The Third Man: Out-of-work pulp-fiction novelist Holly Martins comes to a post-War Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious Allies, and where a shortage of supplies has led to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an old school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Limes friends and associates, Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime... The Fallen Idol is a psychological thriller of personal relationships and a boys tragic initiation into the world of adult emotions. The Fallen Idol is the film title of Greenes short story, The Basement Room. This radio dramatisation is an adaptation of the film version.