Inspector Steine Series 3

The Adventures of Inspector Steine - Series 3
by Lynne Truss
BBC Radio 4
Broadcast: 25 September 2009 to 30 October 2009

A comedy-drama set in a police station in Brighton during the 1950s.

Series 3 - Episodes

1/6 While The Sun Shines 00:00

It's six months on and Twitten is back from a secondment at Scotland yard. But all is not well at the station since Brunswick is more depressed than ever. To cheer him up Twitten arranges for Brunswick's favourite crime reporter Harry Jupiter to interview him and Brunswick is jubilant. But then Steine gets involved and disaster follows. That's episode one of "The Adventures Of Inspector Steine' : While the Sun Shines.

2/6 Separate Tables 27:33

Brunswick has been sent undercover indefinitely in the hope that it will make him forget his deadly grudge against Inspector Steine. But Mrs Groynes seems more interested in Twitten's criminal records.

Inspector Steine ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Sergeant Brunswick ...... John Ramm
Constable Twitten ...... Matt Green
Mrs Groynes ...... Samantha Spiro
Unknown Villain ...... Adrian Bower
Ventriloquist Vince ...... Ewan Bailey
BBC Announcer/Tony ...... David Holt.

3/6 Harlequinade 54:59

Brunswick is in mortal danger, but Inspector Steine is more interested in setting up a road safety demonstration. Can Twitten and Mrs Groynes save Brunswick before it's too late?

Inspector Steine.....Michael Fenton Stevens
Brunswick....John Ramm
Twitten......Matt Green
Mrs Groynes.....Samantha Spiro

4/6 Variation on a Theme 1:22:50

Brunswick is back with his dear friends from the station, just in time for the annual cricket match between the villains and the police. But Steine's life continues to be under threat. So if it's not Brunswick, who is responsible?

Inspector Steine ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Sergeant Brunswick ...... John Ramm
Constable Twitten ...... Matt Green
Mrs Groynes ...... Samantha Spiro
Unknown Villain ...... Adrian Bower
Albert ...... David Holt.

5/6 In Praise of Love 1:50:47

Inspector Steine is compering a beauty pageant on Brighton seafront. But when Brunswick's old flame Doris reappears as a contestant, Brunswick is thrown into emotional turmoil - which is probably why he doesn't notice that the south east's big-shot criminals are converging on Brighton.

Inspector Steine ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Sergeant Brunswick ...... John Ramm
Constable Twitten ...... Matt Green
Mrs Groynes ...... Samantha Spiro
Doris/Maisie ...... Rachel Atkins
Roy ...... Douglas Hodge
Diamond Tony ...... David Holt.

6/6 The Deep Blue Sea 2:18:01

It is Twitten's birthday but no one's in the mood to celebrate - Mrs Groynes has a problem with contraband and lovesick Brunswick is threatening to resign, so Twitten suggests that a boat trip might solve things all round.

Inspector Steine ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Sergeant Brunswick ...... John Ramm
Constable Twitten ...... Matt Green
Mrs Groynes ...... Samantha Spiro
Adelaide Vine ...... Janet Ellis.

Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.