Julie Enfield Investigates is a series of British radio dramas originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1994 and 1999. Written by Nick Fisher and starring Imelda Staunton as DSI Enfield, there were five stories: Terminus (1994), The Smithfield Murders (1995), The Net And The Canal (1996), The Leaves Of The Dead (1997) and Murder West One (1999).
The first four runs were serials of four or five 30 minute episodes. Murder West One consists of four self-contained 45-minute cases. As an initial one-off, Terminus didn't carry the 'Julie Enfield Investigates' prefix. Trademarks running through all the stories are a very dark, almost Gothic, sense of horror, and an unusual narrator (in the case of Terminus, the railway station in which the murders take place). The Smithfield Murders begins with an adapted quotation from Oliver Twist: "Filth and fat, and blood and foam. Unwashed unshaven squalid figures move to and fro, among the steam that rises from the reeking bodies, mingling with the fog that seemed to rest upon the chimney tops, hung heavily above." The series is occasionally repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra.BBC Radio 4 Extra
Episode lists SeriesEpisodeTitleFirst broadcastTerminus1Corpse11 August 19942Busker18 August 19943Playing Games25 August 19944Fury1 September 19945Clue8 September 1994The Smithfield Murders1Filth And Fat And Blood And Foam2 November 19952Blue Bummarees9 November 19953Chef's Special16 November 19954A Mushroom Diet23 November 19955A Passion For Hunting Something30 November 1995The Net And The Canal1Waking Up To Nessun Dorma16 May 19962Communicating With The President23 May 19963Tarantulas In Trojan Horses30 May 19964Beyond The Firewall6 June 1996The Leaves Of The Dead1Proverbs And Punctures From Hell7 August 19972Stacks And Baps And Amulets14 August 19973Welcome To The Nightmare21 August 19974Pyramids In The Spider28 August 1997Murder West One1A Cure For Death4 May 19992The Art Of The Matter11 May 19993Five Star Killing18 May 19994Soho Espresso25 May 1999
References
External links RadioListings episode guide