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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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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Dramatised by Alan Sillitoe from the screenplay based on his own 1958 novel. Includes an introduction by the author discussing the film and the radio adaptation. Directed by Pete Atkin Broadcast: Monday 27th Novemb

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The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann A Full cast BBC Radio Play in three parts BitRate 128Kbs Size 139MB Desciption : The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg) is a novel by Thomas Mann, first published in November 1924. It is widely considered to be

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Doctor Syn

Doctor Syn Rufus Sewell reads a 10-part audio adaptation combining and abridging Doctor Syn on the High Seas and Doctor Syn Returns for BBC Radio, broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in December 2006 and repeated in June 2007.

The Reverend Doctor Christophe

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The Last of Dr Syn (BBC Reading)

The Last of Dr Syn by Russell Thorndike produced and directed by Lawrence Jackson 6-part reading by Rufus Sewell. Broadcast from 4 to 11 January 2010 on Radio 7 128/44; 154 MB total; sound quality excellent saved and shared by OrsonCart A RADIO 7

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We Outnumber You by Ed Hime

We Outnumber You by Ed Hime A hand-held horror, reconstructed from amateur recordings discovered after the event, in which we relive the humiliation of a major oil company at the gala opening of their new zoo in 2013. Cast David ..... Kenneth Cranh

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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace Size : 480MB BitRate: 128kbs A BBC Radio Play in 10 Parts A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization features a star cast including Leo McKern, Simon Russell Beale, Emily Mortimer and Nicola Pagett and over two hours of

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The Beacon by Susan Hill

The Beacon by Susan Hill Dramatised by Anita Sullivan Produced by Kate McAll Broadcast Monday 22 to Friday 26 March 2010 (Woman's Hour Drama) 160/44; 78.9 MB total; sound quality excellent May, Berenice, Colin and Frank all grew up on a remote far

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The Pallisers by Anthony Trollope



The Pallisers
BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial
First broadcast from 20040125 to 20040411
12 parts

Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his

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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 has
c

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Ron Hutchinson - Rat in the skull

Ron Hutchinson - Rat in the skull

Radio 4 - April 29th, 2006

After a week's interrogation in Paddington Green,
Roche, an IRA suspect, is ready to make a statement.

But then Nelson, a "star" interrogator from the RUC
arrives, and things go seriously wron

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The Secret Life Of Kenneth Williams



 

The Secret Life Of Kenneth Williams

 

We've all got out little secrets, haven't we? But you can't keep things hidden forever - so you are now going to hear about the side of me that no one knows.'
Two series of this show were made, The Secret Life

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