R.D. Wingfield: A Touch of Frost and other thrillers

Synopsis

Five full-cast BBC Radio thrillers from renowned crime writer R.D. WingfieldAuthor and dramatist R.D. Wingfield was best known for creating one of Britain's most beloved fictional policemen, Inspector Jack Frost, who featured in 10 bestselling books and a hit ITV series starring David Jason. This collection includes the radio precursor to the novels and TV show, A Touch of Frost, plus four more gripping dramas.A Touch of Frost - DI Frost is tough, rough and rude. He does things his way - and gets results. But when Denton CID is faced with a spate of major crimes, including rape, robbery, a missing girl and a hit-and-run incident, he finds himself under pressure... Derek Martin stars as Jack Frost.Det Con Webster - Haydn WoodDet Chief Insp Cull - Stephen ThorneSupt Mullett - Alan DudleySergeant Wells - Ellis DalePC Fletcher - Stanley PageWPC Susan Dean - Jill LidstoneDet Sgt Ingram - Gordon ReidPC Smith - Andrew ByattPaula Grey - Alex MarshallKitty Reynolds - June BrownFreddie Bicknall - Richard Gold-ParryDirected by Peter KingFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 February 1982Outbreak of Fear - When Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the sleepy West Country fishing village of Polford, he soon discovers he has a serial killer on his hands. Leslie Sands, Nick Orchard and Nicholas Courtney star in this suspenseful drama.Sergeant Fowler .... Leslie SandsPC Beaumont .... Nick OrchardDave Clark .... Cornelius GarrettThe Doctor .... Paul NicholsonPete Carter .... Derek GrahamMitchell .... Conrad PhillipsRose .... Gillie GrahamFred Dickey .... Fred BryantAlbert .... Douglas LeachKim .... Deborah PaigeMrs Trevor .... Patricia GibsonJoe Hardy.... John GabrielRadio DJ..... Jim ReidVicar .....Ronald RussellMiss Reed... Ann MorrishChadwick .... Nicholas CourtneyEric Farrow... Malcolm YoungMrs Farrow.... Rosemary SigelOperator .... Brian GearJackson... Roger LeachDirector: Brian MillerFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 August-26 September 1982Deadfall - Retired special agent and demolitions expert Harry Davis was once part of a disastrous attempt to assassinate an African leader. Now, years later, his past catches up with him when he is called back to try again.Harry Davis - Bob PeckJenny Brown - Julie BerryTom Crossland - Aubrey WoodsColonel Travers - Peter HowellReynolds - Tim ReynoldsJoe - Alan DudleyDet Sgt Redway - Stephen ThornePolice and Secret Agents- Michael Tudor BarnesAgent - Paul GregoryDirected by Ian CotterellFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17 December 1987Daylight Robbery - 'Elderly lady living alone in remote house, willing to take in paying guests.' Miss Pickering's newspaper advert seems innocuous, but she has an ulterior motive - as do the four gentlemen who reply.Miss Pickering -Monica GreyColonel Fryatt - Norman ShelleyDr Brown - Jonathan ScottHarris - Peter WoodthorpeWakeson - Howard GoorneyBank Manager - Lewis StringerWoman in Telephone Kiosk - Daisy BellJones - Brian GearWoman in Crowd - Elizabeth HavelockConstable - Douglas LeachCar Driver - David PontingOther parts played by the cast.Directed at BBC Bristol by John CardyFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2 June 1977The CellarIn mourning for their little boy, the Bakers move into a secluded cottage - only to find that horror lurks below stairs... John Pullen and Rosalind Ayres star in this spine-tingling supernatural tale.Paul Baker - John PullenSusan Baker - Rosalind AyresMr Crawford - Leonard FentonBill - Fred BryantAlf - Gordon DulieuLittle Boy - Elizabeth LindsayDirected by Gerry JonesFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7 April 1979©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd