The Charles Paris Mysteries

Charles Paris lands himself a cracking role in Twelfth Night. Plus his wife Francis lets him back into her apartment! Life is looking good - but then it appears a poisoner is on the loose...Bill Nighy stars as the actor-cum-amateur detective. Written by Simon Brett. Dramatised in four parts by Jeremy Front. Charles Paris……Bill Nighy Frances……Suzanne Burden Maurice……Jon Glover Ken Carter……Peter Wig...

Charles discovers bitter rivalries amongst the police investigating the murder of a property developer, Martin Earnshaw. And an unwelcome surprise awaits when he attempts to celebrate his wedding anniversary with Frances. Bill Nighy stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris. Written by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett. Charles Paris .... Bill Nighy Frances .... Suzanne Burden Maurice...

Bill Nighy stars as the louche but loveable actor Charles Paris. Charles is filming a corporate video when a young secretary is murdered. But when he comes under suspicion for the murder Charles knows he must find the killer. Charles ..... Bill Nighy Frances ..... Suzanne Burden Will ..... Tim McInnerny Maurice ..... Jon Glover Brian ..... Michael Bertenshaw Heather ..... Jane Whittenshaw Trevor ....

Charles Paris is his own worst enemy, a louche lush who can resist anything except temptation... especially in the form of women and alcohol. 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 a play, she nearly pushes him out of the door. But it seems that "The Message is Murder" is such a terribl...

Murder at the BBC? It's almost unimaginable... When a beautiful studio manager is murdered, the producer's only concern is the filling the dead air on the broadcast. But Charles Paris, the now famous actor/detective has come to give a talk, and ends up wallowing through layers of BBC scandals, eventually uncovering a complicated fraud.  The clues concealed in seemingly normal announcements lead to...

Starring Bill Nighy as the charmingly down-on-his-luck actor turned amateur sleuth. When Charles Paris agrees to take part in an amateur theatre production, he expects missed cues and mediocre performances—not murder. But when a fellow cast member turns up dead, Charles finds himself drawn into a deadly mystery backstage. Adapted from Simon Brett’s acclaimed novel and broadcast by the BBC, this ra...

Simon Brett is back with one of his best theater-inspired detective mysteries in Star Trap . Charles Paris, bit part actor and amateur sleuth, finally gets the chance to be in a West End musical. But his suspicions are roused when the number of accidents looks like more than bad luck... including the pianist being shot, and an actor breaking his leg. Why does the star want to sabotage his show? Th...

Charles Paris returns in a show at the Edinburgh Festival - with another attractive young girl to provoke him, his understanding wife to console him, and a gory murder to challenge him in So Much Bloo d . Edinburgh and the Festival are both background and foreground with Charles, flitting between a re-visualized Midsummer Night's Dream, a mixed-media satire, a late-night revue, and his own one-man...

Charles finds himself uncharacteristically employed in a film, having landed the part of a middle-management vampire in The Wreathing. His co-star is Jodie Ricks, swimwear model turned actress, who confides in Charles that she is in terrible trouble! Not only is she being blackmailed over some compromising photos, but she is also carrying the baby of the film's producer, Elliot Roth, who wants not...

Charles Paris is thrilled to land a nice juicy part on a tv procedural... and his estranged wife seems to be on the brink of taking him back. But filming turns out to be a tortuous process, with a pompous star demanding numerous retakes and the writer constantly interrupting. To cap it all, an actress is involved in a terrible accident... but Charles can’t shake the suspicion that she was murdered...