The Psychedelic Spy is a radio serial by Andrew Rissik. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990, as five 45-minute episodes[1].
Plot[]
A 60's spy thriller. Assassin Billy Hindle is forced to do one last job.
Cast[]
- Billy Hindle - James Aubrey
- Sir Richard Snark - Gerald Harper
- Tara Lightborn - Joanna Lumley
- Jack Lightborn - Charles Gray
- Morris Browning - Robert Eddison
- Larry Cosbury - Michael Cochrane
- Alex Linstrom - Ed Bishop
- Marianne - Lisa Rowe-Beddoe
- Mr. Mason - Paul Downing
- Mr. Prendergast - Malcolm Gerard
- Stella Golding - Tara Dominick
- Hugo Bailey - Nigel Carrington
- Duncan Taylor - Fraser Kerr
- Engineer - Paul Rosebury
- Menolo - Ben Onwukwe
with
- Brian Miller
- Jane Whittenshaw
- David Bannerman
- Elizabeth Mansfield
Directed by Glyn Dearman
Episodes[]
Episode Number | Title | Broadcast Date | Summary |
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01 | "Running Scared" | 02 August 1990 | Billy Hindle's given up his job as an assassin, but then his old boss turns up. |
02 | "Mondays Are Hell" | 09 August 1990 | Forced to give up Marianne, assassin Billy Hindle is blackmailed into one last job. |
03 | "Plastic Assassin" | 16 August 1990 | On Temptation Island, Hindle plans to kill Jack's wife, Tara. |
04 | "Orange Juice and Sugar" | 23 August 1990 | Hindle is drugged by Jack and finds himself hallucinating. |
05 | "Everyone's Been Burned" | 30 August 1990 | Reeling from the shooting, Billy Hindle is determined to track down the killer. |
Critical Reception[]
"This five-part thriller has the plot of a Bond movie and the ambience of a Chandler novel and, after just one episode, the stamp of a classic. Rissik's script is studded with brilliant one-liners and doomy humour, while producer Glyn Dearman captures the buzz of the 'sixties with hits from the period, and brings out cracking performances from James Aubrey as the down-at-heel hero, former assassin, Billy Hindle, and Gerald Harper as his oleaginous puppet-master, Sir Richard Snark." (Quentin Curtis, The Independent On Sunday) [3]