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Julie Enfield Investigates

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Julie Enfield Investigates
GenreRadio drama
Running time30–45 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC Radio 4
SyndicatesBBC Radio 4 Extra
StarringImelda Staunton
Written byNick Fisher
Directed byRichard Wortley
Original release11 August 1994 (1994-08-11) –
25 May 1999 (1999-05-25)
No. of series5
No. of episodes22
Audio formatStereo
Websitewww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dn9jp

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

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Series Episode Title First broadcast
Terminus 1 Corpse 11 August 1994
2 Busker 18 August 1994
3 Playing Games 25 August 1994
4 Fury 1 September 1994
5 Clue 8 September 1994
The Smithfield Murders 1 Filth And Fat And Blood And Foam 2 November 1995
2 Blue Bummarees 9 November 1995
3 Chef's Special 16 November 1995
4 A Mushroom Diet 23 November 1995
5 A Passion For Hunting Something 30 November 1995
The Net And The Canal 1 Waking Up To Nessun Dorma 16 May 1996
2 Communicating With The President 23 May 1996
3 Tarantulas In Trojan Horses 30 May 1996
4 Beyond The Firewall 6 June 1996
The Leaves Of The Dead 1 Proverbs And Punctures From Hell 7 August 1997
2 Stacks And Baps And Amulets 14 August 1997
3 Welcome To The Nightmare 21 August 1997
4 Pyramids In The Spider 28 August 1997
Murder West One 1 A Cure For Death 4 May 1999
2 The Art Of The Matter 11 May 1999
3 Five Star Killing 18 May 1999
4 Soho Espresso 25 May 1999

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