Charles Paris: Dead Giveaway
A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

Bill Nighy returns as the actor and amateur sleuth, Charles ParisCharles’ agent Maurice is moving into ‘content’ and his first TV pilot is a reality game show set in a Manor House Spa Hotel on the privately owned island or St. Mungo. When the actor playing ‘The Butler’ drops out, Maurice offers the part to Charles. As he’s helping Maurice out of a tight spot Charles asks that Frances come along as a birthday treat. On arrival, Storm Trevor sweeps in cutting them off from the mainland and when the host of the show dies under suspicious circumstances. With time on his hands, Charles adopts his alternative role of amateur detective.Written by Jeremy Front and starring Bill Nighy
Based on the novel by Simon Brett
Directed by Sally Avens Cast:

BILL NIGHY - Charles Paris

SUZANNE BURDEN - Frances

JON GLOVER - Maurice Skellern

JONATHAN FORBES - Sean McKay

LETTY BUTLER - Xanthe Klein

STEPHEN HOGAN - Mike Cheadle

GILLIAN BEVAN - Sheila Cheadle

GRACE HOGG-ROBINSON - Tatti

TAYLA KOVACEVIC-EBONG - Ross

LAUREN CORNELIUS - Sapphi

DAVID HOLT - Tristram