THE SHADOWED HOUR

‘Lilies for the Ladies’: In the first episode of the series, Blake investigates the unexplained murders of four wealthy society women.

James Wormold's wife has left him and he is now scraping a living in Havana as a vacuum cleaner salesman while looking after Milly, their teenage daughter to whom he is completely devoted. He is approached by a British intelligence officer named Hawthorne who offers him money to spy for his country. Struggling for money, Wormold accepts the offer - the trouble is he doesn't know the first thing about spying nor does he have any useful contacts or information. Loathe to give up his new source of income he hits upon the idea of inventing intelligence and fellow agents he has recruited. However, some of the names he chooses are those of real people living in Havana. Assuming that MI6 will lose interest unless he spices up his reports, Wormold sends sketches of vacuum cleaner parts, claiming they are from a secret communist nuclear base in the mountains. It's all going swimmingly until MI6 send him an assistant and wireless operator, Beatrice. Now he has to keep his misinformation from her as well as his paymasters! But when a news story reports that one of Wormold's fictitious sources has been killed in a suspicious car accident, the story takes a weird and dark turn. It seems the KGB has discovered that he's an M16 spy and they too believe his reports. Way out of his depth, Wormold is now on a desperate mission to save his other ‘sources’ whilst not being killed himself.

James Wormold's wife has left him and he is now scraping a living in Havana as a vacuum cleaner salesman while looking after Milly, their teenage daughter to whom he is completely devoted. He is approached by a British intelligence officer named Hawthorne who offers him money to spy for his country. Struggling for money, Wormold accepts the offer - the trouble is he doesn't know the first thing about spying nor does he have any useful contacts or information. Loathe to give up his new source of income he hits upon the idea of inventing intelligence and fellow agents he has recruited. However, some of the names he chooses are those of real people living in Havana. Assuming that MI6 will lose interest unless he spices up his reports, Wormold sends sketches of vacuum cleaner parts, claiming they are from a secret communist nuclear base in the mountains. It's all going swimmingly until MI6 send him an assistant and wireless operator, Beatrice. Now he has to keep his misinformation from her as well as his paymasters! But when a news story reports that one of Wormold's fictitious sources has been killed in a suspicious car accident, the story takes a weird and dark turn. It seems the KGB has discovered that he's an M16 spy and they too believe his reports. Way out of his depth, Wormold is now on a desperate mission to save his other ‘sources’ whilst not being killed himself.

Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC in 1949. Diamond was a slick, sophisticated detective, with a sharp tongue for folks who needed it. Diamond enjoyed the detective life, but not as much as entertaining his girl, Helen Asher. After each show, he would croon a number to his Park Avenue sweetheart. Mr. Powell, a former song and dance man, was perfect for the role. He added an extra dimension to the 40's hokey private eye drama.Diamond was a rough gumshoe that would often get knocked on the head with a revolver butt or other items. His counterpart on the police force was Lt. Levinson who often accepted Diamond's help reluctantly. Levinson would claim to get stomach trouble whenever Diamond would call him and would take bicarbonate to settle his aching stomach. Although they always seem at odds with each other, Diamond and Levinson were best friends. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sarang-318/message

Introducing the franatically unqualified host ,Manas Singh. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/manas18-singh/message