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The Interrogation

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The Interrogation - Series 6

Roy Williams' hard-hitting crime drama, probing some of today's most complex moral issues.

Roy Williams' hard-hitting contemporary crime drama in which suspects are subjected to a grilling from DCI Max Matthews (Kenneth Cranham) and DS Sean Armitage (Alex Lanipekun).

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Kenneth Cranham

Alex Lanipekun

Adjoa Andoh

David Pickvance

Mary Peate

Roy Williams

The Interrogation: Series 5: Beverley

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Matthews and Armitage interrogate a woman who has reported her elderly father missing.

Detective Inspector Max Matthews and Detective Sergeant Sean Armitage subject a woman who has reported her elderly father missing to their unique style of interrogation.

by Roy Williams

Detective Inspector Max Matthews (Kenneth Cranham) and Detective Sergeant Sean Armitage (Alex Lanipekun) are back for a new series of contemporary crime dramas. Today the detective duo subject a woman who has reported her elderly father missing to their unique style of interrogation. Beverley's story.

Music ..... David Pickvance
Director ..... Mary Peate

The Interrogation, running Wednesday to Friday this week, comprises three hard-hitting contemporary crime stories that probe some of today's most complex moral issues.

Roy Williams is an award-winning English playwright who is considered one of the most astute and talented chroniclers of his time. Williams has many awards including the George Devine Award for Lift Off, the 2001 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright for his play Clubland, the 2002 BAFTA for Best Schools Drama for Offside and 2004 South Bank Show Arts Council Decibel Award. Sucker Punch, produced by The Royal Court Theatre, was nominated for the Evening Standard Award for Best New Play and the Olivier Award for Best New Play 2011. Other stand-out theatre productions include FALLOUT (Royal Court Theatre) and SING YER HEART OUT FOR THE LADS (NT). Williams was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.


Praise for Williams' writing in the first series of The Interrogation:

He writes about the stuff you'd rather not know, prefer not to think about, pretend to ignore. But it lives on with you in the mind. It won't let you go. By his words, the sharp, brittle, spot-on dialogue, he forces you to recognise the limitations of your experience, your understanding. It's not the story outline that matters, but the characterisation, the way the people speak, the language they use. Each of the characters is so clearly differentiated you know exactly what they look like without a detail being given to us. Through the conversation, the interaction, we gather in the back story, we get the gist. There are no easy answers. It's life, messy life, the life we'd rather not think about as we listen to the radio, doing the ironing, making marmalade, cocooned mostly from the nasty, brutish world dealt with by others on our behalf. 
Kate Chisholm, The Spectator.

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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

By Roy Williams. Contemporary detective stories.

By Roy Williams. Contemporary detective stories. DI Max Matthews and DS Sean Armitage subject their suspects to their unique style of interrogation.

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