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Inter-City Contract & more

Seven Full-Cast BBC Radio Crime Dramas

Ljudbok

Engelska, 2025

186 kr

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A collection of seven ingenious full-cast thrillers and crime dramas by Rod BeachamActor, dramatist and founding member of Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre, Rod Beacham wrote over 15 plays for BBC Radio. This collection comprises seven crime dramas first broadcast on Radio 4’s ‘Saturday Night Theatre’ strand between 1980 and 1987, ranging in tone from tense whodunnits to light-hearted comedy thrillers.The Inter-City Contract – A chess-playing Hungarian, a concert harpist and a septuagenarian lady mountaineer are just some of the passengers on the overnight express to Edinburgh. Lurking amongst them is a hired assassin and his intended victim… Michael Maloney, Melinda Walker and Steve Hodson star in this gripping mystery set on a sleeper train.The Gortys Triangle – Crete is the setting for this suspenseful drama, which revolves around a young man’s death by drowning. Attempting to uncover the truth, his archaeologist cousin navigates the world of the super-rich and meets the mysterious Candy, who appears to be the key to it all. Starring Patrick Mower and David March.Thanks for Looking After Jeannie – When Dicky Doyle drops dead in Wormwood Scrubs, he takes the hiding place of some stolen jewels to his grave. Or does he? Criminal mastermind Jack Prince thinks otherwise – and this spells trouble... Peter Vaughan stars in this entertaining comedy thriller.Prince of Thieves – This sequel to the previous play finds arch-villain Jack Prince planning a gold bullion heist. But it’s not until he meets nutty computer expert Mad Doc Pargeter that he sees a way to break through the vault’s electronic doors… Starring Peter Vaughan, Bryan Pringle and June Tobin.Go Down in Darkness– Susan Penreith walked out of university in her second year, and has since vanished. She was always convinced that something terrible would happen to her when she was 25 – but what was she so afraid of, and why is her ex-boyfriend Matt suddenly having terrifying dreams about her? Steve Hodson, Frances Jeater and Glynis Brooks star in this eerie thriller.Disconnection – Peter Taylor has worked hard all his life for achievement and success, and now it finally seems within his grasp. Only then he makes a phone call – and the voice on the other end fills him with apprehension and terror… Starring David Daker.The Hubris File – Senior civil servant Pargeter is missing, and the only clues to the mystery lie in his diary. It reveals that he was under increasing strain – and that he was on the trail of a traitor within the ranks of the Intelligence Department. Could this double agent be responsible for his disappearance? Geoffrey Collins stars in this absorbing tale.© 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Lies Have Been Told

A Evening with Robert Maxwell

AvRod Beacham

E-bok

Engelska, 2006

193 kr

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On November 5th 1991, Robert Maxwell, who had used hundreds of millions of pounds from his companies and their pension funds to prop up his ailing empire, disappeared overboard from his yacht in the Canary Islands. His body was later found floating in the ocean. The official verdict was accidental drowning, but others suggested he had committed suicide or been murdered by secret agents or Russian mafia hit men.Was Robert Maxwell a monster or the victim of racism and snobbery? In the outstanding one-man production, Lies Have Been Told: An Evening With Robert Maxwell, Maxwell tries to persuade you of his point of view... if you can believe a word he says!Lies Have Been Told had a successful run at the New End Theatre in 2005 and transferred to the Trafalagar Studios in January 2006.

Lies Have Been Told

A Evening with Robert Maxwell

AvRod Beacham

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

184 kr

Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

On November 5th 1991, Robert Maxwell, who had used hundreds of millions of pounds from his companies and their pension funds to prop up his ailing empire, disappeared overboard from his yacht in the Canary Islands. His body was later found floating in the ocean. The official verdict was accidental drowning, but others suggested he had committed suicide or been murdered by secret agents or Russian mafia hit men. Was Robert Maxwell a monster or the victim of racism and snobbery? In the outstanding one-man production, "Lies Have Been Told: An Evening with Robert Maxwell", Maxwell tries to persuade you of his point of view...if you can believe a word he says! "Lies Have Been Told" had a successful run at the New End Theatre in 2005 and transferred to the Traflagar Studios in January 2006.

Inter-City Contract & more

Seven Full-Cast BBC Radio Crime Dramas

AvRod Beacham

Ljudbok

Engelska, 2025

186 kr

Lyssna direkt efter köp

Lies Have Been Told

A Evening with Robert Maxwell

AvRod Beacham

E-bok

Engelska, 2006

193 kr

Läs direkt efter köp

Lies Have Been Told

A Evening with Robert Maxwell

AvRod Beacham

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

184 kr

Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

On November 5th 1991, Robert Maxwell, who had used hundreds of millions of pounds from his companies and their pension funds to prop up his ailing empire, disappeared overboard from his yacht in the Canary Islands. His body was later found floating in the ocean. The official verdict was accidental drowning, but others suggested he had committed suicide or been murdered by secret agents or Russian mafia hit men. Was Robert Maxwell a monster or the victim of racism and snobbery? In the outstanding one-man production, "Lies Have Been Told: An Evening with Robert Maxwell", Maxwell tries to persuade you of his point of view...if you can believe a word he says! "Lies Have Been Told" had a successful run at the New End Theatre in 2005 and transferred to the Traflagar Studios in January 2006.