Delve Special

Original version

BBC Radio 7

Comedy: Spoof

Stephen Fry stars as an investigator investigating the issues that matter.

Stephen Fry stars as an investigator investigating the issues that really matter.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Delve Special: Series 1: The Shifton Scandal

The Shifton Scandal

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Delve Special, Series 1, The Shifton Scandal

David Lander's four-part exposé into the government's behaviour over a town's demolition.

David Lander's four-part exposé into the government's behaviour over a town's demolition. Stars Stephen Fry. From August 1984.

Undercover investigative reporter David Lander begins a four-part expose into irregularities over plans to site a new London airport - near Birmingham. 

With serious allegations aimed at a multi-national giant - what exactly has the government's role been in the plans to demolish the town? 

And exactly who is the shifty Mr Browncoat?

Studio production by Stephen Fry,  Brenda Blethyn and Tony Robinson.  

With:

Jack Klaff
James Griffiths
Stephen Frost
Peter Wear
Mark Arden  

Dramatic reconstruction by:

Hilda Schroder
Monica Grey
Jon Strickland
Scott Cherry 

Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet. 

Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer.

Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to Channel 4 TV as: This is David Lander. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.

Delve Special: Series 1

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Spoof report series, in which an incompetent investigator tackles various subjects

Spoof report series, in which an incompetent investigator tackles various weighty subjects. Stars Stephen Fry

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