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Charles Paris: Sicken and so Die

A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

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Charles Paris: Sicken and so Die

By: Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden, Julian Rhind-Tutt, full cast, Jon Glover
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About this listen

Bill Nighy stars as the suave thespian sleuth in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.

Life is good for Charles Paris. He's moved back in with his estranged wife, and has landed a plum stage role as Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night. But it can't last. First his attempts to woo Frances fall flat, then the play's director is taken ill with gastric trouble. His replacement, Romanian wunderkind Alex Radelescu, is determined to take the play in a radical new direction—with or without Charles.

When a second member of the company falls sick, Charles begins to suspect a poisoner is on the loose—and the next victim could be him. Can he unmask the culprit before this comedy turns into a tragedy?

Adapted by Jeremy Front, this engaging dramatisation stars Bill Nighy as Charles Paris, with Suzanne Burden as Frances, Jon Glover as Maurice and Julian Rhind-Tutt as Alex Radelescu.

Production credits

Written by Simon Brett

Adapted by Jeremy Front

Produced and directed by Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 30 August-20 September 2006

Cast

Charles Paris - Bill Nighy

Frances - Suzanne Burden

Maurice - Jon Glover

Ken Carter - Peter Wight

Alex Radelescu - Julian Rhind-Tutt

Vivienne Marlin - Elizabeth Bell

Gavin Scholes - Thomas Wheatley

Jack Bradley - John Cummins

Sally Luther - Tracy Wiles

Ben Ritson - Tom Lawrence

Vasile Bogdan/Scott - Ryan McCluskey

Talya Northcott - Alex Tregear

Inspector Dewar - Kim Wall

©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Amateur Sleuths Cosy Crime Fiction Mystery

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Critic reviews

"Always a treat." (Gillian Reynolds, Sunday Times)
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Excellent! Cast brilliant as usual. Charles will get there in the end! After a year that is.

Charles does it again!

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The Charles Paris mysteries with the familiar cast is excellent and beautifully interlaced with music. Please make another 15 episodes at least of this work of art.

Smooth, amusing and excellent music intermingling

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The story was a bit light weight but reasonably good fun. The performances were excellent-as usual in this series.

The BUT is that these adaptations are becoming too short and are no longer value for money.

Too short

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Brilliant Bill Nighy - excellent and superb script. The whole cast work so well together. Very good.

Another great Charles Paris adaptation and performance

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I enjoyed this audio book, as I have done with all the Charles Paris series, however as a listener to all of them I found this one a bit disjointed in time. Charles is supposed to have burned his flat down a few audio books ago, yet this happens at the start of this book?

The whole feeling is one of the characters not being as mature to the ear of the listener as in previous stories.

Still a good listen and I can recommend it.

As ever I enjoyed this audio book, but….

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Bill nighy is great on his role and supporting crew also great, great series

Great funny series

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The whole cast, production , dialogues and story line are amazing throughout, thank you! Hilarious, entertaining and witty, , Simon Brett's narrative and tone are unparalleled!

Fabulous production, loved every minute!

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As good as this episode is, I think I've heard it before. is this a release of an older story. and no not because it's been on radio. I'm sure.


I pre-orderred this title, and was told it could be downloaded on date of release, which I did, it stuck midway through the first episode, wouldn't play, then I removed it from my library and downloaded it again. it stuck 10 minutes into episode 4. I've re-downloaded it stuck again. it is not my broadband. it has done the same on any device I've tried to play it on. NOT ON audible sort it out.

bad encoding by audible.

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Must be written by an actor! Hilarious sketches of an actor’s life behind the scenes. Very entertaining!

Wonderful fun! Glorious performances.

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Bill Nighey narrating or acting in anything at all is recommendation enough for me. A louche actor playing a a louche slightly tipsy actor with a love of women semi detached wife and good music. who else could possibly play the part.

Bill Nighey

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