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Ed Bishop had the title role in BBC Radio's Philip Marlowe radio drama series. Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler in a series of novels including The Big Sleep; Farewell, My Lovely; and The Long Goodbye. Chandler is not consistent as to Marlowe's age.
Feb 17, 2023 · From Humphrey Bogart to Liam Neeson, many actors have brought Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe to the silver screen.
On radio in 1977 and 1978, Bishop played the private eye Philip Marlowe in The BBC Presents: Philip Marlowe, adaptations of Raymond Chandler's stories for the BBC. The last of these, Farewell, My Lovely, was produced almost a decade after the others, as the rights had previously been unavailable.
Jun 4, 2022 · His biggest success in radio came in 1977, when he was cast as Philip Marlowe in a series of six Radio 4 adaptations of the famous Raymond Chandler mystery novels. This radio work often brought Ed back into contact with many of the voice artists he had worked on Captain Scarlet, such as Shane Rimmer, David Healy, and Paul Maxwell.
Sep 12, 2022 · Published in the 1930s, Raymond Chandler's pulp magazine tales of world weary private eye Philip Marlowe were a favourite subject for radio adaptations. Six BBC radio dramas, starring Ed Bishop as Marlowe : 1: The Big Sleep. 2: The High Window. 3: The Lady in the Lake.
Dec 12, 2014 · Philip Marlowe is the archetypal noir detective: wisecracking and world-weary, hardboiled yet honourable. This volume includes all eight dramatisations of Raymond Chandler's groundbreaking crime novels featuring his iconic hero.
Mar 16, 2023 · The BBC featured American-born TV actor Ed Bishop as the titular character in The BBC Presents: Philip Marlowe in 1977-78, and again in 1988.
