Keeping the Wolf Out: The complete BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime series

A gritty thriller set behind the Iron Curtain in 1960s Hungary

Budapest, 1963. Special Investigator Bertalan Lázár and his wife, spymaster Franciska Lázár, face formidable challenges as they try to navigate a path through the dangerous underworld of Cold War-era Hungary. Catching the criminals is difficult enough, but there are other more threatening battles raging in higher places.

In these 16 episodes, Bertalan must investigate the murder of a former member of the secret police, fight a turf war as he tries to find a child killer, probe a seemingly straightforward case of GBH that leads him to a rogue cop and enter the uncharted territory of Budapest's underground drugs scene after a rock musician is found dead.

Written by Philip Palmer, this gripping, atmospheric drama expertly conjures up the tense, paranoid world of Communist Hungary, where dissidence was dangerous, the truth was hard to find and pursuing justice could get you killed. Leo Bill stars as Bertalan and Clare Corbett as Franciska, with Andy Linden as Tibor Farkas and Joseph Ayre as József Szabados.

The episodes in this collection are:

The Wolf The Old Days Behind the Wall Waiting by the River Heroes Gellert Hill Spider's Web Carnaby Street Gypsy Dancers Grandmother's Footsteps Mad Dog The Light of Dawn The Great Society Red Pen The Great Tree Gang The Magical Magyars

Produced and directed by Toby Swift and Sasha Yevtushenko Sound Design by Caleb Knightley

Cast Bertalan Lázár - Leo Bill Franciska Lázár - Clare Corbett Tibor Farkas - Andy Linden József Szabados - Joseph Ayre Gizella - Nicola Ferguson Bela Fekete - Sargon Yelda Mr Papp - Nick Underwood Kitchen Porter - Richard Pepple Police Officer/Csaba - Sam Rix Lilien Racz - Adie Allen Milton Szilard - Philip Fox Kristof Szep - Samuel James Mr Kiraly - Robert Blythe Waiter/Peterke - Tom Forrister Mrs Tolnay - Sanchia MacCormack Stenographer - Kerry Gooderson Dmitri Dragunov - Simon Scardifield Márk Mészáros - Michael Bertenshaw András Vásáry - David Hounslow Priest/Copper - Christopher Harper Gyuri Varg/Fabenyi/Police officer/Partygoer - Kenny Blyth Dorina Varga - Helen Clapp Ministry official/Police officer/Drug dealer/Partygoer - Chris Pavlo Hanna Krivosik - Franchi Webb Zsófia/Nurse 1 - Sarah Ovens PuŠomori Žiga - Debbie Korley Mrs Kovacs/Nurse 2/Receptionist - Susan Jameson Gyozo Novak - Carl Prekopp Florian Hevesi - Luke Nunn Sandor Boros - Stephen Greif Pathologist - Jane Whittenshaw Cop/Detective - Stefan Adegbola Mother - Emma Handy Kulcsar - Roger Ringrose Draskovic - Ewan Bailey Billiards player/Prison officer - Ian Dunnett Jnr Hadik - Hasan Dixon Richard Miklos/Károly Miklós/Laska - Shaun Mason Violinist/Márton Kozma/Police Officer/Priest - Simon Ludders Réka Kozma/Pathologist - Jane Slavin Archivist/Ioveanu - Tony Turner Orsolya - Ria Marshall Receptionist - David Sturzaker

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Lydbog: 3. februar 2022