The Casebook of Max and Ivan

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Sitcom written by Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez about private detectives for hire.

Sitcom written by and starring Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez about private detectives for hire.

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The Casebook of Max and Ivan: Series 1: Episode 1: Case #10 - Perfect 10

Episode 1

Episode 1: Case #10 - Perfect 10

Series 1

Case #10 - Perfect 10

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June Whitfield joins Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez to solve a crime at a beauty pageant.

No case, er fee, is too small for these detectives solving a heinous crime at a beauty pageant. Stars June Whitfield. From 2015.

Max and Ivan are private detectives for whom no case is too small.....Sorry, for whom no fee is too small.

Driven by their love of truth, justice (and the need to pay off their terrifying landlord, Malcolm McMichaelmas), they take on crimes that no-one else would consider. 

In this case, they investigate why 10-year-old Ophelia Hamilton always comes last in the beauty pageants her mother enters her for.

Max and Ivan - comedians and actors Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez - are a critically acclaimed, award-winning double act who have quickly established themselves as one of the most exciting comedy duos on the circuit. 

Over the course of the series they are dropped into new worlds, and have to use their skills to penetrate deep into each community. If that means Ivan dressing up as a 14 year old German girl, so be it!

Joining the duo is the British comedy legend, June Whitfield. 

Max ...... Max Olesker
Ivan ...... Ivan Gonzalez
Dame Celia ...... June Whitfield
Malcolm ...... Lewis MacLeod
Crosby ...... David Reed
Sandra ...... Jessica Ransom

Producer: Victoria Lloyd

A John Stanley production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.

The Casebook of Max and Ivan: Series 1

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Sitcom with Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez about private detectives for hire.

Sitcom written by and starring Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez about private detectives for hire

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