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Philip Marlowe BBC Dramas

BBC Radio adaptations of the Raymond Chandler detective novels
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The complete collection of landmark BBC Radio dramas of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries.


Philip Marlowe is the archetypal noir detective: wisecracking and world-weary, hardboiled yet honourable. This volume includes all eight dramatisations of Raymond Chandler's groundbreaking crime novels featuring his iconic hero.


The Big Sleep
Marlowe is consulted by a wealthy family man with two big problems: his children.


Farewell My Lovely
Marlowe's search for an ex-con's ex-girlfriend leads him into danger.


The High Window
When a rare gold coin is stolen from her collection, Mrs Murdoch hires Philip Marlowe to find it.


The Lady in the Lake
Businessman Derace Kingsley hires Marlowe to find his estranged wife Crystal.


The Little Sister
Commissioned to find Orfamay Quest's missing brother, Marlowe is drawn into the glamorous film world of Hollywood.


The Long Goodbye
Marlowe befriends a drunk named Terry Lennox, but comes to regret doing him a favour.


Playback
Hired to follow the mysterious Betty Mayfield, Marlowe soon finds that he is being tailed too...


Poodle Springs
Newly-married Marlowe puts his bride aside to look for a gambler on the run.


Starring Toby Stephens as Philip Marlowe, these stylish, suspenseful dramatisations - full of witty, ironic dialogue and colourful characters - bring the beautiful, corrupt world of California in the '40s and '50s to luminous life.

  1. The Big Sleep (98.3Mb)
  2. The Lady in the Lake (98.8Mb)
  3. Farewell My Lovely (95.6Mb)
  4. Playback (63.8Mb)
  5. The Long Goodbye (97.8Mb)
  6. The High Window (94.3Mb)
  7. The Little Sister (95.2Mb)
  8. Poodle Springs (64.6Mb)

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