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2. To Die, to Sleep

WhodunnitsA Charles Paris Mystery - A Doubtful Death
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Bill Nighy stars as the loveable actor cum amateur sleuth: Charles is in Oxford in a re-imagining of Hamlet. The actress playing Ophelia has gone missing.

Bill Nighy stars as Charles Paris in another case for the loveably louche actor cum amateur detective.

Charles is in Oxford, appearing in a re-imagining of Hamlet by a high-concept theatre group when the actress playing Ophelia goes missing.

In between rehearsals with puppeteers and mime artists Charles determines to find out what has happened to her.

Written by Jeremy Front
from the novel by Simon Brett

Charles .... Bill Nighy
Frances .... Suzanne Burden
Maurice .... Jon Glover
Dan .... Will Kirk
Vicky .... Jessica Turner
Tomasz .... Ian Conningham
Zoe .... Laura Christy
Siriol .... Sinead MacInnes
Pete .... Neil McCaul
Tim .... Greg Jones
Izzy .... Lucy Reynolds
Canon Park/Director .... Clive Hayward
Passenger .... Adam Courting
Waitress/Sat Nav .... Amy Bentley-Klein

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020.

28 minutes

Last on

Mon 16 Jun 202523:00
BBC Radio 4

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