Doreen Estall abridges the 1968 novel by Charles Portis, brought to the big screen in the 1969 western starring John Wayne and more recently by the Cohen brothers. Read by Nancy Crane. BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime
Doreen Estall abridges the 1968 novel by Charles Portis, brought to the big screen in the 1969 western starring John Wayne and more recently by the Cohen brothers. Read by Nancy Crane. BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime
Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs....
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"Shane" from Hollywood Radio Theater aired February 22, 1955. Shane tells the story of a gunfighter who comes to a recently settled farm area near a quiet town and fights for the rights of homesteaders against the long-entrenched hard-bitten open-range cattlemen who control the majority of the land. Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Ruth Hussey, Parley Baer and Howard McNear.land.
Hollywood Radio Theater 55-02-22 Shane.mp3
A classic thriller from the bestselling master of action and suspense.
The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice-floes of the Arctic Ocean to locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice-pack somewhere north of the Arctic Circle.
But the orders do not say what the Dolphin will find if she succeeds – that the fire at Ice Station Zebra was sabotage, and that one of the survivors is a killer.
Performed by Steve Hodson.
Williams auditions for a show sponsored by Aunt Jemima
Hank Williams Show 51.xx.xx First Song - Why Don't You Love Me
Renowned professor, Otto Lidenbrock, discovers a mysterious, runic cryptogram in a rare manuscript he’s bought.
It’s his nephew, Axel, who accidentally cracks the message, which is by a 16th-century alchemist who claims to have found a pathway to the centre of the earth!
"Descend, bold traveller into the crater of the Jokul of Snæfell, which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July and you will attain the centre of the earth."
Lidenbrock decides he must see for himself if such a journey is possible and with the reluctant Axel in tow, and the help of their guide, Hans, the three venture into the heart of a dormant, Icelandic volcano on a dangerous expedition beneath the earth's layers.
Jules Verne's novel is the ultimate adventure story in the best Victorian tradition with plenty of action, science, knowledge, discovery and surprise.
Adapted in two parts by Moya O'Shea.
Starring Joel MacCormack and Stephen Critchlow.
The three attempting this tremendous feat are:
* The somewhat cowardly, dewy-eyed romantic, Axel
* The highly strung and oh, so eccentric, Otto Lidenbrock
* The calm, phlegmatic Danish speaking, Icelandic guide, Hans.
Axel ...... Joel MacCormack
Professor Lidenbrock ...... Stephen Critchlow
Hans ...... Gudmundur Thorvaldsson
Grauben ...... Nicola Ferguson
Martha ...... Elizabeth Bennett
Newspaper Seller ...... Nick Underwood
Porter ...... Sam Rix
Icelandic Man ...... Tom Forrister
Street Vendor ...... Scarlett Brookes
Composer: Neil Brand
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth By Jules Verne.mp3
In Tennessee Williams's masterpiece set in New Orleans, Blanche Dubois’s tender feelings are destroyed by Stanley Kowalski's brutal desire as they battle for the control of those close to them.
Blanche: Glenne Headly
Stanley: Vincent D'Onofrio
Stella: Amy Brenneman
Mitch: David Selby
Steve: Fred Coffin
Eunice: Rondi Reed
Pablo: Armondo Molina
Doctor: Jamie Hanes
Matron: Lyvingston Holmes
Music by John Roby. Director Martin Jenkins
Sunday Play: A Streetcar Named Desire
Sun 14th Jun 1998
19:30 on BBC Radio 3
A Streetcar Named Desire By Tennessee Williams.mp3
In Beyond the City, the desire for money and romance drives the characters beyond the typical boundaries of their middle class Victorian lives. Lust, deceit, and financial scandals rock their placid world.
Source: Doyle, A.C. (1892) Beyond the City London, England: Simpkin, Hamilton, Kent
BBC radio have produced over 70 full cast adaptations of Agatha Christie’s beloved crime stories, including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
Hercule Poirot is one of the most famous fictional characters of all time, known for his Belgian accent, waxed moustaches, perfectionism and “little grey cells”. Poirot would be the first to call himself a great man – he has never been known for his modesty – but with such success in his career, it is difficult to argue with him.
Miss Marple doesn’t look like a detective. But looks can be deceiving… this apparently unassuming woman from the small village of St Mary Mead is surprisingly worldly and uses the fact people underestimate her to full advantage when investigating.
By Mark Twain, dramatised by Marcy Kahan. One of the great American novels comes into rich and multilayered life in the most complete dramatisation yet. This BBC/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation co-production evokes pre-Civil War America, and follows Huck and the runaway slave Jim on their journey down the Mississippi on a raft. Twain's wise and affectionate writing gives voice to Huck's growing understanding of Jim's humanity, and remains controversial. This programme contains language that some listeners may find offensive.
Opening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name "Black Museum" was coined in 1877 by a reporter from "The Observer", a London newspaper, although the museum is still referred to as the Crime Museum. It is this museum that inspired The Black Museum radio series, produced in London by Harry Alan Towers.
From Jay Hickerson's "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All Circulating Shows", the earliest US broadcast date was January 1, 1952. Thirty nine shows, from the full syndication of fifty two shows, aired over Mutual stations from January 1, 1952 through June 24, 1952 and September 30, 1952 through December 30, 1952.
This murder mystery series was based on true life cases from Scotland Yard's files. Each episode was based on an item or items of evidence in the museum. Hosted and narrated by Orson Welles.
Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall is a 2022 documentary film directed by Bob Smeaton. The film documents the origins of the American swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and their 1970 European tour, culminating in an April 14, 1970, performance at London's Royal Albert Hall. The movie takes its name from the band's song "Travelin' Band".
A 40-minute history narrated by actor Jeff Bridges documents the band's formation in El Cerrito, California, their early efforts under as Tommy Fogerty & the Blue Velvets and The Golliwogs, and their signing by Fantasy Records.[2] At the time they toured Europe, the Beatles broke up, leaving Creedence as, as Bridges puts it, "the biggest group in the world."
Big Ben Calling is a 1935 British musical drama film. It features Leslie French, Mary Lawson, Warren Jenkins, and Enid Stamp-Taylor.
A music composer, disheartened by the failure of BBC radio to play any of his compositions, decides to set up his own pirate radio station.
Directed by Ivar Campbell and starring Leslie French, Mary Lawson and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was written by Donovan Pedelty, with music and lyrics by Mark Lubbock, and made at Shepperton Studios
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Miracle on 34th Street (initially released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century-Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn. The story takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas in New York City, and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa. The film has become a perennial Christmas favorite.
Saturday Night Theatre was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4 and its predecessor, the BBC Home Service. The strand showcased feature-length, middle-brow single plays on Saturday evenings for more than 50 years, having been launched in April 1943. The plays featured in the strand included stage plays, book adaptations and original dramatisations. For most of its history, programmes ran for 90 minutes and were largely entertainment-centred, such as thrillers, comedies and mysteries.
It took Johnny Cash 12 years to record one of his live prison shows, but it wasn't easy. He was threatened against doing it, warned it would ruin his career, but Cash's instincts were dead on. He just went ahead and recorded at Folsom Prison in 1968 and never sounded so raw and alive. The live album was a huge hit, and followed by the even bigger "Johnny Cash at San Quentin" - his first #1 album on the pop charts.
In this hour we explore how Cash's concert at San Quentin came about, went down and the wake it left behind. Your listeners will hear Johnny Cash on the edge, plowing through well-known songs and premiering new ones that stated, "San Quentin, I hope you rot and burn in hell." Needless to say, he almost started a riot in a room full of very bad men. The program also features a few songs from the show not included on the original live album.
For an inside view, we'll hear about prison life from the prisoners and prison guards, taken from the documentary "Johnny Cash in San Quentin." The original producer, Bob Johnston, speaks about the excitement and fear, as does Jim Marshall, photographer of the famous "Johnny flipping the bird at San Quentin" photo. We'll also hear about Johnny Cash's views on the lock-up from bassist Marshall Grant, son John Carter Cash, singer/songwriter Larry Gatlin and music writer Anthony DeCurtis.
In 1987 freelance writer Bert Coules approached the BBC with the proposal to dramatise Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles. It was given the go-ahead as a two-part serial with Roger Rees and Crawford Logan as Sherlock Holmes and John Watson.
Roger Rees and Crawford Logan as Holmes and Watson
The show went down well with the public and the press and Coules suggested doing two more of the novels. The BBC agreed but insisted on recasting, and Clive Merrison and Michael Williams were offered the roles.
Clive Merrison and Michael Williams as Holmes and Watson
When A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four were also a success, Coules proposed a six-part series of the best short adventures. The BBC though had other ideas: they would produce the entire canon of fifty-six short stories and four novels, the first time it had ever been done in any medium with the same two actors in the leads.
With Bert Coules as the head writer of a small and changing team, and with the same two producer-directors responsible for the entire remaining run of shows, the aim throughout was to go back to the original stories and characters and place the relationship between Holmes and Watson at the centre of the drama.
The project was launched in January 1991 and ran for the next nine years, attracting large audiences and guest stars of the calibre of Dame Judi Dench, Brian Blessed, Sir Donald Sinden and many others.
Four further series of brand new mysteries followed, with Andrew Sachs taking over as Watson after the untimely death of Michael Williams. The new shows were based on some of Conan Doyle's tantalising throwaway references to other cases which he never wrote up in full, culminating in one of the most famous, the strange affair of the politician, the lighthouse and the trained cormorant.
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Patti Smith hosts four hours of music and conversation about Bob Dylan. His friends, early influences and collaborators discuss their close relationships with Dylan and the stories behind his greatest songs and other memorable moments of his career. Journalists and biographers add critical insights and provide historical contexts. Exclusive comments from current singer-songwriters detail how Dylan's art influenced their own lives and careers. We also hear Bob Dylan, himself, in rarely heard interview clips. Each episode focuses on on a distinct period of his life, and they are sequenced in chronological order.
DYLAN - BLOWIN' IN THE WIND 1-4
DYLAN - LIKE A ROLLING STONE 2-4
DYLAN - SHELTER FROM THE STORM 3-4
DYLAN - OH MERCY 4-4