Ep.286 PD James: Devices And Desires Pt4

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Respected as one of the greats of modern crime writing, Phyllis Dorothy James (1920-2014), known as P. D. James, came to fame for her mystery series starring New Scotland Yard Commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh. She was also the author of a number of stand-along novels including The Children of Men, which was the basis for the movie Children of Men, and Death Comes to Pemberly, which was adapted into a BBC mini-series. Many of her Adam Dalgliesh books were also adapted for television. In 1991...

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of Nostalgic Mystery Radio.
0:21.9	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.
0:27.4	For this episode, I bring you P.D. James's Devices and Desires.
0:33.5	When Adam Dalglish visits Lark Sokin, a remote headland community on the Norfolk coast in the shadow of a nuclear power station,
0:42.3	he expects to be engaged only in the sad business of tying up his aunt's estate.
0:47.3	But the peace of Lark Soken is illusory.
0:50.3	Someone is terrorizing the neighborhood, and Dalglish finds himself drawn into the lives of the isolated
0:56.3	headlanders in an attempt to uncover what sinister forces are at work.
1:02.5	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
1:08.9	Thank you for listening.
1:18.5	I wasn't going to tell you, Jonathan, but now you know.
1:22.7	I didn't kill Hillary Robarts, but I was there.
1:24.5	And I've got a motive.
1:26.9	That's why I'm asking you to help. My darling, of course I'll help. I love you, Caroline. I love got a motive. That's why I'm asking you to help.
1:30.2	My darling, of course I'll help.
1:31.4	I love you, Caroline.
1:32.8	I won't let you down.
1:33.8	You can depend on me.
1:39.8	Devices and Desires by P.D. James,
1:43.5	dramatised in six episodes by Neville Teller, with Robin Ellis as Adam Dalglish.
1:48.5	Episode four.
1:53.3	Miss Amphlet, I understand that Dr. Mayor had a relationship with Miss Robles.
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