BBC RADIO DRAMA: THE TRIAL by Peter Whalley
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- The Trial by Peter Whalley was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012
Story:
A gripping thriller - vibrant, young, attractive, Mollie Spiers, signs up to internet dating. When the man she arranges to meet looks suspicious she spontaneously sits next to another man, Colin, and hurriedly asks him to pretend they're on a date. Molly and Colin fall for each other and what seems like serendipity turns into a chilling thriller. As Mollie falls headlong in love Colin is arrested on a murder charge. As we inter-cut between murder trial and action, Mollie's own life is in danger.
Produced/Directed by Pauline Harris
Anyone else felt shortchanged by the ending ?😮
totally all the pseudo intellectuals thinkiing a book with the last page missing is sooo avant garde darling. pathetic!
Sadly, yes.
There was no ending. It just stopped. Total waste of time.
Yup
Yes
Murder mysteries are supposed to have an ending. I never read one which gave you two endings to choose from. Disappointed!!
Ok, hands up....who stole the ending ! 🕵️
A very poor ending. Not the usual standard of Peter Wally though the beginning and middle of the play were excellent so the ending came as a real disappointment.
Frustrating ending!!
Mr Whalley sadly failed with this. Good play with a lazy ending. I feel totally short changed. I hate it when writers think it's clever to leave a yawning gap at the end.
love Peter Whalley, so ty for this. unfortunately the ending fell flat for me. oh well :)
Awful ending, or should I say NO ending. I was waiting for the next sentence and Nothing!!!!
I have noticed that with a few of his. but this did end abruptly and I would have liked to have seen a resolution. Though I thought from the start the friend was the culprit.
😂😂😂😂😂 my exact feeling!
Surely that’s not the complete play.
EXACTLY! I didn't see your comment until I listened to it...I too was waiting for the next sentence.
Thank you for your honesty. Based on your comment and then checking out others with the same feeling I think I’ll skip this one.
I guess the ending was supposed to be a cliffhanger, but it just irritated the hell out of me.
Me too; I thought it was rather lazy.
So annoying; if the author can’t think of a satisfying ending, why pass the buck to the reader/listener? No point in telling the story in the first place.
Same here.....
His plays tend to jump around forward and backwards in time .
Add in an implausible plot and
unbelievable characters and you get the normal Peter Whalley play.
Well this one was a bit rubbish. Even the plot, why is the friend constantly hanging around Colin's girlfriends, and if he is a killer, what is his motive??
So Colin obsesses over his girlfriends, yet as an adult he only had 1 relationship that lasted 2 and a half years, not exactly a string of obsession..then the latest girlfriend, the relationship was 5 mins long, yet she suddenly had difficulty thinking straight? And somehow over the course of a short trial, developed a trust and bond between the newly introduced friend?
This one was definitely odd.
The other thing that did not add up was him being charged with Sarah's murder way down the line, when he had been going out with Mollie long enough for her to consider moving in. No, he did some good ones, but this one had ''dud'' and ''rushed'' all over it.
It would have made more sense had the men been joint killers and Mollie was going to be their next...
Terrible ending.
Sadly I have to agree.
I'm so irritated with the ending
I know!!!!!
It was the perfect ending,,you decide who was lying,,,,
i don’t get it. what happened?? fgs! 😮
Left in mid air, no ending, what a disappointment
Sorry I bothered to listen to this unfinished play. 😟
I've read all the comments so far. I can see both points of view. It can be frustrating when you are left hanging. On the other hand, the author invites you to finish it off in your own opinion. You could easily write two good endings. I prefer a good clean finish I must admit.
Isn't that like a restaurant chef who gives you the ingredients then says " Cook it yourself"?
Very unsatisfactory ending.
A very poor example of s cliff hanger
Prior to listening I read a comments warning me about the ending. Unfortunately, I listened anyway.
Rubbish ending!
Heaven only knows who did it - I sure don't!
Brilliant ending,,,
shit ending.....who did it?
The “Last Person” to hear the victim was the sweet little old lady down the hall. If any of you watch Midsomer Murders, there is no such thing as a sweet little old lady. I think she wanted both Collin and Paul for herself and murdered the young lady. I mean listen to her Alibi.. she was awaken by someone banging on the door and she didn’t stick her nose into it??? Come on!! How many little old lady’s would just go back to sleep! she did it… fIN
A good storyline spoiled by, not a cliffhanger but more of a kerbhanger.
Too much jumping back and forth and peculiar fake regional accents spoiled this for me.
Very frustrating ending😮
so who is the murderer
Hmmm me to. I'm confused.
I think it was supposed to end with the dilemma unresolved in that moment, since either of them could equally done it😱 I didn't like that she didn't run off and dump both of them out of fear...its what I would have done, but the author left that for us to decide.🤔 So then, unresolved, you have to do it😳🥺
A non-ending finale left me quite disappointed. I wonder if leaving it with two possibilities is meant to satisfy everyone.
I always tend to nod off at some stage listening to these dramas and thought I had done so again with this one, but I have replayed the last five minutes and it turns out it was just an unsatisfactory ending!
Not fond of a cliffhanger. We can't write the ending, only Peter Whalley could have. They were his characters. I've tried deciding who I think is the 'bad guy' but I am left with she needs to take off and avoid both.
I agree with many of these comments praising Peter Whalley- I've searched his name a lot on here so much that when I type in P-E-T his name and Peter Lovesey's pop up.
My second play today with the same result. Brilliant, I loved it.
What a crappy ending!! Who was guilty??!!
That’s what I wanna know! Who the heck was guilty?
Who done it😐
I'm only half way through. It's obvious to me who did it.
The ending was ridiculous! It's a very good story with a lousy ending.
I really, really, really, HATE these stupid endings 👺👺
Thank tou so much for the upload, dear Arch!!! ✨🥰 We miss you so much here!! I hope you are doing well! 🤗 xxx
the ending is a complete cop out. any half decent playwright wouldve resolved this better than this two bob ending. last one of whalleys plays ill be wasting my time on
Scary stuff. Makes trust an active member of a relationship.
I think he deliberately opted for the ambiguous end as it was becoming too ibvious to do the paul as killer reveal....
What a waste of time. No cliffhanger just a dumb ending
What's wrong with you all? It's clear.
Who freaking did it????¡!!!!!!!!!!!
I listened to.this last year & this version is missing the final part
So why exactly Mollie’s own life was in danger? The question left unanswered...😕
Follow your gut woman. Always follow your gut. Trust your doubt.
" You've got a lovely mouth . Can I kiss you ? " I'm going to have to remember that line . Seems fool proof .
Oh how annoying! So we’re just left hanging? That’s dreadful
Paul was gay and in love with Collin. Paul wanted Collins love but could never have it. He was jealous and killed off the competition.
That could be possible. Wish that we could know for sure.
Whalley had it in for women; I just listened to about 5 of these and not a single male victim.
Really?
Peter Whalley is my kind of author. Thanks to you I found his wonderful works. Thank you kindly. PS. No matter if someone is harshly critical. Oh, the ending is more than thrilling - guess yourself
Hmmm!!! Enjoyed but endings like this spoil a good play. Frustrating.
Strange ending 🤔 tony Hancock's missing page 😢
Thank you for the Peter Whalley, Arch. Much appreciated.
I totally agree…what a waste of time.
Really enjoyed thank you :)
So who did it??? 🧐
Thanks Arch!
The ending was flat
Have to agree with the others. The ending has left us hanging. Howver, I still enjoyed listening. Thank you ❤
I did enjoy it though. Thank you "Arch".
Colin did it. Last person to see Sarah alive
Thank you! Listening to these stories, my crochet work goes so well!
Same here.. 🙏 Listening from st Vincent and the Grenadines.
@@kathyanngellizeau7840, all the best from London!
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Yes, mine too! excellent
I paint portraits of people's pets from photographs, I listen to 4 or 5 radio plays each day in my studio on the bay, and am always amazed that so much time has passed. Cheers to you from The Maritimes.
Love Peter Whalleys plays they so good 😀👏🏼👏🏼🇬🇧
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What the heck?
The ending???
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I know exactly what you mean we're so used to listening to the same old tried-and-true beginning middle and end something else shows up and were aggravated as hell because we don't know the ending I'm included in that it's not the first time it's been done some great novels amended the same way short stories me off and on that way but we'll just have to survive it won't we?
Alright, here’s another play by the famous Peter Whalley with NO ending. Once again, the story ends abruptly and ambiguously, and it’s up to us, the audience to add the MISSING ending - who’s done it and why. I am more and more inclined to believe this author is suffering from a specific writer’s block or just plainly lazy.
Yeah, the ending was something - Im going with the friend
Great play! But honestly I was very disappointed with the ending! The suspense was just starting to build up and then along came a FULL STOP! It’s as if there’s been 10 minutes shaved of the end!.
O brutha says it all…
I thought my battery on my feckin phone had died!!!! Ending plz??
Omg could they have come up with any more obnoxious sound to start the diary entries??? 😂 one more beep and I’m out.
As a rule I love these plays and Peter Whalley is one of my favourites.........but this ending S U C K E D!!!!! Or should I say LACK of an ending.
I listened to.this last year & this version is missing the final part
@@Carol26Anne Is the final part available anywhere to listed to?
I wish I could find it. Someone else commented the same. Someone fell out of the window, but can't remember who.
Very frustrating
I've heard this before on a different channel and the ending is missing! I listened to it again as I couldn't remember who was the truly guilty one. I think one of them fell out of a window, but the ending is definitely chopped off.
Wow! Will try and find a full version! At the moment, I'm agreeing with most that it's a very unsatisfactory ending!
Hi! I think I remember the scene you're depicting, and it's from another radio drama... I'm afraid this is the open ending Peter Whalley chose. I have searched high and low, and this is it (44 minutes, everywhere).
I can understand open endings are not everyone's cup of tea, though. 😐
Ooh no!!!! not one of those! Well it good and roped me in.
Incomplete.
There is no dialogue missing. Music at the end edited by youtube because of the music copyright.
Does anyone have Letters of Introduction?
Thankyou
Thanks for the comments. I will not finish this
I can see why some people were bothered by the ending. It was a little bit like the ending of The Sopranos.
the ending was cut off ?????why?????
Many Thanks for sharing....what an ending... such a dilemma...
It's meant to be a 'cliff-hanger' - leaves the ending to the mind of the listener. Not unusual for the BBC.
@dsmsl9734
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utter nonsense - you clearly dint even know what a cliffhanger is. ie something that gets resolve din the next episode/season. this is just a waste of everyones time. Poor
Did the ending get cut off?
lol I love his drop off endings
Excellent story and just as good to listen to again, never disappoint Arch!👏👏👏👏👏👍😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a garbage ending
The ending with Molly be asked. Don't you believe me. And her answering. "I don't know. How can I know" Is what she was thinking during the trial. How can you really know anybody? Really know them.
I really enjoyed this stoty.
Buzzkill😢
Stinkeroo of the first water! So sad.
Waste of time !! Rubbish with no ending no sense
After reading all the comments frustrated by the 'ending' or rather the 'non ending' .. I figure I would be incredibly stupid to bother listening at all! Turned off!