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Charles Paris

An Amateur Corpse: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

by Simon Brett
Jeremy Front
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Charles is out of work again, and to make matters worse his mother has come to stay and he's no way of escaping her. So when he's offered some voiceover work by old friend, Hugo, he's delighted to get out of the house. But Hugo's marriage is in trouble: his much younger wife, Ellie, spends all her time at her Amateur Dramatic Group, and Hugo is drinking too much.
When Ellie is found drowned in their swimming pool, it seems Hugo is guilty of murder. It's up to Charles to prove his friend's innocence...
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden and Geraldine McEwan are among the star cast in this entertaining mystery, dramatised by Jeremy Front.
Written by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Charles Paris Dramatisations

  • Publisher

  • Awards

  • Release date

    January 3, 2013

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781445890579
      • File size: 53950 KB
      • Duration: 01:52:23

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      These BBC Charles Paris mysteries, based on Simon Brett's original character, get progressively better due, in part, to excellent supporting characters. Here we have Charles's mum to thank for a most spirited production. Charles tries to free his old friend, Hugo, from a murder charge by finding the real culprit. Bill Nighy, sounding a bit dopey and hesitant at times, is the ideal Charles. Laugh-out-loud funny yet totally believable is Mum, Geraldine McEwan, who pretends to be ill to distract a cop as she awaits Charles, who's searching a house illegally. Even Charles becomes a bit concerned about her! Ringtones add to the merriment as listeners anticipate the latest in who's "bothering" Charles as he investigates in these humorous English mysteries. S.G.B. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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