BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Mark Gatiss- The Black Butterfly (radio)

**Posted by Davina** December 2, 2012 11:59 am

Mark is on BBC Radio 4 extra in The Black Butterfly. All episodes available of I-player for anyone able-enabled to get this. I'm going to listen to it and will post what I think/synopsis here.

**Posted by kazza474** December 2, 2012 1:32 pm

No need for any IP- hiding for this one, I can get it easily here in Australia:

Here's a link with parts 1 - 5
http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/iplayer/?q=black%20butterfly

**Posted by Davina** December 2, 2012 4:41 pm

Well this is written by Mark himself and he reads these stories about a just retired spy. Very enjoyable and certainly made me smile. Set in the early 1950s just after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth ll.

This is a spoof spy story. I particularly liked the names he gave his characters: Lucifer Box (a lucifer is another name for a match), Kingdom Come, Whitby Bay etc.

Last edited by Davina (December 2, 2012 10:54 pm)

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** December 7, 2012 11:42 pm

I loved it! It'd make a cool film.

**Posted by Davina** December 7, 2012 11:51 pm

It really amused me. Very, very clever spoof/pastiche.