Sister, Dear Sister by GEORGE BAKER
Emily's life, shadowed by an attractive elder sister, would be thought by many to have been unhappy. But even at 78 years old, she's not going to give up, and still hopes to find a pattern underlying the events
Read more…At the turn of the century,
Bessie, a minor heiress from
Wiltshire, tours the spas until she finds the right man in her life. But her choice of Henry Williams proves disastrous
- as this story, taken from true records, proceeds
By Rosamond Lehmann , dramatised in two parts. An affair with a married man: the secrecy, the acceptance of half a life - how can one settle for that?
With Angela Pleasence as Olivia and Simon Cadell a
Play by Emlyn Williams. Adapted for broadcasting by T. Rowland Hughes . Produced by P. H. Burton
Welsh folk songs sung by boys from Aberdare County School
Scene: Glansarno, a small village in a remote Wels
Lucy Catherine's new adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's literary phenomenon featuring original music from Oscar-winning composer Stephen Warbeck.
The Devil comes to Moscow in this fantastical and frightening satire of Soviet life, and unleashes a wh
Read more…by Noel Coward.
Paris 1956 - Paul Sorodin, the world-famous artist, has just died. His family, gathered together for the funeral, is shocked by the discovery that during his life Sorodin had perpetrated an en
After a lifetime of waiting, Charles ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett's 'future history' play won the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play. The production, directed byRupert Goold, premiered at t
An adaptation for radio of the National Theatre's production of Alan Bennett's short autobiographical play "Cocktail Sticks", originally directed by Nicholas Hytner.
Alan looks back on his early life with affection and sadness, revisiting some of
Read more…Dr Frielich, a successful New York psychiatrist, has developed a method that impresses his clients. He says nothing!
Cast:
Dr Max Frielich.........Lee Montague
Young Dr Frielich.........Simon Cuff
Eva.........Joanna MacKie
Anton.........John Benn
Read more…Henrik Ibsen's erotic play, adapted for radio by Frank McGuinness.
Before her marriage to Dr Wangel, Ellida had promised herself to a sailor who then disappeared. She is consumed by her longing for the sea, and the return of her former lover forc
Read more…by Ronald Harwood
With Freddie Jones as Sir, and Michael Palin as Norman.
"What do we play tomorrow, Norman?"
"King Lear, Sir."
"Then I shall wake with the storm clouds in my head."
The folder currently contains Series One and Two. Series Three is now on the BBC (October 2015).
I'll add it here when it's finished.
The descriptions and casts for the episodes are rather long, so I've attached them as text files. They are also in
Read more…BBC R4 - Graham Greene's 'The End Of The Affair'
Adapted by John Harvey
Directed by Sally Avens
Broadcast April 13, 1998
Coded from tape at 128/32
Thanks to Usenet for this file
Loss of love and a battle with faith
among colonials in WWII Sierra Leone.
Cast
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Early one morning
128kbps
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Read more…Last days of Grace
The last days of legendary cricketer W.G.Grace
128kbps
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Read more…Black Roses - The killing of Sophie Lancaster
128kbps
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Read more…By John Arden. Four soldiers arrive in a strike-bound mining town intent on convincing its inhabitants that the violence and killing being perpetrated across the colonies in their name is wrong.
Music
A timid woman prepares to let her hair down on a weekend in Paris, but dies moments before leaving. However, her pushy travelling companion doesn't see why a little thing like death should get in the way of a good time.
Cast:
Kath .........Mario
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Drama-documentary examining why Wally Funk and Jerrie Cobb, who secretly took Nasa's gruelling astronaut selection tests in the early 1960s, were never allowed to travel into space.
Cast:
Jerrie Cobb .........Samantha Dakin
Randolf Lovelace/To
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