that looks back in time at the many detectives whose cases have graces the airwaves in the United Kingdom and the United States. They are the product of Professor Jeffrey Richards and were presented as three series of five programs each series. Each show covered the history of one detective, not only discussing the radio shows, but the detective's origins, printed works and films, where applicable. Excerpts from radio shows or film soundtracks were frequently included.
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