I came across this oldie when I was looking through my catalog for a copy of the Pirandello piece that Rick posted. The sound quality is just fair, at 32/22 mono, but it's listenable.
An Englishman In Search of a Tea Ceremony
Andrew Jefford
2000
Andrew
Read more…BBC Radio 4 - The Saturday Play - 2005-03-12
The price of light by Hilary Mantel
128K
This is a true story set at the Viennese court at the end of the eighteenth century. Maria Theresa von Paradis was the daughter of a court official. A musical p
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell
Adapted by Mike Walker.
160/44; 131 MB total; sound quality excellent
Episode 1 of 2
First broadcast: Sunday 27 January 2013
In 1936 Eric and Eileen Blair were making ends meet by running a small village s
Conan Doyle's Strangest Case
By Tony Mulholland
SNT 1996-01-06
160K
Conan Doyle's Strangest Case (Sherlock Holmes). January 14, 1995. BBC Radio4. The program was rebroadcast on SNT January 6, 1996. "The true story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's obses
A Woman in Dark Times by Elizabeth Young-Bruehl et al
BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Play - 2006-10-06
128K
Hannah Arendt, born 100 years ago this year, was among the most influential political thinkers of the 20th Century. As a young German Jew, she fle
The Backward Son
by Stephen Spender [his first novel, published in 1940]
dramatised by Pauline Spender
Broadcast 20 March 1993, Saturday Night Theatre, 19:50
and 14 May 1994, Playhouse, 14:30
Duration: 70 minutes
The play, loosely based on Spender's chi
Crisp and Even Brightly
by Alick Rowe
BBC Radio 4: Saturday Night Theatre
SNT 19th December 1987 @ 7:45 p.m.
192K
"Good King Wenceslas" is a popular Christmas carol that tells a story of Good King Wenceslas braving harsh winter weather to give alms to a
Conan Doyle & The Edalji Case By Roy Apps
SNT 12.12.1987
With: Lain Cuthbertson
George Edalji : Michael M. Harbour
Mrs. Doyle : Margot Boyd
Anson : Alan Dudley
Mrs. Edalji / Mary : Emily Richard
Major Wood : John Church
Jean / Maud : Victoria Carling
Revd.
The Floating Republic
By Paul Bryers
SNT 4.12.1982
Brian Cox/Bernard Hill/Julian Curry/Stephen Thorne
128K
Richard Parker (16 April 1767 – 30 June 1797) was an English sailor executed for his role as president of the so-called "Floating Republic
Regatta
By Douglas Young
SNT 13.4.1985
Iain Agnew/Sandy Neilson
128K
It is 1916 and we are in the company of two Naval Officers of the Royal navy, one is a shipboard Officer and the other an Intelligence officer. We follow them in WWI through thei
A Man Of Too Much Honour
By Elizabeth Holford
SNT 12.12.1981
Alan Moore/Howard Goorney
128K
This is a well researched radio play about the Bristol Riots of 1831. It concentrates on Brereton's role as commander of Military forces during the riot
Suez
By Royce Ryton
SNT 24.10.1981
Peter Barkworth/Sarah Badel/David Buck
128K
A very interesting docudrama of the Middle East in turmoil in the mid 1950s through the dramatisation of the viewpoints of Sir Anthony Eden, Gamal Abdel Nasser and John
The Hessian
By Howard Fast
SNT 31.10.1981
Derek Jacobi/Patricia Gallimore/Ian Hogg
160K
The Hessian tells the story of the capture, trial, and execution of a Hessian drummer boy by Americans during the Revolution. At the heart of the story is a Qu
Read more…Bequest to the Nation by Terence Rattigan
Directed by David Johnson
BBC Radio 4 SNT 23/05/1981 (Original Broadcast)
From Radio 4 Extra 2012 ( 1 Hr 36 Min)
M4a to mp3@224K
First Produced at the Haymarket 1970
Based on his 1966 television play Nel
The Long Lonely Voyage of U-395
by James Follett
Produced by Glyn Dearman
Broadcast 29th March 1980 (Saturday Night Theatre)
128K
The Southern Atlantic, 10th November 1941: U-boat 395 has been patiently waiting for a month to torpedo a British ca
Read more…Cold Bath Fields
By Christopher Russell
SNT 7.7.1979
Michael Harbour/Peter Pacey
128K
The early days of the new London Police Force, and the way they dealt with a riot....
This report begins: 'A Full, True and Particular Account of that Great Publi
A Coat Of Many Colours
By Jim Grace
SNT 24.3.1979
John Rowe/Saeed Jaffrey/Trevor Martin
128K
A Coat of Many Colours (working title: Salateen), tx 26 March 1979 (Saturday Night Theatre, Radio 4). Directed by Michael Rolfe for BBC Birmingham. “In
The Long Fight
by D. A. Rayner
SNT 1969-07-26
64K - Mono
It is nearing midnight on March 1st in the year of Napoleon, 1808. Relentlessly, the aged 38-gun British warship, San Fiorenzo, a
third of her crew laid low with fever, forges her way westw
Tiger Wings Omnibus
Writing the Century #19 (15 Minute Drama)
Broadcast Monday 11 to Friday 15 June 2012
Omnibus edition broadcast 16 June 2012, Radio 4 Extra
160/44; 79.2 MB; sound quality excellent
In October 2003 the Antiques Roadshow feature
