Charles Paris: Corporate Bodies
- Author Simon Brett and Jeremy Front
- Narrator Bill Nighy, Full Cast, Suzanne Burden
- Publisher BBC Audio
- Run Time 1 hour and 49 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Comic (humorous) crime and mystery, Crime and mystery fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Modern and contemporary fiction, Radio plays, scripts and performances.
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What to expect
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of Simon Brett's comic murder mystery, starring Bill Nighy as the irrepressible Charles Paris.
Charles Paris (unsuccessful actor, bad husband, dipsomaniac) is currently appearing as a fork lift operator in a corporate video. It's not prime-time television or a major film, but it seems like easy money - until the fork lift is used to commit a murder. When Charles himself comes under suspicion, he decides to find out for himself who the murderer is.
Meanwhile, as ever with Charles, life on the domestic front is not plain sailing. After inflicting damage upon his ex-wife's house, he finds himself offering her a berth on the houseboat he’s currently sitting for a friend. However, life on the water proves as tricky as life at work…
Suzanne Burden, Tim McInnery and Jon Glover are also among the cast in this dramatisation by Jeremy Front.
Written by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett.
Critics Review
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Of previous adaptation Cast In Order of Disappearance: ”Bill Nighy’s lovely, laid-back style sets the tone and pace, and there are great performances all round.”
The Independent
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