Recall Man

Seven gripping dramas featuring forensic psychologist and memory expert Dr Joe AstonReturning to his home town of Middlesborough on a six-month attachment to the Teesside police, criminal psychologist Joe Aston is called in for seven unusual and baffling cases. As a specialist in the controversial field of 'recovered memory', his skills are crucial: only he can uncover the truth by persuading victims, witnesses and suspects to remember what they'd rather forget...In Doctor Joe Aston Investigates, the 'recall man' tackles the only suspect in a murder case: a scientist suspected of killing her boss. Making Waves finds a confused diver claiming to have witnessed an old murder: can his memory be trusted? In Over the Border, Aston probes a taxi driver who may be the sole witness to a gangland killing, but claims to remember nothing. In Stepping Out, he finds his position under threat when rival psychologist Beth Webster is hired to investigate a spate of attacks on young women.Taken by Surprise sees Aston resorting to unorthodox methods to secure an identification of the main suspect in a kidnapping case. In Can't See for Looking, a witness to an arson attack swears she saw a rhinoceros throwing a petrol bomb: can Aston discover what she really saw? Finally, in Best Forgotten, the forensic psychologist uncovers fresh information about an unsolved robbery from 1952 - but the newfound facts have some unwelcome implications...Written by David Napthine and Steven Chambers, these gripping dramas star Jeremy Swift as Dr Joe Aston, with Paul Brennen as DC Patten, Janet Dibley as DI Reynolds and Andrew Harrison as DC Hamilton.CreditsWritten by David Napthine and Steven ChambersProduced and directed by Toby Swift and Mary PeateStarring Jeremy Swift as Dr Joe AstonDoctor Joe Aston InvestigatesGrace Hayle - Rosie CavalieroDl Karen Dennis - Carolyn PicklesTom Aston - Colin MacLachlanDC Patten - Paul BrennenDC Talbot - Sue Scott DavisonFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 December 2001Making WavesDC Patten - Paul BrennenDefence Counsel - Andrew HarrisonGeorge - James GaddasJane - Elizabeth CarlingFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 31 October 2003Over the BorderDC Patten - Paul BrennenDI Reynolds - Janet DibleyTommy - Vincent FriellDC Hamilton - Andrew HarrisonFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 November 2003Stepping OutDI Reynolds - Janet DibleyBeth - Tessa Peake-JonesLinda - Sue Scott DavisonNicola - Suzanne HeathcoteDC Hamilton - Andrew HarrisonFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 14 November 2003Taken by SurpriseDC Patten - Paul BrennenDI Reynolds - Janet DibleyBill - Andrew DunnTony - Gerard McDermottMoira - Susan JamesonFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 26 September 2005Can't See for LookingDC Patten - Paul BrennenDI Reynolds - Janet DibleyDonna - Sharon PercyBilly - Michael ImersonAlison - Colleen PrendergastSteve - Wayne FoskettAsif - Shiv GrewalMickey - Michael HodgsonFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 3 October 2005Best ForgottenDC Patten - Paul BrennenDI Reynolds - Janet DibleyTom - Colin MacLachlanFrankie - Maurice RoevesSue - Sheila TaitFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 10 October 2005(c) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd