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John Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men

11032208872?profile=original1992 BBC radio play of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This version also has the great Harry Towb.

BBC R4 - John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice And Men'
Adapted by Penny Leicester
Produced by Richard Wortley
Broadcast November 9, 1992
Coded from tape at 128/44.1

Faithful rendition of Steinbeck's tragic short story.

Cast
Kerry Shale - Lenny
Peter Whitman - George
Harry Towb
Eric Allan
Matthew Morgan
David Hope
Colin Mcfarlane
Nicholas Murchie
James Aubrey
Roberta Sawsville

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John Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men (1992).MP4

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Saturday Drama - JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls

11032208664?profile=originalJB Priestley - An Inspector Calls
Saturday Drama
By J. B. Priestley

(01:26:50)


The Birlings are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila when a police Inspector calls. Each member of the family is questioned about their relationship with a young woman, Eva Smith. And they each have to face up to their role in her tragic story.


Inspector Goole ... Toby Jones
Arthur Birling....David Calder
Sibyl Birling...Frances Barber
Sheila Birling ... Morvern Christie
Eric Birling ... Sam Alexander
Gerald Croft ...Geoffrey Streatfeild
Edna... Vineeta Rishi
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.

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Saturday Drama - JB Priestley - An Inspector Calls.mp4

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Lawrence of Arabia (1965)

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Based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. Lawrence's experiences in the Arabian Peninsula during World War I, in particular his attacks on Aqaba and Damascus and his involvement in the Arab National Council. Its themes include Lawrence's emotional struggles with the personal violence inherent in war, his own identity, and his divided allegiance between his native Britain and its army and his newfound comrades within the Arabian desert tribes.

 Lawrence of Arabia (1965)  (1:45}

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Couple of War Dramas

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After a shell explodes on the Western Front, Adrien Fournier comes to in the mysterious silence of the Officers' Ward.
He understands little except that his life has been altered forever, as he begins an unprecedented journey to the remotest outposts of human experience, where heroism, friendship, pity and humor take unexpected new forms.

Saturday Play 09.11.2002 The Officers' Ward by Marc Dugain

11032207873?profile=originalGunter Grass' classic novel of the rise and fall of Hitler as seen through the eyes of the dwarfish narrator, Oskar Matzerath. Not caring for the world he is growing up in, a small boy determines to remain a child. The epic sweep of Grass' novel satirises German nationalism and the rise and fall of the Nazi movement.

Episode 1: Germany, 1930. Hitler rises to power.Three-year-old Oskar decides to stop growing and talking. Instead, he plays his tin drum through the dark years of Nazism.

Günter Grass - The Tin Drum - 1 of 2 - BBC 1999-03-07

Episode 2: The Second World War is raging. Oskar, on the run, discovers sex, jazz and the black market. Soon his mad drumming will make him a star.

Günter Grass - The Tin Drum - 2 of 2 - BBC 1999-03-14

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