Here's the brilliant Sam Dastor in the only Radio dramatisation of an Inspector Ghote Story - "Inspector Ghote Hunts The Peacock" from BBC Radio circa 1984. Dastor also Played Inspector Ghote in a one off television drama in the ITV "Storyboard" series that led to the long running and superb police series "The Bill" being commissioned "
Inspector Ganesh V. Ghote (pronounced "GO-tay")[1] is a fictional police officer who is the main character in H. R. F. Keating's detective novels. Ghote is an inspector in the police force of Bombay (now Mumbai), India.
Henry Reymond Fitzwalter "Harry" Keating (31 October 1926 – 27 March 2011) was an English crime fiction writer most notable for his series of novels featuring Inspector Ghote of the Bombay CID.
nspector Ghote Hunts The Peacock is a detective/mystery novel by H. R. F. Keating.
An injury to Inspector Ghote's commanding officer prevents him from attending an international police conference on drug smuggling that is to be held in London. Inspector Ghote is ordered to go to England, attend the conference, take notes and produce a presentation on behalf of his superior.
On arrival Inspector Ghote is met by his cousin and his wife, who run an Indian restaurant in London. He intends to stay with them for the duration of the conference but quickly learns that they expect him to find their missing 17 year old niece, Ranee, who is nicknamed "The Peacock" for her bright attitude and dress.
In between attending the conference Ghote investigates the girl's disappearance, has his high expectations of Great Britain dashed by a grey and grimy London and tries to acquire a gift to take home to his wife
The title of Peacock refers to Inspector Ghote's search for the missing girl.
Inspector Ghote deals with themes of culture clash, post-imperial relations between Britain and India, racism, crime, drugs and murder.
