Father Paolo Baldi Mysteries [electronic resource] : The Complete BBC Radio Crime series
Brett, Simon2019
eAudioBook
The complete series 1-5 of the thrilling mystery series. On sabbatical from the Franciscan order, Father Paolo Baldi is working as a philosophy lecturer in Dublin when his life takes an unexpected turn and he finds himself helping the police to solve crimes. Along with Tina, Paolo uncovers the truth behind the killings of several rockabilly band members, a high-profile case of a police officer's murder, as well as delving into the highly competitive world of celebrity chefs. He also exposing a rift in a community of environmental activists, enters the world of romantic poetry to solve a suspected suicide, investigates the killing of a politically-incorrect figurehead, and finds that the death of a homeless man is not as simple as it appears. Follow the priest-cum-sleuth's thrilling adventures as he solves mysteries throughout Ireland. David Threlfall, Tina Kellegher and T.P. McKenna star in this exciting series written by Simon Brett, Bill Murphy, Andrew Martin, Martin Meenan, John Murphy and Francis Turnly in the series created by Barry Devlin.
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Author:
Brett, Simon, AuthorDunbar, Adrian, NarratorTurnly, Francis, AuthorJames Geraldine, NarratorFull Cast, NarratorThrelfall, David, NarratorMurphy, Bill, AuthorKellegher, Tina, NarratorMartin, Andrew, AuthorClunes, Martin, NarratorMeehan, Martin, AuthorNighy, Bill, NarratorMurphy, John, Author
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : BBC Audio, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Biography/History:
Simon Brett (Author) Simon Brett was born in Worcester Park, Surrey, on 28 October 1945. He was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he read English and was president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. After graduating in 1967 he worked as Father Christmas in a department store before landinga job at the BBC as a radio producer. During his ten years there, he worked on such programmes as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Week Ending, The Burkiss Way, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Just a Minute. He moved to London Weekend Television in 1977, where he produced Maggie and Her, End of Part One and The Glums (a popular spin-off from radio's Take It From Here). Brett's first Charles Paris novel, Cast In Order of Disappearance, was published in 1975, and by 1979 he was able to leave LWT and become a full-time writer. He has written over eighty books, including nineteen Charles Paris books, fifteen Fethering Mysteries and six Mrs Pargeter novels, as well as several non-series titles such as A Shock to the System (1984), which was adapted as a film starring Michael Caine. He has also contributed to several anthologies and scripted many sitcoms for radio including No Commitments, Smelling of Roses and After Henry. Other radio work includes several one-off plays for Radio 4, and a number of episodes of the detective series Baldi. A former Chair of both the Crime Writers' Association and The Society of Authors, he is currently President of the Detection Club, as well as being involved with various writers' organisations. He is married with three children, and lives in West Sussex. Francis Turnly (Author) Writer Francis Turnly's first radio play Pressing the Flesh was short-listed for the Imison Award in 2003. Subsequent work for Radio 4 includes Point of Departure, Homestead and 'Shelter', an episode of the detective series Baldi.
ISBN:
9781787539730
Language:
English
BRN:
362259