Raffles: The Gentleman Thief Series 1

Jeremy Clyde stars as the cricket playing A. J. Raffles, with Michael Cochrane as his jeweller sidekick, Bunny. Together they embark upon a series of well-planned crimes against the highest of society.

Based on the stories by E W Hornung,

Episode 1 00:00
The Ides of March

Bunny Manders desperately needs ready cash to repay a gambling debt.

His old schoolfellow, the celebrated English cricketer AJ Raffles knows just the person to help a fellow out. He's a jeweller in London's Bond Street - and, funnily enough, Raffles had planned to pay him a surprise visit that very night...

Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.

EW Hornung's early Raffles stories of the renowned cricketer and gentleman thief.

AJ Raffles …. Jeremy Clyde
Bunny …. Michael Cochrane
Lord Upton …. George Parsons
Crony …. Graham Blockey
Crony …. Shaun Prendergast
Constable …. John Church
Young Bunny …. James Dykes

Dramatised by David Buck.

Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/World Service production first broadcast in October 1985.

Episode 2 29:15
Gentlemen and Players

When Raffles and Bunny are engaged for cricketing weeks at country estates, the playing of cricket can hardly be said to be their chief preoccupation.

Bunny is an incorrigible ladies' man, while amateur cracksman, AJ Raffles takes an understandable professional interest in his fellow guests' portable property...

Episode 3 58:33
A Costume Piece

Reuben Rosenthall has made his millions in the diamond fields of South Africa, and it seems only right and proper to Raffles that some of this wealth should be redistributed.

But his attempts to seize the diamonds don't quite go according to plan, as a low-key stakeout spirals into a terrifying scramble for survival.

Episode 4 1:28:27
Nine Points of the Law

Bunny is forced to extemporise when Raffles' theft of a valuable painting seems to go wrong.

Episode 5 1:58:25
Wilful Murder

Bunny is horrified when gentleman thief Raffles calmly declares he wants to try a different crime - by planning to commit a murder.

Episode 6 2:28:23
The Chest of Silver

With Inspector MacKenzie's suspicions about Raffles' professional life growing, AJ decides it's time to visit Scotland.

But Bunny is not to go with him: as he has responsibility for guarding Raffles' illegally-acquired silver plate.

Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane.

EW Hornung's early Raffles stories dramatised by David Buck.

Inspector MacKenzie …. Henry Stamper
Man 1 at Turkish Baths …. David Garth
Man 2 at Turkish Baths …. Garard Green
Man 1 at Bank …. Richard Durden
Man 2 at Bank …. Robin Summers
Clerk …. Brian Smith
Porter …. Adrian Egan
Cabman …. Gordon Reid
Flunkey …. David Learner

Signature tune composed by Jim Parker.

Director: Gordon House

A BBC Radio 4/World Service production first broadcast in November 1985.

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