R.D. Wingfield: A Touch of Frost and other thrillers

Five full-cast BBC Radio thrillers from renowned crime writer R.D. Wingfield Author and dramatist R.D. Wingfield was best known for creating one of Britain's most beloved fictional policemen, Inspector Jack Frost, who featured in 10 bestselling books and a hit ITV series starring David Jason. This collection includes the radio precursor to the novels and TV show, A Touch of Frost, plus four more gripping dramas. A Touch of Frost - DI Frost is tough, rough and rude. He does things his way - and gets results. But when Denton CID is faced with a spate of major crimes, including rape, robbery, a missing girl and a hit-and-run incident, he finds himself under pressure... Derek Martin stars as Jack Frost. Det Con Webster - Haydn Wood Det Chief Insp Cull - Stephen Thorne Supt Mullett - Alan Dudley Sergeant Wells - Ellis Dale PC Fletcher - Stanley Page WPC Susan Dean - Jill Lidstone Det Sgt Ingram - Gordon Reid PC Smith - Andrew Byatt Paula Grey - Alex Marshall Kitty Reynolds - June Brown Freddie Bicknall - Richard Gold-Parry Directed by Peter King First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 February 1982 Outbreak of Fear - When Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the sleepy West Country fishing village of Polford, he soon discovers he has a serial killer on his hands. Leslie Sands, Nick Orchard and Nicholas Courtney star in this suspenseful drama. Sergeant Fowler .... Leslie Sands PC Beaumont .... Nick Orchard Dave Clark .... Cornelius Garrett The Doctor .... Paul Nicholson Pete Carter .... Derek Graham Mitchell .... Conrad Phillips Rose .... Gillie Graham Fred Dickey .... Fred Bryant Albert .... Douglas Leach Kim .... Deborah Paige Mrs Trevor .... Patricia Gibson Joe Hardy.... John Gabriel Radio DJ..... Jim Reid Vicar .....Ronald Russell Miss Reed... Ann Morrish Chadwick .... Nicholas Courtney Eric Farrow... Malcolm Young Mrs Farrow.... Rosemary Sigel Operator .... Brian Gear Jackson... Roger Leach Director: Brian Miller First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 August-26 September 1982 Deadfall - Retired special agent and demolitions expert Harry Davis was once part of a disastrous attempt to assassinate an African leader. Now, years later, his past catches up with him when he is called back to try again. Harry Davis - Bob Peck Jenny Brown - Julie Berry Tom Crossland - Aubrey Woods Colonel Travers - Peter Howell Reynolds - Tim Reynolds Joe - Alan Dudley Det Sgt Redway - Stephen Thorne Police and Secret Agents- Michael Tudor Barnes Agent - Paul Gregory Directed by Ian Cotterell First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17 December 1987 Daylight Robbery - 'Elderly lady living alone in remote house, willing to take in paying guests.' Miss Pickering's newspaper advert seems innocuous, but she has an ulterior motive - as do the four gentlemen who reply. Miss Pickering -Monica Grey Colonel Fryatt - Norman Shelley Dr Brown - Jonathan Scott Harris - Peter Woodthorpe Wakeson - Howard Goorney Bank Manager - Lewis Stringer Woman in Telephone Kiosk - Daisy Bell Jones - Brian Gear Woman in Crowd - Elizabeth Havelock Constable - Douglas Leach Car Driver - David Ponting Other parts played by the cast. Directed at BBC Bristol by John Cardy First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2 June 1977 The Cellar In mourning for their little boy, the Bakers move into a secluded cottage - only to find that horror lurks below stairs... John Pullen and Rosalind Ayres star in this spine-tingling supernatural tale. Paul Baker - John Pullen Susan Baker - Rosalind Ayres Mr Crawford - Leonard Fenton Bill - Fred Bryant Alf - Gordon Dulieu Little Boy - Elizabeth Lindsay Directed by Gerry Jones First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7 April 1979 ©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd