He Died With His Eyes Open

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Burn Gorman

Toby Jones

Tanya Franks

Ben Crowe

Jamie Foreman

Priyanga Burford

Sean Murray

Sasha Yevtushenko

Nick Perry

Derek Raymond

He Died With His Eyes Open: 3. Self Destruction

He Died with His Eyes Open

3. Self Destruction

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The detective risks becoming the next murder victim. Stars Burn Gorman and Toby Jones.

Re-tracing Staniland's final steps, the detective risks becoming the next murder victim. Stars Burn Gorman and Toby Jones.

The investigation into Staniland's brutal murder has left the detective so consumed by empathy that he's wilfully walked the same self-destructive path as the victim.

He's even entered into an affair with the deadly ex-girlfriend, Barbara. 

As he re-traces the deceased's final steps, the detective risks becoming the next victim...

Conclusion of Derek Raymond's cult-crime novel. 

Dramatised by Nick Perry.

The Detective . . . . . Burn Gorman
Staniland . . . . . Toby Jones
Barbara . . . . . Tanya Franks
Bowman . . . . . Ben Crowe
Fenton . . . . . Jamie Foreman
Nurse . . . . . Priyanga Burford
Policeman . . . . . Sean Murray

Sound design by Caleb Knightley.

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013.

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Drama: Crime

Nick Perry adapts Derek Raymond's cult crime novel set in 1980s London.

Nick Perry adapts Derek Raymond's cult crime novel set in 1980s London. A detective investigates a brutal murder, but has little to go on except for the cassette diaries.

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