A Charles Paris Mystery – An Amateur Corpse 1/4 (Záhady Charlese Parise – Mrtvola diletanta, 2012, 2013)

Přidal: Premek |

Březen 25, 2018

Simon Brett. Rozhlasová dramatizace Jeremy Front. Režie Sally Avens.

Osoby a obsazení: Charles (Bill Nighy), Frances (Suzanne Burden), Joan (Geraldine McEwan), Hugo (Paul Ritter), Ellie (Amaka Okafor), Saskia (Christine Absalom), Geoff (Patrick Brennan), Clive (Sam Alexander).

Natočeno 2012. Premiéra 5. 12. 2012 (BBC Radio 4, 11:30 h). Repríza 13. 10. 2015 (BBC Radio 4, 23:00 h); 19. 3. 2018 (BBC Radio 4 Extra, 6:00 h). Vydal BBC Worldwide Limited v roce 2013 (1 CD).

Pozn.: Bill Nighy stars as Charles Paris in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of Simon Brett’s comic crime novel An Amateur Corpse. 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. (anotace)

Lit.: anonym: A Charles Paris Mystery, An Amateur Corpse Episode 1 of 4. In web BBC Radio 4, březen 2018 (článek). – Cit.: Actor-cum-sleuth Charles Paris is once again out of work – an event made worse by his maddening mother Joan’s arrival to recuperate from an operation.

So when he bumps into old friend, Hugo, who offers him some voiceover work, Charles is doubly happy; some money and a chance to escape the house.

But a simple voice job leads Charles into Hugo’s drink-fuelled depressing marriage. His young wife spends most of her time at an am-dram group with some very strange members and Hugo seems ready to crack….