The Saturday Night Theatre Companion: The Investigation of a Murder
The Saturday Night Theatre Companion returns to Eric Saward’s The Investigation of a Murder, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as part of Saturday Night Theatre in 1979.
In this half-hour companion, we look beyond the solution to the crime to explore how Saward constructs an investigation for radio: the detectives, the performances, the gradual accumulation of evidence, and the use of sound and dialogue to make listeners active participants in the case.
There’s a spoiler-free introduction before the conversation moves into the complete drama, including its ending.
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