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Funeral Of Detective Young

Date released

26 Jul 1915

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

453

NoS ID

075955

Story no

5 / 7

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Gumshoe (1971)

Director

Stephen Frears

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 88 minutes), £15.99

Stephen Frears’ debut feature is an affectionate tribute to the Hollywood detective movies of the 1940s. A Liverpool bingo caller, Albert Finney, dreams of being a private eye and then finds himself...

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In a Questionable Shape (2006 Radio)

aka: Daunt and Dervish

Series

Afternoon Play

Director

Colin Guthrie

Producer

Colin Guthrie

Radio detective series. In this episode, the Daunt and Dervish Detective Agency is involved in a case of blackmail that takes Josephine and Susan back to the Old Vic Theatre and its current production of...

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News Flashes - Stop Press

Date released

6 Mar 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1358

NoS ID

039078

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Prime Minister’s personal detective receives Empire Medal at Buckingham Palace.

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State funeral Of M. Jouin The Deputy Chief Of The Paris Detective Department

Date released

6 May 1912

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

117

NoS ID

075494

Story no

1 / 4

Paris

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(Untitled record)

Date released

24 Nov 1927

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

338

NoS ID

331743

Story no

3 / 6

NoS synopsis: A lady detective, lady MP and a policewoman - methods of training, trailing and arrest.

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You Know My methods, watson

Date released

1948

Series name

This Is Britain

Issue no

26

NoS ID

351902

Story no

2 / 2

COI synopsis: A modern archaeologist is a detective using the most up-to-date equipment for his investigation into the beginnings of human society.

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Scots Detective, The (2000)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 20 minutes), £19.99

Scotland is laden with myths about its past - these five 20-minute programmes will help students of Scottish history to discover some of the facts. The Scots Detective, played by James MacPherson,...

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Banquo’s Chair (1943 Radio)

Series

Suspense

Director

Ted Bliss

Producer

William Spier

Radio play by Sigmund Miller based on Rupert Croft-Cook’s original story. In order to get a murderer to confess, a detective hires a famous Shakespearean actress to play the ghost of the dead man, and...

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Hawksmoor

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette CD, 540 minutes (cassette) 670 mins (CD)), £36.95 (cassette) £49.95 (CD)

Detective Nicholas Hawksmoor investigates a series of macabre murders on the sites of certain 18th century churches. The unabridged novel by Peter Ackroyd is read by Derek Jacobi.

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