Fine Time Fontayne stars as pitman-turned-private eye Stephen J Blackburn in this whimsical detective series.
When he’s made redundant from his job at a South Yorkshire pit, Stephen J Blackburn sets out to forge a new career as a private investigator. With his trainee assistant Tracey, he looks into a series of complicated cases ranging from plagiarism to missing persons.
In Series 1, the duo are confronted with Hungarian exiles, a philandering husband, a long-lost brother, a purloined TV script and a time-share cash con.
Series 2 finds them faced with seven stolen sculptures, a ransomed Filofax, a husband who reappears after 30 years and a routine marital case that starts to look like their final investigation.
And in Series 3, Steven and Tracey get digging in the murky world of flowers, crack a pub quiz fraud scam, look into the theft of a ventriloquist’s dummy and track down an Irish labourer – a case which turns out to be far more complex than expected….
Starring Fine Time Fontayne (Coronation Street) as Stephen J Blackburn and Judy Flynn (The Brittas Empire) as Tracey Duggan.
Written by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby
Directed by Dave Sheasby
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18 July-15 August 1989 (Series 1), 20 June-11 July 1991 (Series 2), 18 March-8 April 1993 (Series 3)
Episode 1 00:00
A Case of Frinks and Moores
When an open-air sculpture exhibition is raided, pitman-turned-private eye Steven J Blackburn is thrown into the jungle of international dealing.
Episode 2 29:08
A Case of Hearts and Flowers
When his brother-in-law’s Filofax is held to ransom, Steven J Blackburn investigates.
Episode 3 58:23
A Case of a Golden Smile
When Betty Ackroyd sees her husband Archie on a TV quiz show, it’s for the first time since he walked out 30 years ago.
Episode 4 1:28:01
A Case of Whistle and Run
A routine case for private eye Stephen J Blackburn starts to look like his final investigation
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