William Douglas-Home Radio Plays
BBC Broadcasts
WILLIAM DOUGLAS-HOME
SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE
10.01.87 Lloyd George Knew My Father*
26.04.75 The Chiltern Hundreds*
16.02.74 The Secretary Bird*
03.05.69 The Queen's Highland Servant
08.04.67 The Reluctant Peer*
08.10.66 The Iron Duchess*
AFTERNOON THEATRE
None
MIDWEEK THEATRE
None
NOTES
THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS....1975
By William Douglas-Home. 26 Apr 75. Adapted for radio and produced for radio & produced by Brian Miller.
With
Roland Culver as Lord Lister,
Peggy Ann Wood as Lady Lister,
Laurence Payne as Beecham,
Jack Watson as Cleghorn.
'My father had 18 gardeners, ten footmen, and six keepers here.
Now after three damn wars, I've got no gardener and one gamekeeper
who is an ex-conscientious objector and faints when he sees a rabbit
in a snare.' Lister Castle, summer 1945.
Tony Lister - Tim Fearon
Caroline - Heather Chasen
June - Pauline Kelly
Bessie - Sue Withers
THE SECRETARY BIRD....1974
By William Dougles-Home, brother of our late Prime
Minister. 16.2.74. Frederick Treves, Elizabeth Morgan.
Excellent play and production.
Asterisked plays in VRPCC collections.
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
