A Stab In The Dark: A UKTV Original Crime Podcast with Mark Billingham
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A Stab In The Dark: A UKTV Original Crime Podcast with Mark Billingham
Multi-award-winning crime writer, Mark Billingham, presents an in-depth look at the very best super-sleuths from literature and television. Each episode of A Stab In The Dark sees brand-new guests from the worlds of TV and books discuss the inner workings of crime fiction and crime drama. A Stab in...
Recent Episodes
36 episodesJed Mercurio and Line Of Duty (plus The Sopranos)
In this brand new episode of A Stab In The Dark, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham chats to acclaimed screenwriter and showrunner Jed Mercuri...
Agatha Christie centenary celebration - Sarah Phelps and James Prichard
In this brand-new episode of A Stab In The Dark, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham celebrates the centenary of the release of Agatha Christie...
Mick Herron and the Great British spy novel
In this brand-new episode of A Stab In The Dark, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to Mick Herron, one of the most critically acclaimed...
True crime with Denise Mina and Matt Wesolowski
In this brand-new episode of A Stab In The Dark, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to best-selling crime writers Denise Mina and Matt W...
We Hunt Together - Eve Myles and Babou Ceesay
In this brand-new episode of A Stab In The Dark, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to Eve Myles, the star of Alibi's new smart, slick a...
Harlan Coben
In this brand-new episode of A Stab In The Dark, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to one of the genre's biggest names - American autho...
Liz Moore and the American opioid crisis
In this brand-new episode of A Stab In The Dark, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to one of the most critically-acclaimed crime noveli...
Richard Osman
In this brand-new episode of A Stab In The Dark, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to co-host of Pointless and host of House Of Games,...
Miss Scarlet And The Duke with Kate Phillips and Rachael New
In this brand-new episode of A Stab In The Dark, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to actress Kate Phillips and writer Rachael New, the...
Traces Special - Amelia Bullmore, Laura Fraser and Val McDermid
In this brand-new episode, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to actress and screenwriter Amelia Bullmore about Alibi's stunning new ori...
John Connolly and William Boyle
In this week’s episode, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to best-selling, award-winning Irish author John Connolly. Throughout the epi...
The Bridge's Sofia Helin
In this episode, our man with the spyglass - Paul Hirons - meets and talks to Sofia Helin, the star of top-rating Nordic Noir The Bridge, which return...
A Year of Crime
In this special, seasonal episode of A Stab In The Dark, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham welcomes fellow award-winning crime writers Christ...
Twin Peaks - Sherilyn Fenn
In this special mini episode our man with the spyglass - Paul Hirons - talks to actress Sherilyn Fenn about her role as the iconic Audrey Horne in Twi...
Karin Slaughter and Steve Mosby
S2 E9 - In this week’s episode, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to best-selling American writer, Karin Slaughter. Throughout the epis...
Lee Child & Mari Hannah
S2 E8 - In this week’s episode, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham chats to one of the world’s best-selling crime novelists – Lee Child – at t...
Danny Brocklehurst & MyAnna Buring - In The Dark
S2 E7 - In this week's episode, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham talks to one of the country's best-known actresses, MyAnna Buring, and awar...
Sarah Pinborough
S2 E6 - In this week’s episode, our man with the spyglass, Paul Hirons, speaks to British writer Sarah Pinborough, who’s written one of the most talke...
Mark Gatiss & Hélène Joy
S2 E5 - In this week’s episode of UKTV crime podcast, A Stab In The Dark, host Mark Billingham talks to Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss. In a wide-ranging disc...
Bill Beverly - Dodgers and the American social divide
S2 E04 - Our man with the spyglass – Paul Hirons – sits down with double CWA Dagger winner, Bill Beverly, to talk about his debut novel, Dodgers. A po...
The Wire’s David Simon and Laura Lippman, plus Megan Abbott
S2 E03 - Two of the biggest names in American crime fiction and crime TV drama join Mark Billingham for the latest episode of UKTV Original podcast, A...
Belinda Bauer & Sarah Hilary plus Kate Harwood on Luther
S2 E02 - It’s a fiendish trio of award-winning crime writers as Mark Billingham is joined by fellow Crime Novel of the Year winners and best-selling a...
Ian Rankin on 30 years of Rebus
S2 E01 - Award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham is back to explore the world of crime fiction and TV crime drama in the second series of A Stab In...
Kate Ashfield & Daniel Mays on Nature Vs Nurture
Series Preview - While our host Mark Billingham (award-winning crime writer) investigates some new leads, our man with the spy glass, Paul Hirons, tak...
Nordic Noir special recorded at Crimefest and Iceland Noir
Extra episode - While our regular host, award-winning crime writer Mark Billingham limbers up for some brand-new episodes, our man with the spy glass,...
William Gaminara & Eric Richard on Silent Witness & The Bill
Episode 9 - In the final episode of a three-part mini festive special, Mark Billingham is joined by Silent Witness' William Gaminara who played Profes...
Colin Buchanan & Ian Rankin on Dalziel and Pascoe and author Reginald Hill
Episode 8 - Mark Billingham welcomes Dalziel and Pascoe actor Colin Buchanan into the studio to talk about his time on the long-running crime drama an...
Kris Marshall & Ben Miller on Death in Paradise
Episode 7 - Mark Billingham talks to actor Kris Marshall about his early career starring in comedy film and television before ending up as the star of...
Teaser: Coming up this Christmas...
Teaser - Before signing off for the year we dragged Mark back into the studio to fill a festive sack full of podcasty criminal case-files just for you...
Patricia Cornwell & William Gaminara examine forensic crime
Episode 6 - We travelled away from A Stab In The Dark’s incident room to talk to one of this generation’s biggest-selling and most-respected crime nov...
Erin Kelly, Robert Thorogood & Adam Hamdy explore crime adaptation
Episode 5 - Mark Billingham is joined in the studio by The Poison Tree and Broadchurch author Erin Kelly and creator of Death In Paradise Robert Thoro...
Michael Connelly & Morris Chestnut talk US crime
Episode 4 - Mark Billingham heads to a central London hotel to meet Harry Bosch, Mickey Haller and Terry McCaleb author Michael Connelly. The two best...
Ann Cleeves & Yrsa Sigurdardottir discuss island crime
Episode 3 - Mark Billingham is joined by Shetland author Ann Cleeves and Nordic Noir author Yrsa Sigurdardottir to discuss being marooned with murder....
David Morrissey & Lee Child on the leading man
Episode 2 - Mark Billingham is joined in the studio by acting powerhouse David Morrissey, star of BBC's The Missing, State of Play, Sky1's Thorne and...
Val McDermid, Kate Harwood & Sarah Hilary discuss female representation
Episode 1 - Mark Billingham opens an investigation into how the representation of female crime-fighters has changed over the years. Joining Mark we ha...
Intro: What do we have in store?
Trailer - A Stab In The Dark is a brand new crime podcast from UKTV in which best-selling author and comic Mark Billingham will be opening an investig...