Charles is out of work again, and to help to make matters even worse his mother has come to remain and he’s no chance of escaping her. Therefore when he’s offered some voiceover work by previous friend, Hugo, he’s happy to get out of the home. But Hugo’s marriage is in big trouble: his very much younger wife, Ellie, spends all her period at her Novice Dramatic Group, and Hugo is drinking an excessive amount of.

When Ellie is found drowned within their swimming pool, it appears Hugo is guilty of murder. It’s up to Charles to verify his friend’s innocence…

Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden and Geraldine McEwan are among the celebrity cast within this entertaining mystery, dramatised by Jeremy Front.

Compiled by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett.