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ID: 396161
Title: Peeler: The BBC Radio 4 crime series
Author: Patrick Carroll
Narrator: Full Cast , James Booth, Mick Ford, Norman Jones, Richard E. Grant
Format: Unabridged
Length: 02:57:26
Language: English
Release date: 01-16-20
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Detective Stories
Summary:
A six-part BBC Radio 4 crime drama set in nineteenth-century London
It is 1830, a year after Sir Robert Peels creation of the Metropolitan Police, known as the 'Peelers'. As the brand new bobbies patrol the beat in their smart blue uniforms, armed only with truncheons and rattles, they form the first line of defence against crime.
But as this thrilling series opens, the fledgling detective force is proving unpopular, sparking deep political unrest and public protests. Rioters take to the streets of London, and the police struggle to contain the violence.
The threat posed by the mob is not the only problem for young Martin Quin, onetime hero of Waterloo and now a police constable. First his fiancée, Maria Staples, breaks off their engagement due to her tyrannical fathers disapproval. Then Quin is involved in an altercation with Lord Trowles coachman, and the arrogant aristocrat insists he is charged with assault. Forced to defend himself in court, Martin finds himself facing imprisonment and ruin.
Meanwhile, Bow Street runner Jeremiah Morley investigates shady printer Peter the Screever, and uncovers a heinous blackmail plot...
Written by Patrick Carroll, this atmospheric series stars Richard E Grant as Lord Trowle, Norman Jones as Sir Robert Peel, Mick Ford as PC Martin Quin and James Booth as Jeremiah Morley.
Written by Patrick Carroll
Directed by Janet Whitaker
Singer: Martin Carthy
Cast
PC Martin QuinMick Ford
Jeremiah MorleyJames Booth
Sir Robert PeelNorman Jones
Lord TrowleRichard E Grant
Colonel RowanPeter Jeffrey
Richard MayneKillian McKenna
Maria StaplesJoanna Myers
Sergeant DuttonRonald Herdman
Inspector Beale/Frederick RoeTimothy Bateson
PC Atkinson/Sergeant Cazalet/Mr EvansAlan Barker
PC Smythe/Francis Place/Turnkey/Mr LukeMark Straker
Lord Laverton/PC RourkeJames Greene
Mr YardleyRichard Pearce
Arthur Jenkins/John StaplesIan Lindsay
Rev Charles LytonTimothy Carlton
Mrs GascoygneElizabeth Bell
Peter the ScreeverFraser Kerr
Beth/FlorrieSusan Sheridan
Lucy/Mrs GregoryElizabeth Kelly
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18 July-22 August 1991