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Inspector Steine

Inspector Steine

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2007 - 2013
  • 25 episodes (4 series)

Comedy drama about three policemen in 1950s Brighton. Inspector Steine fails to spot the station's charlady is a criminal mastermind. Stars Michael Fenton Stevens, John Ramm, Matt Green, Jan Ravens, Samantha Spiro and more.

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The Return Of Inspector Steine, Episode 1 - Towards The End

A severed head arrives in a box at Brighton police station; evil Mrs Vine has got a cunning plan to wreak havoc.

Further details

Second World war Bomb disposal hero Captain 'Mad Hoagy' Hoagland, now fallen on hard times, appears at Brighton Police Station to deliver two boxes. One contains a silver truncheon; an award for valour for Sergeant Brunswick. The other contains the head of one of Mrs Groynes' old criminal accomplices, Birthmark Potter. It is a warning to them all that Mrs G's criminal nemesis Adelaide Vine is heading back to Brighton, and that the sadistic criminal Terence Chambers is heading for town too; both hell bent on havoc and revenge...

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 17th October 2011
Time
11:30am
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Michael Fenton Stevens Inspector Steine
John Ramm Brunswick
Matt Green Twitten
Samantha Spiro Mrs Groynes
Robert Bathurst Captain Hoagland
Writing team
Lynne Truss Writer
Production team
Marilyn Imrie Director
Karen Rose Producer
Anthony May Composer

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