🎭 A Second Class Risk

A Quiet Policy… and a Death Too Convenient 📜 Chestertonian Introduction There are risks we take knowingly, and risks we inherit without consent. The most dangerous of all, perhaps, is the one carefully insured against. In A Second Class Risk, a modest policy and a sudden death collide, and the arithmetic of mortality begins to look suspiciously deliberate. What ought to be routine becomes quietly unsettling, as the smallest decisions reveal the greatest moral weight. ☕ Support the Channel Chesterton Radio is listener-supported and dedicated to preserving the great age of radio drama, mystery, and thought. • http://www.Patreon.com/ChestertonRadio • http://www.BuyMeaCoffee.com/ChestertonRadio • http://www.SubscribeStar.com/ChestertonRadio You may also Join the channel here on YouTube to support ongoing restorations and nightly programming. 🕰️ Synopsis A Second Class Risk begins with a detail too neat to ignore: a man takes out a £50,000 life insurance policy, and within the same week, he is killed in what appears to be an ordinary car accident. To the insurance company, it is a claim. To the investigator, it is a question. As the circumstances are examined, routine paperwork gives way to quiet suspicion. Motives emerge where none were expected, and what seemed like an unremarkable death begins to look calculated — not flamboyant or theatrical, but chillingly practical. The play unfolds with restrained tension, allowing doubt to grow naturally as each assumption is tested. R. D. Wingfield’s script favors moral unease over melodrama, exploring how easily intention can hide behind plausibility — and how thin the line can be between accident and design. 🎙️ About This Production Part of the BBC’s Midweek Theatre strand, this 1973 play exemplifies the era’s strength in intimate, adult radio drama — stories built on dialogue, inference, and the slow tightening of logic rather than overt action. Wingfield, later famous for Inspector Frost, shows early mastery of understated suspense and human frailty. 🔎 Keywords & SEO Tags BBC Radio Drama, Midweek Theatre, A Second Class Risk, R D Wingfield, British radio mystery, 1970s radio plays, classic radio drama, insurance mystery, quiet noir, psychological crime, Chesterton Radio, BBC Radio 4 drama Programs on Chesterton Radio are sponsored by: Chesterton House Visiting Benedictine College in Atchison Kansas? Chesterton House is your stylish, comfortable home away from home! Just blocks to campus and downtown. Newly remodeled, games and puzzles. Pet friendly! http://www.ChestertonHouse.net MachineDesignPro.com: Engineering and Product Development Services http://MachineDesignPro.com BatteryJobs.com: Energy Career Portal - Electric Vehicle - Lead-Acid - Lithium - Solar http://BatteryJobs.com Do you enjoy the variety on Chesterton Radio? Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows. Discover new Chesterton Radio shows in our Playlists! http://Plays.ChestertonRadio.com http://Chesterton.ChestertonRadio.com http://Orthodoxy.ChestertonRadio.com http://EverlastingMan.ChestertonRadio.com http://Eugenics.ChestertonRadio.com http://Distributism.ChestertonRadio.com http://FatherBrown.ChestertonRadio.com http://Freedom.ChestertonRadio.com http://1984.ChestertonRadio.com http://Jukebox.ChestertonRadio.com http://Sponsor.ChestertonRadio.com