Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Missing Detective | 20130121 | 20130122 (BBC7) 20150309 (BBC7) 20150310 (BBC7) 20170717 (BBC7) 20170718 (BBC7) | Travis Sivart, 'the detective's detective' has gone missing. Raymond Chandler meets Kafka in this surreal tale of skulduggery and somnambulism. Somewhere in an unnamed, rainy city, Charles Unwin, a lowly but efficient clerk in a big detective agency, finds his world turned upside down when his detective boss, Travis Sivart, disappears. Unwin is suddenly promoted to the role - and forced out into the field for the first time in his life. Unprepared and untrained, armed only with his trusty umbrella and The Manual of Detection, he sets out on his first mission: to find out what happened to his boss. Unwin begins a frantic search while all around him, Sivart's closed cases have sprung open again... Read by Toby Jones Unexpectedly promoted after his boss's disappearance, Charles Unwin begins his search. |
| 02 | The Museum Coffin | 20130122 | 20130123 (BBC7) 20150310 (BBC7) 20150311 (BBC7) 20170718 (BBC7) 20170719 (BBC7) | Unwilling investigator Charles Unwin discovers that the disappearance of Detective Sivart is connected to a mystery corpse, two green eyed twins with murder in mind, and a mysterious siren with a limp...can his Manual help him to untangle this knotty challenge? Read by Toby Jones. Somewhere in an unnamed, rainy city, Charles Unwin, a lowly but efficient clerk in a big detective agency, has found his world turned upside down when his detective boss, Travis Sivart, disappears. Suddenly promoted to the role - Unwin's been forced out into the field for the first time in his life. Unprepared and untrained, armed only with his trusty umbrella and The Manual of Detection, his first mission is to find out what happened to his boss. Investigator Charles Unwin finds his boss's disappearance is linked to a mystery corpse. |
| 03 | A Surfeit Of Alarm Clocks | 20130123 | 20130124 (BBC7) 20150311 (BBC7) 20150312 (BBC7) 20170719 (BBC7) 20170720 (BBC7) | Rookie Detective Unwin is plunged deeper into the mystery of his missing boss, and struggles to apply the wisdom of the chapters in his Manual to a series of events that seem to make no sense at all - but an explanation is in sight when he is given the secret to Chapter 18.....now if only he can find it. Read by Toby Jones. Somewhere in an unnamed, rainy city, Charles Unwin, a lowly but efficient clerk in a big detective agency, has found his world turned upside down when his detective boss, Travis Sivart, disappears. Suddenly promoted to the role - Unwin's been forced out into the field for the first time in his life. Unprepared and untrained, armed only with his trusty umbrella and The Manual of Detection. His first mission is to find out what happened to his boss. Charles Unwin discovers his problems might be solved by reading chapter 18 of the manual. |
| 04 | The City Archive | 20130124 | 20130125 (BBC7) 20150312 (BBC7) 20150313 (BBC7) 20170720 (BBC7) 20170721 (BBC7) | Unwin and the Manual's author, Edwin Moore, join forces to try and solve the mystery, but the whole city is sleepwalking, and the only possible explanation lies deep in the Agency archives. Read by Toby Jones. Somewhere in an unnamed, rainy city, Charles Unwin, a lowly but efficient clerk in a big detective agency, has found his world turned upside down when his detective boss, Travis Sivart, disappears. Suddenly promoted to the role - Unwin's been forced out into the field for the first time in his life. Unprepared and untrained, armed only with his trusty umbrella and The Manual of Detection. His first mission is to find out what happened to his boss. Unwin's only hope is the archives, but no-one goes down there without risking their life. |
| 05 LAST | Chapter 18 | 20130125 | 20130126 (BBC7) 20150313 (BBC7) 20150314 (BBC7) 20170721 (BBC7) 20170722 (BBC7) | All Unwin's dreams of returning to his day job rest on rescuing his boss Travis. But will he make it in time? The dark forces of Enoch Hoffmann are closing in. Concluded by Toby Jones. Somewhere in an unnamed, rainy city, Charles Unwin, a lowly but efficient clerk in a big detective agency, has found his world turned upside down when his detective boss, Travis Sivart, disappears. Suddenly promoted to the role - Unwin's been forced out into the field for the first time in his life. Unprepared and untrained, armed only with his trusty umbrella and The Manual of Detection. His first mission is to find out what happened to his boss. Discovering why his boss Sivart disappeared, Unwin plots how to save him. |