Two Full-Cast BBC Comedy Crime Dramas

Craft

Step into the world of art theft, forgery, murder and double-dealing in this pair of quirky crime dramas, perfect for fans of the classic Ealing Comedies. 
 
In Craft, failed artist, Adam Bax, is amazed when one of his paintings sells for a large sum, giving him overnight fame. Though still deeply disillusioned with the world of art, he embarks on a little nefarious money-making, aided and abetted by his estranged wife, Tessa. And in Tokyo Correction, Adam Bax is back in London after ten years on the run in Spain. Penniless and jobless, he's taken under the wing of an old student of his. He soon finds himself tangled up in a major art deception - and then discovers one of his collaborators has been murdered...

Guy Meredith

Full Cast

Anna Massey

Imelda Staunton

Frances Barber

Sylvestra le Touzel

Bill Paterson

Sean Scanlan

The Complete BBC Radio crime series

All four series of the jaunty crime drama featuring two ex-spies who set up a private detective agency 
 
London, 1953. Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish both worked for the Ministry of Defence during the Second World War, doing top-secret, highly dangerous espionage work. But in peacetime, they find themselves without a job and feeling useless. Determined to put their talents to good use, they decide to set up a detective agency, with the help of former private eye Bill Mackie. 
 
From their Covent Garden office, they handle a steady flow of business. But the ladies' lives really become exciting when they rescue a woman from drowning - only to discover that she's not what she seems. Soon, the daring duo are caught up in all manner of challenging cases, including a sporting assignment involving a priest and an Olympic boxing hopeful; a request to bid on a Monet that takes them on a trail across the Channel; a commission to investigate film actress Belinda Lane; and a theft at a fashion designer's workshop that leads them into a world of Teddy boys, political machinations and murder... 
 
Guy Meredith's light-hearted crime series stars Anna Massey as Josephine Daunt, while Imelda Staunton, Frances Barber and Sylvestra Le Touzel play Susan Dervish. Bill Paterson and Sean Scanlan co-star as Bill Mackie. 
 
Written by Guy Meredith 
Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey 
Series 1 produced by Cherry Cookson and directed by Janet Whitaker 
Series 2-4 produced and directed by Colin Guthrie 
Clarinet played by Julian Stringle (Series 3, Episode 1) 
 
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