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The Affair of the Corridor Express

A multi-millionaire's son is snatched from a moving train. Can Hazell foil the kidnappers? Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.

The son of multi-millionaire is snatched from a moving train.

Can Thorpe Hazell foil the kidnappers' dastardly plan..?

Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's most famous novel, first published in 1912.

Thorpe Hazell is a speciality detective using his locomotive expertise to solve audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing Britain’s Edwardian railways.

Adapted by Fiona Kelcher.

Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Thorpe is an eccentric and is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.

Producer: Fiona Kelcher

Made for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2008.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Sep 2025 03:30

Broadcasts

  • Wed 10 Dec 2008 09:30
  • Wed 10 Dec 2008 20:30
  • Thu 11 Dec 2008 01:30
  • Wed 29 Jul 2009 13:30
  • Wed 29 Jul 2009 20:30
  • Thu 30 Jul 2009 01:30
  • Wed 10 Feb 2010 13:45
  • Wed 10 Feb 2010 20:45
  • Thu 11 Feb 2010 01:45
  • Wed 22 Feb 2012 06:30
  • Wed 22 Feb 2012 13:30
  • Wed 22 Feb 2012 20:30
  • Thu 23 Feb 2012 01:30
  • Wed 5 Dec 2012 06:45
  • Wed 5 Dec 2012 13:45
  • Wed 5 Dec 2012 20:45
  • Thu 6 Dec 2012 01:45
  • Wed 7 Dec 2016 11:00
  • Wed 7 Dec 2016 21:00
  • Wed 24 Sep 2025 08:30
  • Wed 24 Sep 2025 13:30
  • Wed 24 Sep 2025 19:30
  • Thu 25 Sep 2025 03:30