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Toby Stephens

Richard Ridings

Madeleine Potter

Pat Starr

Jude Akuwudike

Sean Baker

Joanna Monro

Lloyd Thomas

Iain Batchelor

Claire Harry

Adeel Akhtar

Sam Dale

Raymond Chandler

Robin Brooks

Mary Peate

Saturday Drama: Classic Chandler: Episode 3: Classic Chandler - Farewell My Lovely

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Farewell My Lovely

Episode 3

Episode 3: Classic Chandler - Farewell My Lovely

Classic Chandler

Classic Chandler - Farewell My Lovely

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, Classic Chandler, Classic Chandler - Farewell My Lovely

Philip Marlowe follows a trail to assist an ex-convict hunting for his old sweetheart.

Philip Marlowe follows a curious trail to assist a newly-released convict hunting for his old sweetheart. Stars Toby Stephens.

By Raymond Chandler
Dramatised by Robin Brooks

When Philip Marlowe sees a huge, loudly dressed man casually throwing a bouncer out onto the pavement as he goes into a bar, he knows it's time to walk away, so he follows him inside. The big guy is Moose Molloy, recently released from an eight year prison sentence and now on the hunt for his old sweetheart, a red-haired nightclub singer named Velma Valento. 

Marlowe follows a trail which includes a stick-up, blackmail, an irresistible blonde, a psychic, drugs and murder, and it leads him all the way to the top of a corrupt state of California. 

Farewell My Lovely was the second of Chandler's novels featuring Marlowe. It was adapted for the big screen three times. 

Directed by Mary Peate
Adapted by Robin Brooks

Robin Brooks (dramatist) has recently dramatised I Claudius in 5 episodes for BBC Radio 4. Other Classic Serials include: Boswell's Life of Johnson, My Cousin Rachel and The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West.

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Toby Stephens plays Philip Marlowe in a landmark Radio 4 series of Raymond Chandler novels

Toby Stephens plays Philip Marlowe in a landmark series that brings all Raymond Chandler's groundbreaking Philip Marlowe novels to Radio 4

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