Poseidon’s Gold

Marcus Didius Falco is a laid-back ‘informer’ who investigates crimes and often acts as a reluctant imperial agent in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Vespasian around 69AD.

Collected here are full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the first five Falco novels by Lindsey Davis, starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.

Poseidon’s Gold:
Returning to Rome after his mission to Germania, Falco finds that his mother is being harassed by a centurion named Censorinus, who says he is chasing a debt owed to him by Falco’s late brother, Festus. When Falco refuses to cough up the money, he and Censorinus end up fighting…and later, the centurion turns up dead. Under suspicion of murder, Falco must confront his past and uncover his brother’s secrets before he can clear his name and solve the mystery.

Falco…Anton Lesser
Helena…Fritha Goodey/Anna Madeley
Petronius…Ben Crowe
Ma…Frances Jeater
Pa…Trevor Peacock
Vespasian…Michael Tudor Barnes
Titus…Jonathan Keeble
Written by by Lindsey Davis
Dramatised by Mary Cutler
Directed by Peter Leslie Wild
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.