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A Reconstructed Corpse - Simon Brett by Jeremy Front Based on the novel by Simon BrettCharles takes on the role of a lookalike in a crime reconstruction programme. But a missing person case soon turns to murder.Charles ..... Bill Nighy Frances ..... Suzanne Burden Maurice ..... Jon Glover Angie ..... Alex Rivers Rob Garston ..... Adam Billington Chloe Earnshaw ..... Francine Chamberlain Greg Marchmont ..... Carl Prekopp Superintendent Sorsby ..... Gerard McDermott Zoe/Receptionist ..... Jane Whittenshaw Actor/PC/Steward ..... Rikki LawtonDirected by Sally Avensblurb - Bill Nighy returns as the irrepressible Charles Paris: unsuccessful actor, bad husband and dipsomaniac. Charles is once again in need of work and to make things worse he's been kicked out by Frances after inadvertently starting a riot outside her house. Any job will do so when he is offered work in a crime reconstruction programme playing a missing property developer he leaps at the chance. But a missing person case soon turns to murder when severed body parts begin to appear. Television ratings soar as the public tune in to discover every gory detail of the case. The raging egos and jealous manoeuvrings of the producers, presenters and the police soon provide a long list of suspects for Charles to investigate as he pieces together a macabre jigsaw puzzle of murder.Simon Brett has written numerous Charles Paris novels, which have been used as the basis for the Radio 4 series by Jeremy Front.Would normally be 2* however I love the actors in these BBC productions.