Radio Drama- Evelyn Waugh
SWORD OF HONOUR
-dramatised in 11 parts by Barry Campbell
with Hugh Dickson, Norman Rodway and Carleton Hobbs
Producer: Jane Graham
Radio 4, 4 August to 13 October 1974 ........note: when repeated later, the first 4 parts were titled 'Men At Arms!'
BBC7, 10 January to 13 March 2004
Evelyn Waugh's epic about English aristocrat, Guy Crouchbeck who returns to England when the prospect of war arises.
Sat 10 Jan, 13:00 - 14:00 60 mins With Crouchback disgraced, the Brigadier makes a sudden and fearsome appearance. [Episode 2]
Sat 17 Jan, 13:00 - 14:00 60 mins The thunderbox becomes the battleground for a status war between Uncle and the Brigadier. [Episode 3]
Sat 24 Jan, 13:00 - 14:00 60 mins All leave is cancelled and Guy Crouchback finds himself leading the men. [Episode 4]
Sat 31 Jan, 13:00 - 14:00 60 mins Guy Crouchback is given a special task to complete. [Episode 5]
Sat 7 Feb, 13:00 - 14:00 60 mins Botched missions to France, the press perception of the army - Guy Crouchback has his work cut out sorting it all! [Episode 6]
Sat 14 Feb, 13:00 - 14:00 60 mins All leave is cancelled and Guy Crouchback finds himself leading the men. [Episode 7]
Sat 21 Feb, 13:00 - 14:00 60 mins The feckless Major Hound finds himself at a total loss in the midst of rearguard action. [Episode 8]
Sat 28 Feb, 13:00 - 14:00 60 mins Guy Crouchback catches up with Ludovic, the strange man who saved his life in Crete, who is reluctant to take praise. [Episode 9]
Sat 6 Mar, 13:00 - 14:00 60 mins Guy Crouchback tries to make a career in the RAF, but can't seem to succeed. [Episode 10]
Sat 13 Mar, 13:00 - 14:00 60 mins The story concludes in 1951 with the war survivors converging at the Great Exhibition. [Episode 11]
Cast List :
Narrator................................................Hugh Burden
Guy Crouchback.........................................Hugh Dickson
Apthorpe..............................................Norman Rodway
Brigadier Ritchie-Hook............................Patrick Troughton
Major Tickeridge......................................Vernon Joyner
Trimmer...............................................Nigel Anthony
Leonard................................................David Timson
Sarum-Smith...............................................John Bull
Tommy Blackhouse.....................................Stephen Thorne
Ian Kilbannock..........................................Philip Bond
Virginia Troy.......................................Jennifer Hilary
Mr. Crouchback.......................................Carleton Hobbs
Uncle Peregrine....................................Geoffrey Bayldon
Arthur Box-Bender.....................................Jeffrey Segal
Angela.................................................Diana Olsson
Tony...................................................Paul Gregory
Major Erskine.........................................William Eedle
Nameless Major..........................................Clive Swift
de Souza................................................Sean Arnold
Daisy Leonard...........................................Carole Boyd
Brigadier Jamieson....................................Hugh Sullivan
Jumbo Trotter........................................Norman Shelley
Mr. Cuthbert...........................................John Bryning
Chatty Corner...........................................Brian Wilde
Ivor Claire......................................Michael Pennington
Laird of Mugg/Halb. Burns................................Tom Watson
Warden/Parsons/Captain................................Peter Baldwin
Air Marshall Beech...................................Godfrey Kenton
Miss Vavasour........................................Hilda Schroder
Major Grigshawe......................................David Sinclair
Mrs. Cuthbert..........................................Diana Bishop
Mrs. Tickeridge................................Betty Huntley-Wright
Beano...................................................Alan Dudley
Bertie Davidson..........................................Sam Dastor
Mrs. Campbell....................................Diana Olsson
Katie/Sgt..............................................Sandra Clark
Major Graves...........................................Paul Chapman
Dr. Glendenning-Rees.................................Talfryn Thomas
General Whale.........................................Alan Lawrence
Julia Stitch....................................Christina Greatorex
Kerstie Kilbannock...................................Colette O'Neil
R.N. Captain..........................................Peter Baldwin
Major Hound.........................................Timothy Bateson
Brenda.................................................Diana Bishop
Scots Major..........................................David Sinclair
Waiter/Voice............................................Alan Dudley
Ludovic..............................................Michael Bryant
Captain Roots/Aide.................................Geoffrey Beevers
N.Z. Brigadier.........................................Walter Brown
Sailor/Giles/Phoney Officer/Exhausted Lt. Commander...Peter Baldwin
Captain Luxmore............................................John Rye
G.O.C................................................Godfrey Kenton
N.Z. Soldier/Officer......................................Alan Rowe
M.O./Greek Aide.........................................Peter Pacey
B.G.S. Sgt. Smiley/Voice..........................Alan Dudley (rpt)
N.Z. Soldier/Doubles..................................Kerry Francis
Joe/Major/Chaplain....................................Ronald Forfar
Bum/Sgt./Halb. Gold.....................................Bruce Beepy
Halb. Crock/Sapper/Officer/.....................Peter Baldwin (rpt)
Cockney/Col. in hosp....................................Alan Dudley
Scab/Soldier..........................................Kerry Francis
Cretan Girl/Nanny................................Diana Bishop (rpt)
Mother...........................................Diana Olsson (rpt)
Orderly.................................................Peter Pacey
Officer/Scot..............................................Hugh Ross
Loot..................................................Blain Pairman
Sir Ralph Brompton....................................Tenniel Evans
Everard Spruce..........................................Philip Voss
Priest/Oates....................................Peter Baldwin (rpt)
Dickie/Driver/Solicitor.................................Alan Dudley
Dr. Puttock/Susie......................................Nigel Graham
Marine Captain..........................................Hector Ross
G.I.L.I./Doubles...............................Christopher Benjamin
Freemantle........................................Martin C. Thurley
Chief Instructor.....................................Michael Goldie
Con Objector/Double..................................Roger Brierley
Davis.....................................................Tim Munro
Ardingley/Doubles.................................Alan Dudley (rpt)
Madame Kanyi............................................Jill Balcon
Eloise..................................................Monica Grey
Spitz......................................................John Bay
Commissar...............................................Sandor Eles
Batty Officer.........................................Brian Grellis
Domenica..............................................Emily Richard
Sgt./Doubles.........................................Manning Wilson
Mortenson............................................Denis McCarthy
Others................................................Brian Haines, Elizabeth Morgan, Eric Allen, Tony Matthews, Sion Probert, Nigel Lambert.
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