Reminder: Bill Nighy in Charles Paris from today

As the Times puts it:

“Typical – you wait ages for a Bill Nighy, and then . . . as well as reading from Eric Clapton’s autobiography, the great thesp returns as Simon Brett’s Charles Paris, the failed actor, much more successful amateur detective and Olympic-standard drunken womaniser. He is brilliant at it, so much a part of his character that even a fine supporting cast – Danny Webb, Suzanne Burden and Jemima Rooper this week, with Leslie Phillips, no less, to come – sounds as though it is trying too hard. Plotwise, a few details will suffice: Paris and Alex (Webb) are replaced in the lead roles when their play transfers to the West End. Alex is not pleased And that’s it. Three more episodes to come, though, and at least one murder promised by the title. ”

Turn your radio on today for :

Murder Unprompted: A Charles Paris Mystery, Radio 4, 11.30am

Remember that you also still can hear Bill Nighy reading Eric Clapton, at 9.15pm tonight for the following four Fridays. And the following three Fridays for the following 3 part. Nobody does it better, you can imagine him playing air guitar while reading it.