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Inspector Steine
GenreComedy
Running time28 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC Radio 4
StarringMichael Fenton Stevens, John Ramm, Matt Green, Jan Ravens, Samantha Spiro
Written byLynne Truss
Produced byKaren Rose
Original release26 January 2007 (2007-01-26) –
23 December 2013 (2013-12-23)
No. of series4
No. of episodes25
Audio formatStereophonic sound

Inspector Steine is a radio comedy drama series written by Lynne Truss and produced by Sweet Talk for BBC Radio 4.[1] The producer is Karen Rose and music is by Anthony May.

Set in a police station in Brighton in the 1950s, it tells the story of Inspector Steine (Michael Fenton Stevens) and his colleagues Sergeant Brunswick (John Ramm) and Constable Twitten (Matt Green), plus the station charlady Mrs Groynes (Jan Ravens in Series 1 and Samantha Spiro from Series 2 onwards).

Guest stars have included Janet Ellis, Mark Heap, Allan Corduner and Carla Mendonca.

The programme was inspired by the opening rolling caption about crime in Brighton at the beginning of the film Brighton Rock, which claimed that Brighton was now (in the 1950s) free of crime. Lynne Truss has written that: "This highly unrealistic reassurance prefacing Brighton Rock was the inspiration for the comedy series Inspector Steine...I wanted to write about a celebrity police inspector in the 1950s who innocently (and touchingly) believed precisely what he had been told at the movies"[2]

Four series of six episodes each were broadcast from 2007 to 2011, followed by a one-off Christmas episode "The Christmas of Inspector Steine" which was broadcast as part of the Afternoon Drama strand on BBC Radio 4 on 23 December 2013.[3]

Series 1

No. Episode No. Title Original airdate
11"Operation Whooooo!"26 January 2007 (2007-01-26)[4]
22"His Last Review"2 February 2007 (2007-02-02)[5]
33"Eyes Down"9 February 2007 (2007-02-09)[6]
44"That's the Way to Do It"16 February 2007 (2007-02-16)[7]
55"The Woman"23 February 2007 (2007-02-23)[8]
66"The Anniversary"2 March 2007 (2007-03-02)[9]

Series 2, The Casebook of Inspector Steine

No. Episode No. Title Original airdate
71"The Entertainer"4 April 2008 (2008-04-04)[10]
82"On the Road"11 April 2008 (2008-04-11)[11]
93"The Smallest Show on Earth"18 April 2008 (2008-04-18)[12]
104"The Uses of Literacy"25 April 2008 (2008-04-25)[13]
115"Room at the Top"2 May 2008 (2008-05-02)[14]
126"Endgame"9 May 2008 (2008-05-09)[15]

Series 3, The Adventures of Inspector Steine

No. Episode No. Title Original airdate
131"While the Sun Shines"25 September 2009 (2009-09-25)[16]
142"Separate Tables"2 October 2009 (2009-10-02)[17]
153"Harlequinade"9 October 2009 (2009-10-09)[18]
164"Variation on a Theme"16 October 2009 (2009-10-16)[19]
175"In Praise of Love"23 October 2009 (2009-10-23)[20]
186"The Deep Blue Sea"30 October 2009 (2009-10-30)[21]

Series 4, The Return of Inspector Steine

No. Episode No. Title Original airdate
191"Towards the End"17 October 2011 (2011-10-17)[22]
202"Nearer to the End"24 October 2011 (2011-10-24)[23]
213"The End in Sight"31 October 2011 (2011-10-31)[24]
224"The Home Stretch"7 November 2011 (2011-11-07)[25]
235"Not Long"14 November 2011 (2011-11-14)[26]
246"The End"21 November 2011 (2011-11-21)[27]

Christmas special, The Christmas of Inspector Steine

No. Title Original airdate
25"The Christmas of Inspector Steine"23 December 2013 (2013-12-23)[3]

Audiobooks

Series 1 was released by BBC Audiobooks on 3 March 2008.[28] Series 2 was released by BBC Audiobooks on 12 February 2009.[29] Series 3 was released by BBC Audiobooks on 8 April 2010.[30] Series 4 was released digitally by AudioGO on 15 July 2013.[31]

References

  1. ^ [Inspector Steine on BBC Radio 4 website http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/inspectorsteine/pip/archive/]
  2. ^ [from Lynne Truss website http://www.lynnetruss.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=95]
  3. ^ a b "Afternoon Drama – The Christmas of Inspector Steine". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Inspector Steine – Operation Whooooo!". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Inspector Steine – His Last Review". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Inspector Steine – Eyes Down". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Inspector Steine". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Inspector Steine". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Inspector Steine – The Anniversary". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  10. ^ "The Casebook of Inspector Steine – The Entertainer". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  11. ^ "The Casebook of Inspector Steine – On the Road". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  12. ^ "The Casebook of Inspector Steine – The Smallest Show on Earth". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  13. ^ "The Casebook of Inspector Steine – The Uses of Literacy". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  14. ^ "The Casebook of Inspector Steine – Room at the Top". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  15. ^ "The Casebook of Inspector Steine – Endgame". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  16. ^ "The Adventures of Inspector Steine – While the Sun Shines". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  17. ^ "The Adventures of Inspector Steine – Separate Tables". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  18. ^ "The Adventures of Inspector Steine – Harlequinade". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  19. ^ "The Adventures of Inspector Steine – Variation on a Theme". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  20. ^ "The Adventures of Inspector Steine – In Praise of Love". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  21. ^ "The Adventures of Inspector Steine – The Deep Blue Sea". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  22. ^ "The Return of Inspector Steine – Towards the End". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  23. ^ "The Return of Inspector Steine". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  24. ^ "The Return of Inspector Steine – The End in Sight". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  25. ^ "The Return of Inspector Steine – The Home Stretch". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  26. ^ "The Return of Inspector Steine – Not Long". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  27. ^ "The Return of Inspector Steine – The End". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  28. ^ [from Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1405687495]
  29. ^ [from Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1405689331]
  30. ^ [from Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408410613]
  31. ^ [from Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DYLSF18]
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