The Rivals BBC Radio 4 2011 – BBC Free Audiobook

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This series finished recently on BBC Radio 4. I enjoyed it but I don’t see the need for Lestrade myself.
I’ll let the BBC descriptions give you an idea what to expect.

The Rivals
Inspector Lestrade, made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories, introduces tales of Holmes’s rivals.
BBC Radio 4
19 and 26 October and 2 and 9 November 2011 11:30 am – 12:00 midday

Episode 1/4 – The Murders in the Rue Morgue
By Edgar Allan Poe
Dramatised by Chris Harrald
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko

Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he has a chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes’ rivals.
He begins with the famous case of the Murders In The Rue Morgue, and the eccentric talents of Auguste Dupin.

Lestrade . . . . . James Fleet
Dupin . . . . . Andrew Scott
Lucy . . . . . Alex Tregear
Granjean . . . . . Sean Baker
Duborg . . . . . Brian Bowles
Mme Duborg . . . . . Jane Whittenshaw
The Sailor . . . . . Stuart McLoughlin

Episode 2/4 The Problem of Cell 13
By Jacques Futrelle
Dramatised by Chris Harrald
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko

Arthur Conan Doyle’s Inspector Lestrade introduces the story of Professor SFX Van Dusen, who thinks his way out of a locked prison cell.

Lestrade . . . . . James Fleet
Van Dusen . . . . . Paul Rhys
Lucy . . . . . Alex Tregear
Fielding . . . . . Sean Baker
Merriman . . . . . Stuart McLoughlin
Hatch . . . . . Alun Raglan
O’Connor . . . . . Simon Bubb

Episode 3/4 Murder by Proxy
By Matthias McDonnel Bodkin
Dramatised by Chris Harrald
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko

Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he has a chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes’ rivals.
He continues with a country house murder and the devious talents of private detective Paul Beck.

Lestrade . . . . . James Fleet
Beck . . . . . Anton Lesser
Lucy . . . . . Alex Tregear
Jonathan . . . . . Stuart McLoughlin
Mark . . . . . Simon Bubb
Julia . . . . . Eloise Secker
Neville . . . . . Sean Baker
Tilley . . . . . Brian Bowles
Mrs Beck . . . . . Jane Whittenshaw

Episode 4/4 The Mystery of Redstone Manor
By Chris Harrald, based on the character by Catherine Louisa Pirkis.
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.

Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now he has a chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes’ rivals.
He concludes with a nail-biting adventure that features the uncompromising Loveday Brooke.