Episodes
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01 | 20100104 | 20200629 (R4) | Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millinaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it? Suspect number one: the mobile phone thief with big dreams. Arun Advani, an investigative journalist - Rajit Kapur Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy - Zafar Karachiwala Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother - Radhika Mital Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief - Anand Tiwari Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress - Shernaz Patel Larry Page, an American tourist - Gary Richardson Eketi, a tribesman - Rohit Malkani Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer - Kenny Desai Champi/Drunk girl in car - Radhika Apte Reshma/Barkha Das - Anahita Uberoi Ritu - Ira Dubey Bilal/Inspector Brar - Ankur Vikal Saira/Ruby Gill - Megha Burman Pappu Pager - Jaimini Pathak Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled - Jayant Kripalani Detective Gupta, private detective - Kenny Desai Abu Technical/Tribesman - Pushan Kripalani Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver - Nadir Khan Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra - Sohrab Ardeshir Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter - Ayeesha Menon Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi - Ashwin Mushran Elizabeth Brookner - Karla Singh Inspector Yardav - Ravi Khote Sohrab - Caran Arora Production team: Line producer in India: Nadir Khan Assistant director: Toral Shah Photography: Ameet Mallapur Script editor: Mike Walker Sound: Ayush Ahuja Additional editing: Steve Bond Music: Sacha Putnam Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier Produced and directed by John Dryden A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Whodunit set in India. Suspect number one: the mobile phone thief with big dreams. |
02 | 20100105 | 20200630 (R4) | Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millinaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it? Suspect number two: the Bollywood actress with the guilty secret. Arun Advani, an investigative journalist - Rajit Kapur Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy - Zafar Karachiwala Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother - Radhika Mital Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief - Anand Tiwari Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress - Shernaz Patel Larry Page, an American tourist - Gary Richardson Eketi, a tribesman - Rohit Malkani Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer - Kenny Desai Champi/Drunk girl in car - Radhika Apte Reshma/Barkha Das - Anahita Uberoi Ritu - Ira Dubey Bilal/Inspector Brar - Ankur Vikal Saira/Ruby Gill - Megha Burman Pappu Pager - Jaimini Pathak Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled - Jayant Kripalani Detective Gupta, private detective - Kenny Desai Abu Technical/Tribesman - Pushan Kripalani Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver - Nadir Khan Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra - Sohrab Ardeshir Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter - Ayeesha Menon Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi - Ashwin Mushran Elizabeth Brookner - Karla Singh Inspector Yardav - Ravi Khote Sohrab - Caran Arora Production team: Line producer in India: Nadir Khan Assistant director: Toral Shah Photography: Ameet Mallapur Script editor: Mike Walker Sound: Ayush Ahuja Additional editing: Steve Bond Music: Sacha Putnam Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier Produced and directed by John Dryden A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Whodunit set in India. Suspect number two: the Bollywood actress with the guilty secret. |
03 | 20100106 | 20200701 (R4) | Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millinaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it? Suspect number three: an American who has come to India to marry his mail-order bride. Arun Advani, an investigative journalist - Rajit Kapur Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy - Zafar Karachiwala Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother - Radhika Mital Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief - Anand Tiwari Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress - Shernaz Patel Larry Page, an American tourist - Gary Richardson Eketi, a tribesman - Rohit Malkani Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer - Kenny Desai Champi/Drunk girl in car - Radhika Apte Reshma/Barkha Das - Anahita Uberoi Ritu - Ira Dubey Bilal/Inspector Brar - Ankur Vikal Saira/Ruby Gill - Megha Burman Pappu Pager - Jaimini Pathak Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled - Jayant Kripalani Detective Gupta, private detective - Kenny Desai Abu Technical/Tribesman - Pushan Kripalani Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver - Nadir Khan Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra - Sohrab Ardeshir Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter - Ayeesha Menon Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi - Ashwin Mushran Elizabeth Brookner - Karla Singh Inspector Yardav - Ravi Khote Sohrab - Caran Arora Production team: Line producer in India: Nadir Khan Assistant director: Toral Shah Photography: Ameet Mallapur Script editor: Mike Walker Sound: Ayush Ahuja Additional editing: Steve Bond Music: Sacha Putnam Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier Produced and directed by John Dryden A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. |
04 | 20100107 | 20200702 (R4) | Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it? Suspect number four: Vicky Rai's mother, an ambitious and corrupt politician increasingly embarrassed by her son's activities. Arun Advani, an investigative journalist - Rajit Kapur Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy - Zafar Karachiwala Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother - Radhika Mital Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief - Anand Tiwari Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress - Shernaz Patel Larry Page, an American tourist - Gary Richardson Eketi, a tribesman - Rohit Malkani Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer - Kenny Desai Champi/Drunk girl in car - Radhika Apte Reshma/Barkha Das - Anahita Uberoi Ritu - Ira Dubey Bilal/Inspector Brar - Ankur Vikal Saira/Ruby Gill - Megha Burman Pappu Pager - Jaimini Pathak Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled - Jayant Kripalani Detective Gupta, private detective - Kenny Desai Abu Technical/Tribesman - Pushan Kripalani Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver - Nadir Khan Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra - Sohrab Ardeshir Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter - Ayeesha Menon Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi - Ashwin Mushran Elizabeth Brookner - Karla Singh Inspector Yardav - Ravi Khote Sohrab - Caran Arora Production team: Line producer in India: Nadir Khan Assistant director: Toral Shah Photography: Ameet Mallapur Script editor: Mike Walker Sound: Ayush Ahuja Additional editing: Steve Bond Music: Sacha Putnam Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier Produced and directed by John Dryden A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Show less Suspect number 4: an ambitious and corrupt politician embarrassed by her son's activities. |
05 | 20100108 | 20200703 (R4) | Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it? Suspect number five: a tribesman, Eketi. Brought to Delhi by his one-legged welfare officer, Eketi is unwittingly used to help carry out a long-overdue act of vengeance. Arun Advani, an investigative journalist - Rajit Kapur Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy - Zafar Karachiwala Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother - Radhika Mital Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief - Anand Tiwari Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress - Shernaz Patel Larry Page, an American tourist - Gary Richardson Eketi, a tribesman - Rohit Malkani Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer - Kenny Desai Champi/Drunk girl in car - Radhika Apte Reshma/Barkha Das - Anahita Uberoi Ritu - Ira Dubey Bilal/Inspector Brar - Ankur Vikal Saira/Ruby Gill - Megha Burman Pappu Pager - Jaimini Pathak Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled - Jayant Kripalani Detective Gupta, private detective - Kenny Desai Abu Technical/Tribesman - Pushan Kripalani Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver - Nadir Khan Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra - Sohrab Ardeshir Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter - Ayeesha Menon Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi - Ashwin Mushran Elizabeth Brookner - Karla Singh Inspector Yardav - Ravi Khote Sohrab - Caran Arora Production team: Line producer in India: Nadir Khan Assistant director: Toral Shah Photography: Ameet Mallapur Script editor: Mike Walker Sound: Ayush Ahuja Additional editing: Steve Bond Music: Sacha Putnam Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier Produced and directed by John Dryden A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Suspect number five: a tribesman brought to Delhi by his one-legged welfare officer. |
06 | 20100111 | 20200706 (R4) | Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it? Suspect number one is phone thief Munna Mobile, who has a bag of money that doesn't belong to him and is secretly dating Vicky's sister. He finds himself at the party with a gun. Arun Advani, an investigative journalist - Rajit Kapur Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy - Zafar Karachiwala Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother - Radhika Mital Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief - Anand Tiwari Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress - Shernaz Patel Larry Page, an American tourist - Gary Richardson Eketi, a tribesman - Rohit Malkani Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer - Kenny Desai Champi/Drunk girl in car - Radhika Apte Reshma/Barkha Das - Anahita Uberoi Ritu - Ira Dubey Bilal/Inspector Brar - Ankur Vikal Saira/Ruby Gill - Megha Burman Pappu Pager - Jaimini Pathak Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled - Jayant Kripalani Detective Gupta, private detective - Kenny Desai Abu Technical/Tribesman - Pushan Kripalani Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver - Nadir Khan Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra - Sohrab Ardeshir Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter - Ayeesha Menon Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi - Ashwin Mushran Elizabeth Brookner - Karla Singh Inspector Yardav - Ravi Khote Sohrab - Caran Arora Production team: Line producer in India: Nadir Khan Assistant director: Toral Shah Photography: Ameet Mallapur Script editor: Mike Walker Sound: Ayush Ahuja Additional editing: Steve Bond Music: Sacha Putnam Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier Produced and directed by John Dryden A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Whodunit set in India. Suspect number one finds himself at Vicky's party with a gun. |
07 | 20100112 | 20200707 (R4) | Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it? Suspect number two is Bollywood actress Shabnam Sexena, one-time girlfriend of Vicky, who is now being blackmailed by him. Arun Advani, an investigative journalist - Rajit Kapur Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy - Zafar Karachiwala Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother - Radhika Mital Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief - Anand Tiwari Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress - Shernaz Patel Larry Page, an American tourist - Gary Richardson Eketi, a tribesman - Rohit Malkani Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer - Kenny Desai Champi/Drunk girl in car - Radhika Apte Reshma/Barkha Das - Anahita Uberoi Ritu - Ira Dubey Bilal/Inspector Brar - Ankur Vikal Saira/Ruby Gill - Megha Burman Pappu Pager - Jaimini Pathak Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled - Jayant Kripalani Detective Gupta, private detective - Kenny Desai Abu Technical/Tribesman - Pushan Kripalani Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver - Nadir Khan Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra - Sohrab Ardeshir Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter - Ayeesha Menon Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi - Ashwin Mushran Elizabeth Brookner - Karla Singh Inspector Yardav - Ravi Khote Sohrab - Caran Arora Production team: Line producer in India: Nadir Khan Assistant director: Toral Shah Photography: Ameet Mallapur Script editor: Mike Walker Sound: Ayush Ahuja Additional editing: Steve Bond Music: Sacha Putnam Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier Produced and directed by John Dryden A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Suspect number two, a one-time girlfriend of Vicky, is now being blackmailed by him. |
08 | 20100113 | 20200708 (R4) | Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it? Suspect number three is American Larry Page, who Vicky left for dead in a deserted building site. After being kidnapped by Kashmiri separatists he finds himself at Vicky's party with a gun. Arun Advani, an investigative journalist - Rajit Kapur Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy - Zafar Karachiwala Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother - Radhika Mital Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief - Anand Tiwari Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress - Shernaz Patel Larry Page, an American tourist - Gary Richardson Eketi, a tribesman - Rohit Malkani Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer - Kenny Desai Champi/Drunk girl in car - Radhika Apte Reshma/Barkha Das - Anahita Uberoi Ritu - Ira Dubey Bilal/Inspector Brar - Ankur Vikal Saira/Ruby Gill - Megha Burman Pappu Pager - Jaimini Pathak Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled - Jayant Kripalani Detective Gupta, private detective - Kenny Desai Abu Technical/Tribesman - Pushan Kripalani Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver - Nadir Khan Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra - Sohrab Ardeshir Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter - Ayeesha Menon Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi - Ashwin Mushran Elizabeth Brookner - Karla Singh Inspector Yardav - Ravi Khote Sohrab - Caran Arora Production team: Line producer in India: Nadir Khan Assistant director: Toral Shah Photography: Ameet Mallapur Script editor: Mike Walker Sound: Ayush Ahuja Additional editing: Steve Bond Music: Sacha Putnam Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier Produced and directed by John Dryden A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Suspect number three, left for dead at a building site, has come to the party with a gun. |
09 | 20100114 | 20200709 (R4) | Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it? Suspect number four is Vicky's mother, the Home Minister Mamta Rai, who undergoes a radical character transformation after a car crash. Arun Advani, an investigative journalist - Rajit Kapur Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy - Zafar Karachiwala Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother - Radhika Mital Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief - Anand Tiwari Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress - Shernaz Patel Larry Page, an American tourist - Gary Richardson Eketi, a tribesman - Rohit Malkani Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer - Kenny Desai Champi/Drunk girl in car - Radhika Apte Reshma/Barkha Das - Anahita Uberoi Ritu - Ira Dubey Bilal/Inspector Brar - Ankur Vikal Saira/Ruby Gill - Megha Burman Pappu Pager - Jaimini Pathak Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled - Jayant Kripalani Detective Gupta, private detective - Kenny Desai Abu Technical/Tribesman - Pushan Kripalani Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver - Nadir Khan Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra - Sohrab Ardeshir Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter - Ayeesha Menon Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi - Ashwin Mushran Elizabeth Brookner - Karla Singh Inspector Yardav - Ravi Khote Sohrab - Caran Arora Production team: Line producer in India: Nadir Khan Assistant director: Toral Shah Photography: Ameet Mallapur Script editor: Mike Walker Sound: Ayush Ahuja Additional editing: Steve Bond Music: Sacha Putnam Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier Produced and directed by John Dryden A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Suspect number four, Vicky's mother, undergoes a change of character after a car crash. |
10 | 20100115 | 20200710 (R4) | Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it? Vicky's murder looks set to be another unsolved mystery in a country full of unsolved crimes. That is until investigative journalist Arun Advani steps in to take a closer look, and reveals to the world the shocking truth. Arun Advani, an investigative journalist - Rajit Kapur Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy - Zafar Karachiwala Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother - Radhika Mital Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief - Anand Tiwari Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress - Shernaz Patel Larry Page, an American tourist - Gary Richardson Eketi, a tribesman - Rohit Malkani Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer - Kenny Desai Champi/Drunk girl in car - Radhika Apte Reshma/Barkha Das - Anahita Uberoi Ritu - Ira Dubey Bilal/Inspector Brar - Ankur Vikal Saira/Ruby Gill - Megha Burman Pappu Pager - Jaimini Pathak Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled - Jayant Kripalani Detective Gupta, private detective - Kenny Desai Abu Technical/Tribesman - Pushan Kripalani Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver - Nadir Khan Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra - Sohrab Ardeshir Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter - Ayeesha Menon Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi - Ashwin Mushran Elizabeth Brookner - Karla Singh Inspector Yardav - Ravi Khote Sohrab - Caran Arora Production team: Line producer in India: Nadir Khan Assistant director: Toral Shah Photography: Ameet Mallapur Script editor: Mike Walker Sound: Ayush Ahuja Additional editing: Steve Bond Music: Sacha Putnam Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier Produced and directed by John Dryden A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. Whodunit set in India. Investigative journalist Arun Advani reveals the shocking truth. |