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Starring Simon Jones and June WhitfieldBritain's iconic and most prolifically chronicled sleuth explodes back into action in a brand new series of thrilling Adventures packed with incident and hilarity!
Photos (c) Paul Weir "...huge fun in a Goon-show-ish sort of way." The name that spells HURTLING ADVENTURE! SEXTON BLAKE, (Simon Jones, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy) and his plucky assistant TINKER (Wayne Forester, Captain Scarlet), aided by Mrs. Bardell (June Whitfield, Absolutely Fabulous) battle Diabolical Masterminds, Beautiful Thieves and Dastardly Assassins. The name that spells DOOM for VILLAINY! Nearly four decades after his last public incarnation, Sexton Blake remains an icon, a contemporary of Sherlock Holmes who outlasted his fellow Baker Street Sleuth to become hugely popular through books, films and radio during the 20th Century. In his 100-plus years of existence Blake has been portrayed in every possible way, from jobbing detective to Britain's Saviour. This new series weaves new, fantastical and very funny tales set in a brightly coloured early 20th century world such as that portrayed in the 1920s Union Jack stories, where villains are inevitably dastardly and it's a matter of course to resolve a case in a sabre-duelling climax atop an exploding zeppelin. 
The name that spells ... SEXTON BLAKE! This CINEMATIC AUDIO ROMP for BBC Radio 2 and BBC Audiobooks from PERFECTLY NORMAL PRODUCTIONS' Award-Winning Dirk Maggs (The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy) is a period-set re-invention of Blake's glory years - the 1920s and 30s and includes a cameo appearance by BBC Radio's 1960s Sexton Blake - the late, legendary and coolly dashing William Franklyn.
"Well... wow. That pretty much just single-handedly justified my license fee for another year."
Listen to Sexton Blake live at 9.15pm from 31st July weekly and after broadcast, Cast List
Sexton Blake, Adventuring Detective
Tinker, his Plucky Assistant
Mrs Bardell, their Doughty Housekeeper
Professor Kew, a Spindly Cackler
Miss Elizabeth Mary-Louise Tarabelle Beauchamp
Inspector Coutts Of Scotland Yard
Miss Terry, Window-Leaping Adventuress
Mrs Hudson, Housekeeper To A Neighbouring Detective
Count Ivor Carlac, a Villainous Juggernaut
Cyril, A Grim Assassin
The Frantic Caller
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The Mysterious Waiter
Written by Mr. Millington and Mr. Nash Sound Design and Music Composed by Paul Weir A PERFECTLY NORMAL PRODUCTION Downloads Wallpapers MP3's |
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