The Sextons Tale

[Riklaa]

There are 166,000 names engraved in the 51,000 headstones of Highgate Cemetery.

Each life a story.


Stories of love and hate...


Of joy and sorrow...


Of murder and exhumation.

THE SEXTON'S TALES
An eighteen-part series for radio, broadcast by the BBC between 1995-97, the Sexton's Tales are the true life stories of the Victorian men and women which four generations of grave diggers have sat and told one another, whenever the weather proved too inclement to go about their business. They are yarns of the famous and infamous, of derring-do and darstadly deeds. A fading mirror to a society which shaped our own as no other before.

1st Series 1995

1. 1- 1 Aug 15 95 The Astonishing Journey
2. 1- 2 Aug 22 95 The Exhumation of Ophelia
3. 1- 3 Aug 29 95 The "Meanness" Murderer of Them All
4. 1- 4 Sep 12 95 A Woman Called George
5. 1- 5 Sep 19 95 The Duke and the Dealer
6. 1- 6 Sep 26 95 The Lion King

2nd Series 1996

7. 2- 1 Oct 1 96 Opal Whiteley
8. 2- 2 Oct 8 96 William Friese-Green
9. 2- 3 Oct 15 96 Thomas Sayers
10. 2- 4 Oct 22 96 Michael Faraday
11. 2- 5 Oct 29 96 John Singleton Copley
12. 2- 6 Nov 5 96 Karl Marx

Christmas Special 1996

13. S- 1 Dec 24 96 Charles Dickens

3rd Series 1997

14. 3- 1 May 28 97 Max Wall
15. 3- 2 Jun 4 97 Midshipman Peter Heywood
16. 3- 3 Jun 11 97 Applepip Kelly
17. 3- 4 Jun 18 97 Leslie Hutchinson
18. 3- 5 Jun 25 97 The Well of Loneliness

Christmas Special 1997

19. S- 2 Dec 24 97 The Sexton's Pantomime Tale

[Riklaa]

I didn't know that was still there .  I didn't remove it I just linked it to the new one.  They are not just good they are excellent.  Every time I come across them I wish I hadn't listened to them yet!  No I am not looking forward to alzheimers.  --  Rick

[codepop]

Thank you.  Whew!  I saw the other thread and when I clicked on the link it came up bad.  Then I noticed the date on the post was ancient.  I was really pleased to see it again later on and working.  I listened to the first couple of shows during my lunch breaks at work and enjoyed them very much.  Thank you for sharing.

[Lesa Williams]

I can't wait to listen to this great series ! Thanks for offering these..

[Riklaa]

These are some of my favorites.  ---------------  Rick

[Robert Flood]

Rick - Thanks for these wonderful offerings.  I remember hearing one of the shows on BBC-7 and enjoyed it immensely.  Thanks for always posting the best.

Bob

[Riklaa]

Hi Bob,

Thanks again for the glowing words of praise.  The people that don't even say thank you, don't realize that it is people like you who keep me going.  Again Thanks!  ---------------------------------------------------------------  Rick

[Riklaa]

Christmas Special 1997
19. S- 2 Dec 24 97 The Sexton's Pantomime Tale

A marvellous tale to finish an excellent series. It involves the Sexton, a Ghost and The Christmas Pantomime.

Need I say more. I hope you enjoy this episode and all the others of "The Sexton's Tales"
Attachments:

S2TheSextonsPantomimeTale.mp3

[Riklaa]

Radclyffe Hall - 1880 - 1943
EPISODE 5 of SERIES III
Novelist
Author of 'The Well of Loneliness'
Banned until after her death
for its sympathetic portrait of homosexuality
Attachments:

35TheWellofLoneliness.mp3

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Hutch - Leslie Hutchinson
1900 - 1969
EPISODE 4 of SERIES III

Jazz musician and cabaret star, and million-selling record British star of the 1930's-40's, famed for his suave renditions of Cole Porter songs.
Attachments:

34LeslieHutchinson.mp3

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Sir Fitzroy Kelly - 1796 - 1880
EPISODE 3 of SERIES III This episode is not known to exist.

"Apple-pip Kelly"

Baron of the Exchequer & one of the highest paid barristors.
of the Victorian age
Remembered for his unusual nickname.

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