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Inspector West: A Classic BBC Radio Crime Collection
- Three Action-Packed Vintage Adventures
- Narrated by: full cast, Patrick Allen, Sarah Lawson
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
Three vintage crime serials, adapted from John Creasey's hugely popular thrillers.
Roger West is a home-loving, hard-hitting and very human policeman. Nicknamed 'Handsome' West, he's more than just a pretty face—he's also Scotland Yard's youngest, smartest detective and a crime-solving supremo. Six of his adventures were dramatised for radio between 1967 and 1971, but only three survived, all of which are included in this box set.
'Battle for Inspector West' - Idle curiosity takes the Chief Inspector to a high-society wedding—and leads him into a case involving a notorious blackmailer and a missing bride. Drawn into a web of terror, West comes face-to-face with an old adversary—a dangerous criminal mastermind named Carosian....
'Inspector West at Home' - When Roger West finds the dead body of a small-time crook, he faces opposition from the formidable Superintendent Abbott, his superior at the Yard. Suspended from duty, he sets out on a trail of conspiracy, corruption and murder....
'Inspector West at Bay' - First West is targeted by a vicious attacker, then his wife, Janet, receives an anonymous, threatening message. Caught up in a deadly game of blind man's buff, can he save himself and his family from an enemy who seems determined to destroy them?
Starring real-life husband and wife Patrick Allen and Sarah Lawson as Roger and Janet West, these three full-cast dramas are full of excitement and suspense. Also featured is a 30-minute episode from The Radio Detectives, 'Stand by for West', in which Professor Jeffrey Richards investigates the 'master craftsman of mystery' John Creasey and his greatest creation, Inspector West.
Written by John Creasey.
Adapted by Maurice Travers.
Starring Patrick Allen as Chief Inspector Roger West and Sarah Lawson as Janet West.
'Battle for Inspector West'
Michael Grant - Philip Bond
Christine Grant - Denise Buckley
Sir Guy Chatworth - Hamilton Dyce
Prendergast - John Cazabon
Vic - Charles Haggith
Carosian - Francis de Wolff
Arthur Morley - Preston Lockwood
Julieta - Eva Stuart
Sir Mortimer Grant - Humphrey Morton
Detective Sergeant Hubert Gill - Trevor Bannister
Pearly Willis - Henry Stamper
Superintendent Mulloon - Harry Webster
Produced by John Fawcett Wilson.
First broadcast BBC Light Programme, 4th May - 15th June 1967.
'Inspector West at Home'
Detective Inspector Bob Cornish - Frederick Treves
Mark Lessing - Edward de Souza
Superintendent Abbott - Grant Taylor
Pep Morgan - Harry Landis
Pickerell - Robert James
Sir Guy Chatworth - Maurice Hedley
Mrs Fleming - Margaret Robertson
Lois Randall - Carol Marsh
Bill Tennant - Anthony Jackson
'Whistler' Malone - Rio Fanning
Raymond Fleming - Frederick Jaeger
Produced by John Fawcett Wilson.
Pianist: Max Harris.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2, 25th March - 15th April 1968.
'Inspector West at Bay'
Sir Guy Chatworth - Maurice Hedley
Detective Inspector Bill Sloan - Derek Newark
Mark Lessing - James Kerry
Eve Wedlake - Anna Gilchrist
With Leonard Fenton, John Baddely, Elizabeth Proud, Judy Bennett, Margaret Wolfit, Peter Williams, John Pullen, Ian Frost and Peter Thompson.
Produced by John Browell.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2, 27th May - 19th June 1969.
The Radio Detectives, Series 3 Episode 5: 'Stand by for West'
Presented by Professor Jeffrey Richards.
With Richard Creasey, Patrick Allen and Sarah Lawson.
Produced by Liz Anstee.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 28th March 2000.
What listeners say about Inspector West: A Classic BBC Radio Crime Collection
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- John Grimbaldeston
- 27-10-22
Thoroughly thrilling ripping yarns
Great fun! Sneeringly arrogant evil villains, taken down at the moment of hubristic gloating by the thoroughly decent detective, the wonderfully silken-voiced Patrick Allen, as though straight from his Barratt house helicopter. Car chases, coincidences, passive females under threat, phone calls asking for urgent meetings leading to a trap for the hero or death for the caller, every Francis Durbridge style cliche is used. The actors don't take it seriously, the stories would offend feminists with the passive, powerless females ("If my aunt had wanted to be my uncle, she'd have ridden a man's bicycle"), and racial stereo-types are unashamed - thoroughly fifties in attitude, but all that seems to matter is that the story hurtles along at a hundred miles an hour. Ripping!
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- Michael Austin
- 23-07-22
nearly as good as Paul Temple
great stories of a bygone era
fast paced and very entertaining. wish there were more.
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- Jk
- 03-06-22
Classic period piece
The stories and performances reflect the era, but if you can put aside the mild outrage some of the attitudes evokes, the stories are well paced and delivered.
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- HF
- 01-01-23
Old fashioned but wonderful
Brilliant old school British detective drama, radio at its best. Three ripping yarns. Great characters.
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- Kindle Customer
- 21-03-23
police drama well done
entertaining little series
good performance bounces along happily not to deep just light entertainment
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- C. Carruthers
- 28-09-24
Pure nostalgia
Yes it’s of it’s time and a bit silly but the Inspecrot West dramatisations are pure nostalgia and brilliant., I love them !
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- Tink21B
- 19-05-23
Disappointing
DNF.
I usually enjoy Golden Age crime, but I couldn’t get along with this series. The plots were too over the top and I didn’t really like any of the characters all that much.
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