A Charles Paris Mystery - Murder in the Title - Episode 1

By Jeremy Front Based on the novel by Simon Brett A series of nasty accidents befall the cast of the play Charles is appearing in. Is it bad luck or is someone out to sabotage the production. Charles Paris ..... Bill Nighy Frances ..... Suzanne Burden Maurice ..... Jon Glover Fabio ..... Theo Cross Tony ..... Sam Dale Lindsay ..... Christine Kavanagh Ronnie ..... Sean Baker Sean ..... Iain Batchelor Phoebe ..... Claire Harry Chris ..... Henry Devas Landlady ..... Sally Orrock Barmaid ..... Leah Brotherhead Directed by Sally Avens As ever, Charles is his own worst enemy, a louche lush who can resist anything except temptation especially in the form of women and alcohol. His intentions may be good but somehow the results always go wrong He's been out of work so long now he feels he may never get a job and he's driving Frances his semi-ex-wife mad. So when he's offered a small role in an awful play up in Rugland she nearly pushes him out the door. But as always with Charles murder is never far behind.