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.
Episode menu
The Casebook Of Inspector Steine, Episode 1 - The Entertainer
Crime is at a low ebb, but Mrs Groynes, the cockney charlady who is actually a criminal mastermind, is determined to reverse the trend. A matinee performance at the Hippodrome gives her an idea.
Further details
Crime has stopped in Brighton. Twitten is writing a landmark study of kinship systems in the Fens, while Steine plays golf and Brunswick auditions for the Hippodrome. Mrs Groynes is frantic to regain control of Brighton. But how can she make sure no one will ever believe Twitten if he fingers her as a criminal mastermind?
With Kim Wall as Ventriloquist Vince and David Holt as an elderly stage-door man with an incredibly disgusting cough.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 4th April 2008
- Time
- 11:30am
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Michael Fenton Stevens | Inspector Steine |
| John Ramm | Brunswick |
| Matt Green | Twitten |
| Samantha Spiro | Mrs Groynes |
| Kim Wall | Ventriloquist Vince |
| David Holt | Albert |
| Lynne Truss | Writer |
| Karen Rose | Producer |
| Anthony May | Composer |