Sam Boardman-Jacobs:
Radio Plays
compiled by Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
2007 The Sixth Column Has Better Legs (5 x 15m)
2001 One Pair of Hands (Monica Dickens, dram) 5 x 15m
1999 The Abduction of Esther Lyons
1998 Farblas! (BBC Radio Wales)
1994 Hangover Square (Patrick Hamilton, dram)
1991 Doesn't Everyone Live in a Ballroom?
1990 Play Federico for me
1988 After Every Dream
1986 Facing the Sun
1985 Fanny Rosen's Bad Debt
1984 Last Friday in Jerusalem
1983 Following Father's Drift
1982 Her name was Milena
NOTES ON SOME OF THE PLAYS
THE SIXTH COLUMN HAS BETTER LEGS....2007
16 Apr 07. By Sam Boardman-Jacobs. Woman's Hour drama.
Notes from BBC schedules for the first episode: Madrid at the height of the Spanish Civil War is a city under siege and daily bombardment. General Franco declares he has four columns of men outside the city and a fifth inside the city waiting to bring the infant democratic Spanish republic to its knees. So how does the Madrid theatre world respond to this threat?
Gloria ...... Eve Myles
Lupe ...... Gillian Elisa
Celia ...... Manon Edwards
Lola ...... Jennifer Hill
Sara ...... Carri Munn
Jorge ...... Celyn Jones
Lorca ...... Richard Nichols
Music arranged by Tony Brown.
Directed by Gordon House.
ONE PAIR OF HANDS....2001
5 Mar 01. Notes from BBC schedules for episode 1: Looking on the Bright Side of Life
By Monica Dickens, dramatised by Sam Boardman-Jacobs. Monica escapes from a large Devonshire estate to carry on cooking, but at the annual ball she's pursued by an old flame, providing the butler with the perfect opportunity for blackmail. With Jasmine Hyde, Zoe Waites, Richard Huw and Helen Ayres.
THE ABDUCTION OF ESTHER LYONS....1999
23 Apr 99. Based on a true story set in Cardiff in the 1860s. Esther Lyons is a 17-year-old Jewess who becomes a Baptist. Her father swears she was abducted and was not a willing convert. With Siriol Jenkins, Melanie Walters and Christian Rodska. Director Tanya Nash. Afternoon play, 45m.
31 Aug 98. BBC Radio Wales.
Drama. When Bella married Wayne it was a case of the most handsome boy in school
teaming up with the most glamorous girl. But are they still the perfect couple? Written
by Sam Boardman Jacobs. Recorded at the Hay Literature Festival.
HANGOVER SQUARE....1994
Saturday Night theatre, 75m. Adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's novel, with Amanda Redman, Nicholas Kay. Producer Sue Wilson.
THE ARCHERS....1994
27 Nov 94. BBC Archive. Episodes 11431-11435. The continuing absence of Kate puts a great strain on Brian and Jenny's relationship. Written by Sam Boardman-Jacobs.
DOESN'T EVERYONE LIVE IN A BALLROOM?....1991
Afternoon Play, 60m. Karl Johnson, Annie Hayes.
PLAY FEDERICO FOR ME....1990
18 Jun 90. Monday Play, 90m. Dorothy Tutin, Miriam Karlin, Nicholas Grace, Margaret Courtney, Janet Amsden.
Producer Piers Plowright.
AFTER EVERY DREAM....1988
Alfred Molina, Miriam Karlin,, Alfred Marks, Lila Kaye. Producer Piers Plowright.
LAST FRIDAY IN JERUSALEM....1984
Monday Play, 90m. Alfred Marks, Miriam Karlin, Lila Kaye, Paola Dionistotti.
Producer Piers Plowright.
FOLLOWING FATHER'S DRIFT....1983
Monday Play, 90m. Alfred Marks, Paddy O'Neill, Jimmy Jewell, Lila Kaye, Maggie Stead.
Producer Piers Plowright.
HER NAME WAS MILENA....1982
Eleanor Bron, Miriam Margolyes. Monday Play, 75m. Producer Piers Plowright.
