{"product_id":"book-ha9o","title":"Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe collected BBC Radio 4 crime dramas featuring Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike his actor namesake, Ronald Coleman is a suave, well-spoken English gentleman. But although he's a movie buff, Coleman is no film star - he's a copper, and a Detective Inspector to boot. Together with his down-to-earth Scottish partner, DS Fred Astor, he sets about solving cases on two very different patches - rural Kirkcaldy and inner-city Southampton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Beach\u003c\/i\u003e sees Hollywood director Curt Zorack's film shoot interrupted by the death of one of the cast. But is it suicide or murder? In \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Mean Cornet\u003c\/i\u003e, a jazz musician and old friend of Sergeant Astor is found dead of a heroin overdose. It looks like an accident, but Fred's not convinced. In\u003ci\u003e Death Against the Odds\u003c\/i\u003e, two murders in one night cause Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor to lose some sleep - and long for the days when sheep-rustling was the worst crime they had to deal with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath of a Hooligan\u003c\/i\u003e finds the two detectives working together at South Hants Central, and probing the suspicious death of a football fan; while in\u003ci\u003e A Day at the Races\u003c\/i\u003e, Sergeant Astor falls among thieves, and Inspector Coleman has one of his infamous hunches. In \u003ci\u003eNo Harm Done\u003c\/i\u003e, the duo are faced with a wall of silence when a resident of the notorious Gantry Estate is found badly beaten. And in \u003ci\u003eFools Rush In\u003c\/i\u003e, an IRA terrorist is released from Parkhurst prison - and promptly disappears. How is he connected to the mysterious Irishman causing parking problems on a suburban street?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese enthralling crime dramas star \u003cb\u003eStephen Thorne\u003c\/b\u003e as Coleman and \u003cb\u003eJoe Dunlop\u003c\/b\u003e as Astor, with a supporting cast including \u003cb\u003eDiana Bishop, Frances Jeater\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNicholas Boulton\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Michael McStay\u003cbr\u003eProduced and directed by Jane Morgan and Ned Chaillet. Theme music by Stephen Warbeck\u003cbr\u003eStarring \u003cb\u003eStephen Thorne\u003c\/b\u003e as Inspector Coleman and \u003cb\u003eJoe Dunlop\u003c\/b\u003e as Sergeant Astor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Beach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: Peter Vaughan, Mary Miller, David King, Nigel Carrington, Vincent Brimble, Jonathan Oliver, James Greene, Michael McStay, Jane Whittenshaw, Sue Broomfield, Ben Onwukwe, Stephen Garlick, Nicholas Gilbrook\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 13 October 1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath of a Mean Cornet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: Kate Binchy, Maria Miles, James Grant, Paul Barber, Tony Armatrading, Michael McStay, Sidney Cole, Peter Gunn, John Forgeham, Terence Edmond, David Learner, John Webb, Matthew Sim, Mark Straker, Nicholas Murchie, Jonathan Tafler\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 18 July 1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Against the Odds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: Peter Gunn, Phyllis Logan, James Warwick, Morag Hood, Elaine Collins, Diana Bishop,\u003cbr\u003eJohn Fleming, Pauline Yates, John Webb, David Holt, Dominic Letts\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 21 August 1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath of a Hooligan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: Diana Bishop, Frances Jeater, Nicholas Boulton, James Kerry, Dominic Curtis, Tom Bevan, Peter Kenny, Paul Panting, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Gareth Armstrong, James Taylor\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 16 May 1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Day at the Races\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: Diana Bishop, Frances Jeater, Nicholas Boulton, John Hartley, Larry Dann, McCartney Brown, Breffni McKenna, Gareth Armstrong, David Jarvis, David Sinclair, James Taylor,\u003cbr\u003eDon McCorkindale.\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 23 May 1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Harm Done\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: Diana Bishop, Frances Jeater, Nicholas Boulton, Tony Osoba, Elaine Claxton, Pauline Letts, Dexter Fletcher, Simon Schatzberger, Deborah Berlin, Toby Jones, Sidney Cole, Peter Acre, Matthew Morgan, Gavin Muir, David Jarvis, Danny Schiller, Susannah Corbett\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 30 May 1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFools Rush In\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: Diana Bishop, Frances Jeater, Nicholas Boulton, Anthony Jackson, Marianne Morley, Sally Kinghorn, Rachel Atkins, Michael Onslow, Tom Bevan, Paul Panting, Lyndham Gregory.\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 6 June 1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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