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Crème de la Crime

By: Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis
Narrated by: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, full cast
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Summary

The complete series 1-3 of the spoof true-crime series, written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.

Michael Feydeau, alias TV's much-loved Inspector Niblett, and crime expert David Pershore (the best-selling author of A Nice Sit Down with Some Horrific Murders) go on a thrilling journey through the gruesome history of crime, digging deep into the vaults of villainy to exhume dastardly cases of theft, intrigue, deception, fraud, murder, murder and a touch more murder.

Using a daring mixture of reconstructions, interviews, music and specially made noises, they serve up the twisted tales of spying skulduggery, wartime treason, the mysterious curse of an Egyptian mummy and a fallen medieval monk. Also on the menu are a mélange of multi-murderers, a strange death by cutlery, a vanishing lord and a fiendish case of felony afloat....

Starring Hugh Dennis as Feydeau and Steve Punt as Pershore, this sensational send-up of the true-crime genre also features guest stars Emma Kennedy, Simon Greenall, Chris Pavlo, Olivia Colman, Ewan Bailey and Steven Kynman.

Production credits:

Written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.

Produced and directed by Adam Bromley.

With Emma Kennedy, Simon Greenall, Chris Pavlo, Olivia Colman, Ewan Bailey, Steven Kynman.

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 19th September-24th October 2001 (Series 1), 15th May-5th June 2002 (Series 2), 2nd-23rd April 2003 (Series 3).

©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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A must for radio comedy fans.

I've been a fan of Punt and Dennis since their early Jasper Carrot appearances, to The Mary Whitehouse and then The Now Show, with all the other bits, solo or not, thrown in. This is just one element of what great writers - and performers- they are. The upperclass actor vs the very dubious reporter telling stories. The episodes are based in some historical events, or on works of fiction, such as Silence of the Lambs.

It's easy now to find spoof documentaries, with people of a certain age rhinking it started with The Office. However, in the UK at least, they've been around for longer, and this would have been in the early days, mainly done ,on radio at least, by what was considered the alternative comedy scene. There are elements of satire in here as well as a lot of puns and silliness. The performances (including Olivia Coleman in her early radio comedy days) are great and the length of the episodes are just right.

The humour is very British, but I still think a lot of it would "translate".

Now, if only Audible would release the Mary Whitehouse Experience!




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