BBC RADIO DRAMA: INVESTIGATION OF A MURDER by Eric Saward

The Investigation Of A Murder by Eric Saward was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
Story:
The methods of police investigation in a murder case are believed to be well-known. Routine enquiry, occasional inspiration. leading to conviction or frustration. But what is the effect of modern police work on those only casually or coincidentally involved in the case? What is the impact, in particular, on the relatives of the suspect; the man believed, but not yet known, to have committed the crime?

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

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[@marylynne9104]

Really good script, fabulous cast. Loved this story so much. Thanks for sharing. ❤

[@corinnehaystead156]

Throughly enjoyed this .i listen to audio stories to help me sleep but this one kept me awake as it was really gripping. Thanks 🙏

[@ysbyttybedbug]

Same here 😂

[@joycebowen8958]

Me too 😂 now I'm up way past my bedtime! Great story, very well performed.

[@mckavitt13]

Th best ones help me sleep... I feel cradled by a feeling of security as well as by my interest, irritated by boredom. But I know what people mean.

[@normaprimus4489]

Loving listening to it.From Jeddah

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Insomnia is a ……

[@rodpettet2819]

Interesting plot. This is the second time I've enjoyed this play.

[@archphoenixstanton6998]

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So pleased you are back - many thanks

[@jdh02841]

Theatre, good theatre. Nothing is better. Thanks for the show.

[@Loki1815]

Now we have a lot of confused people born after the 1990s, wondering what that noise was when he made a phone call!

[@MrFrode09]

😂😂😂

[@patriciallamas2050]

This is the second time I've listened to this piece. Cheers, @ArchPhoenixStanton for sharing these lovely radio dramas with us! I hope you are doing well, I know you haven't been here for quite a while and I really hope everything is all right and it's just because you have been busy with other projects/hobbies. 🙏🏻🥰 I've been following you since the beginning, and I know how hard it was every time KZbin took your channel down. We miss you an awful lot! ❣️❣️❣️ Virtual hug from Buenos Aires! 🤗

[@liamoloveboxing6844]

It's brilliant too have you back Archy👏

[@christrinder1255]

A pleasure to hear again! Many thanks for posting 👏👏👏👍😊

[@NoosaHeads]

I thought it was very good. Well constructed plot, good acting and believable.

[@jwsuicides8095]

Can't believe you're back. Great news for us drama junkies! All the best.

[@kevphillips02]

You cannot keep the Arch down, he always bounces back.

[@d.Arbelles]

Directed By: Roger Pine Det-Sgt Burgess: Roger Hume Det-Con Bailey: Terry Molloy Det-Supt Armstrong: Geoffrey Matthews Jenny: Elizabeth Cassidy Malcolm: Sean Barrett Mum: Ysanne Churchman Mrs Marsden: Hilda Schroder Mrs Meadows: Peggy Ashby Raymond: Michael Irwin Doctor: Leonard Dixon Charlie: Earl Cameron Len Woods: Arnold Peters Desk Sgt: Ralph Lawton Radio operator: Hedli Niklaus

[@patriciallamas2050]

Thank you!

[@lorrainevanlelyveld8065]

Wonderful, wonderful to have you back. Thank you for this. Much appreciated. Stay safe and love from South Africa.

[@katieclarke1352]

Arch is back! Yaaaaaaaay! ❤️❤️❤️

[@suspendeddisbelief401]

@Musa Kody get lost!!!

[@TedaR]

MISS THE PHOENIX! Prayers you are well sir! Blessings handsome Arch! 😘 do let us know if ya can. I have inquired over the years. ✝️🙏🏼🕊️❤️

[@lydiamarks8577]

I really enjoyed this play! Thank you so much for sharing 👍👍

[@eileendowling7289]

Good

[@margaretseddon4627]

Marvellous! Thank goodness for dramas, well acted and satisfying endings. Thankyou.

[@gabyshepherd8855]

Disappointed how it ended, unfortunately 😕

[@trudeyhenley4982]

So am I. Great story but the ending is weak. It felt more like a let-down than a satisfying conclusion.

[@baddogentertainment6960]

Weak ending.

[@Ildy04]

Yes. I had all sorts of twists in my head.

[@GabiD-xu6we]

Thank you. Love these stories. God bless you. 💕😇🙏💕

[@melisamcswain2736]

Stay well 😁 during this new world we are in!🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@Prizm44]

(Spoiler warning) . . . . They said she recognised the person in the car, and got in. But why would she get in with the car park owner? Bit of a crap story with the ridiculously rude police, etc.

[@moj1338]

I agree, I actually thought the murderer was the wife.

[@elizabethroberts8829]

👏🏼👏🏼😃 very good, thank you 😊

[@stevengrotte2987]

THANK YOU!!!! Please keep them coming!!!!

[@bodegabreath4258]

Enjoyed this once. Going to enjoy it again.

[@katjalee5095]

So good to have you back arch 😊

[@royhadley686]

Thank you

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

Bless you, thanks Arch

[@mrgarrytoo]

Fantastic

[@briangarrett2427]

Can't help liking Armstrong.

[@sueblowes1595]

Me off topic to. What's happened to Mclevy, Julie Enfiejd, Martin Beck and others. Please please bring them back !!!!!!!!

[@elaineedgar2913]

I found Julie Enfield stories too creepy!

[@usercarefree44]

I hated that desk sergeant. Patronising prat.

[@RM-ti8nf]

I hope they change the locks on the house before they leave. And contact an agent to get it sold.

[@elizabethbower2168]

A good story well written apart from the very weak and poor ending

[@janegriffiths7733]

enjoyed but going to give it another listen I got a bit lost at the end,probably just me. Thank you for sharing

[@ElenaOutThere]

Great to have you back! Thank you very much once again 👏👏👏

[@joedge6142]

Listened to this a couple of times before but it's always worth another listen.

[@dorothyjacobs294]

I enjoyed this play so much. It would have been much better if that silly stupid clingy woman whose husband keeps abanding her was not included. I fast forward. The play is brilliant and sad.

[@malabhargava]

Keeps you absorbed

[@nellietv1968]

Great story, well acted, enjoyable murder mystery. Thanks Arch.

[@alblondie]

Brilliant, thank you

[@dougchance8891]

Terrible " Non Event ending"

[@mrsbooth1964]

I’m new here but wow these are great. Thank you very much Archie 😊

[@francescocapinera4730]

The faymes five

[@feralbluee]

such interesting twists.

[@Blerdbrain]

Crazy I thought this was a new interest of mine and I haven’t listened to any of these till this week. But when Jenny and Malcolm arrived at her mothers house it all came flooding back

[@tomdaniel2094]

Spoiler.... Think the twist should have had the mom being the killer when the husband Is out having affairs The mom turns to killing young women as a way of revenge

[@indricotherium4802]

Very well performed by the actors. However, the introduction of an unknown and somewhat arbitrary perp at the ladt minute is not the best writing, imo.

[@judiekrebs3590]

C c

[@maggiejane6327]

Excellent! 👍

[@Englishman2031]

Excellent thanks for the upload..

[@baddmanaz]

Can't get a more generic title than this

[@midsummernight2009]

So glad you are back

[@DenisePoole-Closet-Crafts]

Thank you for sharing this great drama on here 😀

[@chalmerbasham695]

Can’t keep a good man down....

[@leciabella9461]

I guess i wanted someone else to be the murderer

[@JanetCaterina]

Well done

[@danjsy]

Very good.

[@christinesmurthwaite8660]

that’s what it was like in the 1970s police

[@charlesachurch7265]

This sounds like an R D Wingfield play ...pseudonym maybe?

[@islandgirl581]

Terrible brummie accents 😱😁😱

[@lisagraham3806]

Hi Karen not brummie accents but black country sounds just like my husband lol

[@dougchance8891]

Islandgirl1581 The Brummie accent is an assault on anyones ears.

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Actually.. I love the Brummie accent! Especially on men 😉😁 I have always found the people of Birmingham to be very open and friendly and more than helpful when visiting so the accent has very positive connetations for me 🥰

[@mikamee5459]

Good story but ending was not very good.

[@richardjames1939]

Brilliant, what a gripping play to enjoy on a sunny afternoon. Thank you.

[@melisamcswain2736]

Hi 😊 hope you are well,I am listening to investigating murder. It is great the straight forward the detectives are about other people.😄😄😄😄😄 The girls husband is so straight up. Love ❣️ it I am very into detectives,and mystery

[@nicholasforrester8587]

I'm trying to find a old radio drama about a English woman who is living in the Mediterranean forget which country, but her husband buys a cane and the handle is possessed. And it's a male entity that whispers to her. And of course it is evil. If anyone can remember the name, I would be grateful 🙏🏼.

[@patriciallamas2050]

You've made me so curious about this!! I have tried so hard to find it, but to no avail, alas. 😭 Have you tried asking Oldtuberadio, or Chesterton's channel? There are other similar channels, I don't remember their names now, I'm subscribed to them all, I reckon. Please, let me know if you happen to find it! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Cheers! 🤗

[@BryinWillis-e8g]

Sunday

[@briannumme9337]

Who killed Julia?

[@Angela-cc1hd]

Interesting story, the woman who did not know where her husband was, was unbelievably pathetic? Ending dissapointing!

[@elainepayne7047]

Not surprised he didn’t get promotion!

[@kalliopikopanitsa7631]

An unpleasant lot of characters: cynical policemen and neurotic middle class housewives . Audio drama fan from Athens Greece.

[@susansherlock7474]

@@kalliopikopanitsa7631 neurotic middle class housewives? A woman whose daughter has been murdered, and a wife with a philandering husband who could be a potential murderer?

[@kalliopikopanitsa7631]

@@susansherlock7474 Hello there! I was referring to the exaggerated acting of the women , and not the characters depicted . Did not mean to be offensive as I love radio drama.

[@dorothyjacobs9972]

I like the detective burgess.

[@sarafreeman5073]

Boring story!!

[@valhaycock4526]

Z

[@oliviapeart7797]

The dismissive attitude by the police of women be they dead or alive - times haven't changed 😬

[@lanahooker-smiley8038]

Appreciate & Enjoy. Recovering broken arm. Thank you.

[@archphoenixstanton6998]

You are so welcome