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Daunt & Dervish
- The Complete BBC Radio Crime Series
- Narrated by: Anna Massey, Bill Paterson, Frances Barber, Full Cast, Imelda Staunton, Sean Scanlan, Sylvestra Le Touzel
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
All four series of the jaunty crime drama featuring two ex-spies who set up a private detective agency
London,1953. Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish both worked for the Ministry of Defence during the Second World War, doing top-secret, highly dangerous espionage work. But in peacetime, they find themselves without a job and feeling useless. Determined to put their talents to good use, they decide to set up a detective agency, with the help of former private eye Bill Mackie.
From their Covent Garden office, they handle a steady flow of business. But the ladies’ lives really become exciting when they rescue a woman from drowning – only to discover that she’s not what she seems. Soon, the daring duo are caught up in all manner of challenging cases, including a sporting assignment involving a priest and an Olympic boxing hopeful, a request to bid on a Monet that takes them on a trail across the Channel, a commission to investigate film actress Belinda Lane and a theft at a fashion designer’s workshop that leads them into a world of Teddy boys, political machinations and murder....
Guy Meredith's light-hearted crime series stars Anna Massey as Josephine Daunt, while Imelda Staunton, Frances Barber and Sylvestra Le Touzel play Susan Dervish. Bill Paterson and Sean Scanlan co-star as Bill Mackie.
Written by Guy Meredith.
Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey.
Series 1 produced by Cherry Cookson and directed by Janet Whitaker.
Series 2-4 produced and directed by Colin Guthrie.
Clarinet played by Julian Stringle (Series 3, Episode 1).
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- Peter
- 12-10-20
Great set of audio dramas
Nice detective stories in the tradition of Agatha Christie and Frances Durbridge. Set in post war London, the female protagonists are able to show the world that they are everyone's equal.
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- Trevelyan
- 02-08-21
Brilliant!
Gentle, nostalgic, easy to listen to and wonderfully acted! I wish more stories had been recorded as I would certainly have used my credits on them!
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- Celia 22
- 27-07-20
Good stories despite the change of actors.
Good stories, mostly well acted.
But as with other ex radio shows would it kill the producers to list the episode name instead of just giving chapter numbers that mean nothing? Would make finding episodes much easier. Why is the last episode split into several tiny bits ? No possibility of splicing it all together? Some of these ex radio shows are very lazily produced given it costs members a credit.
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- natalie smedley
- 22-02-21
Entertaining
Definitely a welcome change from watching the TV, let your imagination take you back to a time of rationing, 50’s style clothing and living.
Non offensive language and plots to keep you enthralled and entertained.
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- terry graham
- 26-03-21
A Gem Not To Be Missed
Firstly, the cover artwork attracted me as a fan of the 'Paul Temple' series.
Indeed if you like 'Paul Temple' and the 'Charles Paris' series as written by Jeremy Front then 'Daunt & Dervish' is definitely for you.
An excellent production with the cream of British acting giving wonderful performances. Bill Nighy even pops up in episode 2.
I do hope more episodes are in the pipeline.
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- juicy jewel
- 23-08-21
Great series
Preferred the original cast but great series anyway. More entertainment please ! And preferably very soon !
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- Val
- 16-08-20
Old school mysteries
Old school mysteries but none the worse for that, and the cast were brilliant. Overall it was like drinking hot chocolate, wrapped in a soft shawl on a cold grey day.
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- Loui
- 16-08-20
great entertainment
full of old world charm . Great stories, great actors, very easy to listen to, and entertaining
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- Banjoman
- 24-11-20
A delight!
Apart from the annoying piano jingle at the beginning and end of each episode during series one, I loved the dramatisations.
Engaging characters and believable stories brought to life by a brilliant cast.
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- Hes
- 29-11-20
Loved it
Really good series loved it just wish there were more. We’ll written, cast were amazing
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