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Charles Paris: Cast in Order of Disappearance

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

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Charles Paris: Cast in Order of Disappearance

By: Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Martine McCutcheon, Suzanne Burden, full cast
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About this listen

Bill Nighy stars as Charles Paris with Martine McCutcheon as Jodie Ricks in this BBC Radio 4 comedy detective drama.

Charles finds himself uncharacteristically employed in a film, having landed the part of Szabec, a middle management vampire in 'The Wreathing'. His co-star is swimwear model turned actress Jodie Ricks and before long, Jodie is using Charles as a confidant.

Poor Jodie is in terrible trouble - not only is she being blackmailed over some compromising photos, but she is also carrying the baby of the film's producer, Elliot Roth, who now wants nothing to do with her. Then things take an even nastier turn when it appears that someone is trying to kill Jodie. Always keen to help a damsel in distress, Charles sets about trying to solve the mystery....

Starring Bill Nighy and Martine McCutcheon and dramatized by Jeremy Front.

Written by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett.

©2001 Simon Brett (P)2011 AudioGO Ltd Suspense Thriller & Suspense

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I will watch/listen to anything with Bill Nighy in it, the writing is sharp and hits the mark every time. I can see Nighy raising that famous eyebrow as the play unfolds. The cast are excellent and do a terrific job.

wonderful production, brilliantly brought to life

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Very enjoyable radio play with a great cast. Would have benefitted from removing the credit listing at the end of each 30 minute episode but it was easy enough to skip these when they cropped up.
A great way to spend a couple of hours.

Bill Nighy - what more do you need!

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what a great story and well performed

a great series listen to them all soon

great book

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all good as always just a great listen and all the actors are superb...every time

fun!

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Great easy listening murder mystery well acted and very engaging. Comic murder mystery at it's best

great lite murder mystery

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Charles Paris as played by Bill Nighy is having a tricky time. Delighted to be in work, he is stuggling to be inspired by the plot of the film (or his fellow 'actors'). However before long he is caught up in the tangled love life of his co-star Jodie (played by Martine McCutcheon) as well as the tangled love life of his daughter. A great cast and an equally good script (a modern update by Jeremy Front turns Simon Brett's enjoyable novel into an enjoyable radio drama) combine to make a really entertaining listen - undemanding but funny and engaging. I really enjoyed this.

Very entertaining

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I love Charles Paris and bill Nighy the combination is brilliant. Looking forward to the next series

Great listen

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love this series of BBC radio plays. Charles Paris at his cheeky best as always.

Excellent radio play.

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Bill Nighy is brilliant as always, backed up by the rest of the excellent cast. Storylines keep you hooked but interlaced with plenty of humour.

Love the style of these Charles Paris productions

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Deliciously amusing drama by Jeremy Front, in his adaptation of the novel by Simon Brett, with a full cast headed by Bill Nighy as Charles Paris, the aging acgor. There are several Charles Paris stories in this series and all are excellent fun, superbly acted and completely enjoyable: from the wonderfully sarcastic, semi alcoholic but charming lead character, through supercilious, imposed upon agent, Maurice, to long suffering separated from wife who still lets Charles stay at her house - and all this before the main plot begins. It might not be a deeply enthralling mystery but this is fairly inconsequential when .measured against the personality involvements.

This is my second time of listening to this glorious confection of characters, actors and musical snippets included at scene breaks and as pleasurable as at first hearing. I have also previously read the original Simon Brett, Cast in Order of Disappearance, upon which this was based and it pales into insignificance beside this glorious two hours of pleasure.

Love this series. Bill Nighy at his best. Recommended.

"Get the glasses, Frances."

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