Crème de la Crime

A BBC Radio Spoof Documentary Series

By: Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis

Narrated by: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, full cast

The complete series 1-3 of the spoof true-crime series, written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.

Michael Feydeau, alias TV's much-loved Inspector Niblett, and crime expert David Pershore (the best-selling author of A Nice Sit Down with Some Horrific Murders) go on a thrilling journey through the gruesome history of crime, digging deep into the vaults of villainy to exhume dastardly cases of theft, intrigue, deception, fraud, murder, murder and a touch more murder.

Using a daring mixture of reconstructions, interviews, music and specially made noises, they serve up the twisted tales of spying skulduggery, wartime treason, the mysterious curse of an Egyptian mummy and a fallen medieval monk. Also on the menu are a mélange of multi-murderers, a strange death by cutlery, a vanishing lord and a fiendish case of felony afloat....

Starring Hugh Dennis as Feydeau and Steve Punt as Pershore, this sensational send-up of the true-crime genre also features guest stars Emma Kennedy, Simon Greenall, Chris Pavlo, Olivia Colman, Ewan Bailey and Steven Kynman.

Production credits:

Written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.

Produced and directed by Adam Bromley.

With Emma Kennedy, Simon Greenall, Chris Pavlo, Olivia Colman, Ewan Bailey, Steven Kynman.

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 19th September-24th October 2001 (Series 1), 15th May-5th June 2002 (Series 2), 2nd-23rd April 2003 (Series 3).

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