[2] The series was directed by Gordon House and was based on the A. J. Raffles stories (first published 1898–1909) by author E. W.

Henry Stamper played a major recurring character, police detective Inspector Mackenzie.

[4][5] After playing Raffles and Bunny in eighteen episodes on BBC Radio 4 between 1985 and 1992, all adapted from Hornung's stories, Clyde and Cochrane reprised their roles for the radio dramatisation of Graham Greene's play The Return of A. J. Raffles, which aired on the BBC World Service on 17 January 1993.

An additional 60-minute radio play was broadcast in 1993,[6] and was included in the BBC's home audio release of the third series.

[7] The series has been rebroadcast occasionally on BBC Radio 4 Extra since its original release.