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Charles Paris: Murder Unprompted
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- Narrated by: Bill Nighy, full cast, Suzanne Burden
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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Summary
Bill Nighy stars as Charles Paris in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Simon Brett's novel.
Charles Paris is understudying in a West End production, whose star Michael Banks seems unable to master the script. Has Charles time to solve a murder, win Frances' heart and make it on stage by the time the curtain goes up?
Also featuring: Suzanne Burden, Danny Webb, Jon Glover, Jemima Rooper, Liza Sadovy, Rachel Bavidge, Nitin Gonatra, Tilly Gaunt, Thomas Arnold, Jot Davies, Leslie Philips, Simon Treves, Jasmin Callan and Miranda Colchester.
Written by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett.
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- Pc
- 19-10-22
Heavenly
Wonderful, believable performances all round. Gentle, funny whodunnit story! Revisit these plays often at bedtime.
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- m stansfield
- 31-01-20
just the ticket
Charles paris at his best love this series great to chill out with stress gone bill nighy is perfect
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- Mary Carnegie
- 22-08-16
Gentle murder with irony
Bill Nighy can deliver the best deadpan humour south of the Tweed! Charles Paris, played by Nighy, is probably the most charming, unreliable, endearing and infuriating recidivist alcoholic detective in fiction. He does have insight, but it dissolves, with conscience and penitence, with his first sniff of booze. Still, he's seemingly less narcissistic and smarter than most of his colleagues, and his semi-ex-wife Frances veers between affection, fury, irritation and maternal concern for him. He is capable of wise social comment and appraisal of other people.
Of course, by now, he should have succumbed to some horrid alcohol-related illness, but it's fun to listen in to his critique of theatre folk, art, pretentious money men, etc.
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- Terri
- 16-09-16
Brilliant as expected
Bill Nye is always guaranteed to deliver an impeccable performance. The script provides moments of comic genius as expected from the Charles Paris series.Excellent supporting cast including Lesley Philips.
If you like black comedy and a good murder mystery this is for you. Going to listen to another Charles Paris mystery to cheer up a very grey Sept.Friday. Hopefully there will be more produced in future.
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- John M
- 27-09-19
Typical C Paris story
My fourth CP story. You know what you are going to get - simple crime story with engaging main characters and marital banter.
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- Clare J Reece
- 18-03-19
Brilliant
All the cast are perfect. Just adore Bill. Even down to the ring tones used. These make me smile listening...
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- wanda_gershwitz
- 01-09-20
Not the best, but still good
Not as funny and tightly woven as other Charles Paris stories. It seems to take place 5 years earlier than the other ones I've heard and doesn't seem to be in its stride yet. But still entertaining.
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- Pippa
- 19-02-20
What's not to like
I love all the Charles Paris books narrated by Bill Nighy. They are great stories - I especially love the mix of gentle humour with a murder mystery where the characters are so interesting. I also love a full cast performance - Suzanne Burden is excellent as the exasperated wife. I can't recommend these highly enough, I listen to them again and again.
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- Ms. A. J. Simcock
- 03-12-22
very entertaining!
A lovely comic story with good characters, excellent actors and a particularly wonderful Performance from Bill Nighy
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- Emma Thomas
- 29-09-15
Another Charles Paris triumph!
Jeremy Front is a genius at updating Simon Brett's Charles Paris for a modern radio audience; Bill Nighy is superb at extracting the maximum louche appeal from the title character, and Susanne Burden is a perfect foil for his accidental adventures. I hope the BBC commission more adaptations - and when they do, that Audible publishes them!
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