Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Havana Blue | 20141115 | by Leonardo Padura
The first story in Padura's much-loved detective series set in Havana. It's New Year's Day 1989 and Lieutenant Mario Conde wakes up with another terrible hangover and a case which is close to home - his schoolboy rival, now a party grandee, is missing.
Cast:
Directed by Mary Peate
Leonardo Padura's series, published in English as the Havana Quartet, is set over the course of 1989 - starting with Havana Blue which opens on New Year's Day.
Leonardo Padura is a novelist and journalist who was born in 1955 in Havana where he still lives. He has published a number of short-story collections and literary essays but he is best known internationally for the Havana Quartet series, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde.
In 1998, Padura won the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers and in; 2012, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award.
Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde Thrillers, mysteries, love stories and detective fiction. | |
| 01 | Havana Blue | 20141115 | 20200516 (R4) | by Leonardo Padura
The first story in Padura's much-loved detective series set in Havana. It's New Year's Day 1989 and Lieutenant Mario Conde wakes up with another terrible hangover and a case which is close to home - his schoolboy rival, now a party grandee, is missing.
Cast:
Directed by Mary Peate
Leonardo Padura's series, published in English as the Havana Quartet, is set over the course of 1989 - starting with Havana Blue which opens on New Year's Day.
Leonardo Padura is a novelist and journalist who was born in 1955 in Havana where he still lives. He has published a number of short-story collections and literary essays but he is best known internationally for the Havana Quartet series, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde.
In 1998, Padura won the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers and in; 2012, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award.
Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde Thrillers, mysteries, love stories and detective fiction. |
| 02 | Havana Gold | 20141122 | By Leonardo Padura
Lieutenant Conde goes on a trip through his childhood Havana haunts when a young female schoolteacher at his old school is murdered. And could it be that Conde has finally met the woman of his dreams? Dramatisation of the second novel in the Havana Quartet series.
Cast:
directed by Mary Peate
Leonardo Padura's series, published in English as the Havana Quartet, is set over the course of 1989.
Leonardo Padura is a novelist and journalist who was born in 1955 in Havana where he still lives. He has published a number of short-story collections and literary essays but he is best known internationally for the Havana Quartet series, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde.
In 1998, Padura won the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers and in; 2012, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award.
Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde. Thrillers, mysteries, love stories and detective fiction. | |
| 02 | Havana Gold | 20141122 | 20200523 (R4) | By Leonardo Padura
Lieutenant Conde goes on a trip through his childhood Havana haunts when a young female schoolteacher at his old school is murdered. And could it be that Conde has finally met the woman of his dreams? Dramatisation of the second novel in the Havana Quartet series.
Cast:
directed by Mary Peate
Leonardo Padura's series, published in English as the Havana Quartet, is set over the course of 1989.
Leonardo Padura is a novelist and journalist who was born in 1955 in Havana where he still lives. He has published a number of short-story collections and literary essays but he is best known internationally for the Havana Quartet series, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde.
In 1998, Padura won the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers and in; 2012, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award.
Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde. Thrillers, mysteries, love stories and detective fiction. |
| 03 | Havana Red | 20141129 | by Leonardo Padura
Lieutenant Mario Conde's fondly held prejudices are tested by this case involving a man found strangled in Havana Woods wearing a beautiful red dress. A dramatisation of the third story in the Havana Quartet.
Cast:
Mario Conde ..... Zubin Varla
directed by Mary Peate
Leonardo Padura is a novelist and journalist who was born in 1955 in Havana where he still lives. He has published a number of short-story collections and literary essays but he is best known internationally for the Havana Quartet series, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde.
In 1998, Padura won the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers and in 2012 he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award.
Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde Thrillers, mysteries, love stories and detective fiction. | |
| 03 | Havana Red | 20141129 | 20200530 (R4) | by Leonardo Padura
Lieutenant Mario Conde's fondly held prejudices are tested by this case involving a man found strangled in Havana Woods wearing a beautiful red dress. A dramatisation of the third story in the Havana Quartet.
Cast:
Mario Conde ..... Zubin Varla
directed by Mary Peate
Leonardo Padura is a novelist and journalist who was born in 1955 in Havana where he still lives. He has published a number of short-story collections and literary essays but he is best known internationally for the Havana Quartet series, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde.
In 1998, Padura won the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers and in 2012 he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award.
Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde Thrillers, mysteries, love stories and detective fiction. |
| 04 | Havana Black | 20141206 | 20200606 (R4) | by Leonardo Padura dramatised by Joy Wilkinson Lieutenant Mario Conde has been suspended for taking a well-deserved pop at a fellow officer. But Major Rangel is short of staff and has to call Conde in for a case involving the disappearance of a Cuban with U.S. citizenship who has come home to visit his family. The final story in the Havana Quartet. Cast: Mario Conde - Zubin Varla Rangel - David Westhead Manolo - Lanre Malaolu Josefina - Lorna Gayle Skinny - Ben Crowe Tamara - Adjoa Andoh Andres - Ian Conningham Rabbit - Monty D'Inverno Fermin - Shaun Mason Friguens/ Alfonso Forcade - John Rowe Gomez - Cyril Nri Miriam - Anna Madeley Adrian - Nicholas Pinnock Molina - Sam Dale directed by Mary Peate Leonardo Padura is a novelist and journalist who was born in 1955 in Havana where he still lives. He has published a number of short-story collections and literary essays but he is best known internationally for the Havana Quartet series, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde. In 1998, Padura won the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers and in 2012, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award. Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde. Thrillers, mysteries, love stories and detective fiction. by Leonardo Padura dramatised by Joy Wilkinson Lieutenant Mario Conde has been suspended for taking a well-deserved pop at a fellow officer. But Major Rangel is short of staff and has to call Conde in for a case involving the disappearance of a Cuban with U.S. citizenship who has come home to visit his family. The final story in the Havana Quartet. Cast: Mario Conde - Zubin Varla Rangel - David Westhead Manolo - Lanre Malaolu Josefina - Lorna Gayle Skinny - Ben Crowe Tamara - Adjoa Andoh Andres - Ian Conningham Rabbit - Monty D'Inverno Fermin - Shaun Mason Friguens/ Alfonso Forcade - John Rowe Gomez - Cyril Nri Miriam - Anna Madeley Adrian - Nicholas Pinnock Molina - Sam Dale directed by Mary Peate Leonardo Padura is a novelist and journalist who was born in 1955 in Havana where he still lives. He has published a number of short-story collections and literary essays but he is best known internationally for the Havana Quartet series, all featuring Inspector Mario Conde. In 1998, Padura won the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers and in 2012, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award. Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde. Thrillers, mysteries, love stories and detective fiction. |