The Recall Man

Seven gripping dramas featuring forensic psychologist and memory expert Dr Joe Aston Returning to his home town of Middlesborough on a six-month attachment to the Teesside police, criminal psychologist Joe Aston is called in for seven unusual and baffling cases. As a specialist in the controversial field of 'recovered memory', his skills are crucial: only he can uncover the truth by persuading victims, witnesses and suspects to remember what they'd rather forget... In Doctor Joe Aston Investigates, the 'recall man' tackles the only suspect in a murder case: a scientist suspected of killing her boss. Making Waves finds a confused diver claiming to have witnessed an old murder: can his memory be trusted? In Over the Border, Aston probes a taxi driver who may be the sole witness to a gangland killing, but claims to remember nothing. In Stepping Out, he finds his position under threat when rival psychologist Beth Webster is hired to investigate a spate of attacks on young women. Taken by Surprise sees Aston resorting to unorthodox methods to secure an identification of the main suspect in a kidnapping case. In Can't See for Looking, a witness to an arson attack swears she saw a rhinoceros throwing a petrol bomb: can Aston discover what she really saw? Finally, in Best Forgotten, the forensic psychologist uncovers fresh information about an unsolved robbery from 1952 - but the newfound facts have some unwelcome implications... Written by David Napthine and Steven Chambers, these gripping dramas star Jeremy Swift as Dr Joe Aston, with Paul Brennen as DC Patten, Janet Dibley as DI Reynolds and Andrew Harrison as DC Hamilton. Credits Written by David Napthine and Steven Chambers Produced and directed by Toby Swift and Mary Peate Starring Jeremy Swift as Dr Joe Aston Doctor Joe Aston Investigates Grace Hayle - Rosie Cavaliero Dl Karen Dennis - Carolyn Pickles Tom Aston - Colin MacLachlan DC Patten - Paul Brennen DC Talbot - Sue Scott Davison First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 December 2001 Making Waves DC Patten - Paul Brennen Defence Counsel - Andrew Harrison George - James Gaddas Jane - Elizabeth Carling First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 31 October 2003 Over the Border DC Patten - Paul Brennen DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley Tommy - Vincent Friell DC Hamilton - Andrew Harrison First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 November 2003 Stepping Out DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley Beth - Tessa Peake-Jones Linda - Sue Scott Davison Nicola - Suzanne Heathcote DC Hamilton - Andrew Harrison First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 14 November 2003 Taken by Surprise DC Patten - Paul Brennen DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley Bill - Andrew Dunn Tony - Gerard McDermott Moira - Susan Jameson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 26 September 2005 Can't See for Looking DC Patten - Paul Brennen DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley Donna - Sharon Percy Billy - Michael Imerson Alison - Colleen Prendergast Steve - Wayne Foskett Asif - Shiv Grewal Mickey - Michael Hodgson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 3 October 2005 Best Forgotten DC Patten - Paul Brennen DI Reynolds - Janet Dibley Tom - Colin MacLachlan Frankie - Maurice Roëves Sue - Sheila Tait First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 10 October 2005 © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd