Julie Enfield Investigates Explained

Show Name:Julie Enfield Investigates
Format:Radio drama
Runtime:3045 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Home Station:BBC Radio 4
Starring:Imelda Staunton
Director:Richard Wortley
Num Series:5
Num Episodes:22
Audio Format:Stereo

Julie Enfield Investigates is a series of British radio dramas originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1994 and 1999. Written by Nick Fisher and starring Imelda Staunton as DSI Enfield, there were five stories: Terminus (1994), The Smithfield Murders (1995), The Net And The Canal (1996), The Leaves Of The Dead (1997) and Murder West One (1999).

The first four runs were serials of four or five 30 minute episodes. Murder West One consists of four self-contained 45-minute cases. As an initial one-off, Terminus didn't carry the 'Julie Enfield Investigates' prefix.Trademarks running through all the stories are a very dark, almost Gothic, sense of horror, and an unusual narrator (in the case of Terminus, the railway station in which the murders take place). The Smithfield Murders begins with an adapted quotation from Oliver Twist: "Filth and fat, and blood and foam. Unwashed unshaven squalid figures move to and fro, among the steam that rises from the reeking bodies, mingling with the fog that seemed to rest upon the chimney tops, hung heavily above." The series is occasionally repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra.[1]

Episode lists

SeriesEpisodeTitleFirst broadcast
Terminus1Corpse11 August 1994
2Busker18 August 1994
3Playing Games25 August 1994
4Fury1 September 1994
5Clue8 September 1994
The Smithfield Murders1Filth And Fat And Blood And Foam2 November 1995
2Blue Bummarees9 November 1995
3Chef's Special16 November 1995
4A Mushroom Diet23 November 1995
5A Passion For Hunting Something30 November 1995
The Net And The Canal1Waking Up To Nessun Dorma16 May 1996
2Communicating With The President23 May 1996
3Tarantulas In Trojan Horses30 May 1996
4Beyond The Firewall6 June 1996
The Leaves Of The Dead1Proverbs And Punctures From Hell7 August 1997
2Stacks And Baps And Amulets14 August 1997
3Welcome To The Nightmare21 August 1997
4Pyramids In The Spider28 August 1997
Murder West One1A Cure For Death4 May 1999
2The Art Of The Matter11 May 1999
3Five Star Killing18 May 1999
4Soho Espresso25 May 1999

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dn9jp/episodes/guide BBC Radio 4 Extra