Thrilling Stories of the Railway 1/5 (Napínavé příběhy ze železnice, 2008, 2014)

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Victor Whitechurch. Slavný železniční detektiv – vegetarián Thorpe Hazell řeší napínavé železniční případy. Úprava a režie Fiona Kelcher.

Čte Benedict Cumberbatch.

Nastudovalo BBC v roce 2008. Premiéra 1. dílu 8. 12. 2008 (BBC Radio 7). Repríza únor 2012 (BBC Radio 4 Extra); prosinec 2016 (BBC Radio 4 Extra).

Vydalo BBC 17. 7. 2014 (1 CD).

Obsah: 1. The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box – 2. Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture – 3. The Affair of the Corridor Express – 4. The Stolen Necklace – 5. The Affair of the Birmingham Bank.

Pozn.: Benedict Cumberbatch reads five stories featuring the famous vegetarian railway detective, Thorpe Hazell, as heard on BBC Radio 4.

In The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box, Hazell hatches a daring plan to retrieve a highly sensitive government document before it reaches the German Ambassador.

In Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture, When an entire wagon containing valuable paintings disappears from a goods train, Hazell’s skill is needed.

In The Affair of the Corridor Express, a multimillionaire’s son disappears from a moving train. Hazell must find the kidnappers before the boy is lost forever.

In The Stolen Necklace a lady begs Hazell to help when the diamond necklace that she borrowed is stolen from her suitcase.

In The Affair of the Birmingham Bank, customers keep drawing money from a Midlands bank, so gold reserves are sent by train. Hazell must guard against train robbery. (anotace)

Lit.: anonym: The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box. Thrilling Stories of the Railway. In web BBC, prosinec 2008 (článek). – Cit.: Can daring amateur sleuth, Thorpe Hazell help to intercept a German dispatch-box containing a highly confidential document stolen from the British Government?

Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch’s tales about the speciality detective who uses his locomotive expertise to solve the audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing the Edwardian railways.

Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain’s most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims – and operating outside the law when it suits him.

English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer (1868 – 1933) – Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch’s immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.