Stand By For West - Inspector West At Home

STAND BY FOR WEST was the generic title for a series of BBC serials featuring Inspector Roger West of Scotland Yard. Inspector West was the creation of John Creasey (1908-1973), a prolific writer who wrote almost six hundred novels under twenty-eight names. Roger West's flair for detection, his persistence and thoroughness and his courage explain his being the youngest man at Scotland Yard to have reached the ranks of chief inspector and superintendent. West is a likable man with a brisk, no-nonsense attitude who can be tough when needed but who sometimes takes people's troubles too personally. Six of Creasey's over 40 novels featuring Inspector West were adapted for BBC radio between 1967 and 1971. Each was adapted as a multi-part serial, with 30-minute episodes. All episodes starred Patrick Allen and Sarah Lawson. All episodes were adapted from the novels by Maurice Travers. The first two serials were produced by John Fawcett Wilson. The remaining four were produced by John Browell.