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Address Unknown

Address Unknown Tim Dee's adaptation of Kressmann Taylor's novel, published in 1938. Two old friends, former business associates in San Francisco, exchange letters. One is an American German Jew, the other an American German who, excited and ener

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DEAD MAN'S BUTTON by John Pilkington

DEAD MAN'S BUTTON by John Pilkington BBC R4 Thirty Minute Theatre, 1994 "Fun and games two hundred feet up in the cab of a crane...you've all heard of the train driver's "dead man's handle"; in a crane there's a similar device called the dead man'

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Act Of Mercy by Michael Wall

Act of Mercy by Michael Wall. With David Threlfall and Holly Aird. Produced by Jeremy Mortimer. In a deserted holiday cottage, Paul holds a 14 year old schoolgirl hostage. His motives are unclear. Broadcast 10 May 1988, Afternoon Play 192/44; 42.3

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Scorched by Nicola Jones

Scorched Nicola Jones's tense, fast-moving thriller follows a man trying to re- interpret his memories of the long hot summer of 1976. Who is to blame for his sister's disappearance, and what really happened to her? In 1976, Mike's sixteen year old

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Memorials to the Missing

BBC 7 - Drama Memorials to the Missing Synopsis During the First World War, an internal battle is fought for decent burials and graves. Stars Anton Lesser and Michael Maloney. 128kbps 44100khz Stereo Duration : 45 mins Broadcast Thu 12 Nov 200

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Strange Meeting by Peter Wolf

Strange Meeting by Peter Wolf Radio 4 - Afternoon Play - 1998-11-11 Peter Wolf's play, inspired by Owen's First World War poem, dramatises the events leading up to Owen's death on the eve of the Armistice. Alex Jennings ........ The Captain Paul R

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Look back in anger by John Osbourne

John Osbourne - Look back in anger Radio 4 - April 1st, 2006 First staged in 1956 when the central character, Jimmy Porter, the original incarnation of the angry young man, both shocked and charmed his audience. Singled out by Kenneth Tynan, it h

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The Royal Court, 50 years on

Drama on 3: The Royal Court, 50 years on Radio 3 - April 2nd, 2006 Live from the stage of the Royal Court in London, a performance featuring works from some of the most significant writers whose plays have been staged there over the last 50 years

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The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles

The Theban plays The Theban plays consist of three plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King (also called Oedipus Tyrannus or Oedipus Rex), and Oedipus at Colonus. All three plays concern the fate of Thebes during and after the reign of King Oedipus.[27] T

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Bette and Joan and Baby Jane

Bette and Joan and Baby Jane Two screen goddesses, one iconic film, a recipe for disaster... A new radio play starring Catherine Tate and Tracy-Ann Oberman. On 23 July 1961, filming started on "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" at the Producers St

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GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out)

GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out) by Trevor Hoyle with Alun Armstrong, Susan Tracy, Joyce Gibbs, David Vann, Tina Gray, Rob Swinton, Alex Jones and Richard Allenson. Directed at Pebble Mill by Philip Martin Broadcast 10th October 1991, Afternoon Play 5

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