Sergeant Podblog is taking a few minutes off, in his police car to have a rest and to have a spot of lunch, when Barbara calls from the station.
Believe it or not, there has been a murder and our trustworthy sleuth has to investigate.
As always, Sergeant Podblog interviews the suspects and in no time at all he has found the muderer, but can you?
Sergeant Podblog and The oil Mystery Episode 1 – Sergeant Podblog is called in to solve the case of The murder of Inspector Whatsisname, whose body was found at the foot of Cheddar Gorge, stabbed with a note with the names of three suspects in his hand.
The suspects are :
Suzie, a marketing manager in a frozen snack food company in London.
Reg, the gardner of Lady Sarah Thingymajig from Somerset and Bess who works in sales.
Inspector Whatsisname was just days away from solving the mystery of an international oil smuggling ring, when he met his fate, murdered in cold blood.
No weapon was ever found, but the grammar police, headed by the brilliant detective Sergeant Podblog, have three suspects to interview.
In this first episode, of a four part series, Sergeant Podblog interviews Suzie, who turns out to have a habit of making simple mistakes, but does this mean that she could be the murderer?
There was a sharp ice-axe found in her Knightsbridge office – was this the murder weapon?
Listen and see if you can spot the mistakes.
In this final episode of Sergeant Podblog and The Oil Mystery, Sergeant Podblog finally arrests the muderer of Inspector Whassisname, with the help of his trusty colleague, Constable Barbara.
Barbara has already arrested Bess, but is surprised when Sergeant Podblog asks her to arrest another suspect and then charges them with the murder.
Barbara and Sergeant Podblog are congratulated for their work by the Chief Inspector in person and later promoted to Inspector and Sergeant.
This is the last episode in this particular mystery but stay tuned for more from Inspector Podblog and Sergeant Barbara.
In this episode of Sergeant Podblog investigates The Oil Mystery Episode 4 – the team are scrabbling around for clues and appear to have come to a dead end.
Whilst going about her chores, cleaning the interview rooms, Peggy, the cleaner, stumbles upon a piece of paper in the room, which appears to be written in code.
Will this prove to be the missing clue that solves the case, or is it just some random numbers on a scrap of paper?
Will they ever crack the case or will it have to be shelved?
In this episode of Sergeant Podblog investigates The Oil Mystery Episode 3 – the trusty team of Sergeant Podblog and Constable Barbara delve deeper into the mystery.
Constable Barbara has to take over the questioning of Lady Thingamajigg’s gardener, Reg Dimwitt as Sergeant Podblog is rushed to hospital after choking on a pickled onion and a pork pie.
Will the brilliant policeman survive?
Will Barbara get Reg Dimwitt to talk?
Will there be any mistakes that could throw the police off of the trail of the oil mystery and the murder of Inspector Whassisname – all very intriguing …