Those of you familiar with the work of Roger Gregg may or may not know this work of something totally different.The absolutely flooring The Salmon Of Blackpool is a four episode tale of a Hollywood screenwriter and his self
Moby Dick by Herman Melville and Henry Reed (adapt), BBC 2.2.1979
Moby-Dick, written in 1851, recounts the adventures of the narrator Ishmael as he sails on the whaling ship Pequod under the command of Captain Ahab. Ishmael believes he has signed on
"A Comedy of Manners, the play satirizes sentimentalism and sophisticated
pretensions, without the typical eighteenth-century moralizing. The
dialogue crackles with wi
Episode 1 Against the background of rising hysteria in the Middlesbrough community over the murders of prostitutes, Denise's dreams of a happy second marriage, even a family (at 40), are challenged as c
This dramatisation of Victor Hugo's classic from 1862 is an epic story of social injustice, set in mid-18th century France. Memorable scenes include the Battle of Waterloo and Jean Valjean
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The Wire
Showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative.
Saturday 13 February 2010 on BBC Radio 3.
The Wire
Rapture Frequency
by Abbie Spallen
Listening to the black box recording of an ill-fated transatlantic flight, analyst M
When Leslie Davis suddenly takes up a diplomatic posting in Harput, a remote province of Turkey, he is determined to find commercial opportunities for
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Episode 1 Against the background of rising hysteria in the Middlesbrough community over the murders of prostitutes, Denise's dreams of a happy second marriage, even a family (at 40), are challenged as c
Mark McDonnell and Steven McNicoll's dramatisation of Leonard Wibberley's famous comic novel. It is 1956, and the Cold War is at its chilliest. But one European country is blissfully detached from the struggles of the Supe