Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London, in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party’s seemingly omniscient leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people’s history and language. Currently, the Party is forcing the implementation of an invented language called Newspeak, which attempts to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is illegal. Such thoughtcrime is, in fact, the worst of all crimes.
Winston Smith is about to commit thoughtcrime.
Cast:
Winston Smith.....Patrick Troughton
Julia Brown.....Sylvia Syms
O`Brien.....John Collins
Goldstein.....Cyril Shaps
Charrington.....Hector Ross
The Old Man.....Norman Wynne
Syme.....Allan McClelland
TV Announcer.....Michael Maclean
Parsons.....John Judd
Mrs Parsons.....Cecile Chevreau
Gwenda.....Mary Wimbush
Ampleforth.....Gordon Faith
The Children.....Elizabeth Proud and Brien Hewlett
Adapted for broadcasting by Eric Ewens
Recorded Production by John Gibson
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Excellent - thank you!
Thanks for this upload, added to the collection. Thanks too, to Bob, for the year
Paul
A bit more info:
This is a BBC Sunday Play from 1965 and is encoded at 64/22 mono.