Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Strange Habits | 19930930 | 20201120 (BBC7) 20201121 (BBC7) 20220815 (BBC7) 20220816 (BBC7) | Is someone white-slaving nuns in Flaxborough? After a tip-off from an intercepted telegram, Inspector Purbright carefully picks his way through another case... Colin Watson's gripping serial about vice and violence stirring beneath the surface of a peaceful market town. John Rowe stars as Inspector Walter Purbright. Dramatised in six parts by Christopher Denys. Mrs Hatch - Patricia Wilcock Baxter - Peter Rylands Mrs Spain - Judith Davies Lucy Teatime - Ann Rye Councillor Crispin - Finetime Fontayne Angus - Daniel Coll Hatch - Harry Kirkham Chubb - Geoffrey Banks Is Flaxborough home to white slave trafficking? Inspector Purbright gets a tip-off. |
| 02 | The Public Performance In Partney Avenue | 19931007 | 20201123 (BBC7) 20201124 (BBC7) 20220816 (BBC7) 20220817 (BBC7) | Mr Hatch finds that his electric curtains have a downside, as Councillor Crispin will prove. Colin Watson's gripping serial about vice and violence stirring beneath the surface of the market town of Flaxborough. John Rowe stars as Inspector Walter Purbright. Dramatised by Christopher Denys. Chubb - Geoffrey Banks Lucy Teatime - Ann Rye Hatch - Harry Kirkham Baxter - Peter Rylands Amis - Daniel Coll First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993. Mr Hatch finds that his electric curtains have a downside, as Councillor Crispin proves. |
| 03 | Vengeance On The River | 19931014 | 20201124 (BBC7) 20201125 (BBC7) 20220817 (BBC7) 20220818 (BBC7) | Three Americans arrive in sleepy Flaxborough – but what are their intentions? Colin Watson's gripping serial about vice and violence stirring beneath the surface of the market town of Flaxborough. John Rowe stars as Inspector Walter Purbright. Dramatised by Christopher Denys. Joxy - Robin Polley Hatch - Harry Kirkham Amis - Daniel Coll Julian - Michael Duggan Bernard - Joseph Alessi Lucy Teatime - Ann Rye Crispin - Finetime Fontayne Mrs Spain - Judith Davis Mrs Hatch - Patricia Wilcock First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993. Three Americans arrive in sleepy Flaxborough - but what are their intentions? |
| 04 | A Memorable Evening At The Floradora | 19931021 | 20201125 (BBC7) 20201126 (BBC7) 20220818 (BBC7) 20220819 (BBC7) | Sleepy Flaxborough braces itself for the much-anticipated medieval banquet. Colin Watson's serial about vice and violence stirring beneath the surface of a peaceful market town. John Rowe stars as Inspector Walter Purbright. Dramatised by Christopher Denys. Joxy - Robin Polley Hatch - Harry Kirkham Amis - Daniel Coll Julian - Michael Duggan Bernard - Joseph Alessi Lucy Teatime - Ann Rye Crispin - Finetime Fontayne Mrs Spain - Judith Davis Mrs Hatch - Patricia Wilcock First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993. |
| 05 | Over-armed And Over Here | 19931028 | 20201126 (BBC7) 20201127 (BBC7) 20220819 (BBC7) 20220820 (BBC7) | Inspector Purbright investigates the murder of Hatch at the medieval banquet. Colin Watson's serial about vice and violence stirring beneath the surface of the peaceful market town of Flaxborough. Starring John Rowe. Dramatised by Christopher Denys. Amis - Daniel Coll Mrs Hatch - Patricia Wilcock Joxy - Robin Polley Hyacinth - Cathryn Hunt Chubb - Geoffrey Banks Janice - Sally Whittaker First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993. |
| 06 | A Question Of Postage | 19931104 | 20201127 (BBC7) 20201128 (BBC7) 20220822 (BBC7) 20220823 (BBC7) | Inspector Purbright finally learns the identity of the Naked Nuns. Conclusion of Colin Watson's serial about vice and violence stirring beneath the surface of the peaceful market town of Flaxborough. Starring John Rowe. Dramatised by Christopher Denys. Lucy Teatime - Ann Rye Bernard - Joseph Alessi Pook - Peter Rylands Chubb - Geoffrey Banks Amis - Daniel Coll First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993. |