Julie Enfield Investigates
Julie Enfield Investigates is a series of British radio dramas originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1994 and 1999. Written by Nick Fisher and starring Imelda Staunton as DSI Enfield, there were five stories: Terminus (1994), The Smithfield Murders (1995), The Net And The Canal (1996), The Leaves Of The Dead (1997) and Murder West One (1999).
| Genre | Radio drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30–45 minutes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Syndicates | BBC Radio 4 Extra |
| Starring | Imelda Staunton |
| Written by | Nick Fisher |
| Directed by | Richard Wortley |
| Original release | 11 August 1994 – 25 May 1999 |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Website | www |
The first four runs were serials of four or five 30 minute episodes. Murder West One consists of four self-contained 45-minute cases. As an initial one-off, Terminus didn't carry the 'Julie Enfield Investigates' prefix. Trademarks running through all the stories are a very dark, almost Gothic, sense of horror, and an unusual narrator (in the case of Terminus, the railway station in which the murders take place). The Smithfield Murders begins with an adapted quotation from Oliver Twist: "Filth and fat, and blood and foam. Unwashed unshaven squalid figures move to and fro, among the steam that rises from the reeking bodies, mingling with the fog that seemed to rest upon the chimney tops, hung heavily above." The series is occasionally repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra.[1]
Nick Fisher is a journalist and scriptwriter. His other credits include the BBC comedy drama Manchild, a vehicle for Nigel Havers, and an episode of Jack Rosenthal’s Moving Story that won a Royal Television Society award. He is a core writer on the BBC1 hospital drama Holby City. His debut novel Pot Luck was published in 2016.[2]
Episode lists
| Series | Episode | Title | First broadcast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | 1 | 11 August 1994 | |
| 2 | 18 August 1994 | ||
| 3 | 25 August 1994 | ||
| 4 | 1 September 1994 | ||
| 5 | 8 September 1994 | ||
| The Smithfield Murders | 1 | Filth And Fat And Blood And Foam | 2 November 1995 |
| 2 | Blue Bummarees | 9 November 1995 | |
| 3 | Chef's Special | 16 November 1995 | |
| 4 | A Mushroom Diet | 23 November 1995 | |
| 5 | A Passion For Hunting Something | 30 November 1995 | |
| The Net And The Canal | 1 | Waking Up To Nessun Dorma | 16 May 1996 |
| 2 | Communicating With The President | 23 May 1996 | |
| 3 | Tarantulas In Trojan Horses | 30 May 1996 | |
| 4 | Beyond The Firewall | 6 June 1996 | |
| The Leaves Of The Dead | 1 | Proverbs And Punctures From Hell | 7 August 1997 |
| 2 | Stacks And Baps And Amulets | 14 August 1997 | |
| 3 | Welcome To The Nightmare | 21 August 1997 | |
| 4 | Pyramids In The Spider | 28 August 1997 | |
| Murder West One | 1 | A Cure For Death | 4 May 1999 |
| 2 | The Art Of The Matter | 11 May 1999 | |
| 3 | Five Star Killing | 18 May 1999 | |
| 4 | Soho Espresso | 25 May 1999 | |