Double act Max and Ivan are coming back to Radio 4 for a Halloween special edition of their crime caper sitcom The Casebook of Max and Ivan, to be aired on October 27. There will also be a new series in 2017.

In The Casebook of Max and Ivan, the duo play incompetent private detectives for hire, with each new episode bringing a new case to solve and a new world for them to infiltrate by going undercover in a series of fiendish guises. In the Halloween Special, after being thrown out of their office by unhinged landlord Malcolm McMichaelmas, a holiday with Ivan’s anthropologist uncle on the remote Isle of Sudley seems to be the perfect solution. However, things quickly go awry as the boys get mixed up in a sinister underworld of murder, human sacrifice, and sand.

Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez have established themselves as one of the most exciting comedy duos on the live circuit. Their shows have been nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh and Melbourne comedy festivals, and they’ve appeared in TV shows including Pompidou, Badults, Blandings and BBC spoof W1A.

The Casebook Of Max And Ivan also features Jessica Ransom (Horrible Histories, Doc Martin), Lewis MacLeod (Dead Ringers, Lewis MacLeod Is Not Himself) and David Reed (The Penny Dreadfuls present…).

The new episodes will be produced by Ben Walker (Here Be Dragons, The Now Show). 

Picture by Mike South.