Brett, Simon

Last Edited: 14-Mar-2017 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
All episodes broadcast on BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recordings are good unless otherwise indicated.

See also After Henry, episodes of Baldi

Charles Paris
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
Broadcast
Aug 1985
R7:
01-Oct-2004 to
08-Oct-2003
So Much Blood
  1. The Photocall
  2. DUDS on the Fringe
  3. First Lunch
  4. Legal Aid
  5. Last Lunch
  6. Up in the Castle
Francis Matthews, Jennifer Hilary, Alan MacNorton, Harry
Landers, Sarah Corper, Hugh Laurie, Mark Wing-Davie,
Michael Maloney, Billy McCull, Kim Thompson, Frances Lowe,
Jeremy Child, Sheila Mitchell, Fraser Kerr
Adapted by Simon Brett
Produced by Martin Fisher
26:41, 25020, S
26:41, 24816, S
27:00, 25324, S
26:29, 24834, S
25:34, 23982, S
27:36, 25892, S
Broadcast
21-Aug-1999

So Much Blood
Bill Nighy, John Paul Hurley, Jimmy Chisholm, Doug Russell,
Cara Kelly, Johnny Mears, Lucy Paterson, Wendy Segar,
Robert Trotter, Brian Morton, Greg Proops
dramatised by Bert Coules
Director: Gaynor Macfarlane
56:59, 53439, S
Broadcast
Aug 1985
R7:
25-Apr-2005 to
Cast in Order of Disappearance
Francis Matthews, Fiona Hendley, Jennifer Hilary, Harry
Landers, Mark Straker, James Bryce, Peter Tottenham,
Paul Aikman, Timothy Carlton, Linda Barron, Sandra Clarke,
Victor Mannon, Maggie McCarthy, Hilda Schroder, Robert
Booth, Richard Morant, David Dixon, Wendy Murray, Mark
Jones, Jeremy Child, Anthony Newlands, Alec Bregonzi,
Peter Creel, Geoffrey Collins, Harry Fowler, Nigel Graham,
Eileen Tully, John Strickland
Adapted by Simon Brett
Produced by Martin Fisher
27:09, 25466, S
27:19, 25466, S
27:25, 25618, S
27:29, 25706, S
27:14, 25542, S
27:36, 25886, S
Broadcast R4:
25-Sep-2004
R7
A Series of Murders
Bill Nighy, Lloyd Hutchinson, Benjamin Whitrow, Helen
Longworth, Jeremy Swift, Ben Crowe, Freddy White,
Suzanne Burden, Stephen Hogan, Jon Glover, Richenda
Carey, Alice Hart, Joanna McCallum
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens
57:26, 53852, S
R4:
29-Jan-2010 to
19-Feb-2010
Cast in Order of Disappearance
Bill Nighy, Martine McCutcheon, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover,
Tilly Gaunt, Kate Layden, Tessa Nicholson, Piers Wehner,
Thomas Arnold, Stephen Hogan, Joseph Cohen-Cole,
Rhys Jennings, Philip Fox, Avril Clark
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens
28:12, 26448, S
28:13, 26466, S
27:59, 26243, S
28:09, 26394, S
30-Aug-2006 to
20-Sep-2006
Sicken and So Die
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, Peter Wight, Julian
Rhind-Tutt, Elizabeth Bell, Thomas Wheatley, John Cummins,
Tracy Wiles, Tom Lawrence, Ryan McCluskey, Alex Tregear,
Kim Wall
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Director Sally Avens
28:17, 26528, S
28:08, 26378, S
26:44, 25069, S
27:03, 25368, S
19-Oct-2007 to
09-Nov-2007
R7
Murder Unprompted
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Danny Webb, Jon Glover, Jemima
Rooper, Liza Sadovy, Rachel Bavidge, Nitin Ganatra, Tilly
Gaunt, Thomas Arnold, Jot Davies, Leslie Philips, Simon
Treves, Miranda Colchester, Jasmin Callan
dramatisation by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens
28:18, 26534, S
28:22, 26610, S
28:31, 26584, S
28:06, 26347, S
10-Dec-2008 to
31-Dec-2008
R7
Dead Side of The Mic
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Tilly Gaunt, Jon Glover,
Nicky Henson, Emily Raymond, Chris Pavlo, Charlotte Green,
Jill Cardo, Manjeet Mann, Alex Lanipekun, Dan Starkey,
Donnla Hughes, Paul Rider, Gunnar Cauthrey
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens
28:15, 26493, S
28:18, 26543, S
28:04, 26316, S
28:14, 26476, S
22-Nov-2010
29-Nov-2010
06-Dec-2010
13-Dec-2010
Murder in the Title
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, Theo Cross,
Sam Dale, Christine Kavanagh, Sean Baker, Iain Batchelor,
Claire Harry, Henry Devas, Sally Orrock, Leah Brotherhead,
Tony Bell
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens
27:21, 25657, S
27:16, 25578, S
28:15, 41045, S
28:07, 26376, S
02-Mar-2012
09-Mar-2012
16-Mar-2012
23-Mar-2012
A Reconstructed Corpse
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, Alex Rivers,
Adam Billington, Francine Chamberlain, Carl Prekopp,
Gerard McDermott, Jane Whittenshaw, Rikki Lawton,
Tilly Gaunt, Thomas Arnold, Christopher Webster,
Victoria Inez Hardy, Simon Bubb, Adjoa Andoh,
James Lailey
Dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens
27:58, 26168, S
27:39, 25879, S
27:45, 25964, S
27:49, 26026, S
05-Dec-2012
12-Dec-2012
19-Dec-2012
26-Dec-2012
An Amateur Corpse
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Geraldine McEwan, Paul
Ritter, Amaka Okafor, Christine Absalom, Patrick
Brennan, Sam Alexander, Jon Glover, Susie Ridell, Don
Gilet, Joe Sims
dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens
28:02, 26242, S
27:57, 26159, S
28:02, 26235, S
28:12, 26397, S
25-Jun-2014
02-Jul-2014
09-Jul-2014
16-Jul-2014
Corporate Bodies
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Tim McInnerny, Jon Glover,
Michael Bertenshaw, Jane Whittenshaw, Wilf Scolding,
Scarlett Brookes, David Cann, Heather Craney, Jaimi Barbakoff
dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens
27:29, 25719, S
27:28, 25707, S
27:00, 25274, S
27:04, 25332, S
09-Mar-2016
16-Mar-2016
23-Mar-2016
30-Mar-2016
A Decent Interval
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, Amelia Bullmore,
Rebecca Hamilton, George Watkins, Brian Protheroe, Leo Wan,
Caolan McCarthy, Katie Redford, Ewan Bailey, Richard Pepple,
Debra Baker, Evie Killip
dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens
27:57, 26153, S
27:59, 26184, S
27:54, 26111, S
28:00, 26203, S
02-Dec-2016
09-Dec-2016
16-Dec-2016
23-Dec-2016
The Cinderella Killer
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Jon Glover, Brian Protheroe, Sean
Baker, Lorelei King, Nick Underwood, Sam Rix, Norah Lopez Holden,
Tom Forrister, Kirsty Oswald, Eliza Bennett, Jason Barnett
dramatised by Jeremy Front
Directed by Sally Avens
27:54, 26109, S
27:53, 26091, S
28:00, 26201, S
28:00, 26201, S

Other Plays
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
Broadcast
13-Mar-2004
R7:
04-Dec-2009
The Furniture Play
Michael Maloney, Raquel Cassidy, Jim North, Patrick Barlow, Patsy
Byrne, Graham Crowden, Kristin Milward
Directed by Peter Kavanagh
56:55, 53372, S
Broadcast R4:
18-Mar-2005
You Had to be There
Stephen Moore
Directed by Peter Kavanagh
44:12, 41439, S
17-Aug-2005
R7
Cleopatra's Nose
Benjamin Whitrow, Susan Jameson, Ben Tibber, Nick Boulton,
Stuart McLoughlin, Emily Wachter, Kristin Milward, Alex Tregear,
Jonathan Bee, Steven Roberts, Pax Baldwin, Robert Hastie,
Helen Longworth, Ndidi Del Fatti
Directed by Peter Kaff
44:24, 41627, S
R7:
25-Feb-2008 to
29-Feb-2008
The Body on the Beach
Read by Joanna Tope
Abridged by Stuart Conn
Produced by David Jackson Young
27:34, 25859, S
27:18, 25605, S
26:57, 25279, S
27:09, 25462, S
27:14, 25537, S
26-Feb-2010
05-Mar-2010
12-Mar-2010
People in Cars
  1. Get Away
  2. Miles on the Clock
  3. Sat Love
  1. Samantha Bond, Angus Imrie, Stephen Critchlow, Tessa Nicholson
  2. Anne Reid, John Sessions
  3. Bruce Alexander, Maureen Beattie
Directed by Peter Kavanagh
27:25, 25705, S
27:29, 25771, S
28:00, 26263, S
26-Aug-2010
Quirks
David Troughton and Tracy-Ann Oberman
Producer: Liz Anstee
43:36, 40879, S

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