1. Flashpoint

Chief Inspector Roger West and his wife, Janet, are involved in a sinister incident.

Starring real-life husband and wife duo - Patrick Allen and Sarah Lawson.

Published in 1952, the third of John Creasey's novels about the detective.

Dramatised in eight parts by Maurice Travers.

Chief Inspector Roger West .... Patrick Allen
Janet: .... Sarah Lawson
Sir Guy Chatworth .... Maurice Hedley
Detective Inspector Bill Sloan .... Derek Newark
Mark Lessing .... James Kerry
Marino .... Leonard Fenton
Bertie Downs .... John Baddeley

John Creasey wrote over 40 Roger West novels.

Much like Paul Temple, “Scotland Yard’s youngest, smartest chief inspector” has a long-suffering wife who also gets involved with the action.

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on Radio 2 in May 1969.