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Vintage Crime: Edgar Wallace - PC Lee stories

Vintage Crime: Edgar Wallace - PC Lee stories: Episode 1: Mr Simmons' Profession

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Episode 1: Mr Simmons' Profession

Mr Simmons' Profession

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PC Lee is asked to keep an eye on Notting Dale's mysterious new resident.

Made for 4 Extra. PC Lee is asked to keep an eye on Notting Dale's mysterious new resident and the local underworld is curious. Read by Toby Jones.

PC Lee's asked to keep an eye on Notting Dale's mysterious new resident and the local underworld is curious. Read by Toby Jones.
  
In 1909 Edgar Wallace wrote a series of 24 short stories featuring street-wise London police-constable, PC Lee. Wallace himself features in some, with PC Lee recounting his adventures as a bobby on the beat in and around the district of Notting Dale. Toby Jones brings this wonderful, little-known character to life for BBC Radio 4 Extra in 10 charming and witty tales.  

THE AUTHOR:

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on 1st April 1875 to actress Polly Richards. At nine days old, he was adopted by a Billingsgate fish porter.  Aged 11, he began his working life on Fleet Street selling newspapers at Ludgate Circus. He was to become a prolific writer. Wallace wrote numerous best-selling novels - including the Four Just Men and Mr JG Reeder series - and many plays, poetry and non-fiction. Specialising in the crime genre, PC Lee was his first venture into the world of the short story. 

THE READER:

Actor Toby Jones' list of film credits includes: Tale of Tales, Dad's Army, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Hunger Games, Frost/Nixon, My Week with Marilyn and the Harry Potter series. TV roles include: The Secret Agent, Capital, The Detectorists, Marvel's Agent Carter, Marvellous, The Girl, Dr Who, The Old Curiosity Shop and The Way We Live Now.

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Short stories featuring Edgar Wallace's Met constable, read by Toby Jones

Short stories featuring Edgar Wallace's streetwise Met constable, read by Toby Jones

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