

These are so much fun and somehow Charles manages to put it all together - usually in an absurdly comic way. Indie actors Sam and Milly take the lead roles from Will the understudy who is returned to stage manager. Morris, Charles’ agent, is madly trying to sign up all the new talent whilst avoiding a visiting US star who wants to go on benders with him. Geraldine, Hamlet’s mother, moves in with them and Charles catches a glimpse of her literary tattoos in the shower.

Hamlet is taken out by falling set equipment, and someone puts bleach in Ophelia’s mascara, she falls, hits her head, and dies.
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It’s a new production with a giant skull in the centre of the set (to represent Hamlet’s brain) and the main roles are played by two reality TV stars Hamlet refuses to learn his long speeches (you mean the soliloquies? ) without his coach, and Ophelia thinks the songs should be replaced with her new single. So when he’s offered a job as the ghost of Hamlet’s father he takes it before his wife Frances throws him out again. It’s a new production with a giant skull in the centre of the set (to represent Hamlet’s brain) and the main roles are played by Bill Nighy and Suzanne Burden star with John Glover in the BBC radio drama production.Ĭharles has a high end supercar commercial… drive to the cliff, let the wind blow through his tousled platinum hair… remember to put the handbrake on… oops. Charles has a high end supercar commercial… drive to the cliff, let the wind blow through his tousled platinum hair… remember to put the handbrake on… oops.

moreīill Nighy and Suzanne Burden star with John Glover in the BBC radio drama production. ©2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd. Written by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett. It was first broadcast from 19 February to 11 March 2016. It's up to Charles Paris to turn detective and investigate the mystery, but with almost everyone having a motive for murder, will he ever track down the real killer?īill Nighy stars as Charles Paris, with Suzanne Burden as Frances, in this dramatisation by Jeremy Front. Then another member of the cast is found dead. The show is barely on the road before tragedy strikes - just before opening night, part of the set collapses, seriously injuring one of the actors. But rehearsals are a little tense - the lead roles of Hamlet and Ophelia are played by a reality TV contestant and TV talent show winner respectively, and their opinions on celebrity and the theatre differ somewhat from those of the more experienced members of the cast. But rehearsals are a little tense - the lead roles of Hamlet and Ophelia are played by a reality TV con A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Simon Brett's entertaining crime novel, starring Bill Nighy.Ĭharles Paris has been 'resting' for quite a while, so he's relieved when he is cast as Ghost of Hamlet's Father and First Gravedigger in a touring production of Hamlet. Charles Paris has been 'resting' for quite a while, so he's relieved when he is cast as Ghost of Hamlet's Father and First Gravedigger in a touring production of Hamlet. A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Simon Brett's entertaining crime novel, starring Bill Nighy.
