Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Press Play | 20131001 | Burn Gorman plays a detective investigating a brutal murder in 1980s London. He has little to go on except for the cassette diaries left by the victim, played by Toby Jones. Fragments of his life, recorded at different times, punch through into the present, and supply the detective with elusive clues to the true nature of the man's fate. Derek Raymond's cult-crime novel first published in 1976. Dramatised in three parts by Nick Perry. The Detective . . . . . Burn Gorman Staniland . . . . . Toby Jones Barbara . . . . . Tanya Franks Bowman . . . . . Ben Crowe Grampian . . . . . Michael Bertenshaw Betty . . . . . Christine Absalom Landlord . . . . . Sean Murray Pathologist . . . . . Ed Thorpe Scar . . . . . Will Howard Sound design by Caleb Knightley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013. Dramatisation of the cult London-set crime novel. Stars Burn Gorman and Toby Jones. Nick Perry adapts Derek Raymond's cult crime novel set in 1980s London. |
| 02 | Empathy | 20131008 | The detective continues his investigation into a brutal murder in 1980s London. Through a series of encounters with the people who knew him alive, and through the cassette tapes he left behind, the detective builds up a picture of Staniland, the 51-year-old victim whose case he is investigating, because nobody else wants to. It leaves him so consumed by empathy that he starts to be led down the same destructive path as the victim... Derek Raymond's cult-crime novel. Dramatised Nick Perry The Detective . . . . . Burn Gorman Staniland . . . . . Toby Jones Barbara . . . . . Tanya Franks Bowman . . . . . Ben Crowe Fenton . . . . . Jamie Foreman Margo . . . . . Priyanga Burford Eric . . . . . Will Howard Bouncer . . . . . Sean Murray Dave . . . . . Michael Bertenshaw Sound design by Caleb Knightley. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013. The detective gets drawn ever closer to the murder victim's plight. Stars Toby Jones Nick Perry adapts Derek Raymond's cult crime novel set in 1980s London. |
| 03 | Self Destruction | 20131015 | The investigation into Staniland's brutal murder has left the detective so consumed by empathy that he's wilfully walked the same self-destructive path as the victim. He's even entered into an affair with the deadly ex-girlfriend, Barbara. As he re-traces the deceased's final steps, the detective risks becoming the next victim... Conclusion of Derek Raymond's cult-crime novel. Dramatised by Nick Perry. The Detective . . . . . Burn Gorman Staniland . . . . . Toby Jones Barbara . . . . . Tanya Franks Bowman . . . . . Ben Crowe Fenton . . . . . Jamie Foreman Nurse . . . . . Priyanga Burford Policeman . . . . . Sean Murray Sound design by Caleb Knightley. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013. The detective risks becoming the next murder victim. Stars Burn Gorman and Toby Jones. Nick Perry adapts Derek Raymond's cult crime novel set in 1980s London. |