Starting this week a brand new full-cast dramatisation of the Charles Paris Mystery, So Much Blood. This new adaptation for 2023 is a four-part radio play for BBC Radio 4 starring Bill Nighy as Charles Paris. Which will also be available online as an audiobook, see below for details of how to download it for free!
Also below see my post for details of all of the Charles Paris mystery radio plays, listed in chronological order.
For more top mystery audiobooks to download for free, see my posts listed below.
So Much Blood
First broadcast BBC Radio 4: Every Friday from 9th to 30th June 2023 | Based on the novel by Simon Brett | Adapted for Radio by Jeremy Front | Produced and Directed by Sally Avens.
A Charles Paris Mystery (2023)
Plot: August in Edinburgh, and thousands of performers of all stripes have flocked to the Fringe Festival. Among them is Charles Paris filling in at the last minute after a student actress breaks a leg and has to drop out. Showcasing an earnest one-man show in a sea of stand-up comics is a bit of a gamble, but at least he’s acting, and with a Charles Paris production, what could possibly go wrong?
Charles is sharing a venue with a group of student actors, but when one of the performers dies in a freak stabbing, the actor-cum-amateur sleuth smells a murderous rat and decides to investigate…
When the killer sets his sights on him, Charles realises that he must be getting close to the truth – despite not having a clue what’s going on… Help arrives in the form of his agent, Maurice, in town scouting for talent, and Charles’ ‘semi-detached’ wife, Frances, who inadvertently finds herself directing Charles’ show. The three become drawn into the mystery, and find themselves playing detectives. This unlikely trio are way out of their depth, but when has that ever stopped Charles Paris? [Source: Amazon]
Full Cast Dramatisation
- Charles Paris – Bill Nighy
- Frances – Suzanne Burden
- Maurice – Jon Glover
- James – Roger Ringrose
- Anna – Natasha K Stone
- Martin – Connor Curren
- Laura – Chloe Sommer
- Angus/Sam – Tom Kiteley
- Tessa – Joanna Monro
- Eilish – Catriona Stirling
- Sophie – Fiona Skinner
*Charles Paris: So Much Blood free audiobook available to download from UK Amazon and US Amazon with Audible. Also on Apple Audiobooks.
For the full series list so far: Charles Paris Radio Plays in Order – BBC Dramatisations starring Bill Nighy!
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