Genre | Factual, comedy |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
Hosted by | Steve Punt |
Produced by | Laurence Grissell Sarah Bowen Neil George |
Original release | 3 May 2008 – 23 September 2017 |
No. of series | 10 |
No. of episodes | 35 |
Website | BBC website |
Punt PI is a fact-based comedy radio series on BBC Radio 4 in which Steve Punt investigates mysteries in Britain.
Each episode is 30 minutes long and there are three or four episodes in each series.
Starting with series two, every episode starts with a ringing phone and then the answering machine of "Punt's Private Eye". A mysterious individual identified only as 'Tracy' then speaks into the answering machine and asks Punt to investigate a mystery he has heard about.
All episodes follow a similar format of Steve Punt introducing the mystery, before heading off to speak to witnesses and experts, and investigating different theories and leads.