Archaeology by Elizabeth Buchan
An archaeologist is amazed by her nurse's likeness to an Egyptian painting discovered in a tomb.
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The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate
"It's the autumn of 1913, and a party of guests has gathered at the country estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby. In addition to the usual lavish banqueting and quaffing of burgundy and port, there is also to be a game shoot; the regular hosting of these Read more…
Classic Serial - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, here dramatised for radio, was composed and first published 200 years ago. It has remained a quotable favourite ever since, while arguments abound over what it all means. Why does the mariner shoot the albatross and is
Read more…The Egyptian Collection by Kate Pullinger
Enquirer
An adaptation of the acclaimed National Theatre of Scotland and London Review of Books production, investigating the current crisis in newspaper journalism here in the UK. Enquirer is based on interviews by Paul Flynn, Deborah Orr and Ruth Wishart.
Read more…The Navy's Here by Kenneth Langmaid from the book by Frischauer & Jackson
The Navy's Here
By: Kenneth Langmaid from the book by Frischauer & Jackson
Starring: Hugh Manning/George Pravda/David Bird/Michael Turner/Keith Williams.
SNT 30 January 1960 Home Service
Listed as Lost by suttonelms
128K
In February 1940, the Ger
Under Pressure by David Baume
Under Pressure
by David Baume
With Neville Smith, Sean Arnold, John Rowe and Michael Deacon
Broadcast 13 Sept 1980 (Saturday Night Theatre)
A dive team on an offshore rig faces a crisis.
128/44; 80 MB; sound quality very good
The Wind Of Heaven By Emlyn Williams
The Wind Of Heaven
By Emlyn Williams
SNT 1980-11-22
Sian Phillips/Freddie Jones/Nigel Stock
128K
Dilys Parry, an inconsolable Crimean Widow, lives alone in a village with no joy and no god in her life. She is gradually reawakened to life once a
The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman
The Children's Hour
by Lillian Hellman
SNT 1971-04-24
64K
The Children's Hour is a 1934 stage play written by Lillian Hellman. It is a drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie. An angry student, Mar
Winds of Heaven by Monica Dickens
Winds of Heaven
by Monica Dickens
SNT 1971-11-06
128K
If Monica Dickens means nothing more to you than horsey books and no-nonsense memoirs of nursing and service, then this eloquent novel about the genteel poverty of a widow shunted between her t
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
SNT 1975-12-27
96K
This is a charming book about a girl named Mary Lennox. She is a spoiled and sickly child who lives in India. When her parents die because of a cholera epidemic, she moves to Misselth
The Soft September Air by Charlotte Hastings
The Soft September Air
By Charlotte Hastings
SNT 1978-07-10
Andrew Branch/Flora Robson
96K
A successful popular Novelist, widowed and childless, who allows herself to be persuaded into boarding students for the local University.
She tries not t
The Girl Richards by Allan Prior
The Girl Richards by Allan Prior
Starring Jill Raymond/Belle Chrystall/Diana Olsson/David March/Alan Tilvern
1961-21-01
BBC Home Service
128K
I cannot find any more information on this play. Information is requested if anyone has any. The play i
Read more…Loyalties by John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy - Loyalties
BBC Home Service: Saturday Night Theatre
Broadcast: Saturday 12th August 1967
"Loyalties" is one of the first plays to deal honestly and openly with anti-Semitism. Set in the aftermath of the First World War, it t
Flare Path by Terence Rattigan
Terence Rattigan - Flare Path
BBC Home Service: Saturday Night Theatre
Broadcast: Saturday 11th December 1965
Flare Path - the runway lights showing aircraft where to take off or land, follows the night of a dangerous raid behind enemy lines
Spark in Judea by RF Delderfield
Spark in Judea
by RF Delderfield
Home Service
SNT 1959-30-05
Valentine Dyall/Pauline Letts
Listed as Lost at suttonelms
128K
Almost two thousand years ago a Roman Governor was asked to judge and pass sentence on a carpenter. A carpenter who had don
Landfall by Nevil Shute
Landfall
By Nevil Shute
SNT 1964-05-02
128K
\Landfall is one of the novels that Nevil Shute wrote during the period of WWII. It was written during the time when the Germans were invading and conquering France and was published at the time of the B
Read more…Requiem for a Wren by Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute - Requiem for a Wren
BBC Home Service: Saturday Night Theatre
Broadcast: Saturday 1st February 1964
The year is 1954. Alan Duncan is a recently qualified lawyer returning to Coombargana, his parent's sheep farming station in the
Moonfleet by John Meade Faulkner
John Meade Faulkner - Moonfleet
BBC Radio 4: The Saturday Play
Broadcast: Saturday 26th December 1998 @ 3:00 p.m.
128K
Everyone in the tiny Dorset village of Moonfleet lives by the sea one way or another, so it's no surprise when young John T
The Winter of our Discontent by John Steinbeck
The Winter Of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
Dramatised in 2 parts by William Roberts
Produced by Adrian Bean
Jack Shepherd ................ Ethan Hawley
Shelley Thompson .............. Mary Hawley
David Healy....................... Mr Baker
Lorel
