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Miles Jupp in a Locked Room

4 Extra Debut. Before Rebus and Rendell, crime fans thrilled to impossible murders set in locked rooms. Miles Jupp investigates the genre that refuses to die. From May 2012.

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There's a fresh corpse! But that room hasn't been opened for years! Locked Room Mysteries astonished and delighted crime fans in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. But as Miles Jupp discovers, the Locked Room continues to infuriate and delight, inspiring writers in Japan and France. But how many ingenious solutions can be wrung out of a body, a sealed chamber, and the imagination of a dedicated writer? You'll be surprised...

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 1 Apr 201701:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Mon 21 May 201216:00
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Sun 17 Jun 201213:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 9 Jul 201214:05
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Sat 14 Jul 201206:04
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Mon 16 Jul 201200:02
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Fri 31 Mar 201706:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 31 Mar 201713:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 31 Mar 201720:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 1 Apr 201701:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra