More than sixty years on, an old airman is visited by dreams of the Second World War. A Lancaster bomber returns from a top-secret mission, badly damaged and almost out of fuel. With heroic skill, the pilot manages to land safely on a stretch of
Doctor Faustus - by Christopher Marlowe - BBC Radio - Full Cast Drama
Drama on 3 - Sunday 23 September 2007
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story (Faustus is Latin for Faust), in which a man s
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White Jazz by James Ellroy
Adapted by Mike Walker
Directed by Andy Jordan
BBC Radio 4 American Noir Season
High production values and some great Jazz.
CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE
Dramatization of WHITE JAZZ written by James Ellroy in 1
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Black Betty by Walter Mosley
Dramatized for Radio by Bonnie Greer
Directed by Ned Chaillet
Executive Producer Andy Jordon
BBC Radio 4 American Noir Season
Dramatization of Black Betty by Walter Mosley published 1994.
With an Introduction by Bonnie
After his divorce, Lewis is encouraged by his daughter to take up metal detecting again.
It seems that he's in luck. First he finds a gold ring, and then he meets the chaming Judy, who says that the ring was hers.
But Lewis gradually begins to wo
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Back in the golden days of Variety, the Mangle Boys were big - one of the most successful song and dance acts on the halls. When they retired, Eddie Fitlow became an equally successful businessman ("From Mangles to Millions").
His partner Ernie Tu
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A century and a half ago James Lucas was a celebrity, known throughout the country as the Mad Hermit of Redcoats Green. As his fame grew, people of all sorts came to gaze at him or to talk with him through the barred window of his room. He relished
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Woman's Hour Drama - BBC Radio 4
This ground-breaking story of middle-class Jane, pregnant and unmarried,
has remained in print ever since it was first published in 1960.
Jane ............. Lynne Seymour
Toby ............. John McAndrew
John ......
Rupert Of Hentzau
by Anthony Hope
Adapted by Cynthia Pughe & Kay Patrick.
Producer: Martin Jenkins
Broadcast 26 May 1973 (Saturday Night Theatre)
Rudolf Rassendyll returns to Ruritania in the sequel to Prisoner of Zenda.
96/24/mono; sound qualit
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First broadcast from 20040913 to 20050918
Amelia Sedley.... Katy Cavanagh
Auctioneer.... Jon Glover
Becky Sharp.... Emma Fielding
Captain MacMurdo.... Mark Bonnar
directed by.... Claire Grove
directed by.... Marc Beeby
Ensign Stubble.... Stephen Hog
by Anthony Hope Adapted by Eric Maschwitz & Kay Patrick.
Producer: Martin Jenkins
Broadcast 19 May 1973 (Saturday Night Theatre)
Rudolph Rassendyll's life is interrupted by his unexpected involvement in the affairs of Ruritan
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The life and exploits of 18th century Irish adventurer Redmond Barry
"Redmond Barry of Bally Barry, born to a genteel but ruined Irish family, fancies himself a gentleman. At the prompting of his mother, he learns what he can of courtly manners a
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Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Adapted in 6 parts by Hallam Tennyson
Music by Ilona Sekacz
Produced by Martin Jenkins
1. Gentleman, Foundling & Bastard
2. A Touch of the Seagrims
3. Cold Buttock & Carrots
4. Masques & Milestones
5. A Right Honou
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Henry Fielding’s most renowned work is unquestionably ‘The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling’, which was published in 1749.
The story tells of a gentleman named Allworthy who has a large fortune and is a healthy and decent man. One night he steps in
The Outlander - by Gil Adamson - BBC Radio Audiobook
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Denica Fairman reads from the novel by Gil Adamson, set in Canada in 1903.
In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West
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The Deceivers - Dramatisation of the first 'Master's India' novel.
The Deceivers is a 1952 novel by John Masters on the Thuggee movement in India during British imperial rule. (It was a 1988 Merchant Ivory Productions film starring Shashi Kapoor, Pi
by Paul Gallico
Dramatised by Nick Warburton
Introduced by Michael Morpurgo
A wounded bird brings together a disfigured artist and a young girl
and helps in a courageous act of bravery in World War II.
This historical romance, perhaps the greatest cloak-and-sword story ever written, relates the adventures of four fictional swashbuckling heroes who loyally served the French kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
When the dashing young D'Artagnon arrives i
