The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 1993
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Period comedy mysteries.
The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries
Christopher Marlowe turns government spy in these four comedy crime dramas.
Murder and intrigue are all in a day's work for Kit Marlowe, England's leading playwright and undercover agent in Her Majesty's Secret Service. Amid the squalor and splendour of Elizabethan London, he probes a series of baffling mysteries, aided by his trusty underworld accomplice Bartholomew Ratsbane.
The Curious Case Of The Curs'd Quayside
Two of the navy's finest warships have been mysteriously sunk while moored in harbour. Sent by spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham to investigate, can Marlowe find the saboteur before more ships are scuppered?
The Turbulent Tale Of The Troubl'd Tragedy
Spring, 1590, and the keen-witted spy is faced with two tricky cases. Who has stolen Mighty Meg from the Tower, and why has an unknown patron funded the worst play ever written?
The Perplex'd Plot Of The Perilous Plague
Fleeing the epidemic that is ravaging London, Christopher Marlowe takes refuge with Walsingham at the Palace of Whitehall. But it seems the plague has followed them to the very heart of government...
The Murky Mystery Of Murder At St Marks
When an eminent professor receives a death threat, Marlowe sets off to his Cambridge college to make enquiries. But no sooner has he arrived than the dons start dropping like flies. Can the murderer at large be outwitted?
Dominic Jephcott stars as Marlowe in these light-hearted comic mysteries, with Bill Wallis as Ratsbane, Paul Brooke as Sir Francis Walsingham and guest appearances from Roy Hudd, Hugh Bonneville (credited as Richard Bonneville), Peter Serafinowicz and Hugh Dennis.
First released: Thursday 29th December 2022
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 115
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