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Charles Paris

A Series of Murders: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

by Simon Brett
Jeremy Front
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Charles Paris is thrilled – he's landed a nice juicy part playing Sergeant Collins in the TV detective series, 'The Stanislaus Braid Mysteries', and his estranged wife Frances seems to be on the brink of taking him back.
But filming turns out to be a tortuous process, with pompous star Russell Bentley demanding numerous retakes and irascible author Winifred Railton constantly interrupting. To cap it all, nubile actress Lisa Stokes is crushed to death on set – and Charles finds her body. It seems like a straightforward accident, but Charles can't shake the suspicion that she was murdered. Can he find the killer, stay away from the booze and the women, and win back his wife?
Starring Bill Nighy as the lovable louche and Suzanne Burden as his estranged wife.
Written by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett.
Duration: 1 hour approx.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Charles Paris Dramatisations

  • Publisher

  • Awards

  • Release date

    May 4, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781408423905
      • File size: 27500 KB
      • Duration: 00:57:17

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 1, 1989
      Charles Paris's 13th appearance finds the bibulous, sorrowful, often unemployed actor/sleuth appearing in a British TV series based on mystery novels featuring a Lord Peter Wimsey-like detective. Paris takes his part as a police-sergeant foil to the aristocratic lead beyond the set after a cast member is murdered during the first episode's taping. As Charles tries to ferret out murderer and motive, the show goes on location where the assistant stage manager is pushed to his death from a castle window. The producer bemoans the cost of falling behind schedule, the cast squabbles and backbites and the genteel elderly author of the books and her semi-dotty sister complain about liberties taken with the texts. The TV production atmosphere, Charles's likable, if lugubrious, nature and the well-drawn supporting cast compel more interest than the plot until the modern-day resolution ties up the tale with an unexpected twist.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      A SERIES OF MURDERS is another in the Charles Paris series written by Simon Brett. Paris has landed a "job of consistency," meaning that he has acting work in a television series that is scheduled to run longer than most of his other engagements. He isn't quite sure about his good fortune since consistent work interferes with his leisure time. However, since two murders occur on the set, Paris has the opportunity to practice his favorite pastime of amateur sleuthing. Simon Prebble does a wonderful job conveying the art of British understatement. His delivery is perfection, and the American ear will enjoy the change of pace and local expressions. S.K.P. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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