Every Sunday evening on BBC Radio 3 (available on the BBC iPlayer after broadcast), there is a programme called Words and Music, which is comprised of readings and music on a chosen theme. This evening's programme runs from 5.30pm to 6.45pm, and the theme is The Detectives ... readings and music inspired by some of fiction's greatest detectives including Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe and Inspector Morse. Including pieces by Wagner, Janacek and Rimsky-Korsakov, with songs from Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan and Charles Mingus, plus excerpts from books by Charles Dickens and Sara Paretsky read by Hayley Atwell and Mark Strong.
The iPlayer page gives details of programme contents ...