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P Division

The Complete BBC Radio Crime Series

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All 18 episodes of the police procedural featuring the Glaswegian cops of P Division.

Glasgow’s finest are on the case in these thrilling radio adaptations, based on the books by Peter Turnbull.

In the four-part serial Condition Purple, a murdered prostitute is found in the heart of Glasgow's prosperous business quarter. Could a tattoo on her body hold the key to finding her killer? In Two Way Cut, another four-parter, a headless body without a speck of blood on it has the cops puzzled - and who was the strange figure that PC Hamilton saw running along by the canal?

Series 1 of Code Four One sees a skeleton found on a building site in 'The Bonepit', while in 'The Ladder', a wealthy couple disappears, believed murdered - but where are the bodies? And in the tense two-parter 'Long Pig/The Torchman', a brutal crime is linked to other murders, and a psychological profiler is called in to help find the serial killer.

Series 2 of Code Four One opens with 'McInroy’s Point', in which a policewoman is suspected of killing her own mother. A seeming suicide puts the police on the trail of a cult in 'Suffer the Children', and a young woman is found strangled in 'Kissogram'. In 'Secret Affair', a murder in a rock band raises old nightmares for DS Sussock; in 'The Good Thief', a well-known TV personality is killed during a burglary; and in 'Hooked', when a pillar of the community is found dead in his office, P Division uncover his sordid past.

Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine, this gritty, atmospheric series stars Martin Cochrane and Crawford Logan as DI Fabian Donoghue, Ralph Riach and Jake D’Arcy as DS Ray Sussock, Frank Gallagher as DC Malcolm Montgomery, Andrew Conlan as DC Tony Abernethy, Martin McCardie as PC Phil Hamilton, and Ann Louise Ross and Eliza Langland as WPC Elka Willems.

Written by Peter Turnbull.

Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.

Produced and directed by Hamish Wilson.

Recorded in a BBC studio and on location in Glasgow.

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This is a period piece from the early 1990s set in Glasgow, for example before the creation of Police Scotland as a merged force and the change to the caution.

The Glasgow accents are not too broad for anyone who enjoyed ‘Taggert’.

The stories are reasonably varied, some in short pieces and others in mini-series.

My main criticism is sometimes the answers seem to be produced out of a hat, these are definitely police procedural/crime pieces rather than who dunnits, but I enjoyed them.

Classic Scottish crime drama

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Just had a wee bit of trouble with a few of the male characters at the beginning! Broad Scottish accents proved difficult but much easier with headphones - and became used to them with time. Lots of stories without too much bloodshed or gory details but with more than enough happening to hold my interest. Definitely dated if compared to modern police methods but the cast are flawless and believable. If nostalgia is your bag then give this entertaining series a try - I don't think you will be disappointed.

Great listening

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Really great cast, performances and stories but sometimes that bloody pipe being sucked on made me want to commit a 4:1

Oh that pipe!

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I was a great fan of P Division when first broadcast on the radio. I’m delighted to have the whole set available to listen to again. Think of this series as Taggart, but for the radio.

Great to hear again

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P Division is excellent read & audio plays. Peter Turnbull created great characters & stories. Would love more P Division.

P Division - Taggart of the radio

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