Steve Punt turns private investigator, examining little mysteries that perplex, amuse and beguile
Radio 4,·35 episodes
Taking the Pissoir?
Why would anyone submit a urinal as a work of art to a gallery, and then lie about it?
Missing Priest
Steve Punt investigates the story of the Polish priest who disappeared in Bradford in 1953
Treasure in the Piano
A hoard of gold coins in a piano. Who put them there, a mystery. Steve Punt investigates.
Lost Nukes
Steve Punt goes in search of missing American and Russian nuclear weapons.
The Suspicious Death of Emile Zola
Steve Punt travels to Paris to investigate the death of celebrated writer Emile Zola.
The Reclusive Skeleton of Fingringhoe
Steve Punt visits rural Essex to explore the disappearance of actress Constance Kent.
There's A Kind of Hum
Steve Punt puts his ear to the ground in a search for the mysterious so-called World Hum.
The Great Mull Air Mystery
Steve Punt investigates how Peter Gibbs vanishes into the night on Christmas Eve 1975.
The Case of the Missing Cezanne
Steve Punt searches for the Cezanne masterpiece, stolen during the millennium celebrations
The murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor
Steve Punt probes the unsolved murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor in 1922
The Mysterious Death of Flying Millionaire Alfred Loewenstein
Steve Punt examines the case of Alfred Loewenstein, who fell out of his own plane in 1928.
The Baker Street Bank Robbery
Steve Punt examines curious rumours surrounding the 1971 Baker Street bank heist.
The Case of the MP Who Vanished
Steve Punt PI examines the curious case of Victor Grayson, the MP who vanished.
Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Steve Punt examines the mysterious case of a woman found dead inside a tree.
The Case of the Vanishing Machine Gun Maker
Steve Punt investigates the vanishing machine gun inventor, William Cantelo.
The Hollinwell Incident
Steve Punt turns private investigator to reopen a mysterious case of collapsing children.
Pitchfork Murder - Lower Quinton
Steve Punt PI investigates the gruesome death, in 1945, of farm labourer Charles Walton.
Who Killed the Bears?
Steve Punt investigates the killing of two performing bears in the Forest of Dean in 1889.
A Very Strange Stash
Steve Punt is called on to investigate a dead pensioner's secret stash of arms.
The Woman in Black
Steve Punt looks into the 1928 Charfield rail crash and the woman who visited the memorial
The Lost Colonists
Steve searches for new clues on an old map to solve a 400-year-old missing persons case.
Episode 1
Steve Punt turns gumshoe, investigating a case of murder by poisoned partridge in 1931.
Episode 2
Steve Punt turns private investigator, examining little mysteries that amuse and beguile.
Episode 3
Steve Punt probes the mysterious disappearance of a film about Lloyd George after WWI.
Episode 4
Steve Punt searches for the site of the epic Battle of Watling Street.
Steve Punt examines the curious case of Argleton, a place only existing on internet maps.
Did the Nazis develop flying saucer technology?
Steve Punt goes in search of a recording of Queen Victoria's voice.
Steve Punt turns gumshoe, investigating the supposed curse of the Crying Boy paintings.
Steve examines rumours that Hitler was intending to set up his command HQ in Balham.