BBC Radio Plays on
BBC Radio 4 in 1977

BBC RADIO DRAMA ON RADIO 4
IN 1977


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1st January 1977
15.05
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Quite a Lay-out by Christopher Holme
Directed by Graham Gauld
   Managing Director: John Arnatt
   Matthew Lobb: Jean England
   Marcus Lobb: Geoffrey Matthews
   Martha Lobb: Nicolette McKenzie
   Clerk: Timothy Bateson
   Breakdown man: Walter Hall
   Gladys: Jane Knowles
   Receptionist: Julia Lewis
   Radio Announcer: John Levitt
   Interviewer: Paul Meier


2nd January 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: Design for Living (1932) by Noel Coward (1899-1973), edited by Guy Vaesen
Directed By: Ian Cotterell
   Gilda: Anna Massey
   Otto: John Rye
   Ernest: John Rowe
   Leo: Martin Jarvis
   Grace: Irene Sutcliffe
   Henry David Graham
   Helen: Nicolette McKenzie
Repeated from 27th December 1976
Repeated 30th December 1983
[Also directed by Ned Chaillet in 1991, rptd 1992 for R3 with Cheryl Campbell as Gilda]


2nd January 1977:
19.02:
Aliens in the Mind by Rene Basilio from an idea (for tv's Dr Who series) by Robert Holmes (1926-1996).
Part 1 of 6. Island Genesis.
Producer: John Dyas.
   John Cornelius: Peter Cushing
   Curtis Lark: Vincent Price
   Donal Scoular, the minister: Henry Stamper
   Flora Keiry: Sandra Clark
   Molly Kyle: Shirley Dixon
   Hugh Dexter/Ian Sanderson, MP/Police Sgt: Fraser Kerr
   Mary: Irene Sutcliffe
Additional actors in part 2-6:
   Brigadier Sherman: Clifford Norgate
   Colonel Gulliver: William Eedle
   Gwynt: Michael Harbour
   Home Office Official: James Thomason
   Joanne: Joan Matheson
   Kalmaan Barrowmeq: Steve Plytas
   Lady McLudden: Joan Benham
   Policeman/Purser/Maj Manson:Andrew Seear
   Sir Graham McLudden:Richard Hurndall
Weekly, part 6 on 6th February 1977. Each 1977 part repeated after 3 days.
[Also broadcast on R7 2003-2007]


2nd January 1977
21.03
Sons and Lovers (1913) by D H Lawrence (1885-1930) adapted by D G Bridson.
Theme music composed by Jack Trombey
Part 1 of 6. The Morels.
Produced by by Trevor Hill.
BBC Manchester
   Gertrude Morel: Rosemary Leach
   Paul: Peter McEnery
   Walter Morel: Geoffrey Banks
   D H Lawrence, as the Narrator: Roy Spencer
   Mr Heaton: Mark Sheridan
   Paul, as a boy: Simon McEnery
   William Morel, his elder brother: Andrew Jackson
   Arthur, the youngest: Kevin Ryan
   Mr Jordan of Jordan and Son: James Tomlinson
   Lily Western: Rowena Roberts
   Mrs Leivers of Willey Farm: Freda Jeffries
   Miriam, as a girl: Judith Bowen
   Edgar, as a youth: Timothy Norris
   A pit lad: Gary Carp
   A girl: Beverley Slater
   Telegraph boy: Richard Drabble
Additional actors in parts 2-6:
Billie Whitelaw, Carolyn Pickles, Christine Burn, Hoy Spencer, Joan Anstey, Joe Holmes, John Baldwin, John Daglish, John Franklyn-Robbins, Kathy Staff, Margot Leicester, Nina Holloway, Peter Ellis, Rosalie Williams, Rosalind Shanks, Vida Paterson
Pt2:9/1/77 Pt3:16/1/77 Pt4:23/1/77 Pt5:30/1/77 Pt6:6/2/77
All 1977 parts were repeated two days later.
Series repeated commencing 20th January 1980
[Note: Based upon the 1913 edited version- about 10% was cut. The full text was not published until 1992.]
[Note re adaption: The novel spanned 25 years. This radio series spanned 4 years (Part 1) and then six years (parts
2-6)]


3rd January 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Ladies in Retirement(1941) by Edward Percy (1891-1968) and Reginald Denham (1894-1983)
It is 1865.
Directed by: Christopher Venning
   Ellen Creed: Isabel Dean
   Leonora Fiske: Betty Hardy
   Lucy Gilham: Nicolette McKenzie
   Albert Feather: David Horovitch
   Louisa Creed: Hilda Schroder
   Emily Creed: Joan Matheson
   Sister Theresa: Mary Wimbush
   Bates: Martin Matthews
Repeated 19th March 1977
[Also produced for Light by Charles Lefeaux in 1951 with Mary Clare as Ellen.]
[Also produced in 1965 by Martyn C Webster with Valerie White as Ellen]


3rd January 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: Present Laughter(1939) by Noel Coward (1899-1973)
Directed By: Ian Cotterell
   Daphne Stillington: Miriam Margolyes
   Miss Erikson: Diana Olsson
   Fred: Timothy Bateson
   Monica Reed: Patricia Routledge
   Garry Essendine: Paul Scofield
   Liz Essendine: Joy Parker
   Roland Maule: David Timson
   Henry Lyppiatt: Alan Rowe
   Morris Dixon: Vernon Joyner
   Joanna Lyppiatt: Fenella Fielding
   Lady Saltburn: Betty Huntley-Wright
Repeated from 23rd December 1974
Repeated 30th April 1989
[Also produced in 1956 rptd 1957 by Peter Watts with Gillian Andrews as Daphne.]
[Also produced in 2013 rptd 2017 by Celia de Wolff with Lily James as Daphne]


5th January 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Free Fall by Ivor Wilson
Produced by Alfred Bradley.
BBC Manchester
   Jacko Handley: Reg Stewart
   Francis Waterford: Geoffrey Banks
   Kay Waterford: Jane Lowe
   Russell Stafford: Peter John
   Tina Stafford: June Barry


5th January 1977
19.30
Mellors and Sellers by Alan Melville (1910-1983)
Two MPs on holiday
1 of 4: Un-Natural Hazard
Directed By: John Tydeman
   Vincent Mellors: Edward Hardwicke
   Arnold Sellers: Robert Lang
   Steward: Geoffrey Collins
   Mordecai: Anthony Daniels
   Stranger: Peter Woodthorpe
   Woman: Shirley Dixon
   Inspector: James Thomason
   Maid: Terri Lang
   Golf professional: Fraser Kerr
Also with Anne Rosenfeld and Michael Tudor Barnes
Additional actors in parts 2-4: Alan Barry, Fabia Drake, Gudrun Ure, John Humphry, John Rowe, Jonathan Scott, Leslie Heritage, Malcolm Reid, Mary Wimbush, Michael Harbour, Neville Jason, Peter Craig, Sean Barrett, Timothy Bateson, Valerie Murray
Pt2:12/1/77 Pt3:19/1/77 Pt4:26/1/77
All parts repeated the following day.


7th January 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Desirable Property by Joan Sadler
Pianist: Mary Nash
Produced and directed by Margaret Etall
   Lilian Pepper: Jenny Laird
   Lawrence Bishop: Leslie Heritage
   Pam Yates: Irene Sutcliffe
   Tom Yates: Timothy Bateson
   David Yates: Gavin Campbell
   Vanessa: Wendy Lovelock
   Lucy: Nicolette McKenzie
   Humphrey: Robert French
   Elaine: Shirley Dixon
   Bert: Don Henderson
   Gladys: Phyllis Ferguson
   Accountant: David Graham
   Auctioneer: Douglas Blackwell
[Not related to Jeffrey Segal's 1964 play of this name]


8th January 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: It's on You, John by John Lucarotti
A supplier, a fence and a receiver.
Directed By: Glyn Dearman
   Kender: Michael Aldridge
   Dyne: Hugh Dickson
   Jeffrey: Jim McManus
[Previously the "first outside broadcast colour tv drama" in 1968, with John Junkin]


8th January 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Aaros in Winter by Allan Prior (1922-2006)
Produced by Kay Patrick
   Aaros Boss: William Eedle
   Dominy Boss: Mary Wimbush
   Clem Boss: Alaric Cotter
   Sally Spears: Karin Fernald
   Cyril: Sean Barrett
   Tim Sowerbutts: Rod Beacham
   Police Sergeant: Malcolm Gerard
   Mr Smiley: Jonathan Scott
   Martha: Shirley Dixon
Repeated 10th January 1977


9th January 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: The Philanthropist by Christopher Hampton
Produced by Walter Acosta
   John: David Graham
   Philip: George Cole
   Donald: John Rye
   Celia: Frances Jeater
   Braham: Charles Gray
   Araminta: Anna Carteret
Repeated from 17th May 1976
[Also broadcast on R4X 2024]


10th January 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: A Corridor of Mirrors (1975) by Archie Hill (1928-1986)
An out-of-work pitman.
Directed By: Richard Wortley
   Jack Furmstone: Anthony Jackson
   Nancy: Rosalind Shanks
   Stan: John Rowe
   Bessie: Jo Manning Wilson
   Tuppy: Susan Thomas
   Mother: Kathleen Helme
   Sgt Taylor: David Graham
   Bob Morris: Haydn Jones
   Jesse Wheatley: Timothy Bateson
   Watson: William Eedle
   Bar woman/Maid: Nicolette McKenzie
   Tommy: Peter Craze
   Bidder/First pitman: Michael Goldie
   Harry: Malcolm Reid
Repeated 16th January 1977


12th January 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Road from Dunkirk by Lester Powell (1912-1993)
Produced by Harry Catlin
   James Fleet: Nigel Anthony
   Bo Stainton: John Rye
   Adriana Mark: Eve Karpf
   Betty Field: Sian Thomas
   Joan Bainbridge: Nicolette McKenzie
   Edwina: Shirley Dixon
   Interviewer: Jonathan Scott


14th January 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Some Cold Night Air by Gilly Frazer
Produced by Bernard Krichefski
   Janet: Majella Dennahy
   Pearl: Sharon Rosita
   Steve: Christopher Guard
   Brenda: Carole Hayman
   Derek: Gavin Campbell
   Mrs Bassett: Valerie Murray
   Lorry driver: Steve Hodson
   Station sergeant: Michael Goldie
Also with Geoffrey Collins, David Graham, Nicolette McKenzie and Joan Matheson
Repeated 23rd November 1978
[This is the sole credit to Gilly Frazer in the BBC programme database]


15th January 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Executive by Derrick Buttress (1932-2016)
Produced and directed by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Albert: Paul Webster
   Berty: Edward Kelsey
   J B: Ronald Baddiley


15th January 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Murder as Art by Graham England
Produced by Richard Wortley
   Dame Hettie: Noel Hood
   Leo: John Rye
   Thomas: Andrew Seear
   Hector: Alan Lawrance
   Jennifer: Jean Rogers
   Melissa: Nicolette McKenzie
   Simon: Peter Howell
   Sylvie: Frances Jeater
   Gustav: Philip Voss
Repeated 17th January 1977


17th January 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: Tom's Son by Peter Russell (1931-1995)
1941
Produced by Betty Davies
   Augustus Tytham: William Fox
   Lydia Tytham, his wife: Madi Hedd
   Tom Tytham, his son: Tony Britton
   Vanessa, Tom's wife: Diana Bishop
   Gavin, their son: Christopher Guard
   Esther: Jo Manning Wilson
   Mary: Jane Knowles
   Sybil Moon: Mary Wimbush
   Sparks: Nigel Anthony
   Stokes, the butler: William Eedle
   Mrs Toogood: Irene Sutcliffe
   Val, a young Air Force officer: Steve Hodson
   Lobbo, a farm worker: Douglas Blackwell
   Boy: Judy Bennett
   Girl: Anne Rosenfeld
Repeated 23rd January 1977
[Play 3 in a trilogy. Play 1="Master Sunshine" broadcast 15/7/74. Play 2="Tom Tytham" broadcast 23/1/75.]


19th January 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Fox (1922) by D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
Produced David H. Godfrey
   Jill Banford: Sandra Clark
   Ellen March: Margaret Wolfit
   Henry Grenfel: John Rowe
   [Repeated from 17th July 1974]
[Other authors have used the title for unrelated works]


21st January 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Far, Far Away by Alexander Baron (1917-1999)
Produced by Guy Vaesen
   Mary Mason: Elizabeth Morgan
   Edith Mason: Irene Sutcliffe
   Bill Mason: Peter Baldwin
   Maud Mason: Pauline Yates
   Terry Mason: Nicholas Dillane
   Ron Mason: Christopher Bidmead
   Dr Verity: Neville Jason
   Nurse Deaner: Valerie Murray
   Sister O'Connell: Sheila Grant
   Dr Hall: Jonathan Scott
   Mrs Cook: Janet Burnell
[A script is held by Reading University]


22nd January 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Bag by Lee Torrance
Directed By: John Cardy
   Fred Baggott: John Hollis
   John: Michael Harbour
   Susan: Nicolette McKenzie
   Adrian: Leslie Heritage
   Liz: Judith Coke
   Passenger: Jonathan Scott


22nd January 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Brighton Trade by T. D. Webster
Producer: Roger Pine
BBC Birmingham
   Edgar Fenton: Manning Wilson
   Joan Fenton: Ysanne Churchmam
   Jimmy Marsden: Graham Weston
   Chief Inspector Wilmot: Stephen Yardley
   Det-Sgt Thomas: Terry Molloy
   Sergeant Elliot: Jack Holloway
   PC Buckley: Kenneth Hadley
   PC Cartwright: Les Miller
   Dr Gerrard: Stephen Thorne
   Denis: Simon Carter
   Cooper: George Woolley
   Sylvia: Angela Piper
Repeated 24th January 1977


24th January 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: Backstop by David Pownall (1938-2022)
Produced By Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester
   Jack: Neville Smith
   Cecil: Christopher Crooks
   Gwen: Lynda Marchal
   Maria: Carole Hayman
   Mrs Spender: Barbara Mullaney
   Kitty: Sheila Fay
   Mr Franks: George Malpas
   Tony: Peter Wheeler
   Des: Christopher Martin
Repeated 30th January 1977


26th January 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Gladstone's Resurrection by Edwin Pearce
Produced by Roger Pine.
BBC Birmingham
   Gladstone Farthing: Chris Gittins
   Maud: Diana Bishop
   Matt: John Baddeley
   Rodney: Kenneth Hadley
   Shelley: Fidelis Morgan
   Policeman: Terry Molloy
   The Doctor: Leslie Dunn
   Bus Conductor: Garard Green
   Mrs Arkwright: Joyce Latham
   Neighbour: Julia Mark


28th January 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Henry Among the Nightingales by Colin Tucker
Produced by Richard Wortley
   Henry: Andrew Sachs
   Moira: Miriam Margolyes
   Maxine: Liane Aukin
   Salesman/Charlie: Geoffrey Matthews
   Roger: David Ryall
   Mr Gilbert: Brian Haines
   Janice/Secretary: Carole Boyd
   Detweiler: Peter Woodthorpe
Repeated from 13th June 1975


29th January 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Away Match by David Roberts
A compartment on a train from Liverpool to Leeds
Produced by Bernard Krichefski
   Joe: Alaric Cotter
   Albert: Geoffrey Beevers
   Winifred: Annabel Leventon
   Sue: Carole Hayman


29th January 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Grand Babylon Hotel (1902) by Arnold Bennett
(1867-1931) dramatised by Barry Campbell
Produced by Jane Morgan
   Theodore Racksole: Peter Vaughan
   Jules: Philip Bond
   Miss Spencer: Shirley Dixon
   Nella Racksole: Angela Pleasence
   Felix Babylon: Hugh Dickson
   Rocco: John Hollis
   Reginald Dimmock: David Savile
   Prince Aribert of Posen: Simon Cadell
   Smethers: Alan Lawrance
   Sampson Levi: Christopher Benjamin
   The Grand Duke Eugen of Posen: Andrew Seear
   Hans: Tim Wylton
   Hazell: Michael Goldie
Also with Alison Frazer, Douglas Blackwell, William Eedle, Leslie Heritage
Repeated from 25th December 1976.
[Also produced in two parts by Steven Canny in 2009 with John Sessions as Theodore, rptd R4X]
[Bennett used the title as a location in his work "The Great Adventure"(1913) which had differing characters in
it]


31st January 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Advice to a Queen by Ian Cullen (1939-2019)
Produced by Christopher Venning
   Lord Melbourne: Trevor Howard
   Lady Flora Hastings: Anne Stallybrass
   Queen Victoria: Prunella Scales
   the Duchess of Kent: Rosalie Crutchley
   Baroness Lehzen: Irene Prador
   Lady Portman: Kate Coleridge
   Reichenbach: Eva Haddon
   Dowager Lady Hastings: Margot Boyd
   Sir James Clark: Kenneth McClellan
   Sir Charles Mansfield Clark: Hector Ross
   Duke of Wellington: Francis de Wolff
   Sir John Conroy: Michael Shannon
   Lord Hastings: Paul Gregory
   Lord Portman: Malcolm Hayes
   Sir Robert Peel: John Bromley
Also with Trader Faulkner, Peter Pacey and Paul Gaymon
Repeated from 1st and 3rd February 1975


31st January 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: The Bagman or The Impromptu of Muswell Hill by John Arden (1930-2012)
Music by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by Martin Esslin
   Narrator: Alan Dobie
   Old woman: Hilda Kriseman
   Young woman: Sheila Allen
   Popular Minister: Geoffrey Matthews
   Unpopular Minister: Hector Ross
   Ambassador: Peter Pratt
   King: Austin Trevor
   Queen: Margaret Wolfit
   Starving women: Hilda Kriseman, Madi Hedd, Sonia Fraser
Also with Sean Barrett, Wilfrid Carter, Leonard Fenton, Kerry Francis, John Rye and David Spenser.
Repeated 6th February 1977
First broadcast on R3 on 27th March 1970 and 28th June 1970
Repeated on R3 on 29th January 1980


2nd February 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Caring Incorporated by John Kirkmorris
Location sound by Leo Feord, Cedric Johnson, John White and David Greenwood.
Produced by Jane Morgan
   Harry: Philip Bond
   Judith: Jane Lapotaire
Repeated 12th December 1978


3rd February 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Bartlett by Bill Lyons
Location sound by Leo Feord, Cedric Johnson and David Greenwood
Produced by Jane Morgan
   Father: Philip Bond
   Mother: Penelope Lee
   Annie: Tina Lyons
   Bartlett: Christopher Benjamin
   PC Quilley: Douglas Fielding
   Sgt Lynch: James Ellis
   Tramp: Michael Graham Cox


4th February 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: An Item on the Agenda by Ken Methold (1931-2020)
Produced by John Theocharis
   Len Williams: Stephen Murray
   John Hughes: Peter Egan
   Suchitra Hughes: Elizabeth Proud
   Morrison: Stephen Thorne
   Thai Doctor: Paul Meier
   Lady Chairman: Mary Wimbush
   Mrs Wilson: Joan Matheson
Also with Rod Beacham, Walter Hall, Jeffrey Segal, Irene Sutcliffe, James Thomason


5th February 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Elephant(1974) by Rainer Alander, Translated by Diana Webster
Produced by Robert Cooper.
BBC Manchester
   Narrator/Cabin Boy: Judy Bennett
   Benny: James Garbutt
   Captain: Peter John
   Linda: Valerie Georgeson
[The only credit in the BBC Program Database for Rainer Alander]


5th February 1977
20.30::
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Governing Dark by William Fox (1911-2008)
AD 410 and the last Roman Legions are leaving Britain
Music specially composed and directed by David Cain.
Instrumentalists: Kate Wilson, Nicholas Mcgegan, Terence Emery and Anne Collis
Produced by Shaun MacLoughlin
   Pelagius: Hugh Burden
   Gail: Rosalind Shanks
   Quintus: Stephen Thorne
   Caer: William Eedle
   Gaius: Denys Hawthorne
   Petrus: Crispian Thorne
   Sylvia: Jane Knowles
   Magnus: Steve Hodson
   Secundus: John Rowe
   Griff: William Fox
Repeated 7th February 1977


7th February 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: The Candidates by Bernard Shrimsley (1931-2016),
Dramatised by William Abney.
The Member of Parliament in a "safe" constituency has died.
Produced by Harry Catlin
   John Bradbury: Alan Rowe
   Helen Sadler: Eleanor Bron
   Eric Dodd: Leslie Sands
   Mrs Luke: Joan Matheson
   Mr French/Jim Presdee: Brian Haines
   Rex Charlton: Christopher Bidmead
   Arthur Henshaw: Timothy Bateson
   Minister: Douglas Blackwell
   Pelman: Steve Hodson
   Gerald Bell: Peter Woodthorpe
   Olivia Bradbury: Irene Sutcliffe
   Wesley Miller: Michael Goldie
   Sally: Karen Archie
   Lord Sadler/Warren: Ronald Baddiley
   Linda: Jane Knowles
   Ron: Michael Harbour
   Steward: David Graham
[This is the only credit in the BBC Programme database for Bernard Shrimsley]
[Shrimsley worked as a newspaper editor: of The Sun 1972-75, and The News of the World 1975-1980.]


9th February 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Poor Sale by R. E. T. Lamb
Three men are trapped down a mine.
Produced by Richard Wortley
   Ben: Terry Scully
   Cass: Nigel Graham
   Dawson: Hugh Dickson
   McCredy: Geoffrey Matthews
   Native Girl: Gail MacFarlane
   Priest: John Hollis
Repeated 27th January 1973


10th February 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Last Chance Frances by Bill Corrigan
Produced by Michael Rolfe.
BBC Birmingham
   Frances: Anne Jameson
   Jack: Geoffrey Matthews
   Margaret: Mary Wimbush
   David: Peter Craze
   Eduardo/George: Leo Maguire
Repeated 16th August 1978


11th February 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Venus Rising From The Sea by James Watson
Produced by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Alvin Dyck: Geoffrey Banks
   Chrissy: Judy Bennett
   Councillor Moxton: David Mahlowe
   Miss Hathersage: Susan Sydney
   Mr Cordingley: Peter Wheeler
   Beryl Moxton: Katharine Stuart
   Nigel: Simon Molloy
   Sandra: Nina Holloway
   Bailiff: John Jardine
Also with David Threlfall, John De Frates and Nicola Ryde


12th February 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Marriage Aforethought by Gerald Savory (1909-1996)
Produced by Cherry Cookson
   George Denbigh: Richard O'Callaghan
   James Todhunter: Norman Rodway
   Marion Todhunter: Irene Sutcliffe
Repeated 16th February 1977
[Also produced by Charles Lefeaux in 1952 with differently named characters. Charles also produced the program in 1949 with differing actors.]



12th February 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Three Days of Frost by R. D. Wingfield (1928-2007)
Three days to Christmas, sub-zero temperatures and a missing child.
Produced by Graham Gauld
   Detective Inspector Frost: Leslie Sands
   Detective Constable Barnard: Steve Hodson
   Superintendent Mullett: Jack May
   Detective Inspector Cull: Walter Hall
   Sergeant Wells: Jonathan Scott
   Detective Sergeant Hanlon: Cameron Miller
   PC Stringer: John Gray PC Jordan: Henry Davies
   PC Simms: Geoffrey Collins
   WPC: Valerie Murray
   Joan Uphill: Shirley Dixon
   Old Sam: Godfrey Kenton
   Farnham: Leslie Heritage
   Mrs Harding: Anne Rosenfeld
   Audrey Harding: Anne Wensak
   Sandy Lane: Crawford Logan
   Mickey Hoskins: Harold Reese
   Martha Wendle: Kathleen Helme
   Driver: Michael Tudor Barnes
Repeated 14th February 1977


13th February 1977
21.03-22.00
Vivat Rex.
Part one of 26 parts. A dramatic chronicle of the English Crown through 200 years of its history
Music by Christopher Whelen
Producer: Martin Jenkins.
Assisted by Gerry Jones
With John Hurt, Sarah Badel, Richard Burton. Robert Hardy, Michael Redgrave, Derek Jacobi, Peggy Ashcroft...
Each 1977 episode was repeated two days later.
Part 26 broadcast 7th August 1977
[Also broadcast on R4X 2012]


14th February 1977
19.30:
The Monday Play: JB (1958) by Archibald Macleish (1892-1982)
The story of Job in contemporary terms.
Technical operation: Tom Voegeli
Music composed by Herb Pilhofer
Directed by John Tydeman for Earplay, the radio drama production centre for American public radio.
   Nickles: Keene Curtis
   Mr Zuss: Donald Davis
   JB: Robert Lansing
   Sara: Nancy Marchand
   Mary: Annette Deslaurier
   David: Nick Tumler
   Jonathan: Whitney Diercks
   Ruth: Erika Diercks
   Rebecca: Adrienne Diercks
   First messenger: Peter Goetz
   Second messenger: Jeffrey Chandler
   The girl: Barbara Granning
   Mrs Murphy: Virginia Payne
   Mrs Lesure: Shirley Diercks
   Mrs Botticelli: Rosemary Hartup
   Mrs Adams: Merle Diercks
   Jolly Adams: Marcy Maddox
   Bildad: Nicholas Kepros
   Zophar: James Lawless
   Eliphaz: Charles Brin
(The American broadcast was not until 9th July 1978]


16th February 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: This Football Lark by Julia Jones (1923-2015)
No girl of seven needs football boots.
Produced by Michael Rolfe.
BBC Birmingham
   Linda: Susan Thomas
   George: Peter Pacey
   Mum: Patricia Gallimore
   Melvyn: Hector Ross
   Ada: Diana Bishop
   Malcolm: Terry Molloy


16th February 1977
19.30:
Midweek Theatre: Gigolo and Gigolette (1935) by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), adapted by Val Gielgud
Produced by David H. Godfrey
   Somerset Maugham: Carleton Hobbs
   Paco Espinel: John Gabriel
   Sandy Westcott: Ralph Truman
   Eva Barrett: Joan Miller
   Countess Camerata: Hilda Kriseman
   Prince Repnin/ Carlo Penezzi: David March
   Lord Wrexham: Godfrey Kenton
   Lady Wrexham: Kathleen Helme
   George Barstow: Lawrence James
   Mrs Barstow/ Flora Penezzi: Patricia Hayes
   Sydney Cotman: Brian Haines
   Stella Cotman: Patricia Gallimore
Repeated from 4th June 1969,
18th April 1973


17th February 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Paper Phoenix by Arthur Kelly (1931-1993)
Produced by Harry Catlin
   John Brodie: Dinsdale Landen
   Amsterdam/Barman: Geoffrey Matthews
   Rocco: Alan Tilvern
   Andres: Nigel Graham
   Javier: Clive Merrison
   Evita: Eve Karpf
   Frederico Valdi: John Justin
Repeated from 12th June 1975


18th February 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Fall and Rise of Big Arthur by T. D. Webster
Produced by Harry Catlin
   Arthur: Eric Allan
   Phyllis: Diana Bishop
   Mrs Bell: Kathleen Helme
   Mr Bailey: Ronald Baddiley
   Eric: Paul Gaymon
   Foreman/Official: Malcolm Hayes
   Mr Evans/Steward: Sion Probert
   Detective Sergeant: Michael Deacon


19th February 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: High Spirits and Low Cunning by Caroline Graham
Clairvoyants
Produced by Christopher Venning
   Gladys Throstle: Charlotte Mitchell
   Hetty Hamley: Irene Sutcliffe
   Mr Cholmondely: Andrew Seear
   Nanacheck: Linette McMurrough
   Albert Throstle: Douglas Blackwell
   Conductor: Tariq Yunus
Repeated 23rd February 1977


19th February 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Painted Face (1974) by Jean Stubbs (1926-2012)
1901.
Produced by Betty Davies
   Nicholas Carradine: Christopher Cazenove
   Evelyn: Anne Rosenfeld
   Mrs Tilling: Irene Sutcliffe
   Gabrielle: Nicolette McKenzie
   Bessie Lintott: Joan Matheson
   Inspector Lintott: Peter Sallis
   Inspector Aubry: Neville Jason
   Valentine: Carolle Rousseau
   Natalie: Elizabeth Morgan
   Claire: Carole Boyd
   Emile Roche: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Berthe: Cecile Chevreau
Also with Shirley Dixon and Jeffrey Segal
Repeated 21st February 1977


20th February 1977
14.30-16.00:
Afternoon Theatre: Electra by Sophocles (496-406 BC) translated by E. F. Watling(1899-1990)
Music specially composed by Christos Pittas
The singers: Rosemary Hardy, Linda Hurst, Suzanne Flowers
The musicians: Anne Collis, John Leach and Judith Pearce
Produced by Martin Jenkins
   The Old Man: Malcolm Hayes
   Orestes: Peter Marinker
   Electra: Sarah Badel
   First Chorus: Cherry Morris
   Second Chorus: Margaret Robertson
   Third Chorus: Anne Jameson
   Fifth Chorus: Eva Haddon
   Chrysothemis: Anna Cropper
   Clytaemnestra: Barbara Jefford
   Aegisthus: John Turner
Other productions (for R3 unless stated) (differing
translators)-
year/producer/actress playing Electra:
1963 rpt 1964, rpt 1967(R4)/Val Gielgud/Margaret Whiting
1967/John Tydeman/Eileen Atkins
1975 rpt 1976, 1977(R4)/Martin Jenkins/Sarah Badel
1980(R4)/Jane Morgan/Jane Lapotaire
2015, rpt 2016, 2017(R4X)/Nadia Molinari/Kristin Scott Thomas
[Note two differing productions broadcast in
1967, a repeat on R4 and a new one on R3]


21st February 1977
19.30:
The Monday Play: The Land Where the King is a Child ("La ville dont le Prince est un enfant"(1951)) by Henri De Montherlant (1895-1972), translated by Henry Reed
France, between the two world wars.
Produced by John Tydeman
   Narrator: Peter Bartlett
   Abbe de Pladts: Hugh Burden
   Serge Souplier: Carlo Cura
   Andre Sevrais: Sean Bury
   M Habert, an assistant: Brian Hewlett
   Henriet: Gareth Johnson
   Abbe Pradeau de la Halle: Gerald Cross
[Other productions, for R3 unless marked, with year/producer/actor playing Pladts:
1959 rptd 1960, 1968(R4)/Archie Campbell/Denholm Elliott
1972 rptd 1977(R4), 1988/John Tydeman/Hugh Burden]
[The original title comes from the Bible- Ecclesiastes 10 v16]
[This play was constantly rewritten from 1919, first published 1951, with a new definitive version in 1967, amended 1972, re-edited (not by the author) 1994. The author published a long foreword and an appendix to explain the text.]


23rd February 1977:
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Little Trains That Pass by Michael Judge
Produced by Robert Cooper
BBC Northern Ireland
   Hugh Conway: Sean Barrett
   Carol: Sorcha Cusack
   Angela: Frances Tomeity
   Passenger: Mark Mulholland


24th February 1977:
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Credit Risk by R. D. Wingfield (1928-2007)
Produced by Christopher Venning
   Mr Shadbolt: John Rowe
   Mr Crabbe: And William Eedle
   Maggie: Irene Sutcliffe
   Horace: Christopher Scoular
   Percy: Alan Tilvsrn
   Charlie: Leslie Glazer
   Mr Harding: David Graham
   Mr Barnard: Tom Watson
   Security Guard: Martin C Thurley
   Mr Adams: Andrew Seear
   Mr Smith: Marcus Campbell
   Mr Jones: James Thomason
   Mr Collier: John Oxley
   Sales Ladies: Joan Matheson and Valerie Murray


25th February 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Craven's Stone by Frederick Bradnum (1920-2001)
Produced by Shaun MacLoughlin
   Stella Compton: Sarah Golding
   Tom Wood: Clive Swift
   Joy Cravenand: Mary Wimbush
   Jacky Green: Carole Boyd
   Barry Buffard: William Eedle
   Harry Muller: Neville Jason
   Waiter: Jeffrey Segal
   Girl in shop: Jane Knowles
   Small girl: Anne Rosenfeld


26th February 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Zeppi's Machine by Sam Selvon (1923-1994)
Trinidad and an obeah man.
Produced Betty Davies
   Meena: Nadia Cattouse
   Jaldo: Gordon Woolford
   Lutchman: Frank Singuineau
   Zeppi: Tommy Eytle
   Rosa: Valerie Murray
   Felix: Clifton Jones
   Salesman: Walter Hall
[Selvon was born in Trinidad and moved to London in 1950, later moving to Canada, he died in Trinidad.].
[Obeah may be considered pejorative. The term was used for a spell casting and healing tradition which was unlawful in Trinidad until 2000.]
[The University of the West Indies holds two copies of v2 (of 3) of the play].


26th February 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Airs Above the Ground (1965) by Mary Stewart (1918-2014) adapted by Barry Campbell
Vienna, the circus and the Spanish Riding School.
Produced by David Johnston
   Vanessa March: Judy Franklin
   Lewis March: Gavin Campbell
   Timothy Lacy: Colin Etherington
   Carmel Lacy: Joan Newell
   Graham Lacy: Michael Goldie
   Sandor Balog: Christopher Bidmead
   Annalisa Wagner: Julia Pascal
   Herr Wagner: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Count Zechstein: Alan Lawrance
   Christi: Nicolette McKenzie
Repeated 28th February 1977
[The title refers to a movement for which the Lipizzan horses (Vienna) are trained. The author received consent to use the School and its director Alois, who is missing from the radio play castlist.]


27th February 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: The Rabid Summer by James Follett (1939-2021)
Rabies. With thanks to the Animal Health Division of the Ministry of Agriculture for their guidance.
Produced by Kay Patrick
   David Coleman: Patrick Barr
   Muriel Coleman: Pauline Letts
   Collins/Receptionist: Betty Baskcomb
   Margent: John Ringram
   Swann: Clifford Norgate
   Dr Menon: Valerie Murray
   Harding: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Blanchard/Townsman: Leslie Heritage
   Willis: Keith Smith
   Major Latham: Garard Green
   Tess Coleman: Jo Manning Wilson
   Mathis: Malcolm Reid
   Nurse/Townswoman: Anne Rosenfeld
   Mrs Fairchild/Nurse: Diana Payan
   Kemp/Holidaymaker: Peter Woodthorpe
   Animal effects: Percy Edwards
Repeated from 28th and 30th August 1976
Repeated R4X 2018


28th February 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: Moonshine by Shirley Gee (1932-2016)
Special music by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by David Spenser
   Ada Molesbridge: Rosemary Leach
   Harriet Carmichael: Carole Boyd
   Flora: Katherine Hughes
   David Carmichael: John Rowe
   Jessie: Anne Rosenfeld
   Cook: Kathleen Helme
   Mrs Molesbridge: Betty Hardy
Repeated 6th March 1977, 9th April 1978
[Also broadcast on R4X 2015-2020]


2nd March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Hilton Boy by Peter Whalley (1946-2017)
Produced by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Hilton: Tony Robinson
   Griffiths: Alun Bond
   Headmaster: Paul Webster
   Mr Tolson: David Mahlowe
   Mr Hilton: Keith Clifford
   Mrs Hilton: Rosalind Knight
   Lennon: John Wheatley
   James: Richard Drabble
   Curry: David Threlfall
   Mr Heselwood: Russel Dixon
   Mr Potter: Brian Miller
   Miss Brillman: Elisabeth Sladen


3rd March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Turn. Turn. Turn by Sheila Hodgson (1921-2001) based on an idea by M. R. James .
Witchcraft in Cambridge
Produced by David Johnston
   M R James: David March
   Rev Nicholas Fenton: Alan Lawranck
   Charles Fenton: Michael Cochrane
   Sir John Cheke: Gerald Cross
   Chauncey Adam: Steve Hodson
   Mark Palgrave: Colin Etherington
   Labourer: William Eedle
[Idea from "Stories I Have Tried to Write" (1929) by M R James - first radio story was Whisper in the Ear 7/10/76, next broadcast story was The Backward Glance 22/9/77 ]


4th March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Night School (1960) by Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
Produced by Guy Vaesen
   Annie: Mary O'Farrell
   Walter: John Hollis
   Milly: Sylvia Coleridge
   Sally: Prunella Scales
   Solto: Sydney Tafler
   Tully: Preston Lockwood
   Barbara: Barbara Mitchell
   Mavis: Carol Marsh
Repeated from 25/9/66(R3), 15/10/66(R3), 12/11/69(R4).
[First presented as an ITV tv play in 1960]


5th March 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Dark Green by Rose Tremain
With the pupils of Bramhall County High School
Produced by Kay Patrick
BBC Manchester
   Charlie Green: Judy Bennett
   Miss Rowlandson: Irene Sutcliffe
   Headmaster: Paul Webster
   Jimmy: Richard Carr
   Sophie: Elizabeth Anderson
   Ian: David Levis
Repeated 9th March 1977, 20th May 1990
[Also broadcast on R5 on 10th December 1990]


5th March 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Absurd Person Singular (1975) by Alan Ayckbourn
Produced by Kay Patrick
   Sidney Hopcroft: Christopher Godwin
   Jane Hopcroft: Jane Knowles
   Eva Jackson: Frances Jeater
   Geoffrey Jackson: John Rowe
   Ronald Brewster-Wright: Stephen Murray
   Marion Brewster-Wright: Judy Parfitt
   Dick Potter: Leslie Heritage
   Lottie Potter: Sheila Butler
Repeated 7th March 1977
[Also broadcast on R4X 2024]


7th March 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: Blow Your House In by Jennifer Phillips
A chain of couples and events in the frantic buying and selling of homes.
Produced by Richard Wortley
   Benjamin Hassell: Alfred Marks
   Jessica Duval: Toby Robins
   Peter Phipps: Christopher Good
   Romayne Phipps: Patricia Gallimore
   Annie Parsons: Patsy Byrne
   Hugh Parsons: Malcolm Hayes
   Mike: Peter Craze
   Wendy: Petra Markham
Repeated 13th March 1977, 9th July 1978


9th March 1977
11.05-11.30
The Small Intricate Life of Gerald C. Potter by Basil Boothroyd (1910-1988)
A chronicle of an optimistic crime writer.
Book 1, Chapter 1: The Birthday Present
Producer: Bobby Jaye
   Gerald C Potter: Ian Carmichael
   his wife: Charlotte Mitchell
This part first broadcast 22nd March 1976.
Broadcast weekly for six weeks.
[The stories about Potter ran over 25 episodes in 4 seasons from 1975 to 1981 and were repeated several times. Book two broadcasts commenced 9/11/1977 for six weeks ending 14th December 1977 with a Christmas Special on 26th December 1977. No further entries below.]


9th March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Give or Take the Odd Thousand by Wally K. Daly (1940-2020)
Great to win a fortune on the pools.
Produced by Glyn Dearman
   Sam: Alaric Cotter
   Annabel: Anne Rosenfeld
   Fred: Michael Balfour
   Rose: Mary Wimbush
   Bill: John Sharp
   Pools rep: Aubrey Woods
   Policeman: Malcolm Gerard
   Manager: Walter Hall
   Radio Announcer: Peter Howell


10th March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759) by Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) adapted by Jinnie Schiele
Music by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by Patricia Brent
   the story-teller: Carleton Hobbs
   Rasselas: Christopher Guard
   his friend, the poet Imlac: Julian Glover
   his sister: Joanna Wake
also with Michael Harbour, Peter Howell, Timothy Bateson, John Rowe, Jane Knowles, Anne Rosenfeld, Anthony Jacobs, Mary Wimbush
Repeated 28th February 1979
[Also produced for R3 in 1957 by Terence Tiller with Anthony Jacob as Rasselas]
[Also produced in 2015, rptd R4X, by Amber Barnfather with Ashley Zhangazha. as Rasselas]
[Written by Johnson in one week to raise funds for his mother's funeral]


11th March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Self Portrait by Barrie Keeffe (1945-2019)
Produced by Piers Plowright
   Neil: Julian Curry
   Jill: Lynne Miller
   Hilary: Joy Harrison
   Headmaster: John Hollis
   Bill Hopkins: Rod Beacham
   Roy Johnson: Geoffrey Collins
   James: Peter Craze
   Davis: Paul Meier
   Mother: Joan Matheson
   Father: Jonathan Scott
   Ann: Anne Rosenfeld
   Pianist: Raymond Alston


12th March 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Put an Egg in your Tank by Derek Raby
The fantasy life of an every-day commuter.
Produced by Betty Davies
   The Man: Timothy Bateson
   The Cow: Margot Boyd
   Wilkins: Hector Ross
   The Wife: Shirley Dixon
   The Girl: Valerie Murray
   Nicolette McKenzie: Anne Rosenfeld
   Policemen: John Rowe and Steve Hodson
   Sergeant: Rod Beacham
   Inspector: Walter Hall
   Superintendent: William Eedle
   Chief Constable: Norman Claridge
   Stranger: Leslie Heritage
Repeated 16th March 1977


12th March 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: How are Things in Portnacrenan? by Bruce Stewart (1925-2005)
Produced by Liane Aukin
   Nancy Bellenden: Elizabeth Bell
   Tom Nairn: Kerry Francis
   Margo Bellenden: Mary Wimbush
   Fergus Mackie: Peter Woodthorpe
   Strachan: Gordon Reid
   Rattray: Michael Harbour
   Andrew Nairn: Andrew Seear
   German Officer: Wolf Kahler
Also with: Alaric Cotter
Repeated 14th March 1977


14th March 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: The Trumpet-Major (1880) by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) dramatised by Michael Kittermaster
Weymouth (= Budmouth) during the Napoleonic wars
Songs arranged by Mary Nash
Trumpeters of the Blues and Royals.
Produced by Jane Morgan
   Miller Loveday: Christopher Benjamin
   Mrs Garland: Diana Bishop
   Anne Garland: Rosalind Ayers
   John Loveday: Ian Holm
   Bob Loveday: Gareth Thomas
   Festus Derriman: Michael Attwell
   Cripplestraw: Peter Woodthorpe
   Matilda Johnson: Nicolette McKenzie
   Noakes: David Ashford
   Stubbs: David Cann
   Old Sailor: Anthony Jacobs
   Jim Cornick: Peter Craze
Also with Douglas Blackwell, Michael Goldie, Michael Harbour and Anne Rosenfeld
Repeated 20th March 1977, 15th April 1979
[Also produced in 6 parts by Archie Campbell in 1960, rptd 1961.]
[Also produced in 8 parts by John Cary in 1970]


16th March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Honour's for the Birds by Peter Brent
Watching birds in a prohibited area.
Produced by Brian Miller.
BBC Bristol
   Phil Brodie: John Ashton
   The Major: Paul Seed
   Anderson: John Graham
   Diplomat: Paul Meier
   Mrs Brodie: Constance Chapman
   Official: William Eedle
   Bellamy: Trevor Martin
   Interviewer: Colin Bower
Repeated 15th February 1979


16th March 1977
19.30:
Midweek Theatre: The Lion's Skin by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), adapted by Lionel Hale
Produced by Glyn Dearman
   Somerset Maugham: Gerald Cross
   Eleanor Forestier: Marjorie Westbury
   Australian: Barrie Creyton
   Robert Forestier: Frederick Treves
   Ward Sister/Boy: Judy Bennett
   Lady Hardy: Madi Hedd
   Sir Frederick Hardy: Peter Pratt
   Marie: Stephanie Turner
   French Officer: Alan Haines
Repeated from 10th November 1971, 26th June 1975


17th March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Jack by David Marshall
Produced by Michael Rolfe.
BBC Birmingham
   Narrated by Joan Bakewell
   Jack: Alexander John
   Jill: Joanna Wake
   Mr Wright: Geoffrey Matthews
   Rowena: Karen Archer
   Vicar: Edward Kelsey
[Connected stories: 9/2/1978: Jack in Office, prod Michael Rolfe with Alexander John as Jack. 30/5/1978: Jack the Tripper, prod Gerry Jones with Peter Jeffrey as Jack. 9/2/1993: Jack in the Box, prod Richard Wortley with Peter Gunn as Jack]


18th March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Spring Can Wait by Elizabeth Morgan
Produced by Kay Patrick
   Louise Pearson: Elizabeth Sellars
   Susannah Pearson: Glynis Brooks
   Phillipe Lecerf: Andre Moranne
   Bernard Lecerf: Clive Swift
Also with Jonathan Scott and Andrew Seear


19th March 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: I'm Sorry, Mrs Baxter by David Campton (1924-2006)
Produced by Mary Price
BBC Birmingham
   Don: Kenneth Hadley
   Wally: Terry Molloy
   Pete: Stephen Pacey
   Stew: Mark Chapman
   Dad/Policeman: Ralph Lawton
   Mrs Baxter: Mollie Harris
Repeated 23rd March 1977


19th March 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Ladies in Retirement (1941) by Edward Percy (1891-1968) and Reginald Denham (1894-1983)
1865. The Thames marshes below Gravesend.
Produced by Christopher Venning
   Ellen Creed: Isabel Dean
   Leonora Fiske: Betty Hardy
   Lucy Gilham: Nicolette McKenzie
   Albert Feather: David Horovitch
   Louisa Creed: Hilda Schroder
   Emily Creed: Joan Matheson
   Sister Theresa: Mary Wimbush
   Bates: Martin Matthews
Repeated from 3rd January 1977
[Also produced by Martyn C Webster in 1965 with Peggy Butt as Lucy]


21st March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Rebecca (1938) by Daphne Du Maurier (1907-1989) adapted by Cynthia Pughe
I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
Produced by Graham Gauld
   Mrs Danvers: Flora Robson
   Maxim de Winter: Richard Pasco
   Mrs de Winter: Jane Asher
   Jack Favell: Charles Hodgson
   Frank Crawley: Paul Meier
   Beatrice Lacy: Joan Matheson
   Major Lacy: Douglas Blackwell
   Col Julyan: Jeffrey Segal
   Tabb: William Eedle
   Frith: Denis McCarthy
   Robert: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Pianist: Mary Nash
Repeated from 25th December 1976


21st March 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: The Polyglots (1925) by William Gerhardie (1895-1977),adapted by Olivia Manning
A military mission to the Far East
Produced by Richard Wortley
   George: Geoffrey Beevers
   Sylvia: Madeline Smith
   Aunt Teresa: Mary Wimbush
   Emmanuel: James Thomason
   Berthe: Joan Matheson
   Maj Beastly/Gustave: Stephen Thorne
   Head waiter/Dr Abelberg: Nigel Graham
   Sir Hugo/Uncle Lucy: Don Troedson
   Capt Negodyaev: William Eedle
   Mme Negodyaev: Jane Knowles
   Aunt Molly: Anne Rosenfeld
   Natasha: Annabelle Lanyon
   Hughie: Judy Bennett
Repeated 27th March 1977
[Also produced by R D Smith in 1960 with Emma Young as Sylvia]


23rd March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Hungarian Wheat by John Kirkmorris
Produced by Ian Cotterell
   Miss Matheison/Leah Press: Katherine Parr
   Sheila Cochrane: Denise Bryer
   Meir Press: Cyril Shaps
   Herschel Press: Martin Friend
   Schmul Press: Terry Scully
   Meir Press: Nigel Anthony
   Herr Mendl: Rolf Lefebvre
   Paula Mendl: Jane Knowles
   Prison Guard: Nigel Graham
   Standard Bearer Ost: Michael Kilgarriff
   Officer Eck: David Valla
   Man in the Car: William Eedle
   Count Ritter Von Vogel: John Ruddock
Repeated from 18th November 1972


24th March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Countdown by Kay McManus
Produced by Robert Cooper.
BBC Manchester
   Jennie: Valerie Georgeson
   Mary: Ursula Smith
   Brian: David Mahlowe
   Billy: Judy Bennett
   Tiny: Alan Rothwell
   Jack Smithson: Colin Edwynn
   Old Man/Policeman: Howard Benbrook
   Alan Green: Paul Webster


25th March 1977
15.05
Afternoon Theatre: The Nonconforming Nonconformist by Geoffrey Parkinson
Autobiographical: Early religious confusions.
Harmonium: Anna Berenska
Produced by Shaun MacLoughlin
   Geoffrey Parkinson: Geoffrey Beevers
   Young Geoffrey: Judy Bennett
   Mother: Miriam Margolyes
   Mr Armitage: Stephen Thorne
   Minister: William Eedle
   Sybil: Carole Boyd
   Mr Booth: Timothy Bateson
   Young John: Ian Sharrock
   Joanne: Hilda Schroder
   Mrs Armitage: Diana Olsson
   Mr Tilley: David Timson
   Father: Sean Arnold
   Dick: Crispian Thorne
Repeated from 31st July 1974
Repeated 14th July 1979


26th March 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: In Pursuit of the Barracuda, by David Wheeler
The Cayman Islands,
Produced by Brian Miller
BBC Bristol
   William Fuller: Ian Thompson
   Frances Fuller: Joanna van Gyseghem
   Tom Pickering: Paul Seed
   Hotel receptionist: Rex Holdsworth
   Man in hotel lobby: Brian Gear
Repeated 30th March 1977


26th March 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Watching Eye by Robert Furnival (1926-1988)
Testing the security.
Produced by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Potter: John Franklyn-Robbins
   Mallow: John Halstead
   Sir William Rankin: David Mahlowe
   John Roach: Paul Ridley
   David Smithson: John Rowe
   Ann Smithson: Elizabeth Bell
   Miles: Christian Rodska
   Williams: Laurence Kenny
   Coxon: Mark Sheridan
Repeated 28th March 1977
[Previously an ITV Play of the Week, 29th November 1960]


28th March 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: A Reasonable Percentage by Jenny Adams
A teacher in a Borstal institution.
Produced by Roger Pine.
BBC Birmingham
   Carol: Patricia Gallimore
   Nick Grainger: Denis Lill
   Simon Palmer: Stephen Thorne
   Albert/Doctor: Manning Wilson
   Graham Smith: Terry Molloy
   John/Dalton: Nigel Anthony
   Sean: Sean Barrett
   Mick McGuire: John Bull
   Doug Campbell: Michael Deacon
Repeated 3rd April 1977
[Note: Borstal was a form of youth detention, first established in 1902 in Borstal, Kent. Officially named "borstal training", abolished in 1982 and replaced with "youth custody".]


30th March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Punters by Stephen Wakelam
Gambling on horse racing.
Produced by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Frank: James Tomlinson
   Paul: Andrew Jarvis
   Mark: Paul Copley
   Wayne: Freddie Fletcher
   Connie: Lorraine Peters
   Brenda: Juliet Cooke
   Roy: Martin Matthews
   Margaret: Nina Holloway
   Punters: Peter Wheeler and John Jardine
[Also broadcast on R4X 2023 and in 1984 made into a BBC tv play]
[A punter is a gambler]


31st March 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Fade Away by Jane Bingham
Old soldiers never die; They only fade away!
Produced by Jane Morgan
   Vivienne: Shirley Dixon
   Baldwin: Roger Brierley
   Tea lady: Joan Matheson
   Private Keelan: Nigel Anthony
   Private Smith: John Bull
   Corporal Green: Ray Lonnen


1st April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Ecclcsiastes by David Edgar
A Church of England Bishop.
Produced by Michael Rolfe.
BBC Birmingham
   John Hammond: Eric Allan
   Judith Hammond: Elizabeth Proud
   Luke/American preacher: Peter Marinker
   Bishop of Stanton/Mr Attwood: Haydn Jones
   Provost: Clifford Rose
   Appointments Secretary: William Eedle
   Bishop Pugh: Geoffrey Matthews
   Bill Crosby/Customs officer: Sean Barrett
   Canon Sidney Willcox: Brian Hewlett
   Mrs Gillott/Middle-cIass woman: Patricia Gallimore
Repeated 29th September 1979


2nd April 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Sharing a Room by Maurice Hilliard
Produced by Piers Plowright
   Mrs Crowther: Aimee Delamain
   Mrs White: Grizelda Hervey
   Mr Lucas: Lockwood West
   Julie: Anne Rosenfeld
Repeated 6th April 1977


2nd April 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Creepers by Frederick Bradnum (1920-2001)
Produced by Jane Morgan
   Det-Chief Insp Butler: Ian Holm
   Capt William Kent, RN: Jack May
   Det-Sgt Rogers: Elizabeth Bell
   Mary Cookham: Frances Jeater
   Charles Cookham: David Savile
   Jimmy Jonah Jenkins: Philip Bond
   Mrs Batty: Katherine Parr
also with Alaric Cotter and Neville Jason
Repeated 4th April 1977, 5th May 1979


4th April 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: The Life of Man (1956) by John Arden (1930-2012)
The captain of the boat has problems.
Produced by Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester
   A girl: Stephanie Turner
   An old woman/Mermaid: Maureen Pryor
   Capt Anthract: Malcolm Terris
   First Mate, Mr Love: David Mahlowe
   Bosun: Geoffrey Banks
   Engineer: John Hollis
   Dai Jones: Anthony Boden
Repeated from R3, 11th
April 1971, 18th July 1971
[There are no production details available for the transmission of this play on Home North on 16th April 1956]


6th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Cause of Stress in Certain Males by Anita Bronson (1940-2024)
Trying to change the nature of a close acquaintance...
Produced by Kay Patrick
   Dorathy: Nerys Hughes
   Marian: Shirley Dixon
   Clive: David Gooderson
   Tom: Adam Bareham
   Waiter/Jeweller's Assistant: Nigel Nevinson
   Manager/Runer: Gavin Campbell
Repeated 24th August 1979


7th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: We Could Always Fit a Sidecar by Stan Barstow (1928-2011)
Produced by Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester
   Foreman: Kenneth Farrington
   Harry: Christian Rodska
   First mechanic: Richard Williams
   Second mechanic/Jack Baynes: John Franklyn-Robbins
   Mrs Baynes: Paula Tilbrook
   Thelma Baynes: Syivia Brayshay
   Mrs Kitson: Lorraine Peters
Repeated from 2nd and 3rd October 1974
[A sidecar added a seat on the side of a motorcycle or scooter, supported by a third wheel]


8th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946) by Christopher Fry
Ephesus in 1500 B.C.
Produced by Jane Morgan
   Dynamene: Sarah Badel
   Tegeus: Gawn Grainger
   Doto: Patsy Rowlands
Repeated from 28th April 1976
[A retelling of Petronius (circa 27AD to 66AD) "Satyricon" section 111. The Widow of Ephesus. In blank verse.]


9th April 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Walk up the Sugar Loaf by Joan Lock
Produced by John Cardy
   Helen: Joyce Carey
   Mabel: Noel Hood
   Reggie: Aubrey Woods
Also with: Michael Harbour and Paul Meier
Repeated 13th April 1977


9th April 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Murder of Walter Raleigh by Ian Cullen (1939-2019)
Produced by Christopher Venning
   Sir Walter Raleigh: Bernard Archard
   Sir Robert Cecil: John Rowe
   Sir Edward Coke: Vernon Joyner
   Captain Keymis: Basil Moss
   King James I: Robert Trotter
   Henry, Prince of Wales: Michael Cochrane
   George Harvey: David Horovitch
   Will Cecil: Christopher Good
   Wat Raleigh: Nigel Bradshaw
   Wat Raleigh as a boy: Jean Rogers
   Chief Justice Popham: Carleton Hobbs
   Bess Raleigh: Kathleen Michael
   Sergeant Heale: Drew Wood
   Barber/Stukely: Kevin Brennan
   Executioner: Christopher Masters
Also with Esmond Rideout


10th April 1977
14.30
Afternoon Theatre: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1775-1817) adapted as a play by Constance Cox and further adapted for radio by Sean MacLaughlin
1808
Square Piano: Anna Berenska
Produced by Norman Wright
   Mrs Allen: Sheila Mitchell
   Susan, her maid: Helen Worth
   Catherine Morland: Rosalind Shanks
   James, her brother: Fraser Kerr
   Mrs Thorpe: Fabia Drake
   Isabella, her daughter: Frances Jeatbr
   John her son: Robin Browne
   General Tilney: Geoffrey Wincott
   Henry, his son: John Rye
   Eleanor: Jane Knowles
   Captain Frederick: Anthony Hall
Repeated from 23rd December 1972
[The novel was published posthumously in 1817 - dated 1818. The title Northanger Abbey was given after Austen's death. ]


11th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Baghdad Baggage by William Fox
The Middle East 1943
Producer Shaun MacLoughlin
   Major James Brady: James Villiers
   Lt Charles Willoughby: Christopher Good
   Aram Bagramian: Peter Woodthorpe
   Egon Warchinsky: Sandor Eles
   Nurse Mildred Boustead: Ciaran Madden
   Sergeant S I B /Mahomed: William Fox
   Havildar/Camp Commandant: Garard Green
   Driver/Sikh Jemadar: Saeed Jaffrey
   Colonel Bhaduri/Town Major Hamadan: Malcolm Hayes
   Lt-Col Pym: Gerald Cross
   Medical Orderly: Michael Shannon
   Fawzia: Eva Haddon
   George Danefield: Anthony Smee
Repeated from 2nd and 4th August 1975


11th April 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: Evening Light by Aleksei Arbuzov (1908-1986) translated by Ariadne Nicolaeff
Russia, 1975
Produced by Kay Patrick
BBC Manchester
   Laventry: Tony Britton
   Ina: Irene Sutcliffe
   Aleksei: David Mahlowe
   Igor: Paul Webster
   Tamara: Patricia Denys
   Volodya: Geoffrey Beevers
   Shneider: Alan Dudley
   Stepan: Andrew Branch
   Bella: Amanda Murray
   Dima/Client: Christian Rodska
   Katya: Sally Gibson
   Waitress: Judith Barker
Repeated 17th April 1977


13th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: An Intolerable Situation by Alma Cullen (1938-2021)
Produced by Gordon Emslie
BBC Scotland
   Agnes: Diana Olsson
   Robert: Bryden Murdoch
   Hilda: Clare Richards


13th April 1977
19.30:
Midweek Theatre: Sins of Commission by R. D. Wingfield (1928-2007)
Redundant after 19 years
Produced by Glyn Dearman
   Mr Merry: Alan Dudley
   Mr Fletcher: Peter Tuddenham
   Bradley: William Fox
   Jordan: John Baddeley
   Hicks: David Gooderson
   Mrs Mac: Katherine Parr
   Jean: Chrys Salt
   George Graham: William Eedle
   Bert: Nigel Graham
   Harry: John Hollis
Repeated from 2nd and 3rd
May 1973


14th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Where Heroes Tread by Bruce Stewart
Obtaining a new client may be a hazard.
Directed By: Graham Gauld
   Sam Wakefield: Christopher Bidmead
   Claudia: Phyllida Nash
   Cutlinane: John Hollis
   Purvis: Malcolm Hayes
   Brotherton: Rod Beacham
   Paddy: Alaric Cotter
   Barney: Jonathan Scott
   Mildred: June Spencer
Repeated 31st January 1979


15th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Luxury Weekend by Alec Baron (1913-1991)
Produced by Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester
   Frank Lush: George Layton
   Barney Weinberg: Christian Rodska
   Sgt Mace/Albert/Military Police: Paul Webster
   Lt Morton/Sgt Major/Porter: Peter Wheeler
   Taffy/Colonel/ M Desvalliers: Peter John
   Charlie/Waiter: David Threlfall
   Mme Desvalliers: Valerie Georgeson
   Christienne: Stephani Fayerman
   Murielle: Athene Fielding


16th April 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Honk Twice if You Love Me by Robert Huxter
Producer: Robert Cooper
BBC Northern Ireland
   Jack: Colin Edwynn
   Iris: Paula Tilbrook
   Albert: Harold Goldblatt
   Fred: Mark Mulholland
   Mr Joseph: Maurice O'Callaghan
Repeated 20th April 1977


16th April 1977
20.30:
Eventually Everything Falls Down and Gets Broken by Jack Gerson (1928-2012)
Produced by Stewart Conn .
BBC Scotland
   Tod Carson: John Breslin
   Dr Ruth Collier: Edith MacArthur
   Chief Insp Machin: Kenneth Owens
   Det Superintendent Robbins: John Franklyn
   Professor Reiner: Leonard Maguire
   Jennifer Craven: Joanna Tope
   Andrew Craven, MP: Roy Boutcher
   Matron: Helen Norman
   Dr Collins: Arthur Boland
Repeated 18th April 1977


18th April 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: The Homecoming (1964) by Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
An old house in North London. Sexuality in a dysfunctional family. This outspoken play is not suitable for children (warning in Radio Times.)
Produced by Guy Vaesen
   Max: Bill Fraser
   Lenny: Nigel Anthony
   Sam: Malcolm Hayes
   Joey: Ray Lonnen
   Teddy: Jim Norton
   Ruth: Vivien Merchant
Repeated on R3 12th June 1977
[Also produced by Martin Smith for R3 in 2007, with Pinter playing Max. No warning printed this time. The 1973 film version -with Vivien Merchant- was given a "12" certificate.]


20th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Old Mali and the Boy by D. R. Sherman dramatised by John Ashe
Produced by David Spenser
   Mali: Saeed Jaffrey
   Jeffrey: Crispian Thorne
   Mother: Carole Boyd
   Headmaster: Alan Dudley
Repeated from 19th September 1975
Repeated 9th November 1985


21st April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Twisted Image by James Follett
Produced by Margaret Etall
   Det-Insp Simmonds: Douglas Blackwell
   Det-Sgt Colt: Peter Wickham
   Mrs Francis: Joan Matheson
   Policewoman: Anne Rosenfeld
   Alan: Alaric Cotter
   Helen: Christine Absalom
   Pathologist: Jonathan Scott
   Paul Holden/Doctor: Gavin Campbell
   Councillor Butcher: William Ebdle
   Powell: Cyril Appleton
[Also broadcast on BBC7 and R4X 2004-2023]


22nd April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Wall by Dorothy Gharboui
Produced by Michael Heffernan
BBC Northern Ireland
   Announcer: Paul Thompson-Clark
   Foreman: Michael Duffy
   Gerry McKnight: John Hewitt
   Charlie: William Hunter
   Dick McDonald: Mark Mulholland
   Clare McDonald: Kate Binchy
   Wilfie McKnight: J J Murphy
   Chrissie: Maureen Dow
   Meta McKnight: Catherine Gibson
   Nurse Hanna: Sheila McCusker
   Karen: Ann Healey
[Listed for broadcast on 8th October 1976 but NOT broadcast on that date]
[Just 6 months later, in October 1977, Afternoon Theatre broadcast a different play, also produced by Michael Heffernan, BBC Northern Ireland, and also with Michael Duffy, called "The Wall", written by Patrick McCooey - see below]


23rd April 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Fresh Start by John Cassels
Produced by Margaret Etall
   Jim: John Hollis
   Charlie: John Arnatt
   Harry: Peter Cochran
   Albert: Walter Hall
   Henry: Michael Goldie
   Doctor: Neville Jason
Also with Anne Rosenfeld and Alaric Cotter
Repeated 27th April 1977


23rd April 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: No Defence Against Demons by Brian Lee
Is there witchcraft in East Anglia?
Radiophonic sounds by Paddy Kingsland of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by Cherry Cookson
   Alan Cryer: Christopher Guard
   Jenny Towner: Rosalind Ayres
   Jay Kay: Eric Young
   Inspector Anderson: Haydn Jones
   Sgt. Brown: Michael Byrne
   Barney Denver: Peter Tuddenham
   Sarah Carradine: Diana Bishop
   Ralph Carradine: Michael Goldie
   Chief Supt Dawson: Peter Howell
   Geoff Thoms: Alaric Cotter
   Curtois: William Eedle
   Other Parts: Rod Beacham
Repeated 25th April 1977


24th April 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: Roots by Arnold Wesker
1950's in Norfolk
Producer: Charles Lefeaux
   Jenny Beales, Beatie's sister: Susan Field
   Jimmy Beales, Jenny's husband: Charles Kay
   Beatie Bryant: Mary Miller
   Stan Mann, a neighbour: Peter Claughton
   Mrs Bryant, Beatie's mother: Marjorie Westbury
   Mr Bryant, Beatie's father: Ronald Balls
   Mr Healey, a farm manager: Donald McKillop
   Frankie Bryant, Beatie's brother: Alan Howard
   Pearl Bryant, Frankie's wife: Sheila Grant
Repeated from 9th April 1962, 14th February 1965
Repeated 5th June 1982
[Also produced by Catherine Bailey for R3 in 2014 rptd 2015 with Lisa Ellis as Jenny]
[Part 2 of a trilogy, 1= Chicken Soup with Barley (b/c 2/4/62(R4); 31/10/65(R4); 1988 (W/s); 20/5/12(R3), 27/9/15(R3); 4/5/24 (R4) 3= I'm talking about Jerusalem (b/c 16/4/62 (R4)]


25th April 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: Rudin by Ivan Turgenev translated by Richard Freeborn dramatised by Geoffrey Beevers
Pianist: John Fraser
Produced by Jane Morgan
   Alexandra Lipin: Selina Cadell
   Konstantin: John Bennett
   Mikhail Lezhnev: Michael Graham Cox
   Sergei Volyntsev: Tim Pigott-Smith
   Madame Lasunsky: Jill Balcon
   Natalya Lasunsky: Angela Pleasence
   Mile Boncourt: Cecile Chevreau
   Afrikan Pigasov: Bryan Pringle
   Dmitry Rudin: Ian Holm
   Also with Peter Craze and Valerie Murray
Repeated 1st May 1977, 2nd December 1979
[Also produced in 1960 by Barbara Bray for R3, rpt R4 1963.]


27th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Lovely Morning This Evening! by Alan Melville (1910-1983)
Produced by John Tydeman
   Miss Ethel: Fabia Drake
   Miss Emily: Sylvia Coleridge
   Margaret: Jane Knowles
   Mr Pettigrew: James Thomason
   Andrew: Lockwood West
   Mrs Dawson: Joan Matheson
   Dr Chapman: Peter Howell
   Caractacus Ottoway: Timothy Bateson
   Angela: Elizabeth Proud
   Peregrine: Geoffrey Collins


28th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Brother Jack by ? ? Pugh (BBC quotes two different sets of initials)
Two brothers.
Produced by Bernard Krichefski
   Jack: David Graham
   Catherine: Amanda Murray
   Samantha: Elizabeth Lindsay
   William: Judy Bennett
   Mary: Stella Tanner
   John: Bruce Beeby
Repeated 9th May 1979


29th April 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: All on a Summer's Day by Ivor Wilson
Produced by Tony Cliff.
BBC Manchester
   Jack: Geoffrey Banks
   Harold: Paul Copley
   Earnshaw: Ronald Herdman
   Mrs Barlow: Lorraine Peters
   Vic: Christian Rodska
   Walter: Paul Webster
   Maureen: Margot Leicester
   Lizzy: Stephanie Turner
   Barlow: James Tomlinson
Repeated 5th October 1979


30th April 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Competitors by Peter Whalley
Produced by Roger Pine
BBC Birmingham
   Alick: Les Miller
   Vince: Tim Brierley
   Army officer: Peter Brookes
   Estate agent: Edward Kelsey
Repeated 4th May 1977


30th April 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Everything is Thunder by Michael Robson
Summoned to the Managing Director's office.
Produced by David Spenser
   Natasha Arabin: Patricia Gailimore
   David Waring: Gabriel Woolf
   Max van Lindt: Anthony Newlands
   Lewis Harper: Daniel Massey
   Alec Garrard: William Eedle
   Charlie Everest: Hugh Manning
   Maryse Everest: Nicolette McKenzie
   Sally Richardson: Shirley Dixon
   Choi-Sang Cheng: Eric Young
   Chief Inspector Murray: Peter Craze
   Helen Lee: Sheila Grant
   Ah Fat Chow: Christopher Kum
   Captain: Bruce Beeby
Also with John Wu and Rex Wei
Repeated 2nd May 1977


2nd May 1977
19.30-21.30
The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
Music written and conducted by David Cain.
Producer: Ian Cotterell
   Alonso, King of Naples: John Justin
   Sebastian, his brother: Charles Kay
   Antonio: Michael Spice
   Ferdinand: Anthony Daniels
   Francisco: Alan Rowe
   Trinculo, a Jester: Terry Scully
   Stephano, a drunken butler: Roy Kinnear
   Master of a Ship: Alan Rowe
   Boatswain: William Sleigh
   Duke of Milan: Paul Scofield
   Miranda, his daughter: Jane Knowles
   Ariel, an airy spirit: Ronnie Stevens
   Caliban: Patrick Stewart
   Iris: Patricia Hooper
   Ceres: Prudence Lloyd
   Juno: Doreen Walker
Repeated (all on R3) from R3 24th March 1974, 17th Nov 1974, rptd on R3, 3rd December 1981.
[Ian Cotterell also produced a version in 1987 on R3 with Norman Rodway as Caliban,program name "A Vision of the Island".]


4th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Street Where We Lived by Mike Donovan
Electric accordion- Brian Dexter; Drums- Dougie Wright
Produced by Christopher Venning
   Jimbo: Cyril Shaps
   Dolly: Jessie Evans
   Billy: Stephen Garlick
   Francie: Stephanie Fayerman
   Doris: Norma Shebbe Are
   Phil: Douglas Blackwell
   Eddie: Barry Phlips
   Sid: Jeffrey Segal
   Arthur: Jonathan Burn
   Matron: Irene Sutcliffe
   Workman: Michael Tudor Barnes


5th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Mate O'Mine. by Edna Nadler
Produced by Cherry Cookson
   Rita: Rosemary Martin
   Daphne: Pat Heywood
   Mother: Joan Matheson
   Clara: Phyllida Nash
   Frederick LeGrant: Leslie Heritage
   William Jones: Don Troedson
   Wilfred/Waiter: Michael Goldie
   Janet: Anne Rosenfeld
   Priest: Jeffrey Segal
Repeated 14th March 1979
[The sole BBC credit for Edna Nadler]


6th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Summer of the Giant Sunflowers, by Susan Hill
Producer: Bernard Krichefski
   Muriel Eckersly: Dandy Nichols
   Norris Eckersly: Peter Woodthorpe
   Amy Boakes: Joan Hickson
   George Boakes: Malcolm Hayes
   Paula Cressy: Emily Richard
   David Cressy: Anthony Smee
   Adjudicator: Madi Hedd
   Interviewer: Michael Burlington
Repeated from 1st October 1975


7th May 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Night Story by Michael Kittermaster
Produced by David H. Godfrey
   Tom Drew: Douglas Blackwell
   Brenda: Norma Ronald
   Barman: Jonathan Scott
   Brian Cole: Paul Meier
   Dr Alexander: Henry Stamper
   Tanva: Shirley Dixon
   Jonathan Draw: Judy Bennett
   Clerk: Alaric Cotter
   Duparc: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Air Stewardess: Valerie Murray
Repeated 11th May 1977
   

7th May 1977
20.30
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Dark Backward by Michael Robson
Producer: David Spenser
   Lewis Harper: Daniel Massey
   Natasha Arabin: Patricia Gallimore
   David Waring: Gabriel Woolf
   Max van Lindt: Anthony Newlands
   Maryse Everest: Nicolette McKenzie
   Charlie Everest: Hugh Manning
   Donagh McNeill: P.G. Stephens
   Chief Inspector Murray: Peter Craze
   Boyce: Gavin Campbell
   Helen Lee: Sheila Grant
   Choi-Sang Cheng: Eric Young
   Arthur Baines: Garard Green
   Macao Policeman: Paul Meier
   Frontier Guard: Rex Wei
Repeated 9th May 1977


8th May 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: The Playboy of the Western World (1907) by J. M. Synge (1871-1909) adapted by W. R. Rodgers
The lead character of this play says he has killed his father and becomes a hero.
Produced by Ronald Mason
   Opening narration by Patricia Leventon and Allan McClelland
   Margaret Flaherty, aka Pegeen Mike: Siobhan McKenna
   Shawn Keogh, a farmer: Milo O'Shea
   Michael James Flaherty, a publican: Liam Redmond
   Jimmy Farrell: Patrick McAlinney
   Philly Cullen: Barry Keegan
   Christopher Mahon: Eamonn Keane
   Widow Quin: Anna Manahan
   Susan Brady: Barbara Adair
   Honor Blake: Maggie Fitzgerald
   Sara Tansey: Kate Binchy
   Old Mahon, a squatter: Jack Cunningham
   also Valerie Kirkbright, Hamlyn Benson, Miriam Margolyes
Repeated from 31/5/1965, 25/11/66 (R3), 28/6/71,
Other productions: Year/Prod/Actor playing Peggy:
1959/Noel Iliff/Sheila Manahan
1974/Brian Miller/Sorchas Cusack
1997 rptd R4X 2017/Peter Kavanagh/Aisling O'Sullivan
2004 R7/not known/not known.]
[The 1907 opening of this bleak play in Dublin caused riots, in New York in 1911 heckling and scuffles in the theatre. The play was said by the author to have been inspired by a particularly brutal crime in County Mayo, where the criminal was later a "folk hero" in the USA, which refused extradition. The first BBC broadcast in 1928 listed the play as a comedy. It was also listed as comedy for its R7 broadcast in 2004.]


9th May 1977
19.30
The School for Scandal (1777) by R B Sheridan (1751-1816)
Music: Christopher Hogwood with the Academy Of Ancient Music
Producer: Ian Cotterell
   Lady Teazle: Sarah Badel
   Mrs Candour: Jill Balcon
   Charles Surface: Gary Bond
   Maria: Jane Knowles
   Sir Benjamin Backbite: Philip Locke
   Joseph Surface: Alec McCowen
   Crabtree: Norman Rodway
   Rowley: Jeffrey Segal
   Lady Sneerwell: Irene Sutcliffe
   Sir Peter Teazle: Nigel Stock
   Sir Oliver Surface: Clive Swift
   Snake: Rod Beacham
   Moses: Michael Goldie
   William: Walter Hall
   Trip: Michael Harbour
   Careless: Paul Meier
   a maid: Penelope Reynolds
Repeated on R3 9th November 1978
Binaural production (to be heard on headphones)


11th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Rage Among Lilies by Bruce Stewart (1925-2005)
31 May 1848: a court case for restitution of marital rights.
Produced by Shaun MacLoughlin
   Cornelia Connelly: Colette O'Neill
   Pierce Connelly: David Buck
   Bishop Wiseman: John Rye
   Bishop Flaget: Gerald Cross
   Sir George Bowyer: Peter Howell
   Justice Sir Herbert Jenner: Alaric Cotter
   Cardinal: James Thomason
   Stanton: Gavin Campbell
   Annie: Valerie Murray


11th May 1977
19.30:
Midweek Theatre: Saturday Roster by R. D. Wingfield (1928-2007)
Only the selected secrets may be leaked.
Produced by Kay Patrick
   Hastier: John Pullen
   Byrne: David Gooderson
   Gordon: Sion Probert
   Sally: Frances Jeater
   Maggie: Jean Trend
   Valery: Emily Richard
   Mrs Wallace: Elizabeth Morgan
   Porter: Peter Pacey
Repeated from 9th and 10th October 1974
Repeated R4X 2024


11th May 1977
21.00
August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
A day in the life of a house.
Producer: Malcolm Clarke
Realised and produced at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
   Narrator: Garard Green
   Voices: Eva Haddon and Jeffrey Segal
[The original title is from a 1918 poem by Sara Teasdale which is read in the story. It deals very briefly with the losses incurred by war]


12th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Death of Jack Walmesley by Dave Simpson
Produced by Tony Cliff.
BBC Manchester
   Sergeant: Ronald Baddiley
   Jim: Geoffrey Hinsliff
   Jack: Peter Wheeler
   Doctor: Christopher Godwin
   Fred: Alan Meadows
   Inspector: Geoffrey Banks


13th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Happy Landings Lover by Stewart Love (1934-2021)
Seeking a child fathered some years ago.
Produced by Michael Heffernan
BBC Northern Ireland
   Willie Paxo: Ramsay Williams
   Denise: Marion Harris
   Peter: John Hewitt
   Mary: Dinah Stabb
   Marjory: Margaret D'Arcy
   Eleanor: Maureen Mornton
   Roger: Julian Hough
   Phyllis: Stella McCusker
   Interrogator: Liam Neeson


14th May 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Return Visit by David R. Roberts
Produced by Tony Cliff
   John: David Jackson
   Lily: Sheila Fay
   Ernest John: John Franklyn-Robbins
   Mick: Michael Angelis
   Lewis: David Mahlowe
Repeated 18th May 1977


14th May 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Detective Wore Silk Drawers (1971) by Peter Lovesey dramatised by Geoffrey M. Matthews
Bare-knuckle fighting in late Victorian England
Produced by Graham Gauld
   Det-Sgt Cribb: John Rye
   PC Thackeray: John Hollis
   PC Jago: Steve Hodson
   The Ebony: Anton Phillips
   Isabel Vibart: Carole Boyd
   Edmund Vibart: Michael Goldie
   Robert d'Estin: William Eedle
   Inspector Jowett: Garard Green
   Lydia: Nicolette McKenzie
   Helga: Irene Sutcliffe
   Landlord: Jeffrey Segal
   Beckett: Bruce Beeby
   Milligan: Paul Meier
   Spragg: David Alder
Repeated 16th May 1977
[Sgt Cribb appeared in a eight novels, this was the second. SNT used six of the novels 1975-1987]


15th May 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: A Change for the Better (1969) by Susan Hill
Retirement.
Produced by Guy Vaesen
   Major Carpenter: Lockwood West
   Mrs Carpenter: Fay Compton
   Mrs Oddicott: Cathleen Nesbitt
   Deirdre Fount: Pauline Letts
   Aubrey Fount: Nigel Anthony
   James Fount: Rufus Frampton
   Miss Prug: Margot Boyd
   Mrs Christie: Betty Baskcomb
   Ralph Porlock: Sean Barrett
   Mrs Momus: Katherine Parr
   Nurse: Jane Knowles
Repeated from 7th and 9th August 1971


16th May 1977
20.00
A Disorderly Girl by Bruce Stewart (1925-2005)
Ballad Singer Frankie Armstrong
New South Wales needs women.
Produced by Shaun MacLoughlin
   Mollie Driscol: Marie Kean
   Alice Ven: Sarah Golding
   Jonas Venning: Alaric Cotter
   Jeremy Bentham: Clive Swift
   Mr Justice Belcher: Clifford Rose
   Lieut Chalmers: Hugh Dickson
   Capt Marston: Geoffrey Matthews
   Lizzie: Jane Knowles
   Blackmer: Rod Beacham
   Joanna Brotherton: Frances Jeater
   Doll Brighouse: Katherine Parr
   Bow Street Runner: Michael Harbour
   Gentleman: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Redcoat: Douglas Blackwell
   Turnkey: James Thomason
   Warder: Joan Matheson
Repeated 22nd May 1977


18th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Just a Few Home Truths by Nancy Blackett
Pianist Mary Nash.
Produced by John Cardy
   Ruth: Annette Crosbie
   Mrs Rollason: Kathleen Helme
   Tony: Clifford Norgate
   Penry Jones: Haydn Jones
   Neville: Michael Shannon
Repeated from 9th July 1975
[The only credit on BBC Genome for Nancy Blackett, which was the name of Arthur Ransome's boat, and a character in Swallows and Amazons. There were several Nancy Blacketts in the North East but none recorded as authors or playrights.]


19th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Long Time Story by Valerie Murray
A love story in London's West Indian community.
Produced by Betty Davies
   Gloria: Valerie Murray
   Olga, Gloria's mother: Nadia Cattousi
   Sam, Gloria's father: Clifton Jones
   Norman: Anton Phillips
   Iris, Norman's mother: Mona Hammond


20th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Claudine at School (1900) by Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette 1873-1954) adapted by Yvonne Mitchell
Produced by Liane Aukin
   Claudine: Angela Pleasence
   Anais: Fidelis Morgan
   Marie: Rosalind Adams
   Twins: Anne Rosenfeld and Jean Rogers
   Dr Duterte: Nigel Lambert
   Mile Sergeant: Diana Bishop
   Madame Sergeant: Joan Matheson
   Amy Lanthenay: Carole Hayman
   Papa: Haydn Jones
   Luce: Pamela Moiseiwitsch
   Armand: Shane Briant
   Rabastens: Michael Harbour
   Sallhy: Peter Howell
   Roubaud: Timothy Bateson
   Lacroix: Edward Kelsey
[Also produced by Celia de Wolff in 1999 with Claire Skinner as Claudine in a version by John Peacock]


21st May 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Summer Days by Bruce Beeby [1921-2013]
An old man looks back to his childhood in Australia in the First World War
Mouth organ played by Alfie Kahn.
Produced by Betty Davies
   Freddie, grown up: Bruce Beeby
   Freddie as a boy: Rosemary Miller
   Betty: Nicolette McKenzie
   Mum: Madi Hedd
   Teacher: Nigel Graham
   Tom: Kevin Brennan
   Schoolchildren: Marc Beeby, Shirley Dixon, Anne Rosenfeld
Repeated 25th May 1977
[Bruce Beeby was born in Australia. Madi Hedd was his wife.]


21st May 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: November Reef by Robin Maugham (1916-1981) dramatised by John Ashe
A boat was found abandoned on reefs north of Fiji.
Produced by Brian Miller.
BBC Bristol
   Ken Gill: Alan Moore
   Henderson: Bruce Beeby
   Barman/Planche: Roger Snowdon
   Monroe/Hepner: Jonathan Scott
   Neale/Marvin: Victor Winding
   Nina: Kate Kendall
   Koli/Perry: John Telfer
   Clift: Peter Howell
   Bolton: David Sharp
   Dr Stacey: Malcolm Gerard
Repeated 23rd May 1977
[In the 60's Maugham purchased a boat which had previously been abandoned - found in the South Pacific, with no crew (16), no passengers (9) and missing cargo]


23rd May 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: The Ex-Patriot? by David Pinner
Produced by Michael Rolfe
BBC Birmingham
   Robert Winchall: Geoffrey Matthews
   Mary Winchall: Anne Stallybrass
   Jan Nicholson: Catherine Griller
   Colin Winchall: Eric Allan
   Belinda Winchall: Rosalind Adams
   Theresa Winchall: Petra Leah
   Helen Winchall/Miss Annenburg: Diana Bishop
   Tom Gallagher: Edmund Pegge
   Mr Maclntosh: Frank Duncan
   Mr Terris, MP: Stephen Thorne
   Alfred Stone: Alan Rowe
Repeated 29th May 1977


25th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Too Short a Summer by James Douglas
Produced by Michael Heffernan
BBC Northern Ireland
   Pat Heary: Derek Young
   Meg Heary: Pauline Delany
   Matt Cooney: Donal McCann
   Mary Cooney: Trudy Kelly
   Conor: Colm Meaney
   Carmel: Susan Fitzgerald
   Fr Crotty: Harold Goldblatt
   Dermot: Patricia Winslow
   Damian: Derek Halligan


26th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Not My Pigeon by John Ringham (1928-2008)
1948
Producer: by Kay Patrick
   Caldicott: Geoffrey Beevers
   Davidson/Sergeant Major on train: Sion Probert
   Sergeant at El Bara/Engine driver: Malcolm Gerard
   Hargreaves: Jonathan Scott
   RTO at El Bara: Peter Craze
   Oates: Christopher Godwin
   Taplow: Sam Dastor
   Wilson: Rod Beacham
   Staff Sergeant: Kenneth Shanley
   Soldier on train: Kenneth Shanley
[Different story to Not My Pigeon by Arnold Yarrow, 1965- also army based, set in 1940]


27th May 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Willie Banks and the Administrative Machine by K. Allen Saddler (Ronald Charles William Richards 1923-2012)
Redundancy.
Produced by Christopher Venning
   Willie Banks: Terry Scully
   Mr Shapley: Malcolm Stoddard
   Carole: Penelope Reynolds
   Cyril Watson: Timothy Bateson
   Gerald: Robin Soans
   Joe/Journalist: Rod Beacham
   Politician/TV Interviewer: Gavin Campbell
   Muriel/ Mrs Chalmers: Irene Sutcliffe
   Sociologist/Instructor: Walter Hall
   Minister: Peter Howell
   Shadow Minister: Anthony Chambers
Repeated 19th May 1979
[There was a different production by Christopher Venning in 1973, this had Barrie Cookson as Shapley, Terry Scully as Willie, and Haydn Jones as Cyril.]
[Later K Allen Saddler dropped the K and wrote as Allen Saddler.]


28th May 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Raffle Prize by J. C. W. Brook
Yours for one day.
Produced by Christopher Venning
   Mabel: Elspeth Charlton
   Louise: Anne Rosenfeld
   Larry: Derek Seaton
Repeated 1st June 1977


28th May 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Dark Corridors by Alistair Buck and Richard Hewins
Occasional kidnappings are irksome.
Produced by Tony Cliff.
BBC Manchester
   Lord Muncaster: Ronald Herdman
   Thomas Grantley: Hugh Ross
   Francis Noel: Sean Barrett
   Mr Erskine: Peter Tuddenham
   Zaimis: John Linstrum
   Elizabeth Vyner: Sally Gibson
   Freddy Vyner: Russell Dixon
   Edward Herbert: Harry Beety
   Christos: David Mahlowe
   Elena: Carole Hayman
   Koumoundouros: John Franklyn-Robbins
   Hormovas: Laurence Kenny
   Costa/Judge: John Jardine
   Papafrangos: Paul Webster
Repeated 30th May 1977


29th May 1977
18.15
Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1972) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989), translated by Marianne Alexander Sinclair. Adapted by Frederick Bradnum.
Producer: Betty Davies
   Chief Inspector Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Nathalie: Sheila Grant
   Lapointe: John Rye
   Janvier: Sean Barrett
   Lecureur: Cyril Shaps
   Mocco: Douglas Blackwell
   Martine: Nicolette McKenzie
   Petrini: Michael Goldie
   Dr Paul: Jeffrey Segal
   Blanche Bonnard: Pauline Letts
   Concierge: Anne Rosenfeld
Repeated 2nd June 1977
[From the last novel featuring Jules Maigret]


1st June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Jack's Back by Michael Robson
Produced by Margaret Etall
   Johann Sebastian Bach: John Ryz
   Anna Magdalena Wilcken: Vicky Ireland
   Use: Christine Ozannz
   Herr Doktor Doktor Dollink: William Eedle
   Herr Reinken: Timothy Bateson
   Ned Nossiter: Malcolm Gerard
   Eberhard: Rod Beacham
   Prince Leopold/Herr Friese: Kenneth Shanley
   Princess: Anne Rosenfeld


2nd June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Daylight Robbery by R. D. Wingfield (1928-2007)
Elderly lady living alone in remote house, wishing to take in paying guests.
Producer: John Cardy.
BBC Bristol
   Miss Pickering: Monica Grey
   Colonel Fryatt: Norman Shelley
   Dr Brown: Jonathan Scott
   Harris: Peter Woodthorpe
   Wakeson: Howard Goorney
   Bank Manager: Lewis Stringer
with Daisy Bell, Brian Gear, Elizabeth Havelock, Douglas Leach, David Ponting
[Also broadcast on R7 and R4X 2007-2024]


3rd June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Jubilee by Victor Pemberton (1931-2017)
Time: Summer 1897 and 1977
Pianist Mary Nash
Produced by John Tydeman
   Oliver Edginton: Jack Warner (1894-1981)
   Madge Smythe: Irene Sutcliffe
   Ben Murray: Derek Seaton
   Susie: Jo Manning Wilson
   Joyce: Penelope Reynolds
   The Editor: Neville Jason
   Major Rodney Harrington: Peter Howell
   Clark Gable: Leonard Fenton
   Rudolf Valentino: Timothy Bateson
   Marilyn Monroe: Shirley Dixon
   Clara Bow: Joan Matheson
   Anna Pavlova: Elizabeth Bell
   Air India: Valerie Murray
   Yuri Gagarin: Amos Pizzey
Also with Frank Singuineau, Alaric Cotter
Repeated 30th July 1981


4th June 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Trouble with Mrs Henshaw by Keith Parry
Produced by Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester
   Narrator/Rupert: Brian Trueman
   Mrs Henshaw/Miss Carter: Kathleen Helme
   Pilkington/Direct Works man: David Mahlowe
   Sylvia/Social Worker/Fiona: Penelope Reynolds
   Fillingham/Whizz-Kleen man: John Franklyn-Robbins
   Marcus/Boy scout/Terry: Laurence Kenny
   Maggie/Lady from Towns-women's Guild.: Paula Tilbrook
Repeated 8th June 1977


4th June 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Spanish Package by James Follett
Produced by David H. Godfrey
   Jane: Irene Sutcliffe
   Peter: Michael Harbour
   Alan: Gavin Campbell
   Gillian/Sarah: Jane Knowles
   Customs Officer/Det-Sgt Reece/Third Tourist: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Whitton: Michael Goldie
   Mrs Read/Receptionist: Shirley Dixon
   Dr Ryan: Peter Howell
   Marsh: James Thomason
   Maurice: Jonathan Scott
   Ossie: Walter Hall
   Mechanic/First Tourist/Ruffian: Paul Meier
   Det Insp Boyd: Bruce Beeby
   Angela / Second Tourist / Loud speaker voice: Nicolette McKenzie
   Miss Grey: Joan Matheson
Repeated 6th June 1977


5th June 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: The Doppelganger by J. C. W. Brook
Second honeymoon with a difference.
Music by Paddy Kingsland of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by Ian Cotterell
   Beth Harris: Elizabeth Lindsay
   Sarah Steadman: Penelope Lee
   Adam Oxton: Nigel Anthony
   Jane Oxton: Emily Richard
   Woman: Ma Ry Wimbush
   Man: Jack May
   Ralph Steadman: Geoffrey Collins


5th June 1977
18.15:
Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets (1931) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989), translated (1963) by Tony White.
Producer: Betty Davies
   Chief Inspector Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Joseph van Damme: Andrew Sachs
   Jef Lombard: Geoffrey Beeve
   Maurice Belloir: John Pullen
   Mme Jeunet: Nicolette McKenzie
   Armand: Geoffrey Collins
   Emile Klein: Michael Harbour
   Willy Mortier: Paul Meier
also with Rod Beacham, Douglas Blackwell, Walter Hall, Bruce Beeby, Jonathan Scott, Michael Goldie, Irene Sutcliffe, Anne Rosenfeld
Repeated 9th June 1977
[This story is also known as 'The Crime of Inspector Maigret' and also as 'The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien', original title was 'Le Pendu de Saint Pholien'. The story was adapted for tv by Giles Cooper as "The Children's Party"]


6th June 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: You Never Can Tell (1899) by Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
An English seaside resort.
Produced by Betty Davies
   Dolly Clandon: Jo Manning Wilson
   Valentine: Denys Hawthorne
   Philip Clandon: Nigel Anthony
   Mrs Clandon: Betty Baskcomb
   Gloria Clandon: Prunella Scales
   Fergus Crampton: Godfrey Kenton
   Finch McComas: Lockwood West
   The Waiter: Freddie Jones
   Walter Bohun: Michael Kilgarriff
   Parlour Maid: Jane Knowles
Repeated from 31st July 1971, 7th May 1973,
Repeated 12th June 1977, 31st December 1979
[Other productions: Year/Station/Producer/Actor playing Valentine:
1952/R3/Esme Percy/David Markham
1952/R4/Frederick Bradnum/David Peel
1956/R2/Frederick Bradnum/Robert Bernal
1961/R4/Hugh Stewart/Derek Blomfield
2013 rptd 2015/R3/Martin Jarvis/Jamie Bamber]


8th June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Lies by Bernard Krichefski
Produced by Piers Plowright
   Tina: Jennifer Piercey
   Ros: Patricia Gallimore
   Ben: Nigel Anthony
   Lydia: Rosalind Adams
   Angus: Leslie Heritage
   Roger: Roger Hammond
Repeated from 17th October
1975


8th June 1977
19.30:
Midweek Theatre: Death of The Insured by R. D. Wingfield (1928-2007)
Produced by Harry Catlin
   Croll: John Hollis
   Thorpe: Jeffrey Segal
   Martin: Christopher Bidmead
   Betty: Shirley Dixon
   Doctor/Inspector: Garard Green
   Hopkins/Sergeant: David Neal
   Gladys: Kathleen Helme
   Julia Heston: Eva Haddon
Repeated from 8th July 1976


9th June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Things that are Caesar's by Brian Miller
Lake Watoomi, Ontario, Canada
Produced by Brian Miller.
BBC Bristol
   Leonard H. Wings: Murray Kash
   Eileen Wings: Libby Morris
   Raymond Fisk: Ed Bishop
   Alan Wings: Angus MacInnes
   Wes McCormack: David Baxt
   Frank Rafferty: Nicholas Simons
   Dot Rafferty: Ann G Murray


10th June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Foreigners by Delores Baron
Produced by Graham Gauld
   John Cooper: Victor Lucas
   Pat Cooper: Petra Davies
   Bob Chaplin: Timothy Bateson
   Mary Chaplin: Irene Sutcliffe
   PC Jennings: Douglas Blackwell
   Mrs Miller: Betty Baskcomb
   Nursemen: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Snowy: Andrew Branch
   Mick: Kenneth Shanley


11th June 1977
15.05
Thirty-Minute Theatre: When The Ticking Stops by Alan Janes
Directed by Alastair Wilson
   Bill Martin: Alfie Bass
   Nancy: Hedli Niklaus
   Greg: Ralph Lawton
   Jimmy: Peter Brookes
   John: Kenneth Hadley
   Trowbridge: Michael Harbour
Repeated 15th June 1977
[No title is listed on the BBC Program Database for 11th June- title above taken from Diversity website. The listing for 15th June gives no production details, only the title...]


11th June 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Chances by Tudor Gates (1930-2007)
Parkwood Hill Prison.
Singer Anna Mcleod
Theme song composed by Terry Trower
Lyrics by Tudor Gates
Directed by Brian Miller
BBC Bristol
   Johnny Hogan: Philip Lowrie
   Cliff: David Jackson
   Vicki: Liza Ross
   Chief/ Jock/Man: Jack Harding
   Johnson, a warder: David Sharp
   Ralph Bates/Insp Hersey/Davidson: Michael Burrell
   Jennings/Terry: Freddie Lees
   Renton: Rod Beacham
   Old Lady/Mrs Jackson: Joan Matheson
   Dave Bates: Bruce Beeby
   Miss Robinson/Woman: Jane Fyffe
   Wife: Richenda Carey
   Jimmy: Malcolm Gerard
   Porter: Alaric Cotter
   TV Commentator: Peter Bond
Also with Geoffrey Serle and Deborah Jane Sharpe
Repeated 7th August 1977


12th June 1977
18.15:
Maigret Goes to School (1954) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989), translated by Daphne Woodward
Producer: Betty Davies
   Chief Inspector Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Joseph Gastin: Michael Spice
   Madame Gastin: Madi Hedd
   Jean-Paul Gastin: Denise Bryer
   Insp Danielou: Geoffrey Collins
   Dr Bresselles: Ronald Herdman
   Louis: Michael Goldie
   Maria: Ley Dixon
   Marcellin Rateau: Michael Harbour
   Marcel Sellier: Jean England
   Joseph Rateau: Rosemary Miller
   Ferdinand: Gavin Campbell
Repeated 16th June 1977


13th June 1977
15.45:
Afternoon Theatre: Been a Funny Sort of a Day by Tony Bilbow
A social club plan a coach outing to Margate.
Directed By: Graham Gauld
   Vi Armitage: Patricia Hayes
   Madge Broadtoend: Betty Hardy
   Alice Grant: Vera Lennox
   Mildred Perkins: Marjorie Forsyth
   Bill Smedley: Roger Snowdon
   Charlie: Haydn Jones
   George Winters: Malcolm Hayes
   Janet Simkins: Joanna Wake
   Mr Martin: Leslie Heritage
   Eileen Taylor: June Spencer
   Vic Taylor: Peter Woodthorpe
   Ben Taylor: Anthony Smee


13th June 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: A World Apart by Richard Austin
A ballet Company
Pianist Mary Nash.
Directed by Kay Patrick
   Pauline: Jill Balcon
   Julia: Carole Boyd
   Fyoder: Edward Burnham
   Rita: Heather Bell
   Ronia: Anne Rosenfeld
   Sir Robert: Malcolm Gerard
   David: Kenneth Shanley
   Helen: Tara Soppet
   Paul: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Mike: Christopher Scoular
   Nigel: Paul Imbusch
   Ivan: Neville Jason
Dancers: Julia Charlesworth, Edwina Smith, Sandra Doling, Pippa Emanuel and Petra Taylor
Repeated 19th June 1977


15th June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Dowry with Two White Doves by Nick McCarty
Directed by Roger Pink
BBC Birmingham
   Maria: Rosalind Adams
   Mrs Costi: Linda Polan
   Mrs Georgiades: Joy Stewart
   Mr Costi/ Grandfather: Cyril Shaps
   Mitros: Gareth Armstrong
   The Men: Leslie Dunn, Ralph Lawton


16th June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Great Big Softie by Joan Lock
Directed By: Glyn Dearman
   Ivor Randle: George Cole
   his wife Jinty: Anna Cropper
   Ben: Martin Jarvis
   Carol: Penelope Reynolds
   Arthur: Douglas Blackwell
   Joe: William Eedle
   Helen: Olwen Griffiths


17th June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Wooing of Mr Drimble by J. C. W. Brook
A seaside holiday romance.
Directed by Ian Cotterell
   Mother: Alison Leggatt
   Jenny: Ann Beach
   Mr Drimble: John Hollis


18th June 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre:
Lunchbreak by Bruce Beeby (1921-2013)
Directed by Piers Plowright
   Tommy: Philip Davis
   Terry: David Gillies
   Harold Burgess: Bruce Beeby
   Sniffy/Waiter: Christopher Bidmead
   Fat boy/Syd: Peter Craze
   Mum/Waitress: Irene Sutcliffe
Repeated 22nd June 1977


18th June 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Night of the Wolf by Victor Pemberton (1931-2017)
Cambridge and the Fen Country.
Directed by John Tydeman
   Judge Matthew Deacon: Vincent Price
   Robert Deacon, his son: Peter Whitman
   Mrs Northcott: Coral Browne
   Sybil, her daughter: Sheila Grant
   Dorothy, Sybil's daughter: Elizabeth Proud
   Nicholas, Sybil's son: John Rye
   Griffin, an undergraduate: Michael Cochrane
   Professor Forrester: Hugh Manning
   Sir Richard Burnett: Haydn Jones
   Morris: Paul Gaymon
   Jessie: Norma Ronald
Repeated from 9th and 11th August 1975
Repeated 26th December 1978, 27th May 1991,
[Also broadcast on R4X 2016-2018 ]


19th June 1977
18.15:
Maigret's Boyhood Friend (1968) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989), translated by Eileen Ellenbogen
Producer: Betty Davies
   Chief Inspector Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Lapointe: John Rye
   Janvier: Sean Barrett
   Francois Pare: Godfrey Kenton
   Fernand Courcel: Peter Tuddenham
   Victor Lamotte: John Gabriel
   Jean-Luc Bodard: Geoffrey Collins
   Madame Blanc: Cecile Chevreau
   Madame Maigret: Irene Sutcliffe
[Not repeated- the Thursday slot was used for a different programme]
[Also known as Maigret's Childhood Friend]


20th June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Omegapoint by Bruce Stewart (1925-2005)
Effects specially created by Roger Limb of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin
   Harry Claudius: Dinsdale Landen
   Czerny: Sydney Tafler
   Julie Ross: Rosalind Adams
   Rashleigh: Haydn Jones
   Mary Bone: Anne Jameson
   Archie Chisholm: Henry Stamper
   The Computer: Anthony Smee
Repeated from 18th and 20th October 1975


20th June 1977
20.00:
The Monday Play: Bitter Gate by Tanith Lee (1947-2015)
Odysseus' return to Ithaka
Incidental music composed and conducted by Christos Pittas
Directed by Richard Wortley
   Odysseus: Stephen Thorne
   Penelope: Elizabeth Bell
   Eurymakos: Michael Cochrane
   Telemakos: Brian Hewlett
   God: Gerald Cross
   Goddess: Jill Balcon
   Ainctinous: Sean Barrett
   Mentor: Tim Fearon
   Irikleia: Betty Baskcomb
   Swineherd: Anthony Jacobs
   Beggar King: Neville Jason
   First Suitor: Nick Brimble
   Second Suitor: Tim Brown
   Kryse: Penelope Reynolds
Repeated 26th June 1977


22nd June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Soul has Its Rights by Giuseppe Giacosa (1847-1906), translated by Henry Reed
Directed by David Spenser
   Paolo: John Fraser
   Anna: Rosalind Shanks
   Mario: John Pullen
   Maddalena: Katherine Parr
[Better known as "The Rights of the Soul", originally Diritti Dell Anima (1894)]


23rd June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Webs of Darkness by Graham Blackett
Directed by Christopher Venning
   Sally Collins: Frances Jeater
   Mark Collins: Gavin Campbell
   Kevin: Simon Richmond
   Headmaster: Kenneth McClellan
   Mr Tolson: Timothy Bateson
   Mrs Tolson: Joan Matheson
   Tony Vernon: Christopher Scoular
   Police Sergeant: Crawford Logan
   Major Hardy: Michael Johnson


24th June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Garton's Lass by Alan Bower
Directed by Roger Pine
BBC Birmingham
   Kenny: Paul Copley
   Bev: Maggie McCarthy
   Frank: Eric Allen
   Eileen: Elizabeth Proud
   Christine: Vicky Ireland
   Ted: Nigel Lambert
   Len: John Malcolm
   Landlord: Ralph Lawton


25th June 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Game of Sin by Christopher Russell
Directed by David Johnston
   Claire Carmichael: Irene Sutcliffe
   Lawrance Carmichael: John Rye
   Powell: Alton Kumalo
Repeated 29th June 1977


25th June 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Hector's Fixed Idea (The Absurd Life and Times of Hector Berlioz) by Bruce Stewart (1925-2005)
Directed by John Theocharis
   Harriet Smithson: Elizabeth Bell
   Rossini (1792-1868): Peter Woodthorpe
   Liszt (1811-1886): Clive Swift
   Marie Reccio: Carole Boyd
   Young Estelle: Penelope Reynolds
   Old Estelle: Irene Sutcliffe
   Camille: Kate Coleridge
   Pleyel: Malcolm Hayes
   Charbonnet: Alaric Cotter
   Lesueur: Timothy Bateson
   Habeneck: William Eedle
   Mendelssohn: Neville Jason
   Instructor: Bruce Beeby
   Ciccolini: Michael Goldie
   Nanette: Anne Rosenfeld
Repeated 27th June 1977


26th June 1977
18.15
Maigret at the Crossroads (1931) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989), translated by Robert Baldick, Adapted by Aubrey Woods.
Producer: Christopher Venning
   Chief Inspector Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Lucas: Brian Haines
   Carl Andersen: Wolf Kahler
   Michonnet: Laurence Harrington
   Else/Mme Goldbert: Nicolette McKenzie
   Oscar: Martin Matthews
   Chauffeur/Ferrari: David Cann
   Mme Michonnet: Sheila Rayner
Repeated 30th June 1977
[The story is also known as Night at the Crossroads, original title La Nuit du carrefour]


27th June 1977
20.00
The Monday Play: Crown of Dreams by Lydia Ragosin.
Director: Margaret Etall
   James Stuart: Stephen Thorne
   Duke of Mar: Robert Trotter
   Col Hay: Gavin Campbell
   Mrs Hay: Nicolette McKenzie
   Duke Rinaldo of Modena: John Westbrook
   Princess Benedicta: Penelope Reynolds
   Princess Clementina Sobieska: Eve Karpf
   Prince Charles Edward: Geoffrey Beevers
   Henry, Duke of York: Michael Harbour
   Earl Marischal/Drummond of Balhaldy: Paul Meier
   Marquisu llibardine/Wogan: Peter Craze
   Lord Drummond/George III: Malcolm Gerard
   Queen Anne/Mrs Sheldon: Elizabeth Bell
   Duke of Berwick/George II: James Warwick
   The Pope: Noel Iliff
   Lord Stair/ Louis XV: Michael Kilgarriff
   Duke of Argyll/Due de Bouillon: Douglas Blackwell
   Captain Park: Bruce Beeby
Repeated 3rd July 1977
[This play was a sequel to "The Lonely Conscience" of 12th January 1976]


29th June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Death by Water by Charles Thomas
Directed by David Johnston
   Ann/Ruth Baines: Emily Richard
   Chris/Stephen Carfax: Anthony Smee
   Mr Pardoe: Nigel Graham
   Lucie Pardoe: Elizabeth Proud
   The Rector: Nicholas Courtney
   Harry Spiers: Walter Hall
   Liza Spiers: Delia Paton
   Simon Spiers: Darren Vaz
   Rachel Spiers: Kendal Robertson
   Jimmy Rudge: Amos Pizzey
   Sarah Tripp: Linda Nichols
   George Roberts: Ian Hoare
   Hilda Carter: Penny Nichols
   Freddie Huxtable: David Corti
   Mary: Susan Sheridan
   Spot: Percy Edwards
   Village children: John Henry and Ruth Chiswell


30th June 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Death of a Member by Philip Honeywell
Directed by: Cherry Cookson
   George Bodley: John Hollis
   Septimus Bird: William Eedle
   Langdale/speaker: Douglas Blackwell
   Alan Cutler/clerk: Alaric Cotter
   Dora Cutler/Ivy: Carole Boyd
   Pillman: Anton Rodgers
   Helen: Caroline Blakiston
   Orvill: Neville Jason
   Yvonne: Diana Olsson
   Joanna: Jane Knowles
   Perkins/Harry Turner: Michael Goldie
   Bradbury: Stephen Thorne
Repeated 26th July 1978
[The sequel, Passport to Power, was broadcast 2nd August 1978].


1st July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Trip North by Peter Russell
A wife and mother abandons her family.
Directed By: David H. Godfrey
   Terence: Alaric Cotter
   Terence as a child: Judy Bennett
   Lucy: Jane Knowles
   Alastair, his father: William Eedle
   Elizabeth, his mother: Janet Burnell
   Simon, his brother-in-law: Timothy Bateson
   Alex Williamson: Preston Lockwood
   Emily, Williamson's daughter: Penelope Reynolds
   Robert, Simon's young son: Judy Bennett
   


2nd July 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: One Possessed by David Campton (1924-2006)
Directed by Roger Pine
BBC Birmingham
   Mrs Evans: Anne Jameson
   Mrs Harrison: Margot Boyd
   Mr Ney: George Woolley
   Mr Perrin: Philip Garston-Jones
   Mrs Steele: Peggy Ashby
   Miss Brent: Nancy Gower
Repeated 5th July 1977


2nd July 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Resurrectionist by David Buck (1936-1989)
A West Country village.
Directed by Brian Miller
BBC Bristol
   Stanton: John Abineri
   Alice: Madeline Smith
   Timson: David Buck
   Tench: Barry Jackson
   Meg: June Barrie
   William: Gavin Campbell
   Joshua: Ray Handy
   Ned worth: Malcolm Gerard
   Smee: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Harkness: Paul Seed
   Turvey: Gavin Campbell
   Benskin: Ray Handy
   Apps: Alan Moore
   Jenner: Brian Jackson
Repeated 4th July 1977


3rd July 1977
18.15
Maigret Has Doubts (1959) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989), translated by Lyn Moir, Adapted by Edward Bruce.
Producer: Christopher Venning
   Chief Inspector Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Newsboy/Maitre Lenain: Robin Soans
   Adrien Josset: Alan Rowe
   Commacliau: Richard Hampton
   Janvier: Sean Barrett
   Lapointe: John Rye
   First reporter: Malcolm Edwards
   Patron: David Strong
   Dr Paul/Second reporter:Jeffrey Segal
   Dupont: Bruce Beeby
   Annette: Nicolette McKenzie
Repeated 6th July 1977
(Note: Repeated on Wednesday, not the previously usual Thursday)
[Also known as Maigret's Secret, original title Une confidence de Maigret]


4th July 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: Blossom by Rose Tremain
Directed By: Kay Patrick
   Grace: Ruth Goring
   Dennis: Malcolm Hayes
   Peter: Michael Cochrane
   Mr Shiner: Jonathan Scott
   Mr Marchant: George A Cooper
   Lilian: Irene Sutcliffe
Repeated 10th July 1977


6th July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Trial at Tremerryn by John Fores
1939: Smuggling in Cornwall.
Directed by John Theocharis
   Mr Moss: Malcolm Hayes
   Roy Bradlaw: Anthony Smee
   Stiles: Alan Dudley
   Mrs Stiles: Madi Hedd
   Captain Wins ford: Hector Boss
   Jane Winsford: Deborah Paige
   Harbourmaster: Peter Williams
   Mr Lamb: Clifford Norgate
   Steward: Christopher Bidmead
   Mate: Michael Burlington
   Joe: Roger Snowbom
Repeated from 24th October 1975


7th July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Last Escape by R. D. Wingfield (1928-2007)
Directed By: Christopher Venning
   Seaton: Lyndon Brooks
   DS Dawson: Chris Hallam
   Landlord: Walter Hall
   Harry: Malcolm Gerard
   Doctor: Jonathan Scott
   Det-lnisp Garwood: Kevin Brennan
   Police Constable: Anton Phillips
   Brindle: Gavin Campbell
   Secretary: Penelope Reynolds
   Sir Charles Ebsworth: Richard Hurndall
   Male Nurse: Crawford Logan


8th July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Book from Beelzebub by Geoffrey Parkinson
The book was 30 pence at the Church Bazaar.
Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin
   Mr Newton: Dinsdale Landen
   Mrs Cornish: Sheila Grant
   Mr Cornish: David March
   The Vicar: Timothy Bateson
   The Gypsy: Kathleen Helme
   Mrs Pitt: Irene Sutcliffe
   The Colonel: William Eedle
   The Waiter: Michael Harbour
Repeated 21st April 1979


9th July 1977
15.05
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Going Back by Owen Holder (1921-2016)
Directed by Ian Cotterell.
   Narrator: Owen Holder
   Charles Haydon, MP: Timothy Bateson
   Ruth: Sheila Shand Gibbs
   Miss Williams: Emily Richard
   Iris Haydon: Carole Boyd
   Hotel Proprietress: Madi Hedd
   Lady: Betty Huntley-Wright
   Gentleman: Alan Dudley
Repeated from 4th December 1974
Repeated 12th July 1977


9th July 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Sister Ninian's Nightingale by Charlotte Hastings (1909-2003)
Directed by Graham Gauld
   Sister Ninian: Flora Robson
   Sister Clare: Irene Sutcliffe
   Sister Appolline: Joan Matheson
   Sister Margrid: Anne Rosenfeld
   Mother General: Joan Harty
   Father Muldoon: Carleton Hobbs
   Celia Dean: Shirley Dixon
   Ted Dean: Walter Hall
   Johnny Dean: Adam Godley
   Mrs Stevens: Josephine Gordon
   Jez Stevens: Philip Parker
   Mrs Curtis: Marjorie Forsyth
   Inspector Griffin: Ronald Baddiley
   Sergeant Parker: Kenneth Barrow
   Headmaster: William Eedle
   Bazeley: Alaric Cotter
   Jenny Clifford: Jane Knowles
   Mrs Lee: Shirley Cooklin
   Brown: John Levitt
   Fairbairn: Gavin Campbell
Repeated 11th July 1977 and 25th December 1977


10th July 1977
18.15
Maigret and the Madman of Bergerac (1932) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989), translated (1940) by Geoffrey Sainsbury, Adapted by Aubrey Woods
Producer: Betty Davies
   Chief Inspector Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Leduc: Timothy Bateson
   Mme Maigret: Irene Sutcliffe
   Dr Rivaud: Gavin Campbell
   Mme Rivaud: Anne Rosenfeld
   Duhourceau: Malcolm Hayes
   Francoise: Jane Knowles
   Mme Beausoleil: Joyce Latham
   Rosalie: Nicolette McKenzie
   Hotel Proprietor: Jeffrey Segal
Repeated 13th July 1977
[Original title Le Fou de Bergerac]


11th July 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: Paradise Lost (1674) by John Milton (1608-1674) adapted by Gordon Honeycombe
Sound score by David Cain and created by the children of Wyndham School, Egremont
Directed by Martin Jenkins
   John Milton: Stephen Murray
   Satan: Robert Lang
   Beelzebub: Maurice Denham
   Moloch: Kerry Francis
   Belial ,: Alan Dudley
   God: Robert Harris
   Christ: Martin Jarvis
   Adam: Ronald Pickup
   Gabriel: David Timson
   Raphael: Stephen Thorne
   Michael: John Tye
Repeated from 4th and 10th November 1974


13th July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Test by Maisie Mosco (1924-2011)
Directed by David H. Godfrey
   Alec, a business executive: Alan Dudley
   Liz, his wife: Madi Hedd
   Charlie, their son, a bank clerk: Paul Meier
   Stan, a driving instructor: Michael Harbour
   Jean, his wifc: Anne Rosenfeld
[Different story to The Test produced by David H Godfrey in 1960, written by W W Jacobs]


14th July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Summer of 39 by David Wade
Directed By: Ian Cotterell
   Narrator: David Wade
   Headmaster: Neville Jason
   Master: Andrew Seear
   Wade: E R Lindsay
   Exley: J S Knowles
   Rosmarin: P R Adams
   Buckler: J England
   Manvell: D P R Bryer
   Hewlett: E A Proud
Repeated 31st October 1979
[The characters Wade and Manvell return in "The Facts of Life - or What Greenbaum Did at School" broadcast on 5th December 1980]


15th July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Inter-City Incident by Sheila Hodgson
Directed By: Brian Miller
BBC Bristol
   Jacko: John Bennett
   Susan: Joanna Van Gyseghem
   Roy: Michael Shannon
   Geoffrey: Garard Green
   Douglas: Howard Goorney
   Maryse: Eva Haddon
   Peter: Elizabeth Lindsay
   Mrs Kerr: Audrey Noble
   Matron: Nancy Gower
   Hotel porter: David Ponting
Also with Penelope Brownjohn, Brian Gear, Jo Scott Matthews and Paul Nicholson
Repeated from 7th November 1975


16th July 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Waiting for the Third by Taylor Lovering
Directed by Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester
   Wesley Gibbon: Geoffrey Banks
   Tom Mostyn: Peter John
   Will: Graham Roberts
   D Oil: Sharon Duce
   Joan: Daphne Oxenford
   Jim Barrat: John Franklyn-Robbin
Repeated 19th July 1977


16th July 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Catchmere Fugitive by John Ashe (1954-2016)
Directed by Brian Miller
BBC Bristol
   John Cox: Richard Morant
   Sue Smith: And Kim Hartman
   Aunt Margaret: Peggy Thorpe-Bates
   Cooper: James Thomason
   George: Stephen Sylvester
   Stanley Dedge: Richard Grant
   Ada: Ingrid Bower
   Hardman: Brian Hewlett
   Arthur: David Hyde
   Harry Dempster: Hal Jeayes
   Mike Follett: David Gooderson
Repeated 18th July 1977


17th July 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: Viviette. by Frederick Bradnum based on the novel "Two on a Tower" (1882) by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
Directed by Jane Morgan
   Viviette, Lady Constantine: Sarah Badel
   Louis Glanville: Christopher Bidmead
   Dobbs: Peter Whitman
   Swithin St Cleeve: Michael Kitchen
   Granny Martin: Susan Richards
   Tabitha Lark: Emily Richard
   Hannah Underwood: Gladys Spencer
   The Reverend Torkingham: Denis McCarthy
   The Bishop of Melchester: Haydn Jones
   Verger: Peter Whitman
   Captain Humfrey: Malcolm Hayes
Repeated from 18th and 24th August 1975, when producer credited as Jane Graham.
Repeated on 18th February 1979.
["Two on a Tower" was broadcast in two parts in 2009, director Stefan Escrit, repeated R4X 2018. There was another production in 2021.]


17th July 1977
18.15
Maigret and the Minister by Georges Simenon (1903-1989) translated by Moura Budberg (1892-1974) adapted by Frederick Bradnum.
Director: Betty Davies
   Jules Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Auguste Point: Peter Pratt
   Lapointe: John Rye
   Janvier: Sean Barrett
   Lucas: Brian Haines
   Jackie: Shirley Dixon
   Fleury: Rod Beacham
   Piquemal: Walter Hall
   Benoit: Bruce Beeby
   Mascoulin: Timothy Bateson
   Madame Maigret: Irene Sutcliffe
Repeated 20th July 1977
[Also known as "Maigret and the Calame Report", original title "Maigret chez le ministre"]


18th July 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: Driving Home by Donald Bull
Directed by Christopher Venning
   Erica: Elizabeth Bell
   Charles: Eric Lander
   Bobbie: Jan Carey
   Mr Fielding: Timothy Bateson
   Mrs Fielding: Beatrice Bevan
   Father Clinton: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Eve/Shirley: Amanda Jessel Rupert/ Youth in Park:
Brian Hewlett
   Trude/Miss Hughes:
   Nicolette McKenzie Freddie/First PC: Kenneth Shanley
   Teddy: Gavin Campbell PA/Receptionist: Penelope Reynolds
   Vision Mixer/Woman PC: ????? Rosenfeld
   Milly/Woman CID Officer: Sheila Ferris
   TV Asst/Second PC: Paul Meier
   Desk PC/Coroner: Douglas Blackwell
   Doctor: David McAlister
Repeated 24th July 1977


20th July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: I'm a Dreamer Montreal by Stewart Parker (1941-1988)
Music played by Clubsound and the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra conducted by Havelock Nelson
Directed by Michael Heffernan
BBC Northern Ireland
   Nelson Glover: John Hewitt
   Uncle Henry: William Hunter
   Dickie: Mark Mulholland
   Gaye: Joe McPartland
   Mr Hackett: Harold Goldblatt
   Dance Organiser: J G Devlin
   Sandra Carse: Kate McClay
   D etective: Wolsey Gracey
   Sergeant: Eoin White
   Secretary: Carolyn Taylor
   Scottish Soldier: Derek Halligan
   Mortuary Attendant: Liam Neeson
   Bus Conductor: Tony McAuley
Repeated 17th May 1979, 6th October 1979
[Commissioned by the BBC in 1975]
[The title was taken from a 1929 film which had a misheard song]
[Clubsound started 1970, and performed cabaret comedy.]


21st July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: All Kinds of Men by Ivor Wilson
Directed by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Rowland Roberts: Nigel Anthony
   Grant: Geoffrey Hinsliff
   Cosgrave: Simon Molloy
   Fielding: Tony Robinson
   Goldstone: Brian Miller
   Squadron-Leader Pollard: David Mahlowe
   Joan Sowerby: Jane Wymark
   Eric Holden: Paul Webster


22nd July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Thought You Said Something by Shirley Cooklin
Directed By: Kay Patrick
   Sarah: June Barry
   Angie: Jane Knowles
   Man on the underground: Vernon Joyner
   Paul: Michael Goldie
   Adrian: David Neal
   Harry: Gavin Campbell
Also with Michael Tudor Barnes, Alaric Cotter, Leslie Heritage, Brian Hewlett, Penelope Reynolds, Anne Rosenfeld, Jonathan Scott


23rd July 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Love in the Office by Dudley Warman
Directed By: Jane Morgan
   Green: Richard O'Callaghan
   Miss: Rosalind Ayres
   Brown: Timothy Bateson
   Mrs: Irene Sutcliffe
Also with Nicolette Mckenzie and Kenneth Shanley
Repeated 26th July 1977


23rd July 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Linden Tree (1947) by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984), adapted by Mollie Greenhalgh (Mollie Greenhalgh Hardwick 1916-2003)
England 1947
Cellist: Rosalind Gonley
Directed by Kay Patrick
BBC Manchester
   Professor Linden: Geoffrey Banks
   Isabel, his wife: Kathleen Helme
   Rex Linden: Christopher Godwin
   Dr Jean Linden: Carole Hayman
   Marion de Saint Vaury: Joanna Wake
   Dinah Linden: Penelope Reynolds
   Alfred Lockhart: David Mahlowe
   Edith Westmore: Sally Gibson
   Bernard Fawcett: Christian Rodska
   Mrs Cotton: Shirley Dixon
Repeated 16th April 1979
[Also broadcast on R4X 2017-2022]
[Also produced by Martyn C Webster in 1950 with Barry Morse as Rex]
[Also produced by Peter Watts in 1959 with Simon Lack as Rex]


24th July 1977
18.15
Liberty Bar (1932) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989), translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury, adapted by Aubrey Woods.
Directed by Christopher Venning.
   Jules Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Boutigues: Kenneth Shanley
   Mme Martini: Shirley Dixon
   Gina Martini: Diana Eden
   Jaja: Margot van Der Burgh
   Sylvie: Eva Haddon
   Harry Brown: Kevin Brennan
Also with Rod Beacham.
[Also known as "Maigret on the Riviera"]
Repeated 27th July 1977


25th July 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The Interrupted Divorce by Helene Bessette (1918-2000) translated by Barbara Bray
Directed by Jane Morgan
   Leonard: Gordon Gostelow
   Morvan: Michael Harbour
   Helmut: Jack May
   Delphine: Marian Diamond
   Segalene: Philip Bond
   Baptiste: James McClure
   Andrea: Barbara Bolton
   Melanie: Shirley Dixon
   Violette: Emily Richard
   Honorine: Sheila Reid
   Mary Lou: Nicolette McKenzie
Also with Timothy Bateson, Bruce Beeby, Michael Goldie, Jonathan Scott, Penelope Reynolds and Anne Rosenfeld
Repeated 31st July 1977
[Original title: Le Divorce interrompu - 1968]


27th July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Easy When You Try by Betty Pau (1921-2011)
Directed by John Cardy
BBC Bristol
   Arnold Hopwell: Dinsdale Landen
   Hazel Hopwell: Heather Chasen
   Stacey Patch: Rosalind Adams
   Colin/Luigi: Geoffrey Serle
   Sylvia: Richenda Carey
   Eileen: Mary Jack
   Mr Blanchflower: Ronald Russell
   Ken: Peter Alexander
   Inspector: Victor Winding
   Sergeant: David Sharp
   Policewoman/Shop assistant: Maev Alexander
   Judge: Bernard Padfield


28th July 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Lesson of the Master (1888) by Henry James (1843-1916) adapted by David Davis
Directed by Jenyth Worsley
   Paul Overt: Neville Jason
   General Fancourt: James Thomason
   Mrs St George: Joan Matheson
   Marian Fancourt: Jenny Quayle
   Henry St George: Dinsdale Landen
[Also produced by Archie Campbell for R3 in 1966]


29th July 1977
15.05
Afternoon Theatre: The Sunny Side of the Street by Michael Abbensetts (1938-2016)
Directed by Betty Davies
   Quentin Williams: Don Warrington
   Kim: Nicolette McKenzie
   Mr Neto: Mark Heath
   Gilbert: Jason Rose
   Lionel: Willie Jonah
   Ricardo: Clifton Jones
   Alma: Joan-Ann Maynard
   Mrs Williams: Isabelle Lucas
Also with Anne Rosenfeld, Douglas Blackwell
[Michael Abbensetts was born in Guyana and moved to the UK in the 1960s]


30th July 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Small Matter of Manipulation by Mary C. Ogdon
Directed by Kay Patrick
   Angie: Jo Kendall
   Andy: David Gooderson
   Mum: Eva Stuart
   Dad: James Thomason
Repeated 2nd August 1977
[This is the sole credit on BBC Genome for Mary C Odgon]


30th July 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Rightful Possession by Valerie Georgeson
Directed by Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester
   Alix: Elizabeth Bell
   Ian: Alan Rothwell
   Dr Sutcliffe: Sandra Voe
   Joe: Alan Meadows
   Estate Agent: Peter Wheeler
Repeated 1st August 1977


31st July 1977
18.15
Maigret and the Old Lady (1950) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989) translated by Robert Brain
Directed by Betty Davies
   Jules Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Valentine Besson: Aimee Delamain
   Arlette Sudre: Diana Olsson
   Charles Besson: Douglas Blackwell
   Theo Besson: Aubrey Woods
   Inspector Castaing: Michael Harbour
   Trochu: Bruce Beeby
   Madame Trochu: Shirley Dixon
   Henri Trochu: Peter Craze
   Police Chief: William Eedle
   Johnny: Walter Hall
Repeated 3rd August 1977
[Maigret et la vieille dame]


1st August 1977
19.20-21.15
The Monday Play: The Misanthrope (1666) by Moliere (1622-1673). Adapted by Tony Harrison.
This version is set in 1966.
Music by Marc Wilkinson, Musicians: Billy Bell, Roger Potter, Terry Walsh, Dougie Wright and Marc Wilkinson
Theatre Director John Dexter.
Radio Producer Ian Cotterrell.
   Philinte: Alan MacNaughtan
   Alceste: Alec McCowen
   Oronte: Gawn Grainger
   Celimene: Diana Rigg
   Basque: James Hayes
   Eliante: Louie Ramsay
   Clitandre: Jeremy Clyde
   Acaste: Nicholas Clay
   Official of the Acadamie Francaise: Stephen Williams
   Arsinoe: Gillian Barge
   Dubois: James Hayes
Repeated from 15th March 1976
[Other Productions: Yr/Network/Producer/Actor playing Alceste:
1956 rpt 1957/R3/Norman Wright/Marius Goring.
1959/R3/Peter Watts/Keith Michell
1967/R4/R D Smith/Hugh Burden
1998/R3/Nandita Ghose/David Schofield]
[Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux]


3rd August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Harvey's Festival by Christopher Russell
A religious group settle in an English Village.
Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin
   Bertha: Miriam Margolyes
   Harvey: Geoffrey Matthews
   Angelo: Peter Woodthorpe
   Robert: Malcolm Hayes
   Geoffrey: Haydn Jones
   Mr Shadwell: Nigel Lambert
   Dave: Michael Deacon
   Gwen: Rosalind Adams
   Woman: Anne Jameson
   Frank: Michael Cochrane
   Jan: Julie Hallam
   Hodge: John Rye
Repeated from 22nd October 1975


4th August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Artist by Robin Glendinning
Directed by Michael Heffernan
BBC Northern Ireland
   Bill Cowie: David McKail
   Robbie: Sean Barrett
   French: Colm Meaney
   Mr Stephens: Maurice O'Callaghan
   Mrs Stephens: Margaret D'Arcy
   Denise Stephens: Roisin Donaghy
   Percy Mason: Bernard Cullen
   Antique Dealer: Eoin White
   Waitress: Maureen Dow


5th August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Sketches from Life by Valerie Windsor
Directed by Piers Plowright
   Claire: Penelope Reynolds
   Kevin: Philip Davis
   Mick: P G Stephens
   Miss Todd: Irene Sutcliffe
   Miss Coates: Anne Clements
   Emma: Jane Knowles
   Miss Jay: Karin Fernald
   Matron: Joan Matheson
   Girl: Sue Harwich
Repeated 17th November 1979


6th August 1977
15.05
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Venus at the Seaside by Jennifer Phillips
Organist: Brian Dee
A seaside beauty competition
Directed By: Richard Wortley
   Sonya: Penelope Lee
   Alex: David Sinclair
   Dina: Shirley Dixon
   Mary/Sharon: Nicolette McKenzie
   Stella: Adrienne Conway
   Janine: Penelope Reynolds
   MC: Rod Beacham
   Man in audience: Jonathan Scott
Repeated 9th August 1977
[Additional adventures of Sonya and Alex Lejeune - "Your Tiny Hand is Frozen" broadcast 13/3/76]


6th August 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Blight by Jill Hyem (1937-2015)
Old age.
Directed By: Kay Patrick
   Evelyn Talbot: Ruth Goring
   Alfred E well: David Markham
   Miss Dewar: Grizelda Hervey
   Miss Spinks: Betty Baskcomb
   Mrs Hardie: Betty Hardy
   Miss Humble: Sheelah Wilcocks
   Mrs Tyler: Margot Boyd
   Mr Bacon: William Eedle
   Plain clothes man: Roy Spencer
   Miss Maitland: Gudrun Ure
   Jess: Irene Sutcliffe
   Rita: Joanna Wake
   Mike: Michael Goldie
   Kirstie: Cherie McAuliffe
   Young woman: Anne Rosenfeld
Repeated 8th August 1977


7th August 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: Chances by Tudor Gates
Repeated from 11th June 1977- see above.


7th August 1977
11.05
Maigret Hesitates (1968) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989), translated by Lyn Moor, adapted by Edward Bruce
Director: Betty Davies
   Jules Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Lucas: Brian Haines
   Lapoin te: John Rye
   Parendon: Anthony Hall
   Madame Parendon: Madi Hedd
   Mademoiselle Vague: Shirley Dixon
   Renee Tortu: Anthony Viccars
   Jacques Parendon: Brian Hewlett
   Lise: Jane Knowles
Repeated 10th August 1977


8th August 1977
19.20:
The Monday Play: These Modern Ways by Eugene Chirikov (1864-1932), English version by Basil Ashmore (1915-1998)
A small Russian town
Directed by Martin Jenkins
   Vera: Maureen O'Brien
   Olga: Jane Knowles
   Mrs Petrov: Pauline Letts
   Mrs Bogolyubov: Thora Hird
   Grisha: Adam Godley
   Dunya: Patsy Byrne
   Ivan: Anthony Newlands
   Sergei Borisovich: Keith Drinkel
   Soiovyuv: Timothy Bateson
   Boy: Henry Knowles
   Lady: Nicolette McKenzie
   Lieutenant: Neville Jason
   Pyrkov: Roy Spencer
[There is insufficient information to identify the original work on which this first broadcast in English of any work by Chirikov is based. In 1981 R4 broadcast "These Amateur Theatricals" with the same plot description, but differing actors and play characters, also by Chirikov/ Ashmore/ Jenkins.]


10th August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Rocking Horse Winner (1926) by D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) dramatised by Liane Aukin
The perils of gambling.
Directed by David Spenser
   Hester Carter: Diana Bishop
   Oscar Cresswell: Moray Watson
   Paul Carter: Adam Godley
   Bassett: Sean Barrett
   Edward Carter: Rod Beacham
   Miss Wilmot: Joan Matheson
   Joan Carter: Katherine Hughes
   
   
11th August 1977
15.05
Afternoon Theatre: Going my way? by H A Wrenn
Hitch hiking.
Directed By: Roger Pine
BBC Birmingham
   Andrew Grainger: Hector Ross
   Helen Grainger: Eileen Barry
   Vic Lane: Peter Brookes
   Lyn Holmes: Maureen O'Donnell
   Chief Supt Weston: Roger Hume
   Mr Reed: Philip Garston-Jones
   Mrs Baker: Nancy Gower


12th August 1977
15.05
Afternoon Theatre: The Penstone Commune by K Allen Sadler.
Director: Ian Cotterell.
   Ken Barton: Anthony Jackson
   Josh: Dinsdale Landen
   Peg: Caroline John
   Charlie: Ronald Herdman
   James: Brian Haines
   The Badger: Nigel Graham
   Sally: Jane Knowles
   Des: Robin Browne
Repeated from 3rd January 1973
[The tale of Ken Barton continued on 19th August 1977- see below.]


13th August 1977
15.05
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Leonard by David Wheeler
Director: Margaret Etall
   Leonard: Timothy Bateson
   Man opposite: Anthony Newlands
   Terry: Heather Bell
   Mother: Anne Rosenfeld
   Clergyman: William Eedle
   His wife: Elizabeth Bell
   Student: Brian Hewlett
   Elderly Man: Jonathan Scott
   George: Rod Beacham
Repeated 16th August 1977
[Timothy Batesone reprised his role as Leonard in "Good to be Alive" broadcast 31st July 1979, and "Mystery Tour" broadcast on 23rd September 1980]


13th August 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Valley by Alick Rowe
Sarah Fielding is missing, presumed dead.
The outdoor scenes were recorded on location
Directed by Richard Wortley
   Emma: Nicolette McKenzie
   Derek: Sean Arnold
   Edgar Webborn: William Eedle
   Lloyd: Edward Kelsey
   Mrs Lloyd: Joan Matheson
   Ieuan Lloyd/First voice/Gwilym Lloyd: Brian Hewlett
   Price Lloyd: Alaric Cotter
   Timothy Marle: Kenneth Shanley
   The Rev Morgan: Haydn Jones
   Second voice: David Graham
   Police Constable: Paul Meier
   Sarah Fielding: Nicolette McKenzie
Repeated 15th August 1977


13th August 1977
22.15-23.15
The Foundation Trilogy (written 1942-1950) by Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) adapted by Patrick Tull and Mike Stott.
Part 1 of 8. Book One: Foundation part 1.
The Galactic Empire is doomed.
Directed by David Cain.
BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
   Encyclopedia: David Valla
   Hari Seldon: William Eedle
   Gaal Dornick: Geoffrey Beevers
   Advocate: Heron Carvic
   Salvor Hardin: Lee Montague
   Yohan Lee: John Hollis
   Lewis Pirenne: Roy Spencer
   Anselm Rodric: Rolf Lefebvre
   Lord Dorwin: Ronald Herdman
   Tomaz Sutt: Brian Haines
   Jord Fara: John Rowe
Additional actors in later parts:
Angela Pleasence, Anthony Jackson, Carleton Hobbs, Cyril Shaps, David Gooderson, David March, Dinsdale Landen, Douglas Blackwell, Francis de Wolff, Fraser Kerr, Gabriel Woolf, Gail MacFarlane, Gary Watson, Haydn Jones, John Justin, John Ruddock, John Samson, Julian Glover, Katherine Parr, Lewis Stringer, Martin Friend, Maurice Denham, Michael Harbour, Michael Kilgarriff, Nigel Anthony, Nigel Graham, Peter Howell, Peter Pratt, Peter Williams, Prunella Scales, Robin Browne, Sarah Frampton
Weekly for 8 weeks, part 8 on 1st October 1977
Series repeated from 6th May 1973
[Also broadcast on R7 in 2003, 2004]


14th August 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: The Wisest Fool by Rose Tremain
1623, discontent is rising.
Directed by Kay Patrick
   James I: Nigel Stock
   Duke of Buckingham: Michael Deacon
   Lady Katherine: Rosalind Shanks
   Digby: Peter Woodthorpe
   Naunton: Leslie Heritage
   Cottington: David Gooderson
   Tailor: Derrick Gilbert
   Player: Raymond Sawyer
Repeated from 5th and 11th April 1976


14th August 1977
18.15
Maigret Takes the Waters (1967) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989), translated by Eileen Ellenbogen, adapted by Frederick Bradnum
Directed By: Christopher Venning
   Jules Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Michael Gough: Georges Simenon
   Mme Maigret: Irene Sutcliffe
   Inspector Lecoeur: Rod Beacham
   Sgt Dicelle: Malcolm Edwards
   Louis Pelardeau: Richard Richardot
   Francine Lange: Diana Eden
   Mme Dubois: Shirley Dixon
Repeated 17th August 1977
[Maigret a Vichy, Maigret in Vichy]


14th August 1977
21.03-22.00
Lorna Doone (1869) by R D Blackmore (1825-1900), dramatised by Brian Gear.
1 of 5. 1673. Exmoor.
Director: Brian Miller
BBC Bristol
   John Ridd: Cornelius Garrett
   Young John Ridd: Sarah Bennett
   John Fry/De Whichehalse: Brian Haines
   Benita: Elizabeth Bell
   Sir Ensor Doone: Leonard Maguire
   Mrs Ridd: June Barrie
   Counsellor Doone/Reuben Huckaback: Richard Grant
   Lorna as a Child: Heather Bell
   Carver Doone: Brian Jackson
   Annie Ridd: Petra Leah
   Tom Faggus: Alan Moore
   Lizzie Ridd: Paula Tinker
   Snowe: Douglas Leach
Additional actors in parts 2-5:
Adrian Cairns, Ann Portus, Daniel Hill, Daphne Heard, Esmond Rideout, Geoffrey Serle, Graham Pountney, Hubert Tucker, Malcolm Gerard, Margot Young, Rex Holdsworth, Stacy Dorning
Episode 5 broadcast: 11th September 1977
Each episode repeated two days later.
Series repeated daily from 26th December 1983


15th August 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: Candida (1894) by Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Directed by Ronald Mason
   The Rev James Morell: Edward Petherbridge
   Eugene Marchbanks: Christopher Guard
   Mr Burgess: Ray Smith
   The Rev Lexy Mill: Neville Jason
   Miss Proserpine Garnett: Irene Sutcliffe
Repeated 21st August 1977
[Also broadcast on R7 and R4X 2009-2015]


17th August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Sign of the Scarab by Peter Francis Browne
Directed by Michael Rolfe
BBC Birmingham
   Detective Inspector Smith: John Hollis
   Detective-Sergeant Jones: Derek Seaton
   Lord Mortimer of Leith: Gerald Cross
   Nicholaivitch: Nigel Lambert
   Maisy: Paula Wilcox
   Hassan: Saeed Jaffrey
   Miss Luxor/Lady Mortimer: Angela Piper
   Major Webster/Squealer Evans: Ray Llewellyn


18th August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Very Special Person by H. G. Castle
Directed by Betty Davies
   Sergeant Maynard: Alan Dudley
   PC Harry Hekton: Michael Harbour
   PC Les Yelton: Henry Knowles
   Chief Supt Montague: Godfrey Kenton
   Dr Anthony Conton: Anthony Newlands
   Mr Warren/Chief Constable: Malcolm Gerard
   Dr Whikerton: Norman Claridge
   Det Chief Supt Blackham: Bruce Beeby
   Desmond Lockyer: Jonathan Scott
Also with Rod Beacham, Gavin Campbell and Anne Rosenfeld


19th August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Penstone Revisited by K. Allen Saddler
Directed by Ian Cotterell
   Ken: Anthony Jackson
   Josh: Dinsdale Landen
   Mrs Travers: Peggy Paige
   Capt Strickland: Richard Burnett
   Craske: Jonathan Scott
   Fiske: Michael Harbour
[A sequel to The Penstone Commune broadcast on 12th August 1977- see above]


20th August 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Haunted by Peter Russell
Directed by Alastair Wilson
   Dave: Nigel Anthony
   Parsons: Edward Kelsey
   Edna: Anne Rosenfeld
   Jane: Penelope Reynolds
Repeated 23rd August 1977


20th August 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: A Quest for Witches by A. R. Rawlinson (1894-1984)
Directed by David H. Godfrey
   Newsreader: Peter Jefferson
   Tom Meadon: Dinsdale Landen
   Rosalie: Nicolette McKenzie
   Gordon: Gavin Campbell
   Rector: Noel Howlett
   Sir Oliver Lamason: Hector Ross
   Lady Lamason: Joan Matheson
   Andrew: Paul Meier
   Lola: Anne Rosenfeld
   Brock: Bruce Beeby
   Landlord: Henry Knowles
   Nurse Gilrush: Olwen Griffiths
   Villagers: Walter Hall, Kenneth Shanley, Malcolm Gerard
Repeated 22nd August 1977


21st August 1977
18.15
The Patience of Maigret (1965) by Georges Simenon (1903-1989) translated by Alastair Hamilton adapted by Frederick Bradnum
Director: Glyn Dearman
   Jules Maigret: Maurice Denham
   Georges Simenon: Michael Gough
   Lapointe: John Rye
   Janvier: Sean Barrett
   Clerdent: William Eedle
   Janin: Malcolm Gerard
   Fernand Barillard: Julian Glover
   Mina Barillard: Emily Richard
   Aline Bauche: Julia Foster
   Berenstein: Alan Dudley
   Pernelle: Malcolm Hayes
   Porter: Alaric Cotter
Repeated 24th August 1977
[La Patience de Maigret aka Maigret Bides His Time]


22nd August 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The Loved and the Unloved (1952) by Francois Mauriac (1885-1974), dramatised by Joan O'Connor
Directed by Jane Morgan
   Julia Dubernet: Joan Matheson
   Marie Dubernet: Emily Richard
   Agathe de Camblanes: Thelma Whiteley
   Armand Dubernet: Anthony Newlanlds
   Gilles Salone: Simon Cadell
   Mme Plassac: Kathleen Helme
   Nicholas Plassac: Tom Wilkinson
   Dr Salone: Jonathan Scott
   Nurse: Nicolette McKenzie
Repeated 28th August 1977
[Original title "Galigai"]


24th August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Question of Benefit by Dave Simpson
Directed by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Pete: Christopher Godwin
   Ken: Christopher Martin
   Linda: Nina Holloway
   Mrs Thornbury: Paula Tilbrook
   Mrs Davis: Katharine Stuart
   Wright: John Brand
   Gargrave: Kenneth Alan Taylor
[Also broadcast on US NPR "Earplay", 28/4/1979]


25th August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Welcome in the Hillside by Gerry Jones (1931-2005)
The BBC are looking for a village to host a variety show...
Directed by Martin Jenkins
   Big Tom: Windsor Davies
   The Rev Thomas: Freddie Jones
   Deaf Dan: Richard Davies
   Gareth: Ian Thompson
   Gwen: Kate Binchy
   Gwen's Dad: Ronald Herdman
   Miss Roberts: Jo Manning Wilson
   Mr Jenkins/Mr Evans: Basil Jones
   First BBC man: William Fox
   Second BBC man: Henry Knowles
   First Stores man: Douglas Blackwell
   Second Stores man: Robin Brown
   Mr Pugh: John Rowe,
Repeated from 12th April 1972


26th August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Biood Money by R. D. Wingfield (1928-2007)
Demotion to a small branch of Benington's Bank.
Directed by Graham Gauld
   Eastwood: John Bentley
   Newman: Jonathan Scott
   Heather: Joanna Wake
   Alan: Hugh Janes
   Arthur: Paul Meier
   Froggatt: Roy Spencer
   Savage: John Arnatt
   Sgt Parker: Kenneth, Shanley
   Insp Rayburn: William Eedle
   Switchboard girl: Nicolette McKenzie


27th August 1977
15.05
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Only a Matter of Time by F. L. Mayell
Directed by Ian Cotterell
   Schoolboy: Richard Dillane
   Tom Rushton: John Rye
   Mr Crocker: Vernon Joyner
   Mary Rushton: Diana Olsson
   Sam: Nigel Lambert
   Pickering: Nicholas Dillane
   Headmaster: Manning Wilson
   Nurse: Emily Richard
   Doctor: Nigel Graham
Repeated from 4th September 1974
Repeated 29th August 1977
[Not related to the play of this name by Alan Plater]


27th August 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: I want it Now by Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) adapted by Frederick Bradnum.
Directed By: Betty Davies
   Ronnie Appleyard: Nigel Anthony
   Bill Hamer: David March
   Antonia Reichenberger: Irene Sutcliffe
   George Parrot: Bruce Beeby
   Simona Quick: Anna Calder-Marshall
   Juliette Baldock: Margaret Robertson
   Chummy Baldock: William Fox
   Burke-Smith: Alaric Cotter
   Lord Upshot: Jonathan Scott
   Lady Upshot: Penelope Reynolds
   Sir Cecil Saxton: William Eedle
   Lady Saxton: Heather Bell
   Student Mansfield: Harry Towb
   Kyril Vassilikos: Harold Kasket
Also with Rod Beacham, Michael Harbour
Repeated 27th May 1978


29th August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Package from Berlin by Simon Masters
Directed by David H. Godfrey
   Carter: Douglas Blackwell
   Toby Lisemore: John Forrest
   Alec Fowler: Denis McCarthy
   Graham Collier: Alan Dudley
   Werner Zenkel: Nigel Lambert
   Berriman: Clifford Norgate
   Chrissy/Waitress: Rosalind Adams
   Landlady: Madi Hedd
   Announcer/Clerk: Anthony Smee
   Immigration Officer/Newsreader/Man: Michael Cochrane
Repeated from 22nd and 24th November 1975


29th August 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The Passing Day by George Shiels, adapted by Allan McClelland
Directed by Michael Heffernan
BBC Northern Ireland
   John Fibbs: Allan McClelland
   Peter Fibbs: Stephen Rea
   Nurse Annie: Frances Tomelty
   Mrs Fibbs: Marie Kean
   Doctor: Denys Hawthorne
   Charles Daw: Patrick Magee
   Samson: William Hunter
   Looney: Michael Duffy
   Mr Black: Kevin Flood
   Mr Hind: Harold Goldblatt
Repeated 4th September 1977 and 11th July 1981.
[Also produced by David A Turner in 1968 rptd 1969, with Patrick Magee and Harold Goldblatt. J G Devlin played Black.]
[Unrelated to the novel of this name by Guy Rawlence]


29th August 1977
23.15-00.00
Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn.
Piano: Harold Rich
Director: Roger Pine
BBC Birmingham
   Narrator: Mr Edgar Lustgarten
   William Corder: Mr William Gaunt
   Mr Marten: Mr Geoffrey Matthews
   Maria Marten: Miss Sharon Duce
   Tim Bobbin: Mr Paul Copley
   Anne Marten: Miss Natasha Pyne
   Ishmael Lee: Mr Cyril Shaps
   Dame Marten: Miss Ysanne Churchman
   Mark/Pharos Lee: Mr Michael Harbour
[Based upon an 1827 murder]
[No author is given as this play is a composite of many plays most of which were anonymous. This is the Roger Pine version.]


31st August 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Everybody's Got a Quid by Wally K. Daly (1940-2020)
Producer Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester (1975 listing was BBC Leeds)
   Guv: Graham Roberts
   Fred/Mr Hall: Howard Benbrook
   Bret: Sam Kelly
   Kev's Mother/Ethel/Mrs Hall: Eileen Derbyshire
   Nigel: John Linstrum
   David: Alan Rothwell
   Kev: Phil Mulhaire
   Norm: Charles Linstrum
   Little Eddie: Paul Draper
   Charlie: Mark Milne
   Madelaine: Frances Darby
   Vanessa: Alison Andrews
   Elaine: Jackie Alcock
   Marilyn: Angela Knowles
Repeated from 3rd December 1975


1st September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: We Can't Live on Cabbages by Josephine Payne
The butler.
Directed by Gerry Jones
   Wilf: Ronald Herdman
   Rose: Irene Sutcliffe
   Mr Carrington: Anthony Newlands
   Rita: Joanna Wake
   Inspector Simms: Jonathan Scott
   Tom: Michael Coldib


2nd September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Devil and David Dobbs by Christopher Russell
Directed by Kay Patrick
   David Dobbs: Brian Hewlett
   Grubgut: Hugh Paddick
   Mr Higgs: Stephen Thorne
   Mother: Irene Sutcliffe
   Lucy: Anne Rosenfeld
   Rachel: Patricia Denys
   The Rev Ian: Rod Beacham
   Dr Bradley: Jonathan Scott
   Bus Conductor: Walter Hall


3rd September 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Likely Spec by Ragan Butler
Directed by Graham Gauld
   Sam and Iris Garner: Phyllida Nash
   the MacPhail of MacPhail: Percy Edwards
   Beckwith: Martin Friend
   Joe: William Eedle
   Insp Mellors: Douglas Blackwell
Repeated 6th September 1977
[Background: In England, the need for payment for bail was reduced in 1898 to give more equal justice to the poor, and the Bail Act of 1976 cancelled the requirement for monetary sums for bail.]


3rd September 1977:
20.30:
Saturday-NightTheatre: An Ordinary Bloke by Bill Lyons
Lives that are built on lies
Technical presentation by David Greenwood assisted by David Hitchinson, Nick Bamford and Allyson Reed
Directed by Jane Morgan
   Jack Davis: Philip Stone
   Vi Davis: Joan Matheson
   Mo Vogel: Diana Bishop
   Jimmy Vogel: Douglas Livingstons
   Robert Davis: Gavin Campbell
   Det-Sgt Burridge: Michael Goldie,
   Det-SuptFraser: Nigel Hawthorne
   Brian: Walter Hall
   PC Jackson: Kenneth Shanley
   Margaret Davis: Frances Jeater
   Spooner: Christopher Saul
   Brenda Parsons: Sheila Reid
   Alan Davis: Brian Hewlett
   Mrs Walters: Margot Boyd
   Sheila Stewart: Nicolette McKenzie
Repeated 5th September 1977
[Connected radio drama by Bill Lyons, also with the characters Vogel and Fraser:
23/10/76 Body on the Heath; 22/9/79 Sins of the Father; 29/1/83 Background.]


5th September 1977:
20.00:
The Monday Play: What's Stigmata? by Wally K. Daly (1940-2020)
Directed by Martin Jenkins
   Retreat Organiser/Vicar: James Thomason
   Marcia: Norma Ronald
   Masseuse: Valerie Murray
   George: Peter Jeffrey
   Mrs Thompson: Anne Jameson
   Mr Thompson: George A Cooper
   Doctor: Moray Watson
   Policeman: Jeffrey Segal
   Priest: Sean Barrett
   Charles: Cllfford Norgate
   TV Announcer: Piers Burton Page


7th September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Boy with Lobster Pot by Graham England
Directed by Richard Wortley
   Gillian: Jane Knowles
   Isabel: Joan Matheson
   Frances: Elizabeth Bell
   Joey: Steven Pacey
   Harley: Anthony Newlands
   Nora: Hilda Kriseman
   Pam: Heather Bell
   Pam's girlfriend: Penelope Reynolds
   Small girl: Cherie McAuliffe
   Small boy: Adam Godley


8th September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Free for All by Alma Cullen (1938-2021)
Edinburgh Festival.
Directed by Gordon Emslie
BBC Scotland
   Queenie: Eileen McCallum
   Gordon: David McKail
   Alison: Tammy Ustinov
   Mrs McBride: Anne Scott-Jones
   Doctor: Sheila Latimer
   Lady: Jean Faulds
   Girl: June Andrews


9th September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Sandra by John Whitewood
Director: John Cardy
   Laurence: David Wood
   Rosalind: Suzanne Peveril
   Sandra: Amanda Murray
   Richard: Clifford Norgate
   Paul: Christopher Bidmead
   Heather: Rosalind Adams
   Veronica: Eva Haddon
   Timber: Michael Shannon
   Colin: Nigel Anthony
Also with Ginnette Clarke, Michael Cochrane, Norma Ronald and Anthony Smee
Repeated from 17th December 1975


10th September 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Albert (1973) by Henryk Bardijewski (1932-2020) translated by Oliver Coburn
Directed by Christopher Venning
   Anna: Heather Bell
   Adam: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Albert: Douglas Blackwell
Repeated 13th September 1977
[Also produced for German radio (DDR) in 1976]


10th September 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Chief by Allan Prior (1922-2006)
Directed by Christopher Venning
   James Masters: Malcolm Hayes
   Helen Witney: Elizabeth Bell
   Harry Woodman: Hector Ross
   Detective: Richard Hampton
   Donna: Amanda Jessel
   A Patrolman: Nick Brimble
   Johnny: Edward Halstead
   Supt Barras: Alan Rowe
   The Dean: Roy Spencer
   Tom Ramsay: Timothy Bateson
   Despatch rider: Kenneth Shanley
   Shopkeeper: Sheelah Wilcocks
   Army officer: Peter Wickham
Repeated 12th September 1977


11th September 1977
14.30-16.00:
Afternoon Theatre: Savages by Christopher Hampton
Brazil in 1970. Who is the good guy?
Directed by Guy Veasen
   West: Ian Holm
   Carlos: Tom Conti
   Mrs West: Anna Massey
   Crawshaw: Michael Pennington
   Elmer Penn: Paul Maxwell
   Brigg: Norman Shelley
   Kumai: Neville Jason
[A shortened version of the 105 min R3 broadcast of 3rd July 1977 which was binaural (for headphones) ]
[First stage performance 1973. Made into a tv program, broadcast 12/11/75]
[Derived from a 1969 article by Norman Lewis, "Genocide in Brazil"]


12th September 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The Praying Mantises by Arnold Hinchliffe based on the novel "Les mantes religieuses" (1960) by Hubert Monteilhet (1928-2019)
The Sorbonne and murder.
Directed by Margaret Etall
   Beatrice: Karin Fernald
   Henri Minjaud: Neville Jason
   Christian Magny: Henry Knowles
   Professor Paul Canova: Edward Burnham
   Mme Vera Canova: Elizabeth Bell
   Bernard: Rod Beacham
   Dr Claude Courant: Gavin Campbell
   Suzanne: Penelope Reynolds
   Secretary: Heather Bell
   Defence Counsel/Kurt Richter: Derrick Gilbert
Repeated 18th September 1977


14th September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Trouble Brewing by Joan Sadler
Beer and marriage.
Directed by Margaret Etall
   Diana Abbot: Nicolette McKenzie
   George Abbot: Gordon Clyde
   Danny: Elizabeth Lindsay
   Joss: Susan Sheridan
   Toby: Anne Rosenfeld
   Gertrude Gelhorne: Joan Matheson
   Hugo Gelhorne: Timothy Bateson
   Harold Spenser: Mark Eden
   Elsie Fuller: Diana Bishop
   Warren Katz: William Roberts
   Erskine Katz: Melissa Wiltsie


14th September 1977
20.20
Bobok (1873) by Dostoevsky (1821-1881).
The cemetary is a noisy place.
Directed by Ian Cotterell
Translated and performed by Boris Isarov.
[Repeated from R3 5th May 1977]
[Quadrophonic Matrix H broadcast].


15th September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Lightning Before Death by Alexander Baron (1917-1999)
Normandy 1944
Technical operations by Jock Farrell, assisted by Anne Hunt and Allyson Reed
Directed by Guy Vaesen
   Henry 1977: Peter Tuddenham
   Henry 1944: Derek Fowlds
   Chapman: Brian Hewlett
   McCarthy: Sean Barrett
   Driver: Rod Beacham
   Cpl Lecky: Jonathan Scott
   Sells: Stuart Fox
[Alexander Baron served in the Normandy landings]


16th September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Grace and Favour by Lester Powell (1912-1993)
A strange invitation from a relative.
Directed by John Carby
BBC Bristol
   Dr Frances Lemay: Aimee Delamain
   Henry Ormond: Vernon Joyner
   Olwen: Elizabeth Bell
   Roger Spander: Gavin Campbell


17th September 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Gaffer by Graham White.
Director: Betty Davies
   Fred Moffat, the Gaffer: Bryan Pringle
   Betty: Joyce Latham
   Harry: Anthony Jackson
   Charlie: Brian Hewlett
   Brother Wagstaff: William Eedle
   Baxter: Henry Knowles
Repeated 20th September 1977
[Later made into a tv series from Yorkshire TV, 1981-1983, terminated by a dispute over script changes. A follow up novel "The Gaffer's Guerillas" carried on the tv storyline]


17th September 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Shetland Wildcat by Antony Kearey (1920-1997)
Oil-drilling in the North Sea.
Directed by Brian Miller
BBC Bristol
   Bob Paul: Alan Moore
   Jenny: Hilary Patterson
   Basil: Denis McCarthy
   Susan: Paula Wilcox
   Claire: Irene Sutcliffe
   J J (Jean-Jacques): Laurence Payne
   Julie: Jenifer Armitage
   Fracelli: Roger Gartland
   Celia: Sarah Carthy
   Harry: David Ponting
   Kenneth: Antony Kearey
   Murdo: John Graham
   Orvald: Tom Watson
   George: Paul Nicholson
   Mrs Grierson: Margot Young
Repeated from 17th and 19th May 1975


18th September 1977
15.05::
Cousin Bette (1846) by Honore De Balzac (1799-1850), dramatised by Joan O'Connor
1 of 3: The Cards are Dealt
Directed by Jane Morgan (Jane Graham)
   Hortense Hulot/de Steinbock: Marian Diamond
   Bette Fischer: Aletha Charlton
   Adeline Hulot: Jill Balcon
   Celestin Crevel: Christopher Benjamin
   Baron Hector Hulot: William Fox
   Valerie Marneffe: Shirley Dixon
   Count Wenceslas de Steinbock: Sandor Eles
   Josepha: Sheila Grant
   Count/General de Fortzheim: Ernest Hare
   Bonville: Antony Higginson
Additional cast in parts 2 and 3:
   Gaston/Jean-Paul Marneffe: Ronald Herdman
   Baron Hector Hulot: William Fox
   Rivet: Leslie Heritage
   Sheriff's Officer: Douglas Blackwell
   Johann Fischer: Lewis Stringer
   Vauvinet: Gerald Cross
   Policeman: Sean Arnold
   Magistrate: Clifford Norgate
   Quartermaster: Michael Kilgarriff
   Marshal de Wissembourg: John Ruddock
   Agathe: Carolyn Jones
Pt2:25/9/77 Pt3:2/10/77
All 1977 parts repeated after two days.
Series repeated from 30/6/71.
[Also directed by Marilyn Imrie in 2000 in 3 parts with Frances Barber as Valerie]


19th September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Terrible Connexion by Michael Robson
The identity of the deceased is unknown.
Directed by David Spenser
   Inspector Millions: Nigel Stock
   Eleanor Delahunty: Liane Aukin
   Dynasty Surecard: Anthony Hall
   Sir Lisbon Delahunty, MP: Denis McCarthy
   Rowland Stanyhurst: Simon Lack
   Caroline Stanyhurst: Diana Berriman
   Education Greenleaf: Trader Faulkner
   Cluny Wilbraham: Michael Burlington
   Hester Tang: Olwen Griffiths
   Emily Tang: Kate Coleridge
   The Ancient Theaker: John Hollis
   Sgt Clench: Stephen Thorne
   Dead Bob: Peter Pacey
   Mrs Olliphant: Kathleen Helme
   Mr Collinge: Gerald Cross
   Counsel for the prosecution: Malcolm Hayes
Repeated from 19th and 21st April 1975
[Inspector Millions returned on 24th September 1977 in The Instruments of Darkness]


21st September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Do Not Disturb by Edwin Pearce
Directed by Roger Pine
   Homer: Paul Maxwell
   Sylvester: Peter Marinker
   Sally: Patricia Gallimore
   Sgt Hogberry: Roger Hume
   PC CarLeton-Browne: Tim Brierley
   Albert: Halph Lawton
   Albert's wife: Joy Stewart


22nd September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Backward Glance by Sheila Hodgson (1921-2001) based on an idea* by M. R. James (1862-1936)
An 18th Century mask.
Directed by David Johnston
   M R James: David March
   Nicholas Pawle: Paul Meier
   Margaret Pawle: Nicolette McKenzie
   Eugene Borelman: Douglas Blackwell
   Kitty Kay: Carole Boyd
   Violet: Heather Bell
   Cabby/stage doorkeeper: William Eedle
[Also broadcast R4X 2015-2021]
[* M R James: "Stories I have tried to write" 1929]


23rd September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Fireworks Party by Dorothy Gharboui
Directed by Michael Heffernan
BBC Northern Ireland
   Alison: Pauline Delany
   Kenneth: Desmond Perry
   Harold: Allan McClelland
   Polly: Maureen Thornton
   Gavin: Raymond Campbell
   Jane: Roisin Donaghy
   Moira: Trudy Kelly
   Herbert: Eoin White
   Policeman: William Hunter


24th September 1977
15.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Did You Say Miss George? by David Whitworth
Directed by David Johnston
   Nick: Peter Wickham
   Maria: Heather Bell
   Newman: Neville Jason
   Mrs Weaver: Grizelda Hervey
Repeated 27th September 1977


24th September 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Instruments of Darkness by Michael Robson
Deaths at the Crystal Palace.
Directed by David Spenser
   Inspector Millions: Nigel Stock
   Dynasty Surecard: Anthony Hall
   Melisande, Lady Quandary: Elizabeth Proud
   Porritt: Richard Hurndall
   Xerxes, Lord Quandary: Manning Wilson
   Sir Joseph Paxton/Fleet Ned Sprott: Brian Hewlett
   Dr Melchior Yolland/Bishop of Whetstone: Michael Deacon
   Caroline Muldoon: Heather Bell
   Nimbles Earthrowl: Peter Wickham
   Edgar Joynstschism: Nigel Graham
   Danvers Gimlinge: Michael Harbour
   Sir Jericho Arbogast: Henry Knowles
   Meldrum/Peebles Clatworthy: Trader Faulkner
   Mrs Glumdalclitch Orsborne: Irene Sutcliffe
   Daffodil: Penelope Reynolds
Repeated 26th September 1977
[Another play with Inspector Millions: 19th April 1975, and 19th September 1977: "The Terrible Connexion"]


25th September 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: The Miser (1668) by Moliere (1622-1673) translated by Richard Carter.
Music composed and conducted by Christos Pittas.
Directed by John Theocharis
   The Miser: Leo McKern
   Valere: Robert Powell
   Cleante: Derek Jacobi
   Elise: Elizabeth Proud
   Marianne: Helen Worth
   Frosine: Miriam Margolyes
   M James: Alan Dudley
   Arrowswif: David Valla
   Attorney: Kerry Francis
   Anselme: Stephen Thorne
Repeated from 16th December 1974
[Also produced in 1955 with Norman Shelley.]
[Also produced in 1986 by Peter Kavanagh with Eleanor Bron as Frosine]


26th September 1977
19.45-21.15:
The Monday Play: The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), dramatised by Bill Morrison.
California 1939
Musical research Adrian Edwards
Directed by John Tydeman
   Philip Marlowe: Ed Bishop
   General Sternwood: Robert Beatty
   Carmen Sternwood: Liza Ross
   Vivian Regan: Diana Olsson
   Agnes: Nicolette McKenzie
   Bernie Ohls: Harry Towb
   Eddie Mars: Paul Maxwell
   Joe Brody: Blain Fairman
   Carl Lundgren: Weston Gavin
   Taggart Wilde: Rod Beacham
   Harry Jones: Don Fellows
   Canino: Peter Marinker
   Mona: Irene Sutcliffe
   Capt Cronjager: Henry Knowles
   Art Huck: Malcolm Gerard
   A Hood: Walter Hall
[Repeated 2nd October 1977 and 23rd August 1979]
[Repeated in three parts from 4th January 1988]
[Also broadcast on R7]
[Also directed by Claire Grove in 2011, rptd R4X 2016, with Toby Stephens as Marlowe]
[Meet Philip Marlowe again on 17th October 1977, The High Window.]


28th September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Cold Earth Travelling by Mike Walker
Death stalks the earth.
Music specially composed and conducted by David Cain.
Doreen Walker (contralto); Nicholas McGegan (flute); Christopher Wilson (lute); Nigel Shipway (percussion)
Directed by David Spenser
   Gib: Frederick Treves
   Slice: Nigel Anthony
   Geoff and: David Timson
   Death: Gabriel Woolf
   Anselm: James Thomason
   Mai: Penelope Reynolds
   Knight: Kenneth Shanley
Repeated 5th April 1979
[Also broadcast by NPR in the USA, 30th May 1979]
[Based upon Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale"]


29th September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Bleep by Lee Torrance (Sidney Henry Sadgrove)
Piano: Dennis Gomm; Clarinet: Tony Arnopp; Percussion: Max Lewin
Directed by David H. Godfrey
   Matthew: Manning Wilson (1918-1997)
   Linda, his wife: Madi Hedd
   Julia, their daughter: Jo Manning Wilson (1922-2005)
   Moira: Anne Rosenfeld
   A boy: Elizabeth Lindsay
   Bechstein/Bank clerk: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Waitress: Elizabeth Lindsay
   Radio Announcer: Gavin Campbell
   Hamlet, the dog: Anthony Brothers


30th September 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Roaring Boys by Ron Hutchinson
Directed by Roger Pine
BBC Birmingham
   Sammy: Denys Hawthorne
   Jean: Diana Bishop
   Andy: Nigel Anthony
   Bell: Sean Caffrey
   Shay: Dusty Young
   Des: Edward Clayton
   Det-Con Mill: Ralph Lawton
Repeated 5th November 1981
[The title term is obsolete (c 1590) but a roaring boy was a noisy street bully who intimidated the public, often drunk and brawling.].


1st October 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Cross Words by Sandra Hale
At a bookshop.
Directed by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Mr Lacey: Leonard Fenton
   Miss Hogarth: Janet Dale
   Norman Green: Alan Rothwell
   Professor Plover: Paul Webster
   Primrose Plover: Rosalind: Knight
   Hal Burton: David Mahlowe


1st October 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: A Taste of Honey (1958) by Shelagh Delaney (1938-2011)
Director: Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester
   Helen: Meg Johnson
   Josephine: Annette Robertson
   Peter: Ronald Baddiley
   The Boy: Joseph Charles
   Geoffrey: John Halstead
Repeated 3rd October 1977, 1st May 1982
[Other productions: year/producer/actor playing Helen:
1961 (R3)/Alfred Bradley/Mary Quinn
1995/Catherine Bailey/Nichola McAuliffe
2004 (R3 rptd R4,R4X)/Polly Thomas/S Finneran]


3rd October 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The Doctor's Wife by Fay Weldon (1931-2023)
Directed by Richard Wortley
   Dr Philip Bailey: Peter Jeffrey
   Margot, his wife: Miriam Margolyes
   Jane: Jane Knowles
   Helen: Elizabeth Cassidy
   Martin: Haydn Jones
   Jack: Nigel Anthony
   Marianne: Madi Hedd
   Laurence: Peter Craze
   Lettice: Jean Rogers
   Hilary: Susan Colgave
   Peter: Hector Ross
   Martha: Carole Boyd
   Mortuary attendants: Malcolm Hayes and Peter Pacey
Repeated from 8th June 1975
[Fay Weldon's father was a doctor]


4th October 1977
11.05
Galbraith and the Midas Touch by Robert Barr (1909-1999)
1 of 6: Watch the Birdie
Producer: John Browell
   Galbraith: Bernard Hepton
   Finch: Garard Green
   Evans: Richard Davies
   Sailor: Kevork Malikyan
   Tully: Clive Merrison
   Bavister: Eric Richard
   Mrs Palmer: Margery Withers
Additional actors in parts 2-6
David Ryall, John Browell, Matthew Francis, Michael Kilgarriff, Robert Gillespie, Rosalyn Slater
Weekly, part 6 broadcast 8th November 1977
All 1977 episodes were repeated the next day.
[Also broadcast on R4X 2015-2024]
[Previous Galbraith story was "Galbraith and the King of Diamonds" broadcast in 6 parts from 15th August 1975, also rptd R4X]


5th October 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: My Darling Brenda by Peter Gordon
Recalling 1950 National Service and a girl.
Directed by Gerry Jones
   Brenda/Barmaid: Karen Archer
   Frank Gardner: Nigel Lambert
   Lou Wilcox: Jim McManus
   Taffy Williams/Eric: Alaric Cotter
   Roy Fuller: Steven Pacey
   RAF Policeman/Edwards: Brian Hewlett
   Andrews: Henry Knowles
   Rundle: Peter Wickham
   Corp. Mackay: Fraser Kerr


6th October 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Matter of Form by Peter K. J. Thompson
Directed by Betty Davies
   Henry: Steven Pacey
   Barbara: Frances Jeater
   Bradshaw: Ronald Baddiley
   George King: John Hollis
   Joshua Dormer: Timothy Bateson
   Clerk of Court: Manning Wilson
   Warrant Officer: Bruce Beeby
[Joshua Dormer appears again in "Dormer and Granddaughter" broadcast 9th March 1975, directed by Margaret Etall - Henry is played by Andrew Branch.]
[P K J Thompson (King's Counsel) contributed to professional civil court practice books including "The Green Book"]


7th October 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The English Au Pair by Rachel Wyatt (1929-2024)
Au Pair for a Canadian family.
Directed by John Cardy
BBC Bristol
   Vern Bronson: Nicholas Simons
   Julie Bronson: Valerie Colgan
   Hilary: Paula Tinker
   Doug: Michael Goldie
   Joan: Marcella Markham
   Mrs Kalchuk: Shirley Dixon
[Rachel Wyatt emigrated to Canada in 1957]


8th October 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Small Incident at the Library by Sue Rodwell
Directed by Cherry Cookson
   Joanna: Sarah Badel
   Miss Lawson: Brenda Kaye
   Mrs Smith: Pat Heywood
   Clive: Neville Jason
   Mr Johnson: Haydn Jones
   Mrs Johnson: Heather Bell


8th October 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Lord of the Dance by Michael Davies
Directed by David H. Godfrey
   Frances Gilvern: Denise Bryer
   Harry Gould, her assistant: Malcolm Gerard
   Editor, her boss: Alan Dudley
   Stephen Gilvern: Jeremy Clyde
   Gordon Clayton: Preston Lockwood
   Jeffrey Teeting: Gerald Cross
   Lord Glengower: Hector Ross
   Mrs Sorrenson: Mary Nelson
   Kelly Gilvern: Penelope Reynolds
   Lindsay Gilvern: Heather Bell
   Josey, friend of the Gilverns: Carol Marsh
   Bernie: Jonathan Scott
   Sir Harry Rawson: Victor Lucas
   Waiter/Director III: Alaric Cotter
   Openheimer/Director II: Rod Beacham
   Burch/Director I: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Macmahon/Director IV: Allan McClellan.
Repeated 10th October 1977


9th October 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: The One-Eyed Monster (1958) by Allan Prior (1922-2006)
British television in 1956.
Directed by: Ian Cotterell
   Rick: Dinsdale Landen
   Moana: Joanna Wake
   Lois: Jill Balcon
   Fred Miffin: Leslie Sands
   Sir Godbroke Dalrymple: Garard Green
   Dominick: Steve Hodson
   Hamish Hendry: Michael Shannon
   Mrs Drake: Norma Ronald
Also with Rosalind Adams, Eva Haddon, Malcolm Hayes, Madi Hedd, David Graham and James Thomason.
Repeated from 20th and 22nd March 1976


9th October 1977
21.03:
Freedom Farewell by Phyllis Bentley (1894-1977), adapted by Richard Imison (1936-1993)
1 of 5: Where fortune leads.
Rome: Find Caesar.
Producer: Martin Jenkins
   Narrator: Neville Jason
   Aurelia: Joan Matheson
   Slave: Brian Hewlett
   First centurion: Michael Goldie
   Caesar: Martin Jarvis
   Farmer: Bruce Beeby
   Second centurion: Douglas Blackwell
   Freedman: Alan Lawrance
   Servilia: Sian Phillips
   Metrobius: Alan Gerrard
   Pompey: Colin Baker
   Aemilia: Christina Matthews
   Crassus: Clifford Rose
   Sulla: Cyril Shaps
   Demetrius: Michael Harbour
   Ship's Captain: Douglas Blackwell
   Flora: Heather Bell
   Thermus: Frederick Treves
   Nicomedes: John Rye
Additional actors in parts 2-5:
Anne Rosenfeld, Anthony Newlands, Brian Haines, David Buck, David Timsom ,Elizabeth Bell, Frances Jeater, Gavin Campbell, Geoffrey Collins, Geoffrey Matthews, Henry Knowles, Kenneth Shanley, Lewis Stringer, Malcolm Gerard, Manning Wilson, Michael Deacon, Michael Spice, Nicolette McKenzie, Paul Meier, Peter Wickham, Roy Spencer, Walter Hall
Weekly - Part 5 broadcast 6th November 1977.
All 1977 broadcasts repeated 2 days later.
[Also produced in 5 parts, by H B Fortuin, in 1969 with Robert Hardy as Caesar]
[Phyllis Bentley taught Latin]


10th October 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 119): The Diagnosis by Donald Bull (1913-1993)
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Sir Reginald Parr: Simon Lack
   Miss Twig: Eva Stuart
   Mrs Yarrow: Audrey Muir
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981) ]
Repeated 12th October 1977


10th October 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: Everything in the Garden (1962) by Giles Cooper (1918-1966)
1958.
Directed by David Spenser
   Jenny Acton: Hannah Gordon
   Bernard Acton: Peter Barkworth
   Leonie Pimosz: Jane Wenham
   Jack: Peter Baldwin
   Roger: Ian Sharrock
   Bill: Anthony Newlands
   Beryl: Elizabeth Bell
   Stephen: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Laura: Susan Tebbs
   Tom: Stephen Thorne
   Louise: Carole Boyd
Repeated 16th October 1977


12th October 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Mary, Mary by Rachel Billington
Directed by Kay Patrick
   Mary: Geraldine McEwan
   Thomas: John Carson
   Mrs MacPherson: Irene Sutcliffe
   Young man: Michael Tudor Barnes


13th October 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Wall by Patrick McCooey
Produced by Michael Heffernan,
BBC Northern Ireland
   Harry Slane: Michael Duffy
   Mrs Slane: Trudy Kelly
   Imelda: Denise McKenna
   Susie: Maureen McCartney
   Mrs Muldoon: Elizabeth Begley
   Jinty Hanlon: Wolsey Gracey
   Mr Kennedy: Allan McClelland
   Mr Brady: Patrick Brannigan
   Receptionist/Tourist: Doreen Hepburn
   Mr Jenkins/Sergeant: George Campbell
   Chairman: Charles Witherspoon
[In April 1977, Afternoon Theatre broadcast a different play also produced by Michael Heffernan, BBC Northern Ireland, also with Michael Duffy, called The Wall by Dorothy Gharboui - see above]


14th October 1977
15.05
Afternoon Theatre: Time to be Still by Peter Brent
Directed by David Spenser
   George Collyer: Nigel Stock
   Rachel Collyer: Sheila Grant
   Swami Sattvananda: Ronald Herdman
   Sunderam: Garard Green
   Raju: David Graham
   Anderson: Malcolm Hayes
   Ranjit: Peter Craze
   Devaraj: Saeed Jaffrey
[Brent is the author of "Godmen of India" and "The Indian Guru and his disciple".]


15th October 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Lemmy by Guy Meredith
Directed by Cherry Cookson
   George: Norman Rodway
   Scott: Edward De Souza
   Alex: Michael Harbour
   

15th October 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Pen-friends by Ken Whitmore
Directed by Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester
   Bethany: Heather Stoney
   Hedwig: Carole Hayman
   Patrick: Ronald Baddiley
   Ted: Christopher Godwin
   Kitty: June Barry
   Jack: Richard O'Callaghan
   Bill: Bob Grant
Repeated 17th October 1977


17th October 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 120): Pedlar's Pie by Donald Bull (1913-1993)
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Morrish: John Graham
   Mrs Morrish: Yvonne Gilan
   Lizzie: Nell Brennan
   Tam: Gordon Kane
   Sergeant: Don McKillop
Repeated 19th October 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin]


17th October 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The High Window by Raymond Chandler dramatised by Bill Morrison
Musical Research: Adrian Edwards
California 1941
Directed By: John Tydeman
   Philip Marlowe: Ed Bishop
   Merle Davis: Toby Robins
   Elizabeth Bright Murdock: Tucker McGuire
   Leslie Murdock: Peter Marinker
   Lt Jesse Breeze: Paul Maxwell
   Lois Magic: Nicolette McKenzie
   Lou Vannier: Blain Fairman
   George Anson Phillips: Bill Morrison
   Hench: Paul Meier
   Mr Morningstar: Don Fellows
   Alex Morny: David Healey
   Linda Conquest: Margaret Robertson
   Pop: Ramsay Williams
   Shifty/Spangler: Rod Beacham
   Doll: Elizabeth Bell
   Apartment manager: Gavin Campbell
   Eddie Prue: Malcolm Gerard
Repeated 23rd October 1977


19th October 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Love All by Geoffrey M. Matthews
Directed by David H. Godfrey
   Shaun Burns: Alaric Cotter
   Conny Meyer: Jeffrey Segal
   Quibby Bell: William Eedle
   Kath: Carole Boyd
   Inspector Roberts: Manning Wilson
   Det-Con Stamp: Paul Meier
   Chief Insp Berry: Anthony Newlands
   Sidney Silver: Michael Segal
   Madie Silver: Anne Rosenfeld
   Doctor/Ryder: Gavin Campbell
[Inspector Roberts also appears in Alibi (7th February 1974) and All in the Family (26th Feb 1975) ]


20th October 1977
15.05
Afternoon Theatre: [No title or author given in Radio Times - see below]
Directed By: Kay Patrick
   Capt Berringer: Trader Faulkner
   Hansen: Paul Gaymon
   Irma Z Kaplan: Libby Morris
   Lola Widmeyer: Honor Blackman
   Mrs Teitelbaum: Hazel Coppen
   Mr Teitelbaum: Malcolm Hayes
   Lisa Wendle: Madeleine Cemm
   Orford Wendle/Steward: Peter Whitman
   Eldrich Trumbull III: John Rowe
   Sir Roderick Bland: William Fox
   Lady Bland: Joan Sanderson
[Identified from character list as Bon Voyage by Noel Coward, adapted by John Graham, repeated from 5th and 6th February 1975, repeated 6th December 1989]


21st October 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: I'll Find my Way Back from the Park by Gilly Fraser (Gillian Emmett)
Directed by Kay Patrick
BBC Manchester
   June: Frances Jeater
   Nick: Russell Dixon
   Gordon: Stephen Thorne
   Christine/Darren: Elizabeth Morgan
   Beverley: Sylvia Brayshay
   Annie: Paula Tilbrook
   Taxi-driver: John Franklyn-Robbins
Repeated 1st September 1979


22nd October 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Cold Steel by Pam Tickell
Directed by Kay Patrick
BBC Manchester
   Mrs Price: Marie Dixon
   Angela Carruthers: Jean Rogers
   Vi Bishop: Katherine Parr
   Em Crawshaw: Betty Hardy


22nd October 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The King's Colours by Roy Bolitho
Summer of 1644.
Directed by Brian Miller
BBC Bristol
   Richard Kerslake: Norman Bowler
   Captain Corlase: Neil Stacy
   Jacko: David Gooderson
   Celia Cornwall: Mary Larkin
   Jonas: Peter Wickham
   Guard/Royalist Officer: Roy Spencer
   Mary/Drummer boy: Jane Knowles
Repeated 24th October 1977


24th October 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 121): Old Acquaintance by Pat Dunlop
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Murray: John Graham
   Sergeant Bell: Gordon Clyde
   Mrs McKechnie: Audrey Muir
Repeated 26th October 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)- Cronin was a GP.]


24th October 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The Egoist (1879) by George Meredith (1928-1909) dramatised by Denis Constanduros
The position of women in the latter half of the 19th century.
Directed by Brian Miller
BBC Bristol
   Mrs Mountstuart: Kathleen Michael
   Laetitia Dale: Penelope Reynolds
   Vernon Whitford: Norman Eshley
   Sir Willoughby Patterne: Anton Rodgers
   Clara Middleton: Joanna David
   Dr Middleton: John Woodnutt
   Crossjay Patterne: Ann Portus
   Horace De Craye: Neil Stacy
   Flitch: Rex Holdsworth
Repeated 30th October 1977


26th October 1977
15.05:
Pretty Polly Barlow (1964) by Noel Coward (1899-1973), adapted by John Graham
Directed by Ian Cotterell
   Mrs Eva Innes-Hook: Kathleen Helme
   Polly Barlow: Emily Richard
   Amazahudin: Sion Probert
   Doctor Renshaw: Alan Dudley
   Lorelei Chang: Elizabeth Morgan
   Uncle Bob: Vernon Joyner
   Purser: Alan Rowe
   Rick Barlow: Peter Whitman
   Sailor: Hector Ross
Repeated from 12th and 13th February 1975
Repeated 13th December 1989
[Recorded on 29th January 1975]
[The story was shown on tv in a 1966 "Armchair Theatre" and then in 1967 made into a film- Coward did not like the film.]


27th October 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Down Came a Blackbird by Ken Blakeson
Directed by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Ted: Geoffrey Banks
   Arty: Dave Hill
   Johnson: John Jardine
   Arthur: Christian Rodska
[The title has been used by many other unrelated works]


28th October 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Ruth by Peter Russell
Ruth has no friends.
Directed by Gerry Jones
   Ruth Stapleton: Elizabeth Proud
   Judy Stapleton: Irene Sutcliffe
   Steve Stapleton: William Eedle
   Penny: Penelope Reynolds
   Jo/Nurse: Anne Rosenfeld
   Teacher/Mr Nossek: Anthony Newlands
   Dr Jayarajah: Alaric Cotter
   Dr Cheesbrough: Nicolette McKenzie
   Telephone operator: Heather Bell
   Dave Early: Rod Beacham


29th October 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Prescription Persona Grata by Clermont Brown
Louise is depressed.
Directed By: Michael Rolfe
BBC Birmingham
   Receptionist: Maralyn Heathcock
   Dr Blandish: Jack Holloway
   Louise Carter: Madi Hedd
   Betty: Pat Keen
   Col Paul Carter: Carard Green
   Victor: William Eedle


29th October 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Sunset Song (1932) by Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell 1901-1935) adapted by John Wilson
A rural community in Scotland, before and during the First World War
Directed by Gordon Emslie
BBC Scotland
   Chris Guthrie: Eileen McCallum
   Ewan Tavendale: Paul Young
   Chae Strachan: John Shedden
   Kirsty Strachan: Mary Riggans
   Rob Duncan: Tom Watson
   Mrs Munro: Sheila Donald
   Mrs Mutch: Janet Michael
   Mrs Gordon: Rose McBain
   Alec Mutch: Bill Gavin
   Munro: Michael Elder
   Old Brigson: Arthur Boland
   Minister: Patrick Malahide
Repeated 31st October 1977
[Also produced by David Ian Neville in two parts in 2009 with Lesley Hart as Chris]
[The first book in a trilogy, the play is an abridged version.]


31st October 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 122): The Wine of Youth by Donald Bull.
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Bell: Alastair Hunter
   Meg: Hazel McBrids
   Jack: Ian Oliver
   Mrs Kippon: Audrey Muir
   Minister: Malcolm Gerard
Repeated 2nd November 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)- Cronin was a GP.]


31st October 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: Yegor Bulichov and Others (1932) by Maxim Gorky (Aleksei Maximovich Peshkov 1868-1936), translated by Gibson Cowan, adapted by Anthony Jacobs
1917, Tsar Nicholas is still on the throne, and the Revolution has not yet begun.
Directed by Liane Aukin
   Yegor Bulichov: Timothy West
   Xenia: Stella Tanner
   Glasha: Jean Bort
   Bashkin: David March
   Shura: Miriam Margolyes
   Varvara: Elizabeth Bell
   Andrej: Rod Beacham
   Fr Pavlin: Clive Swift
   Donat: Michael Harbour
   The Doctor: Roy Spencer
   Tiatin: Peter Eyre
   Dostigaev: William Eedle
   Elizaveta: Joan Matheson
   Jakov: Brian Hewlett
   Melania: Irene Sutcliffe
   The trumpeter: Harry Towb
   Taissia: Anne Rosenfeld
   Mokroussov: Michael Goldie
   Sorbonova: Sylvia Coleridge
   Propotey: Malcolm Hayes
Repeated 6th November 1977
[Also produced by John Gibson for R3 in 1957, rptd 1958, with Ralph Truman as Yegor and Fenella Fielding as Varvara.]
[The first part of an intended trilogy, story three was not written]


2nd November 1977
15.05
Afternoon Theatre: Post Mortem Shock by R. D. Wingfield (1926-2007)
Director: Christopher Venning
   Gwen Mansfield: Jill Bennett
   Det Insp Bowers: Richard Caldicot
   John Mansfield: Roy Spencer
   Police Sergeant: Peter Wickham
   PC Drew: Robert French
   Mr Meakin: Henry Knowles
   PC Clark: David Cann
   Det-Sgt Fox: Brian Hewlett
   Doctor: Paul Mills
   Lippy Gordon: Leslie Glazer
   Lily Preston: Joan Matheson


3rd November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Freaks by Stuart Doughty
A reimagining of a nativity play...
Directed by Piers Plowright
   The Rev Nicholas Strawson: Christopher Scoular
   Stephen Jones: Kevin Moore
   Mrs Stokes: Sheila Butler
   Mr Pargitter: Leonard Woodrow
   Tom Bulstrode: Michael Goldie
   Arthur/Bishop: William Eedle
   Joan/Mrs Duffel: Joan Matheson
   Journalist/Cuthbertston: Alaric Cotter
   Peter Tomlinson/Village actor: John Foley
   Doreen Davies/Sandra: Anne Rosenfeld
   David Jacobs: Himself


4th November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Looking Back by Victor Pemberton (1931-2017)
A time for looking back and a reassessment of time present.
Mouth organ played by Harry Pitch
Directed by John Tydeman
   Arthur Hobbs: Arthur English
   Winnie, his wife: Katherine Parr
   Chris: Nigel Anthony
   Mick: John Rye
   Rita,Mick's wife: Rosalinda Dams
   Jonathan: David Corti
   Lizzie: Julie Anderson
   Charlie Knuckles: Malcolm Hayes
   Tom: Anthony Smee
   Mrs Potter: Norma Ronald
   Young Arthur: Nigel Anthony
Repeated from 5th November 1975
Repeated 24th March 1979
[Also broadcast on R4X 2021]


5th November 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Council Property by David Godfrey
When a security guard retires and his dog remains council property...
Directed by Margaret Etall
   Jack Jordan: Cyril Shaps
   Oliver Beresford: Manning Wilson
   Dr Patterson: Peter Tuddenham
   Ethel Beresford: Nicolette McKenzie
   Sister Heggerty: Delia Morgan
   Nurse: Elizabeth Lindsay
   Sergeant: Malcolm Gerard
   Constable/Radiographer: Roy Spencer
   Sultan: Leonard Fenton


5th November 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Our Roman Cousins by Bruce Stewart (1925-2005)
1766: Henry wants to persuade the Pope to recognise the Stuart claim to the English throne.
Steve Gauna (mandolin); Pipe-Major James Caution (piper)
Directed by Betty Davies
   Henry Stuart: Aubrey Woods
   Charles Stuart: Duncan Lamont
   Charlotte Stuart: Emily Richard
   Cardinal Albani: David March
   Louise Maximillienne: Kate Coleridge
   Signor Alfieri: Michael Deacon
   Pope Clement XIII: Malcolm Hayes
   Pope Clement XIV: Garard Green
   Pope PiuS VI: Gerald Cross
   Messenger: Nigel Lambert
Repeated from 8th and 14th September 1975
[Also produced in 1988 by David Johnstone, with Jack May as Henry Stuart]


7th November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Green Pack (1932) by Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)
West Africa, 1931.
Directed by Raymond Raikes
   Tubby Storman: David Timson
   Mark Elliott: Paul Gaymon
   Larry Deans: Peter Egan
   A native servant: Kerry Francis
   Mrs Thurston: Wynne Clark
   Dr John Thurston: Peter Williams
   Louis Creet: Francisde Wolff
   Zena Thurston: Kate Coleridge
Repeated from 31st March and 6th April 1975


7th November 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 123): Unto Caesar by Pat Dunlop
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   McGregor: John Graham
   Mrs McGregor: Nancy Mitchell
   Murdoch: Fraser Kerr
   Mrs Murdoch: Christina Gray
Repeated 9th November 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)- Cronin was a GP.]


7th November 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler, dramatised by Bill Morrison
Musical research Adrian Edwards
Directed by John Tydeman
   Philip Marlowe: Edward Bishop
   Crystal Kingsley: Toby Robins
   Derace Kingsley: Don Fellows
   Lt Al Degarmo: Harry Towb
   Adrienne Fromsett: Margaret Robertson
   Chris Lavery: Peter Marinker
   Bill Chess: Paul Maxwell
   Jim Patton: Ramsay Williams
   Birdie Keppet: Nicolette McKenzie
   Capt Webber,: William Roberts
   Mrs Talley: Tucker McGuire
   Rooney: Michael Harbour
Repeated 13th November 1977 and 6th September 1979
Repeated in three weekly parts from 25th January 1988
[Also broadcast on R7 2007, 2008]
[Also produced by Claire Grove in 2011, rptd R4X, with Toby Stephens as Marlowe]
[Marlowe also appeared in plays on 26/9/77 and 17/10/77- see above]


9th November 1977
15.05
Afternoon Theatre: The Inside Out Job by Sheila Hodgson (1921-2002)
Directed By: David Johnston
   Richard Elliot: William Fox
   Kitty Elliot: Lally Bowers
   Solly Westerman: Sydney Tafler
   Dinah Westerman: Mary Nelson
   Jacko/Guide: Peter Wickham
   Jubilant Senator: Percy Edwards


10th November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Star Quality (1951 rev 1967) by Noel Coward (1899-1973), adapted by John Graham
Directed By: Christopher Venning
   Lorraine Barrie: Jean Kent
   Ray Malcolm: Michael Billington
   J C Roebuck: Michael Shannon
   Bryan Snow: Lawrence Douglas
   Marion Blake: Patricia Moore
   Tony Orford: Peter Whitman
Repeated from 19th and 20th February 1975
Repeated 20th December 1989


11th November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Goodbye to the World of Illusions by Michael Toft
Directed by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Carol: Lorraine Peters
   Frank: Paul Copley
   Albert: Ronald Baddiley
   Mrs Turnpenny: Elizabeth McKenzie
   Sid: Peter Elli
   Shirley: Janet Dale
   Mr Turnpenny: James Tomlinson
   Alf: Paul Webster
   Jim: Harry Towb
   Sergeant: Niall Padden


12th November 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Torrington Rises by Richard O'Keeffe
Directed by Cherry Cookson
   Torrington: Timothy West
   Hilda: Gwen Watford
   Katie: Glynis Brooks
   Brian: Michael Goldie
   Roy: Rod Beacham
   Old lady: Grizelda Hervey
   Ministry driver: Mary Elliot Nelson
Repeated 15th November 1977 and 18th August 1984


12th November 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Carfitt Crisis (1975) by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) dramatised by Terence Tiller.
Directed by David Johnston
   Engram: Michael Spice
   Marion Lady Carfitt: Margaret Robertson
   Sir Brian Carfitt: Ronald Baddiley
   Joyce Roke: Shirley Dixon
   Dr Alfred Roke: Peter Tuddenham
   Pony: Liza Ross
   Tusker: Henry Knowles
   Len Tabbs: Peter Craze
   Jill: Mary Nelson
Repeated 14th November 1977


14th November 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 124): The Liars by Donald Bull
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Duncan: Elizabeth Proud
   Nancy: Nell Brennan
   Ian: Gordon Clyde
   Ackland: Kevin Brennan
Repeated 16th November 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)- Cronin was a GP.]


14th November 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The Grandfather (1910) by Benito Perez Galdos (1843-1920), translated by Lester Clark.
Directed by Margaret Etall
   Don Rodrigo de Arista-Potestad: Robert Harris
   Dolly: Susan Sheridan
   Nell: Jane Knowles
   Lucrecia, Countess of Lain: Rosalind Shanks
   Venancio: John Hollis
   Gregoria: Mary Healey
   Don Pio Coronado: Timothy Bateson
   Senen: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Don Carmelo, the Priest: Malcolm Gerard
   Dr Salvador Angulo: Gavin Campbell
   Mayor of Jerusa: Bruce Beeby
Repeated 20th November 1977


16th November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Oldenberg by Barry Bermange
Racism at its most lunatic and irrational.
Directed by Barry Bermange
   Man: David March
   Woman: Colette O'Neil
   Oldenberg: Colin Baker
[First broadcast on television in 1967]
[A radio script is held at University College Dublin, refs: P261/156; RTE doc: 5148; RTE box number: 314/2]


17th November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Pair of Gloves by Owen Holder (1921-2016)
Directed by Gerry Jones
   Maurice/Mr Breen: Malcolm Gerard
   Michael Horner: Christopher Good
   Reg Yates: Nigel Anthony
   Mrs Jennings/Miss Parker: Nicolette McKenzie
   Mr Jennings: Bruce Beeby
   Shop assistant: Mary Elliott Nelson
   Porter/Taxi driver: Michael Goldie
   Constable Spencer: Rod Beacham
   Det-Sgt Graves: John Rye
   Winch/Liftman: Roy Spencer


18th November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Secret Life of Martin Peppitt by Geoffrey Parkinson
Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin
   Martin Peppitt: Peter Jeffrey
   Thelma Peppitt: Miriam Margolyes
   Herbert Bagnall: Peter Woodthorpe
   Linda: Carole Boyd
   Hilary Harper: Nicolette McKenzie
   Nicholas Tonge: Timothy Bateson
   Errol O'Flynn: Sean Barre
   Enid: Jane Knowles
   Choirmaster: Michael Harbour
   Boy Scout: Adam Godley
   Radio Padre: Bruce Beeby


19th November 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Touch of Slander by James Follett (1939-2021)
Directed by Margaret Etall
   Sarah MacBryan: Frances Jeater
   Edwin MacBryan: Frederick Treves
   Anthea MacBryan: Nicolette McKenzie
   Mortimer: Malcolm Gerard
   Finch: Robert Wilelan
   Judge: Bruce Beeby
   Thorne: Michael Goldie
   Quin: Mary Nelson
Repeated 22nd November 1977


19th November 1977
20.30:
Saturday Night Theatre: The Double Take-over by David Hopkins
Directed By: Kay Patrick
   Billy: Rod Beacham
   Margie Hope: Stella Tanner
   Jimmy Hope: Christopher Scoular
   Pat: Elizabeth Bell
   Lyn: Jane Knowles
   Bernie: Kenneth McClellan
   Frankie/MC: Blain Fairman
   Albert: Neville Jason
   Betty/Girl in sauna: ?????
   Bissett: David Strong
   Ron: Nick Brimble
   Chris: John Hollis
   Matthews/Jack Summers: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Insp Ashford/Harry Summers: Sean Barrett
   Summers: William Eedle
   Vera: Stella Butler
   Boatman: Stephen Jack
Repeated 21st November 1977


20th November 1977
21.03-21.58
The Pickwick Papers (1836) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) dramatised by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
1 of 12: The Pickwick Club.
London, 1827.
Directed by: Jane Morgan
   Mr Pickwick: Freddie Jones
   Winkle: Philip Bond
   Tupman Michael: Graham Cox
   Snodgrass: Stephen Thorne
   Jingle: Paul Chapman
   Charles Dickens: Simon Cadell
Weekly for 12 weeks, all parts repeated after two days; part 12 broadcast 5th and 7th February 1978
Repeated (in part) as 8 episodes of 1 hour, on R4 from 25th December 1987, and also broadcast as 8 episodes on R7 and R4X 2007-2019]
[Also produced by Jane Morgan in 2004-2005 in 4 parts of one hour, with Timothy Spall as Mr Pickwick.]
[The published sequel to Pickwick Papers is almost unknown- look for "Master Humphrey's Clock, Volume 1" online .]


21st November 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 125): Old Bones by Donald Bull
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Harry: John Laurie
   Ben: Elizabeth Proud
   Ishbel: Eva Smart
   Bones: Gordon Gardner
Repeated 23rd November 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)- Cronin was a GP.]



21st November 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The Year of the Great Betrayal by Elizabeth Troop
Directed by Richard Wortley
   Stella Barrett: Diana Bishop
   Charles Barrett: Peter Jeffrey
   David Barrett: Kevin Hart
   Mr Hargreaves: Colin Douglas
   Mrs Schwarz: Renee Goddard
   Mr Perkins: Lockwood West
   Mrs Roper: Gladys Spencer
   Miss Francis: Hilda Schroeder
   Mrs Taggart/Woman dancer: Elizabeth Bell
   Old man on train: William Eedle
   A counter hand/Man dancer/Taxi driver: Henry Knowles
   First boy: Alaric Cotter
Repeated 27th November 1977 and 8th July 1979


23rd November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Man in the House by Hugh Burden (1913-1985), dramatised from "The Third Person" (1900) by Henry James (1843-1916)
Directed by Jane Morgan
   Henry Jame: Hugh Burden
   Miss Amy Frush: Jeanne Watts
   Miss Susan Frush: Noel Hood
   Mr Patten: Denis McCarthy
   Ben: Michael Shannon
Repeated from 1st and 2nd January 1975
[Radio Times muddled the author's names up, this has been corrected above.]


24th November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Sunday Voices by Rod Beacham (1940-2013)
Directed by David Spenser
   Susan: Elizabeth Bell
   Roger: Rod Beacham
   Mother: Mary Wimbush
   Girl: Anne Rosenfeld
   Boy: Ian Hore


25th November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Acts of Violence by Graham Blackett
Directed by David H. Godfrey
   Simon: Anthony Newlands
   Tommy Croft: Timothy Bateson
   Marjorie Metcalfe: Dorit Welles
   Mrs Kenton: Eva Haddon
   Mrs Williamson: Nicolette McKenzie
   Mr Williamson: Michael Harbour
   PC Tranter: William Eedle
   Inspector Cook: Bruce Beeby
   Mrs Croft: Susan Richards
   Debbie: Annabelle Lanyon


26th November 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Down the Bristol Channel by Peter Crowter
A tale of West Country Folk.
Directed By: John Cardy
BBC Bristol
   Charlie: Francis Lunt
   Arthur: Bernard Holley
   The Major: Esmond Rideout
   His wife: Margo Johns
   Linda: Yvonne Antrobus
Also with Brian Gear
Repeated 29th November 1977
[Partly recorded on a farm near Bristol; where the director got his shoes dirtied...]


26th November 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Dog Tooth by Eric Saward
Directed by Roger Pine
BBC Birmingham
   Det Insp Marlin: John Hollis
   Supt Hunter: Manning Wilson
   Det-Sgt Sutton: Eric Allen
   Det-Con Down: Alan Devereux
   Mr Simmons: Alaric Cotter
   Richard Moore: Haydn Jones
   Mr Sinclair: Philip Garston-Jones
   The Expert: Ray Llewellyn
   Insp Meyer: Geoffrey Matthews
   Sgt Schmidt: Nigel Lambert
   Herr Muller: Ralph Lawton
   Herr Baumann: Roger Hume
Repeated 28th November 1977


28th November 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 126): The Daftie by Donald Bull
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Katie: Elizabeth Proud
   Mrs Lawler: Eva Stuart
   La wler: Don McKillop
   Mrs Blake: Audrey Muir
   Blake: David Strong
   Tuke: David Gooderson
Repeated 30th November 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)- Cronin was a GP.]


28th November 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: One Man's Dream by F. W. Willetts
Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Directed by Margaret Etall
   Thomas Lane: Timothy Bateson
   a child Thomas: Elizabeth Lindsay
   a young man Thomas: Brian Hewlett
   Friday: Christopher Asante
   Mrs Lane: Madi Hedd
   Nora: Elizabeth Morgan
   Sammy: Neville Jason
   Mark/Taxi driver: Anthony Newlands
   Mary Nelson: Marka Child
   Uncle Joshua/Barman: Manning Wilson
   Joe: Gavin Campbell
   Ron: Rod Beacham
   Dan: Stephen Mallatratt
   Shop assistant: Roy Spencer
   Gravedigger: Geoffrey Drew
   Old crone: Mary Wimbush
   Fat Woman: Anne Clements
Repeated 4th December 1977


30th November 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Juno by Hugh Burden (1913-1985), adapted from a story by Henry James (1843-1916)
Rome, 1873.
Director: Piers Plowright
   Henry: Hugh Burden
   Count Valerio: Gavin Campbell
   Martha: Susannah Fellows
   Grace: Betty Winsett
   Dr Visconti: Jonathan Scott
   Dr Winkelbaum: Jeffrey Segal
[Probably based on the 1874 story "The Last of the Valerii"]


1st December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Settling Down by Hilary Burford
How else can you meet people at our age?
Directed by Roger Pine
BBC Birmingham
   Baby: Shirley Dixon
   Alice: Nicolette McKenzie
   Chinstrap: Roger Hume
   Police Sergeant: Ralph Lawton
   Receptionist: Jean Doughty
[The author reapproached the subject in "The Baby and the Bathwater" broadcast 11th August 1982]


2nd December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Joseph Dreamer by Alan Janes
Directed by Gerry Jones
   Joseph Carter: Gareth Armstrong
   Fran: Elizabeth Morgan
   Penny: Karen Archer
   Headmaster: Manning Wilson
   Master at Borstal: Neville Jason
   Dr Sutton: Anthony Newlands
   Sister Jo: Manning Wilson
   Master of Ceremonies/Detective Sergeant: Michael Kilgarriff
   Detective Constable: Peter Wickham
   Mr Douglas: Brian Hewlett
   Male nurse/Charlie: Henry Knowles
   The schoolchildren: Elizabeth Lindsay and Judy Bennett


3rd December 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Red Wine by Tanith Lee
Directed by Richard Wortley
   Constantine: Stephen Thorne
   Eve: Penelope Reynolds
Repeated 6th December 1977


3rd December 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Number Discontinued by Barry Campbell adapted from the novel Sorry, Wrong Number by Margaret Simpson
The not too distant future: everybody must have a unique number.
Special sound Dick Mills, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Directed by Bernard Krichefski
   Dr Jonny Lawler: Julian Curry
   Michael Rulman: Neville Jason
   Yvette: Valerie Murray
   Derek Withrington: Benjamin Whitrow
   Barbara Luscombe: Tamara Ustinov
   Annette Withrington: Joan Matheson
   Slocomb /Minister: William Eedle
   Guy Lusccmbe: Henry Knowles
   Joy/Mrs Boone: Brenda Kaye
   Mr Fitch/Gimlet: Jonathan Scott
   Evans/Terry: Alaric Cotter
   Simon/Second official: Timothy Bateson
   Miss Davies: Mary Elliott Nelson
   Cresswell: Malcolm Gerard
   Trevor/Nemeson/First official: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Leila: Jane Knowles
   Dr Choudhury: Renu Setna
Repeated 5th December 1977


5th December 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 127): The Running of the Deer by Pat Dunlop
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Murray: John Graham
   Gilbey: Iain Blair
   Sergeant Bell: Gordon Clyde
   Betsy: Elizabeth Proud
Repeated 7th December 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)- Cronin was a GP.]


5th December 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler, dramatised by Bill Morrison
Musical research: Adrian Edwards
Directed by John Tydeman
   Philip Marlowe: Ed Bishop
   Dolores Gonzales: Toby Robins
   Mavis Weld: Margaret Robertson
   Orfamay Quest: Liza Ross
   Lt Christy French: Don Fellows
   Sgt Beifus: Rod Beacham
   Steelgrave: Michael Goldie
   Lester Clausen: Peter Marinker
   G W Hicks: Bill Morrison
   Orrin Quest: Malcolm Gerard
   Flack: Blain Fairman
   Joseph Toad: William Roberts
   Ballou: Neville Jason
   Dr Lagardie: Paul Maxwell
   Lt Maglashan: Ramsay Williams
Repeated 11th December 1977 and 13th September 1979
[Also broadcast on R7 and R4X 2006-2010]
[Also produced by Claire Grove in 2011 with Toby Stephens as Marlowe, repeated R4X]


7th December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Rendezvous with Death by John Tarrant
Directed by Margaret Etall
   Will Manley: Henry Knowles
   Laura Manley: Jane Knowles
   Det-Sgt Harris: Rod Beacham
   Mark Turner: Alaric Cotter
   Frank Lewin: William Eedle
   Tony Lace: Gavin Campbell
   Dr Beck/George: Peter Wickham
   Sister: Mary Nelson


8th December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: A Call from the Sea by Michael Bangerter (1936-2016) and Malcolm Hayes
Violin: Tony Gilbert
Directed by Glyn Dearman
   John: William Eedle
   Helen: Diana Olsson
   Kit: Judybennett
   Katie: Edwina Ray
   Mark: Gareth Johnson
   Clare: Janie Booth
   Mother: Brenda Kaye
   Father: Bruce Beeby
   Mrs Adamson: Nicolette McKenzie


9th December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Other Dear Charmer (1952) by Robert Kemp (1908-1967)
Directed by Gordon Emslie
BBC Scotland
   Robert Burns: Paul Young
   Nancie Maclehose: Gwyneth Guthrie
   Mirren: Sheila Donald
   Lord Craig: Bryden Murdoch
   Miss Nimmo: Rose McBain
   Mary Peacock: Sally Kinghorn
   Robert Ainslie: Bob Docherty
   Mr Kemp: Arthur Boland
   Jenny: Fiona Knowles
Repeated from 23td January 1976.
[The original play typescript is held by the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, ref Acc.7272]


10th December 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Face of the Angel in Wellies by Taylor Lovering
Directed by Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester
   Tha vicar: Peter John
   Mr Tomlinson: Laurence Kenny
   Charles Bailey: John Franklyn-Robbins
   Ethel Grout: Sheila Price
   Jamie Pike: Bryan Pringle
Repeated 13th December 1977


10th December 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Exit by Malcolm Stewart
Directed by Graham Gauld
   Galloway Hatch: Gabriel Woolf
   Fay Harper: Jane Wenham
   Olga Clay: Norma Ronald
   Sir Nigel Blaire: Jeffrey Segal
   Tony Durant: Jonathan Scott
   Rose Stock: Margaret Wolfit
   Man: Michael Spice
   Chief Insp Thompson: Bruce Beeby
   Secretary: Maggie Mullarkey
   Landlord: Malcolm Gerard
   Actress: Nicolette McKenzie
Repeated 12th December 1977


12th December 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 128): A Case of Battery by Donald Bull
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Rona: Nell Brennan
   Pat: Sean Barrett
   Mrs Denzil: Audrey Muir
   Fiscal: John Graham
   Foreman: Gordon Clyde
Repeated 14th December 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)- Cronin was a GP.]


12th December 1977
19.20-21.15:
The Monday Play: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
A Musical version.
Additional lyrics by John Wells
Music composed and conducted by Carl Davis
Repetiteur: Michael Reeves
A Transcription Services Recording by Adrian Revill.
Directed by Ian Cotterell
   Alice: Polly James
   Alice's sister/Baby: Jane Knowles
   White Rabbit: John Moffatt
   White Rabbit: Patricia Routledge
   Duck: Alaric Cotter
   Lory/Pigeon: Elizabeth Bell
   Dodo: William Eedle
   Eaglet: Heather Bell
   Canary: Rachel Cook
   Pat the Mole: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Bill the Lizard/Card Gardener 7: Anthony Newlands
   Caterpillar/Mock Turtle: Ian Wallace
   Frog Footman/Card Gardener 2: Michael Harbour
   Fish Footman: Neville Jason
   Duchess's Cook/Executioner: Leslie Fyson
   Cheshire Cat: Henry Knowles
   Mad Hatter: John Wells
   March Hare: John Fortune
   Dormouse: Richard Goolden
   Card Gardener 5: Gavin Campbell
   Queen of Hearts: Jan Waters
   Knave of Hearts: Kenneth Shanley
   King of Hearts: Timothy Bateson
   Gryphon: Clive Francis
Repeated 27th March 1978 and 24th December 1985
[A quadraphonic broadcast using Matrix H, compatible for both stereo and mono receivers]


14th December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Real Proud Days by Nan Woodhouse
Directed by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Margaret (narrator): Rosalind Shanks
   Ethel: Paula Tilbrook
   Matt: Eileen Derbyshire
   Molly: Judith Barker
   Armitage: Geoffrey Banks
   Margaret (child): Helen Worth
   Old Man: John Jardine
   Sheila: Susan Sheridan
   Neighbour: Diana Davies
   Jack: Alan Rothwell


15th December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Albums by Carol Bruggen
Directed by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Herbert Fullbright: Carleton Hobbs
   Emily: Rosalind Shanks
   Cicely Fullbright: Rosalie Crutchley
   James: David Hahlowk (???)
   Mr Green: Paul Webster
   Jennie: Linda Gardner
[The sole reference to a "David Hahlowk"]


16th December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Vetchley 900 by Christopher Russell
Directed by Piers Plowright
   Simon Pascoe: Geoffrey Beevers
   Jill Parker: Penelope Reynolds
   Sir Philip Dean: Manning Wilson
   Sally Harmsworth: Sandra Freeman
   Ralph Cox: Fred Bryant
   Maud Oswinson: Joan Matheson
   Stanley de Warren: Alan Lawrance
   Vicar: Jonathan Scott
   Jack Telfer: Brian Jackson
   Fred Simmons: Alaric Cotter
   George Mew: Peter Welch
   Eric Oswinson: Gary Hope
   A sheep: Percy Edwards


17th December 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Night of the Ammo Train by Ruth Lloyd
Directed by Martin Jenkins
   Stan: Ken Jones
   Gladys: Sheila Fay
   Beryl: Elisabeth Sladen
   Eddie: Henry Knowles
   Frank: Manning Wilson
   Jean: Shirley Dixon
   Miss Dobson: Betty Hardy
   Mrs Walker: Elizabeth Morgan
   Billy: Malcolm Gerard
   Lily: Sheila Irwin
   Alice: Heather Bell
Repeated 20th December 1977


17th December 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Antique Farce by Bruce Stewart (1925-2005)
Rome around the third century.
Directed by David Spenser
   Genesius: George Cole
   Flavia: Kate O'Mara
   Galerius: Glyn Owen
   Marcellinus: Leonard Fenton
   Diocletian: John Rye
   Eusebius: John Humphry
   Sylvester: Anthony Newlands
   Melchiades: Henry Knowles
   Antoninus: Peter Wickham
   Julia: Anne Rosenfeld
   Zosimus: Michael Tudor Barnes
   Cappadocius: Rod Beacham
   Soothsayer: John Gabriel
   The Sibyl: Joan Matheson
   Priest: Roy Spencer
Repeated 19th December 1977
[Based upon the legend of Roman actor Genesius possibly dating to the 4th Century]


18th December 1977
14.30:
Afternoon Theatre: The Heiress (1947) by Ruth (1912-2001) and Augustus Goetz adapted from 'Washington Square'(1880) by Henry James (1843-1916)
1850.
Directed by Norman Wright
   Catherine: Kate Binchy
   Dr Sloper: Robert Harris
   Lavinia Penniman: Ursula Jeans
   Morris Townsend: Michael Spice
   Mrs Almond: Katherine Parr
   Marian Almond: Olwen Griffiths
   Arthur Townsend: Michael Harbour
   Mrs Montgomery: Eva Stuart
   Maria: Helen Worth
Repeated from 24th June 1972
[Other radio productions: year/producer/actor playing Lavinia:
1952/ Frederick Bradnum/ Gladys Young
1953 (Light), 1954 (Home) rptd 1956/ Frederick Bradnum/ Thea Wells
1962 rptd 1964 /Cedric Messina/ Grizelda Hervey]
[An initial play by Ruth and Augustus called Washington Square did not succeed but this variation- with a differing ending- did well].


19th December 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 129): Blood Ties by Pat Dunlop
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Betty: Ellen McIntosh
   Neil: Gordon Clyde
   Campbell: Iain Blair
   Jeannie: Nell Brennan
Repeated 21st December 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)- Cronin was a GP.]


21st December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Chap that Comes in November by David Parker
Directed by Tony Cliff
BBC Manchester
   Grimshaw: Paul Webster
   Tooley: Ronald Herdman
   Barman: John Franklyn-Robbins
   Annie: Paula Tilbrook
   Marjorie Tuppence: Judith Barker
   Maggie: Elizabeth McKenzie


22nd December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Jump! by Ken Whitmore
Music played by Hammond's Sauce Works Band conductor Geoffrey Whitham
Directed by Alfred Bradley
BBC Manchester (in 1975, BBC Leeds)
   Aunty: Kathleen Helme
   Uncle/Fur-hatted ruler: George A. Cooper
   Frederick: Judy Bennett
   Mole: Freddie Jones
   Prof Morrisarde: Geoffrey Banks
   Sir Peter/Blue-suited ruler: John Franklyn-Robbins
   Harold Harridge: John Blythe
   Gumbolt: David Mahlowe
First broadcast on R3, 8th April 1975, repeated 27th January 1976
Repeated on R4, 23rd March 1985
[The band name is genuine, a sponsored brass band- known as just Hammonds Band in 2024]


23rd December 1977
15.05
The Boy with a Cart by Christopher Fry (1907-2005)
A tale of Saint Cuthman of Sussex
Directed By: Jane Morgan
   The Man of South England: Brian Blessed
   Bess: Sheila Reid
   Mildred: Sonia Fraser
   Matt: Michael Goldie
   Tib: Manning Wilson
   Cuthman: Kevin McNally
   Mother: Brenda Bruce
   Tawm: Timothy Bateson
   Farmer: Christopher Benjamin
   Alfred: Brian Hewlett
   Demiwulf: Peter Wickham
   Mrs Fipps: Cecile Chevreau
Also with Douglas Blackwell, Alaric Cotter, Richard Derrington, Malcolm Gerard, Michael Harbour, Kenneth Shanley, Valerie Sarruf.
Repeated 29th May 1979, 22nd December 1985 and 19th December 1992
[The play was commissioned by the Vicar of Steyning to celebrate the local saint]


24th December 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Come Back Mary Brown! by Angela Sewell
Directed by Dickon Reed
A BBC World Service drama production
   Narrator: Gabriel Woolf
   Mrs Kneely: Hilda Fenemore
   Lady Hightower: Grizelda Hervet
   Mr Bagley/Bishop/Joseph: Manning Wilson
   Mrs Gentle: Kathertne Parr
   Jemma Green: Judy Bennett
   Badger/Reverend Mother: Shirley Dixon
   Sikh/American tourist: Saeed Jaffrey
   Vicar: Rod Beacham
   Red Cross: Joanna Wake
   Willie Spender: Alaric Cotter


24th December 1977
20.30-21.50:
Saturday-Night Theatre: The Box of Delights or When the Wolves were Running (1935) A Christmas Fantasy by John Masefield (1878-1967) freely dramatised by John Keir Cross
Radiophonic effects: Richard Yeoman-Clark
Directed by Graham Gauld
   Kay Harker (a man): David Davis
   Kay Harker (a boy): Jean English
   Abner Brown: Heron Carvic
   Cole Hawlings: Cyril Shaps
   Foxy Man: Roy Spencer
   Chubby Man: Paul Meier
   Caroline Louisa: Irene Sutcliffe
   Sylvia Daisy Pouncer: Kathleen Helme
   Rat: Norman Shelley
   Lady of the Ring: Grizelda Hervey
   Inspector: Rod Beacham
   Jemima Jones: Nicolette McKenzie
   Maria Jones: Anne Rosenfeld
   Susan Jones: Jane Knowles
   Peter Jones: Judy Bennett
   Bishop: Lewis Stringer
   The boy: John Levitt
   The Bronze Head: John Gabriel
[Other productions: year / producer/ actor playing Foxy:
1955 (6 parts)/Josephine Plummer/Carleton Hobbs
1966, rptd 1968,1969/ John Keir Cross/ Henry Stamper
1974 / Josephine Plummer/ Frank Duncan
Also broadcast in 2 parts, 1995-2008, insufficient data to identify productions. ]


26th December 1977
10.45-11.30
Monsters and other Events by Anne Leaton (1932-2016)
Three untitled stories on a theme.
Directed by Cherry Cookson
   Count Dracula: Michael Aldridge
   Mrs Deathwatch: Mary Wimbush
   Mrs Truefoot: Kathleen Helms
   Tommy Truefoot: Kenneth Shanley
   Alfred Evergreen: Gerald Cross
   Violet Evergreen,: Brenda Kaye
   Triggy Dum: Kenneth Shanley
   The Professor: Garard Green
   Albert: Jonathan Scott


26th December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: Let It Come Down by Michael Robson
Directed by John Cardy
   Alan Scott: William Lucas
   Sue Crichton: Ros Drinkwater
   Q C: Peter Woodthorpe
   Moira Scott: Margaret Robertson
   Daniel Hope: Roger Snowdon
   Frank Lawler: Haydn Jones
   Mrs Clayton: Jeanne Mockford
   Christine Lang: Deborah Paige
   David Bennett: Christopher Bidmead
   Restaurant manager: Leslie Heritage
   Det-Sgt Franklin: William Sleigh
   Ward sister: Eva Haddon
   Headmaster: Godfrey Kenton
   Tony Parrish: Anthony Smee
   Clennett: David Graham
   Det Chief Insp Durrant: Kevin Brennan
   Christine's father: Douglas Blackwell
   Colonel Bradley: Garard Green
   Dr Adlard: Michael Shannon
   Announcer: Peter Craze
Repeated from 3rd and 5th April 1976


26th December 1977
18.30
Doctor Finlay's Casebook (Radio Episode 130): The Fast Set by Donald Bull
Producer: Edward Taylor
   Dr Cameron: Andrew Cruickshank
   Janet: Barbara Mullen
   Dr Finlay: Bill Simpson
   Amanda: Sue Holderness
   Mrs McLaren: Audrey Muir
   Lady Forrest: Katharine Page
   Denis: Garard Green
Repeated 28th December 1977
[Characters created by A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)- Cronin was a GP.]


26th December 1977
19.45:
The Monday Play: Locusts by Dick Sharples (1927-2015)
Music by Ian Gourlay
Flute/Tenor sax: Alan Fawkes; Guitar: Les Beavers; String bass: Dave Lynane;
Law and disorder.
Directed by Kay Patrick
BBC Manchester
   Machin: Michael Deacon
   Nixon: John Hollis
   Harris: Raymond Llewellyn
   Kitty: Heather Bell
   Mrs Nesbitt: Stella Tanner
   Len: Kenneth Shanley
   Tom: Christian Rodska
   Marlene: Polly James
   Ernie: John Franklyn-Robbins
   Mrs Andrews: Daphne Oxenford
   Mrs Whitworth: Judith Barker
   Morrie: David Mahlowe
Repeated 1st January 1978 and 12th November 1978


27th December 1977
11.05:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Blodwin and the Crock of Gold by J. C. W. Brook
Directed by Gerry Jones
   Blodwin: Jan Edwards
   Bert: John Rye
   Mr Puff: Alan Dudley
   Biffo: John Rowe
   Paul: Sion Probert
Repeated from 2nd July 1975


28th December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Camp of the Dog (1908) by Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) adapted by Sheila Hodgson
Directed by Harry Catlin
   Dr John Silence: Malcolm Hayes
   Stephen Hubbard: Timothy Bateson
   The Rev Timothy Maloney: David March
   Mrs Maloney: Joan Matheson
   Peter Sangree: Peter Whitman
   Porter: David Sinclair
Repeated from 28th and 29th August 1974, 16th October 1975
[Also broadcast on R4X 2022]
[Other radio plays featuring John Silence: 18/12/74-The Nemesis of Fire; 19/3/75-Secret Worship; 02/10/75-The Empty Sleeve]


29th December 1977
15.05: :
Afternoon Theatre: Here am I, Where are You? by Sheila Hodgson (1921-2001) , based on an idea by M. R. James (1862-1936)
Directed by David Johnston
   M R James: David March
   Professor Zetterholm: Lockwood West
   Paul Mallory: Susan Sheridan
   Mrs Marriot: Joan Newell
   Anstey Guthrie: Jonathan Scott
   Porter: Manning Wilson
[Also broadcast on R4X 2016-2022]
[The idea source was Stories I Have Tried to Write (1929) by M. R. James]
[Other ideas developed by Sheila Hodgson were the plays: Whisper in the Ear (1976), Turn Turn Turn (1977), The Backward Glance (1977), Echoes from the Abbey (1984), The Lodestone (1989), The Boat Hook (1992). The years are of first BBC broadcast. RTE (Ireland) broadcast The Fellow Travellers in 1994.]

   
30th December 1977
15.05:
Afternoon Theatre: The Last Man by Lawrence McDermott
Mouth Organ: Alfie Karn
Directed By: Harry Catlin
   Herbert Heginbotham: Anthony Bate
   The Tramp: John Ruddock
Repeated from 3rd July 1971 and 19th April 1971


31st December 1977
14.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Just the Job by Liane Aukin (1936-2016)
Directed by Kay Patrick
   Madge Long: Garaldine McEwan
   Mrs Burns: Rosalie Crutchley
   Rodney: Leslie Heritage
   Taxi driver/Mick: David Neal
Repeated from 24th and 28th April 1976


31st December 1977
20.30:
Saturday-Night Theatre: Relatively Speaking (1965) by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Kay Patrick
   Greg: Nigel Lambert
   Ginny: Joanna Wake
   Philip: Michael Aldridge
   Sheila: Rosemary Leach
Repeated from 25th December 1975 and 3rd May 1976
Repeated 28th August 1982, 25th December 1988
[Also broadcast on R4X 2014-2017]
[1965 title was "Meet My Father, retitled Relatively Speaking in 1967]


Compiled 2024 by Stephen Shaw

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