21st Precinct
Drama
Drama
Inspector Dover.
Kidnapped, inconvenienced and surrounded by suspects—Inspector Dover would rather be left in peace. Kenneth Cranham stars as Joyce Porter's irascible Chief Inspector Dover, with Stuart McQuarrie as Sergeant McGregor, in six British radio mysteries mixing murder investigations with comic friction.
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Inspector Dover: Programme Guide.
An untidy and thoroughly difficult detective can still be dangerous to a murderer. Chief Inspector Dover’s investigations combine crime puzzles with the friction between an irascible superior and his long-suffering sergeant.
Broadcast history.
These BBC Radio 4 dramas draw on Joyce Porter’s Dover. The publisher distinguishes four novel adaptations from two original stories based on her characters, with Paul Mendelson sharing the writing credits for the collection.
Cast and creative team.
Kenneth Cranham plays Chief Inspector Dover and Stuart McQuarrie plays Sergeant Charlie McGregor. David Ian Neville produced and directed, with changing guest performers including Carolyn Pickles and Crawford Logan.
Where to begin.
Dover and the Claret Tappers: The Kidnapped Detective Hunts His Captors · Dover and the Unkindest Cut of All: A Seaside Death Interrupts His Holiday
These available recordings offer an introduction to this collection. Their current publication dates are separate from historical broadcast dates.
An interesting detail.
The stories’ 1960s and 1970s settings are not their production dates. Period setting, original radio transmission and the publication of a later collected audio edition describe three different things.
Listening appeal.
Dover and the Claret Tappers begins with the detective himself abducted; The Unkindest Cut of All turns a seaside holiday toward an investigation. Choose either as a complete case rather than looking for a chapter numbered one.
Collection and date notes.
HRV lists 6 public recordings. The six available records correspond to the six named dramas in the publisher’s collected presentation. Current podcast dates describe later archive publication, separately from original broadcast dates.
Sources.
Choose your next episode.
6 public recordings in this programme. Catalogue order is not a verified original broadcast chronology.
6 episodes available.
Questions about Inspector Dover.
Who plays Dover?
Kenneth Cranham, with Stuart McQuarrie as McGregor.
Are all six stories direct novel adaptations?
The publisher identifies four adaptations and two original stories using Porter’s characters.
