BBC R4 [1996] Cinema 100 -- Val Gielgud & Holt Marvell - Death at Broadcasting House
A murder, done live and broadcast over the air? Unthinkable! The play is "Death at Broadcasting House", recreated from the 1934 film by Val Gielgud & Holt Marvell. This radio production, dramatized by Sue Rodwell, was first broadcast in 1996 and is part of Radio 4's Cinema 100 series.
This is radio-about-radio, with a wealth of detail and period atmosphere that recreates the live-radio world of the 1930s, from the low-tech special effects to the high-maintenance "stars" who read their roles on the air -- once. The concept of recording was new, and the very idea itself challenged both the technicians who made radio and the law.
Produced exactly where the play is set, at Broadcasting House in London, studio 6A.
Cast:
Julian: John Moffat
Rodney Fleming: Jeremy Clyde
Detective Inspector Spears: Peter Sallis
The General: Graham Crowden
Guy Bannister: Roger May
Leopold Dryden: William Nighy
Isabel Dryden: Diana Quick
Stewart Evans: Julian Glover
Detective Sergeant Ring: Nicky Henson
Topsy: Becky Hindley
Pat: Caroline Strong
Higgins: Gavin Muir
McDonald: David Holt
Police Surgeon: John Hartley
Produced by Glyn Dearman
Directed by Enid Williants
Kind: MPEG Audio File
Size: 45.3 MB
Bit Rate: 160 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.100kHz
Type : mp3
Channels: Stereo
Death At Broadcasting House pt 1 by Val Gielgud & Holt Marvel.mp3
Death At Broadcasting House pt 2 by Val Gielgud & Holt Marvel.mp3
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