BBC Radio Plays, radio 4, 1990
SATURDAY PLAYHOUSE AND CLASSIC SERIAL are listed in chronological order immediately below.
AFTERNOON PLAYS are listed lower down, M-T-W-Th-F. The Classic Serials appear in this list as a repeat on Friday afternoons, and Saturday Night Theatre appear as repeats on Monday afternoons.
MONDAY PLAYS are listed at the bottom.
These pages take a long time to assemble. They are a tidied-up version of what is available elsewhere, with spoilers removed and synopses mainly written or summarised by me. Whether this is a productive use of time remains to be seen. Let me know!
ND / March 2017
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SATURDAY PLAYHOUSE AND CLASSIC SERIALS
BBC Radio 4 - 1990-01-06
14:30 - Aristocrats
By Brian Friel. The youngest daughter
of the O'Donnell family is to be married.
Father: Cyril Cusack
Judith: Dearbhla Molloy
Alice: Sorcha Cusack
Claire: Niamh Cusack
Anna: Catherine Cusack
Eamon: Peter Caffrey
Willie Diver: Billy Roche
Tom Hoffning: William Roberts
Uncle George: John Warner.
Directed by Peter Kavanagh.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-01-07
14:30 - Classic Serial
Jim Davis by John Masefield, dramatised in four parts by Ray Herman. In 1812, in his new home, an orphaned boy is enmeshed in what seems like murder.
the Narrator
.... James Laurenson
Jim Davis ....Nicholas Pickard
Producer: nk.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-01-13
14:30 - The Spur
By Juliet Ace. Piers is about to close a mean land deal and Graham runs a cock-fighting
ring - illegally.
Directed by Shaun Macloughlin; BBC Bristol.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-01-14
14:30 - Classic Serial
Jim Davis, by John Masefield, dramatised in four parts by Ray Herman.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-01-20
14:30 - The Withering
Woman
by David Zane
Mairowitz. With Mary Wimbush as Marinette, an OAP who goes
to southern France to live alone apart from her animals. When she
tries to stop the local hunt, she is locked up in a mental asylum.
Directed by Richard Wortley.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-01-21
14:30 - Classic Serial
Jim Davis, by John Masefield dramatised in four parts by Ray Herman.
Ep. 3 ... Rose looks for refuge, but events do not co-operate.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-01-27
14:30 - Fireflies
By KARIM ALRAWI.
A play about uranium mining and its consequences.
Directed by Janet
Whttaker.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-01-28
14:30 - Classic Serial
Jim Davis by Masefield, dramatised in four parts by Ray Herman. Ep 4: Jim
despairs of returning to his home.
the Narrator: James
Laurenson
Jim Davis: Nicholas
Pickard
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-02-03
14:30 - Yellow Ochre
By Sheila Yeger.
Ruth is one of the many
visitors to Jerusalem -either
Christians making a pilgrimage, or Jews looking for home.
Directed by Kay
Patrick
Ruth: Sarah Badel
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-02-04
14:30 - Classic Serial
That Hideous Strength
By C.S.LEWIS, dramatised in four parts by Stephen Mallatratt. 1
- The fellows of a quiet English college are jubilant at
attracting a prestigious new national institute to their sleepy
university town. But why is the institute so keen to buy the site of
the college's ancient well?
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-02-10
14:30 - Inventing a New Colour
By Paul Godfrey.
Exeter 1942: Bombs are falling and the war is changing the lives of many, but for one young boy life is still not eventful enough.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-02-11
14:30 - Classic Serial
That Hideous Strength
By C. S Lewis, dramatised in four parts by Stephen Mallatratt.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-02-17
14:30 - Plots
By Robert Forrest. With Callum Mill as Peter and Eileen McCallum as Sarah.
Peter Halliday, an elderly man, is pursued by social workers and coppers. BBC Scotland.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-02-18
14:30 - Classic Serial - That Hideous Strength
By C. S. Lewis, dramatised in four parts by Stephen Mallatratt. 3
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-02-24
14:30 - Gordon Jackson
A tribute to the actor who died last month. Tunes of Glory by James E. Kennaway, adapted by B. C. Cummins. Colonel Barrow arrives and causes a minor upheaval at the local Barracks.
Pipe Majors Bob Murphy and Willie Cochrane.
Directed by ....Gerry Jones
Jock Sinclair.... Gordon Jackson
Col Barrow ....John Stride
Pipe Major MacLean.... Fulton MacKay
RSM Riddick ....David Lodge
Jimmy Cairns.... John Rowe
Dusty Miller.... Henry Stamper
Piper Adam ....Fraser Kerr
Cpl Fraser ....John Samson
Charlie Scott.... John Rye
Mackinnon ....Christopher Bidmead
Mary Titterington.... Norma Ronald
Morag Sinclair.... Alison Gollings
Sir Alistair.... Hector Ross
Landlord ....Nigel Lambert
Driver ....Nigel Lambert
Guard Sergeant.... Michael Shannon
Donald ....Michael Shannon
Lance Cpl ....Michael Deacon
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-02-25
14:30 - Classic Serial
That Hideous Strength
by C.S.Lewis. The last of four parts
dramatised by Stephen Mallatratt.
Jane Studdock: Kathryn Hurlbutt
Mark Studdock: Andrew Wincott
Fisher-King: Steve Hodson
Merlin: Robert Eddison
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-03-03
14:30 - The Isidore Projection
By Bruce Stewart. A play about the Spanish Inquisition.
Joaquin: Michael N Harbour
Rebecca: Caroline Gruber
the Master Inquisitor: Bill Wallis.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-03-04
14:30 - Classic Serial
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, by Dickens, concluded by Leon Garfield and dramatised in five parts by David Buck. 1: Orphans
Neville and Helena Landless arrive in Cloisterham.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-03-10
14:30 - Poor Things
By Jane Coles.
No details of story.
Cathie: Sue Broomfield
Moira: Maggie McCarthy
Hashim: Gordon Warnecke
Mrs Jalib: Shahnaz Pakravan
John: Donald Gee
Jess: Elizabeth Mansfield
Penny: Oona Beeson
Commentator/steve: Joe Dunlop
Pete: Charles Simpson
Dennis: John Bull
Val: Tara Dominick
Ben: Brian Miller
Mr Jalib: Gurdial Sira
Fozia: Souad Faress
Saleslady: Shireen Shah
Manazir: Raj Patel
Director: Matthew Walters
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-03-11
14:30 - Classic Serial
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens, concluded by Leon Garfield; dramatised in five parts by David Buck. 2: A Disappearance. Edwin and Neville agree to attend a Christmas Eve dinner hosted by Edwin's guardian. It turns out to be their last meeting.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-03-17
14:30 - Caving In
By Ayshe Raif. Maggie is leading a double life. She visits her husband in prison, but keeps her lover a secret. She wants a baby.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-03-18
14:30 - Classic Serial
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens, concluded by Leon Garfield and dramatised in five parts by David Buck. 3: An Arrival. Edwin has disappeared and Jasper thinks his nephew has been murdered by Neville Landless.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-03-24
14:30 - The Wedding of Jackie
By John Hall. Jackie is promised to Dickon the musician, but she loves a priest.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-03-25
14:30 - Classic Serial
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens, concluded by Leon Garfield and dramatised in five parts by David Buck. With Ian Holm. 4: A Performance. John Jasper continues his search for proof that his nephew has been murdered by Neville Landless.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-03-31
14:30 - The Elephant Man
By Bernard Pomerance.
The true story of John Merrick, the Elephant Man. His deformed body hid the mind of a sensitive and
intelligent man. Adapted & directed by David Hitchinson. Originally broadcast on WS.
John Merrick: Gerrard Murphy
Frederick Treves: Jeremy Clyde
Carr Gomm: Charles Kay
Mrs Kendall: Anna Massey
Ross: John Hollis
Bishop: John Baddeley
Sandwich: Jennifer Piercey
Porter: Michael Tudor-Barnes
Lord John: Philip Sully
Duchess: Diana Olsson
Countess: Joan Walker.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-04-01
14:30 - Classic Serial
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens concluded by Leon Garfield and dramatised in five parts by David Buck. With Ian Holm as John Jasper. 5: Redress. Neville has been found stabbed.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-04-07
14:30 - Testimonies
By Helena Osborne. Anne Lee from
Manchester was to become the leader of the 'Shaking Quakers' or Shakers. Her message
was salvation through celibacy, but where did this leave her
husband?
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-04-08
14:30 - Well, at Least It Didn't Rain
By Renny Krupinski.
Funerals are supposed
to be solemn, but occasionally they are anything but.
Director .... Janet Whitaker
Nell ....Patricia Hayes
Joan ....Rosemary Leach
Maisy .... Mary Wimbush
Angela ....Zelah Clarke
David .... Kim Wall.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-04-14
14:30 - Rusted Visions
By Dave Morris. A lawyer wins his
client the chance of a fresh start - a job in a theme park.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-04-15
14:30 - A Special Treat
By Frank Dunne.
An Irish GP living in the south of England takes consolation in
weekly visits to his mistress.
Director ....
Peter Kavanagh
Doctor .... Tony
Doyle
Girl ....
Marcella Riordan
Pam .... Maureen
O'Brien.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-04-21
14:30 - Summer of the
Aliens
>By Louis Nowra. Australia 1962: The television talks of UFO sightings and the
danger of a communist invasion. Young Lewis confronts the strange
rites of adolescence and the violence of the adult world.
Joint production by ABC/BBC.
Lewis (adult): Louis Nowra
Lewis (boy): Ben Pauley
Emma: Kathryn Dufty
Mum: Linda Cropper
Grandma: Dinah Shearing
Dad: Nicholas Eadie
Dulcie: Belinda Chikosh
Brian: Dylan Howarth
Mr Pisano: George Spartels
Mrs Pisano: Beth Child
Teacher: Peter Carroll
Music by Sarah de Jong.
Director: Jane Ulman.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-04-22
14:30 - A Small Union
By Peter Tinniswood.
In the past, Stanley was once leader
of a cotton workers' union.. Now he spends his
days on a canal bank, doing nothing.
Director ....
Peter Kavanagh
Stanley ....
Bernard Hill
Lorna .... Liz
Goulding
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-04-28
14:30 - The Old Ways
By Alan Berrie.
When stroke victim Tony Sharkey is born again it causes misery for his wife.
Director Eoin O'Callaghan.
BBC Northern Ireland.
Tony Sharkey: Nigel
Anthony
Sally: Aine McCartney
Sheena: Linda WRay
Monica: Paula Hamilton
Collette: Trudy Kelly
Gerald: Malcolm
Douglas
Canon Dwyer: Mark
Mulholland.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-04-29
14:30 - Shark in the Water
By Roderick Graham.
Eddie and Jack
return from a dive to discover that
their boat has drifted away.
Director ....
Tracey Neale
Eddie .... James
Laurenson
Jack .... Peter
Dahlsen
Gee .... Alice
Arnold
Carl .... Ken
Cumberlidge
Girl .... Moya
O'Shea
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-05-05
14:30 - Thin Boy, by Colin Davis.
Who is sane? asked the philosopher Bertrand Russell. The man who cracks up because of Hiroshima or the others who remain unaffected by it? A play about Claude Eatherly, ex-509th Squadron USAF, who stood trial for robbing post offices.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-05-06
14:30 - Mad, Bad
By Guy Meredith. Two
self-obsessed writers working on biographies. They communicate using their answering machines.
Isobel .... Anna Massey
Rob .... Bill Nighy
Lisa .... Anna Nygh
Maitre d'hotel/Professor Bellini .... Nicholas Courtney
Taxi driver ....Ian Michie
Director .... Cherry Cookson
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-05-12
14:30 - Seed
By Colin Haydn Evans. May, aged 88, knows that seeds are the source of life, but does the ministry know? It has given the rights to big companies to manufacturekey herbicides and pesticides.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-05-13
14:30 - Dusty's Story
By Hattie Naylor. When Stephen dies,
Dusty finds it hard to adjust to her loss; she reports him missing to
the police...
Director Sally Avens
Dusty: Sophie Thompson
Aunt Wendy: Stephanie Cole
Narrator: Nickolas Grace
Best: Alice Arnold
Jane: Jo Kendall
Susan: Susan Sheridan
Sarah: Joan Walker
DJ: Paul Downing
Man: Ian Targett
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-05-19
14:30 - Solstice
Biographical play by Jo Anderson. London, 1873. Van Gogh starts work in a Covent Garden basement.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-05-20
14:30 - Dark Green
By Rose Tremain. Miss Rowlandson used to
be a good teacher. Now she has problems. Play made with the help of the pupils of
Bramhall County High School. Director Kay Patrick; BBC North.
Director ....Kay Patrick
Charlie Green.... Judy Bennett
Miss Rowlandson.... Irene Sutcliffe
Headmaster ....Paul Webster
Jimmy ....Richard Carr
Sophie ....Elizabeth Anderton
Ian .... David Lewis
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-05-26
14:30 - Homeland
By Ken Blakeson. With Michael Hordem. When the Judge moves to a home for the elderly, his relationship with a black care assistant conjures up uncomfortable memories.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-05-27
14:30 - Tales My Father Taught Me
By Peter Terson. With John Gielgud. Sir
George Sitwell was an eccentric recluse whose main interests
beforeWW1 were running the family estate and research into
medieval pig-keeping. He didn't like Osbert much, either.
Director: Shaun
Macloughlin
Sir George Sitwell:
John Gielgud
Lady Ida Sitwell:
Renee Atilde Asherson
Osbert Sitwell:
Richard Pearce
Henry Moat:
Christopher Good
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-06-02
14:30 - Little Love
By Stephen Fagan. With Alan Howard and Peter Sallis. A clinic transfers infants from pregnant girls to rich infertile middle-aged women.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-06-03
14:30 - Unwieldy Elephant
By John Graham. Gilbert Winblow needs a rest - but finds himself careering across the countryside in charge
of an elephant.
Gilbert Winblow: Jeremy Clyde
Headmaster: Garard Green
Flannery: John Graham
Ladies on train: Tessa Worsley
Ladies on train: Gwen Cherrell
Stag Spangler: Ronald Herdman
Boys: Andrew Gubbins, Christopher
Gubbins, Juke Nashaat.
Lady in street: Anne Jameson
Sid: Jamie Roberts
Shirley: Mia Soteriou
Porter/Vicar: David Garth
Librarian: Jane Leonard
Policeman: Trevor Nichols
Fred: Arnold Diamond
Driver: Alan Thompson
Dolores: Helena Breck
Adrian: Christopher Scott
Timekeeper: David Learner
Producer: Glyn Dearman.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-06-09
14:30 - The Belle of the Belfast City
By Christina Reid. The Horner women celebrate life, even when they are threatened with violence.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-06-10
14:30 - The Turning of the Tide
By Nick Fisher. Classic revenge tale. An isolated, windswept
house in East Anglia and a score to settle.
Lucy: Elizabeth Proud
Susan: Joan Walker
Matthew: Kim Wall
Leonard: Peter Tuddenham
Local man: Peter Craze
Producer: Martin Jenkins.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-06-16
14:30 - Blood and Ice
Biographical play by Liz Lochhead - a tale
of how the Frankenstein story came about. Mary Wollstonecraft
eloped in 1816 with the poet Shelley ; they rented a villa
close to where Lord Byron was living and, for something to do, wrote some ghostly
tales.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-06-17
14:30 - Great Men of Music
By Craig Warner. A young girl
confides in Eddie and her advances disturb him.
Eddie: Philip Davis
Eddie's mother: Paula Jacobs
Joanne: Joan Walker
Fred: Norman Bird
Pete: Anthony Jackson
Bob: William Simons
Fiona: Zelah Clarke
with Alice Arnold, Peter Craze and Cara Kelly.
Piano - Mary Nash.
Director: Caroline Raphael.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-06-23
14:30 - Federico for Me
By Sam Jacobs. Argentina, 1945 -just before Juan Peron became
President. The actress/ manager Margarita Xirgu, champion of Federico Garcia Lorca,
took her company and his last play to Buenos Aires. With Dorothy Tutin.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-06-24
14:30 - Haunted by More Cake
By Steve Walker. Lionel
has a tea party going on in his stomach and he's
fallen in love with one of the guests. (Superb play - Ed)
Uncle Ginger: Graham Crowden
Lionel: Stephen Tompkinson
Aunt Maud: Joan Matheson
Charlotte: Victoria Carling
Mario: John Bull
Horace: Richard Pearce
Dr Fitch: Philip Sully
Mr Ebbinghouse: John Warner
With Joan Walker,
Nicholas Courtenay and Jo Kendall
Director: Ned Chaillet.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-06-30
14:30 - Hanging Fire
By Lisa Evans. The events leading up to the notorious 'murder in the Red Barn' of Maria Marten, as seen through her sister's eyes.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-07-01
14:30 - Marching
By Don Haworth. A man brings up his daughter alone.
Jenny: Susan Sheridan
Arthur: Cliff Howells
Sam Crabbe: Geoffrey Banks
Producer: Kay Patrick.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-07-07
14:30 - Play: The Last of the Mohicans
By Ted Moore. Walter is being paid to close down the place where he works.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-07-08
14:30 - Reaching for the Sun
By John Ashbrook. John just wants to go
to an ordinary school. But he's blind.
Ray: Kevin Lloyd
Ange: Sunny Ormonde
John: John-Paul Ford
Headmistress: Margaret Courtenay
Psychologist: Joe Dunlop
Miss Weissberg: Sue Broomfield
Car driver: Charles Simpson
Produced by Sue Wilson.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-07-14
14:30 - Cloud Cuckoo Land
By Catherine L Czerkawska. A Japanese girl falls in love with a British boy. In colour, race and custom, they are very different. Producer (?) Hamish Wilson.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-07-15
14:30 - The Baby Buggy
By Elizabeth Baines. 1989 Giles Cooper Award.
Di faces the challenge of having her first baby at the age of 40.
Di: Linda Bassett.
Sandy: Barbara Marten.
Producer: Susan Hogg.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-07-21
14:30 - Play: Song of the Forest
By Tina Pepler. Soon after her marriage Helena is paralysed in a diving accident. A capuchin monkey, trained to help quadriplegics, gives assistance, but the monkey is home to the soul of a South American Indian.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-07-22
14:30 - Victory
By Sam McBratney. Laura wants to remarry
but her daughter doesn't like the idea.
Laura: Stella McCusker
Martina: Aine McCartney
Granny Martin: Sheila McGibbon
Peggy: Maureen Dow
Stephen: Robert Patterson
Julie: Cathy Brennan
Jim: Niall O'Brien
Pianist Stephanie Hughes
Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-07-28
14:30 - The Man That Got Away
By Philip Norman. Hedley looks forward to
a holiday with his mother in a hotel she manages in Norfolk.
But life is not easy for a divorcee in the 50s.
Hedley: James Holland
Stella: Marian Diamond
Guy Hogg: Michael Cochrane
Chef: Peter Woodthorpe
Boo: Susie Brann
Mrs Hogg: Zelah Clarke
Mr Campion: Ian Thompson
Flo: Patsy Byrne
Mick: Brian Hewlett
Em: Victoria Carling
Pinks: Stephen Tompkinson
John/Shipway: Ashley Clark
Nigel/Rayner: Daniel Evans
Housemaster: Manning Wilson
Guard: Anthony Jackson
Producer: Peter Kavanagh
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-07-29
14:30 - Red Ribbons
By Thomas McLaughlin..John and
Molly present and produce a fictional BBC
programme, Folkways. They go to County
Tyrone to look for the Ulster fiddler, Barney McKeogh
Barney: Birdy Sweeney
Molly: Eileen Pollock
John: Trevor Moore
Paddy: Joe McPartland
Brendan: Conleth Hill
Music: Jim McKillop
Producer: Pamela Brighton.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-08-04
14:30 - Artist Descending a Staircase
By Tom Stoppard.
Three very old artists, who have been friends since they were young,
share an attic. Now one of them is dead, in peculiar circumstances.
(Highly recommended - Ed).
Martello: Stephen MurRay
Donner: Carleton Hobbs
Beauchamp: Rolf Lefebvre
Young Martello (Banjo): Michael Spice
Young Donner (Mouse): Dinsdale Landen
Young Beauchamp (Biscuit): Peter Egan
Sophie: Fiona Walker.
Producer: John Tydeman
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-08-05
14:30 - Showing Promise
By Dave Sheasby. Marjorie's creative
writing course is under a financial threat. She is pleased to see a new student
even if he lacks some of the graces she's come to expect.
Marjorie: Heather Stoney
Brian: Gerry Kersey
John: John Branwell
Jean: Lorraine Peters
Florence: Daphne Oxenford
Harry: Graham Roberts
Producer: Tony Cliff.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-08-11
14:30 - Shades of Blue
By Leigh Jackson. On the day of his
daughter's wedding, Adrian, a well-off
dentist hoping to start a career in politics, finds that his
mistress is pregnant, his wife is in love with his best
friend, and theres is to be a general election.
Adrian: Bob Peck
Pauline: Rosemary Martin
Virginia: Juliet Stevenson
Tony: Clive Merrison
Emmaa: Clare Travers-Deacon
Hopkins: Richard Wilson
Alice: Elizabeth Rider
Hugh: Crawford Logan
Claire: Susie Brann
Mrs Hopkins: Margaret Ward
Brother: Paul Gregory
Foreman/Catering manager: Brian Hewlett, with Kim Wall, Peter Howell, Ian
Thompson, Steven Harrold and John Samson.
Producer: Cherry Cookson.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-08-12
14:30 - The Dog It Was That Died
By Tom Stoppard. Rupert, a spy and counter-spy, has lost
himself in the intricacies of double and triple bluff and cannot say
which side he is on. .
Giles Blair: Charles GRay
Rupert Purvis: Dinsdale Landen
Pamela Blair: Penelope Keith
Hogben: Kenneth Cranham
Seddon: John Le Mesurier
Arlon: Stephen MurRay
Matron: Betty Marsden
Chief: Maurice Denham
Vicar: Noel Howlett
Wren: Lockwood West
Slack: Peter Tuddenham
Mrs Ryan: Katherine Parr
Producer: John Tydeman.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-08-18
14:30 - Play: Rock and Roll Baby
A wonderlful play by Lesley Davies. Ellen is a 38-year-old teacher, bringing up three children on her own. Then one of her pupils confesses his undying love for he. She doesn't believe him, but matters progress. No casting details, unfortunately.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-08-19
14:30 - Ivan the Fool and Vasilisa the Wise
By Stephen Mulrine. Narrator - Nicholas McArdle.
Based on a Russian fable. There is a man-eating witch, a talking
doll, a dead princess and a live skeleton. Ivan the Fool wants to
marry Vasilisa, no matter what the obstacles. (Good play - Ed)
Ivan: Jonathan Tafler
Tsarita: Julie Berry
She-bear: Julie Berry
Baba Yaga: Pauline Letts
Crow: Pauline Letts
Doll: Caroline Gruber
Priest: Alan Dudley
Pike: Alan Dudley
Vasilisa: Victoria Carling
Koshchei the Deathless: John Rye
Producer: Matthew Walters
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-08-25
14:30 Dora
By Agnes Sam. The play is set in Port Elizabeth in South Africa, the town where she grew up. This is the story of a young black woman who suddenly finds herself thrust into township life.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-08-26
14:30 - Women Laughing
By Michael Wall. One Sunday afternoon,
two men are sitting in a suburban garden. The laughter of their wives
coming from the house at first irritates them. Then, bit by bit, it unsettles them.
One of the men has a secret... This is taken from a stage play; not the whole thing,
but it's ok as a stand-alone piece. It has been described as a comedy. (excellent - Ed)
Colin: David Goudge
Steph: Rosalind March
Tony: Alex Jennings
Maddy: Rowena Roberts
Director: Jeremy Mortimer
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-09-01
14:30 - The Execution of Mary Timney
By Tom Pow 's. April 1862; Dumfries. The play
follows the events leading to the last public execution of a woman
in Scotland.
Mary Timney: Alison Peebles
Ann Hannah: Anne Lacey
William Martin/Clerk/Lord GRay: David McKail
Rev J Maitland/Calcraft: Paul Young
William Hannah: Martin
Black
Frank Timney/Chaplain: Finlay McLean
Agnes McLellan/Susan Timney: Ann Lannan
Lord Deas: Gerard Slevin
Mary Barbour/Agnes Sproat: Beth Robens
Lockhart Hannah/Dr McCulloch/journalist: John Shedden
Jane Barbour : Eliza Langland
Robert Coates/Cowan: Iain Agnew
Giffort/Constable: Sandy Neilson
Producer - Stewart Conn. (First broadcast on Radio Scotland)
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-09-02
14:30 - No More a-Roving
By Peter Ling. Whilst on holiday in
Venice, Beth and her brother Ronnie are haunted by
the ghost of Byron. Broadcast as a tribute to
David Johnston, who died recently.
Beth: Rosemary Leach
Ronnie: Edward de Souza
Contessa: Avril Clark
Monk: Matt Zimmerman
Hotel manager: Colin Starkey
Gondolier: Richard Tate
Flower seller: Jo Kendall
Producer: David Johnston.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-09-08
14:30 - Play: Hair in the Gate
Not sure who wrote this or who rpoduced it. It is wartime, and Jack Lewis, a film maker, goes back to his home town to make a propaganda movie about the heroic shipbuilders. With James Bolam.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-09-09
14:30 - A Secret Journey
By Frederick Bradnum. Following his wife's death, Frederick Bradnum wrote this play to help get the grief out of his system. It is a love story. Husband and wife are played by Philip Voss and Maria Charles, with Paul Downing, Sheila Grant, Roger Hammond, Jenny Howe, Liz Mansfield, Ben Onwukwe and John Rye. Producer: John Tydeman.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-09-15
14:30 - Play: God's Second in Command
By Jacqueline Rudet. Leo falls in love. No other plot or production details.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-09-16
14:30 - Getting to Know Mr Schmeigelow
By Peter Terson.Early in his life, Cecil Beaton's artistic ambitions
were frustrated by his father. This is the story of what happened.
Cecil Beaton: Julian Firth
Papa: William Eedle
Mr Schmeigelow: Christian Rodska
Mama: June Barrie
Nancy: Joanna MacKie
Baba: Jenny Funnel
Agnes: Susan Sheridan
Mr Skinner: Brian Miller
Boy le Bas: Paul Downing
Producer: Shaun Macloughlin
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-09-22
14:30 - Play: Dusty Answer
Rosamond Lehmann 's story of a solitary dreamer. No other details of story or casting.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-09-23
14:30 - Testimony
By Claudette Williams. Three Jamaican sisters
mourn the death of their mother, Mary. Through carrying out a
ritual, they feel a lot better - and perhaps their ancestors feel better, too.
Mary: Carmen Munroe
Lorraine: Caroline Lee
Johnson
Olive: Angela Wynter
Adassa: Natasha
Williams
Music by Sophie Mcgina.
Producer: Linda Anderson.
Director: Heather Goodman.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-09-29
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse
Sherlock Holmes - The Adventure of the Pimlico Poisoner
By Peter Mackie. Holmes encounters a serious real-life Victorian criminal.
Matilda Clover .... Susan Mansell
Neill Cream .... Peter Harlowe
Watson .... Crawford Logan
Sherlock Holmes .... William Chubb
Mrs Hudson .... Tina GRay
Insp Lestrade .... Terry Molloy
PC Billings .... Alex Jones
Sgt Woodthorpe .... Chris MacDonnell
Jeannie Thompson .... Kimberly Hope
Jeremiah Fogg .... Roger Hume
Producer .... Nigel Bryant.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-09-30
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - Typhoid
By Shirley Gee. Story based on the true story of a typhoid-carrier.
Mary Mallon: Margaret Whiting
DrSoper: Daniel Massey
Ed Bishop: Elliot Kendall
Mary as a child: Susan Sheridan
Sister Joseph: Sheila Grant
Fr John: Denys Hawthorne
Immigration officer: Peter Whitman
Agnes: Sandra Dickinson
Elspeth: Elizabeth Proud
Mrs Palmer: Carole Boyd
Director: David Spenser.
With Helen Horton, Nicolette McKenzie,
Andrew Branch, Tim Bentinck, Alan Tilvern, Rod Beacham,
Harry Towb and John Bull.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-10-06
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - Speedy Death
By Gladys Mitchell. A murder in an old country house in the 1920s.
Adapted by Elizabeth Proud.
Mrs Lestrange Bradley: Mary Wimbush
Carstairs: Leslie Phillips
Bertie: Michael Cochrane
Garde Bing: Philip Sully
Alistair Bing: Garard Green
Eleanor: Rowan Stuart
Dorothy: Teresa Gallagher
Mabel/Pamela: Lois Burgess
Sir Joseph: David King
Inspector Boring: Christopher Scott
Ferdinand Lestrange/Doctor: Simon Treves
Parsons: Fraser Kerr.
Director - Sue Wilson.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-10-07
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse
Master Class
By David Pownall. Stalin summons Prokofiev and Shostakovich to give them a music lesson.
Stalin: Timothy West
Zhdanov: Jonathan Adams
Prokofiev: Peter Kelly
Shostakovich: David Bamber
Music: John White
Producer: Martin Jenkins.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-10-13
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse
Death Beach
By Michael McStay. A Hollywood director's
filming is interrupted by a murder.
CurtZorack .... Peter Vaughan
Insp Coleman .... Stephen Thorne
Sgt Astor .... Joe Dunlop
Frances Parker .... Mary Miller
Matt Matuelson .... David King
Henry Field .... Michael McStay
Maggie James .... Jane Whittenshaw
Sam Farrow .... James Greene
James Church .... Jonathan Oliver
Robert Mathias .... Nigel Carrington
Jack Tarrot .... Vincent Brimble
Peter Dobbs .... Ben Onwukwe
Jimmy James .... Stephen Garlick
Pilot .... Nicholas Gilbrook
Director .... Jane Morgan.
There are other 'Astor & Coleman' stories (q.v.).
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-10-14
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - The Railway Station Man
An adaptation by Denys Hawthorne of Jennifer Johnston 's novel.
After the death of her husband, Helen Cuffe moves to Donegal in search of peace and
quiet. Nearby, an English war veteran works to
restore the disused railway station. They meet.
Helen Cuffe: Stella McCusker
Roger Hawthorne: John Rowe
Jack Cuffe: Peter Quigley
Damian Sweeney: Aidan McCann
Manus Dempsey: John Hewitt
Mary Heron: Doreen Hepburn
Fr Quintan: Tom Jordan
Mrs O'Meara: Catherine Gibson
Producer: Clive Brill.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-10-20
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - The Skull beneath the Skin
By P D James, adapted from her novel in two parts.
Part 1: Clarissa Lisle thinks her life is in danger and employs a private detective,
Cordelia GRay. Dramatised by Neville Teller. Producer: Matthew Walters.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-10-21
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - The Skull beneath the Skin, part 2
After the murder, the police have ten possible suspects. How to decide...?
Cordelia GRay: Greta Scacchi
Gorringe: John Moffatt
Whittingham: Norman Rodway
Clarissa Lisle: Caroline Blakiston
Ralston: Richard Vernon
Roma Lisle: Patricia Garwood
Simon: Richard Pearce
Insp Gordon: Geoffrey Whitehead
Sir James: John Bull
Tolly: Avril Clark
Munter: Richard Tate
Mrs Munter: Anna Cropper
Sgt Buckley: David Goudge
Gaskin / Hasking: John Warner
Colin: Christopher Scott
Beswich: Brian Miller
Miss Costello: Joan Matheson
Miss Maudsley: Marcia King
Pianist: Geoffrey Brawn
Producer: Matthew Walters.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-10-27
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - Witchwood
By John Buchan. This is a story of
witchcraft, set in the mid 1600s.
David Semphill: Paul Young
James Fordyce: Tom Fleming
Andrew: Lain Cuthbertson
Katrine: Gerda Stevenson
Isobel Veitch: Mary Riggans
Montrose: Crawford Logan
Mark Kerr: Alexander Morton
Muirhead: Robert Trotter
Proudfoot: John Shedden
Caird: Martyn James
Grizel Hawkshaw: Eileen MacAllum
Jean Caird: RoseMcBain
Amos Ritchie: Ian Agnew
Pricker: Martin Black
Will: James Twaddale
Ritchie Smail: Ronald Simon
Piper Robert Wallace.
Adapted by John Scotney.
Director - Alec Reid.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-10-28
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse
Episode on a Thursday Evening
By Don Haworth. The owners of a small local cinema have received an offer to buy the business.
Then just before a film is to be shown, there's a bomb scare. It's probably a hoax. Do they tell the audience, or not? It could affect their sale.
Tom: John Hollis
Jerry: Terry Scully
Rose: Diana Bishop
Proctor: Lewis Stringer
Pianist: Martin Goldstein
Director: Richard Wortley.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-11-03
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - The Colleen Bawn
By Dion Boucicault, adapted by Denys Hawthorne. Melodrama, recorded at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
Squire Corrigan .... T.P. McKenna
Anne Chute ....Frances Tomelty
Hardress ....Ian McElhinney
Danny ....Gerard McSorley
Myles ....Conleth Hill
The Colleen Bawn.... Heather McLlwaine
Mrs Cregan ....Margaret D'Arcy
Father Tom ....Louis Rolston
Sheelagh ....Sheila McGibbon
Seamus ....Maurice O'Callaghan
Kyrie ....Patrick Duncan
Piano ....Stephanie Hughes
Violin ....Nikki McCormick
Adapted By ....Denys Hawthorne
Director ....Eoin O'Callaghan
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-11-04
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - Blue Pacific Island
By Andrew Rissik. On a hot summer afternoon, on a train Susan meets Peter, 30 years older than her. Is he a spy?
Susan: Juliet Stevenson
Peter: Anthony Bate
Helen: Atkinson Wood
Allenby Bernard Brown
Director: Caroline Raphael
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-11-10
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - A Date in September
By Alex Ferguson. Schoolteacher 'Bren Gun' Bell decides to turn the clock back 50 years.
He looks for the members of his childhood gang of evacuees. They have adventures - and revenge on
their old teacher. (excellent play - ND)
Brendan: Colin MacLachlan
Marian: Eileen George
Gary: John Basham
Chambers: Adrian Stokes
Patterson: Norman Mills
Mrs Parker: Anne Jameson
Sister: Jean Southern
Drummond: Art Davies
Vanessa Johnson: Anne Orwin
Hannah Brady: Val McLane
Fireman: David Begg
Lawrence: Simon Henderson
Nutty: Catherine Stobbart
Spider: Darren Watkin
Brengun: Anthony Morley
Billie Lewthwaite: Christopher Ashton
Director: Dave Sheasby.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-11-11
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - The Pot of Gold
By Plautus. Classic play, translated and adapted
by Martyn Wade . Euclio, a miser, pretends to the outside world that he's a
pauper. But hidden away in his house is his hoard.
Euclio ....Nigel Stock
Lyconides ....Christopher Good
Eunomia ....Margot Boyd
Megadorus ....Philip Voss
Strobilus ....Peter Baldwin
Phaedria ....Eve Karpf
Staphyla ....Sonia Fraser
Anthrax/Cashier.... Michael McStay
Congrio/Man in queue.... John Rye
Flute girl ....Josie Kidd
Director ....Cherry Cookson.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-11-17
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - Excuse Fingers
By John Peacock. Poisoning by arsenic
was the method that Herbert Armstrong used to rid himself of a
troublesome wife.
Herbert Rowse Armstrong .... Michael Kitchen
Katherine Armstrong .... Gillian Barge
Constance Davies.... Emma Gregory
Emily Pearce.... Pauline Letts
Edmund Cheese.... Michael Turner
Mary Cheese ....Auriol Smith
Pearson ....David Burkin
Margaret ....Eleanor Hodson
Marion Clasford-Gale.... Jenny Howe
Winifred Glasford-Gale.... Maxine Audley
Arthur Chevalier.... Richard Tate
Inez Rosser ....Jane Whittenshaw
Mr Davies ....Loan Meredith
Dr Hincks ....David Sinclair
Una .... Tara Dominick
Oswald Martin.... Mark Straker
Alan Preen ....Andrew Wincott
Court clerk ....Paul Downing
Pianist ....Mary Nash.
Director ....Jane Morgan.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-11-18
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - Devils in the Glass
By Adisakdi
Tantimedh. A young Chinese student
returns home to Hong Kong.
Li Ann: Sarah Lam
Mr Soong: Burt Kwouk
MrsSoong: Pik-Sen Lim
Philip: Paul Courtenay-Hugh
Tony: Richard Rees
Grandmother: Barbara Yu Ling
Captain/Policeman: David Bannerman
Director: Peter Kavanagh.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-11-24
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - Beyond Evil
By Peter McKelvie. A journalist follows an Irish
supergrass.
Yvonne: Kelly Hunter
Tim: Colum Convey
Ginette: Danielle Allan
Baxter: Malcolm Raeburn
Dorothy: Daphne Oxenford
Inspazak: Garard Green
Frank: Robert Whelan
Mahmoud: Yusuf Sultan
Director: Michael Fox.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-11-25
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - The Dissolution of Marcus Fleishman
By Stephen Davis. Marcus Fleishman, a Jew who died during the war, is metamorphosed into an ape.
With David Graham and
James Thomason.
Marcus Fleishman: Cyril Shaps
Zelda Fleishman: Miriam Margolyes (star of the 'Carry On' films)
Their son (as a child): Pat Leventon
Their son (grown up): Anthony Daniels
Rabbi: Martin Friend
Housewife: Shirley Cooklin
Brat Mary: Claire Nash
Technician: Christopher Bidmead
Another technician: John Rowe
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-12-01
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse -Crime of Passion
By R.E.T Lamb. Rose
escapes from her husband and the elderly
recluse she looks after into a world of browsing in
the local bookshop. She likes the bookseller...
Francis: Steve Hodson
Rose: Janet Dale
Basil: Preston Lockwood
Mel: Christian Rodska
Harry: William Eedle
Director: Shaun Macloughlin
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-12-02
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - Press Cuttings
By Bernard Shaw. A play about Votes for Women.
Gen Mitchener: Arthur Lowe
Orderly: Clifford Norgate
MrBalsquith: Gerald Cross
Mrs Farrell: Sheila Manahan
Mrs Banger: Joan Sanderson
Lady Corinthis Fanshawe: Sonia Fraser
Director: David H Godfrey.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-12-08
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - Campion's Brag
By Michael Toner. An exiled Jesuit, Edmund Campion, returns to England to rally
the Catholics.
Edmund Campion: Nicholas Farrell
Eliot: Steve Hodson
Ralph Emerson: Angus Wright
Elizabeth I: Maxine Audley
Lord Burghley: Brett Usher
Earl of Leicester: Timothy Bateson
George Gilbert: Ian Lindsay
Fr Parsons/Mr Nowell: James Greene
Mrs Yate: Elizabeth Kelly
Sir Christopher WRay: Michael Turner
Mr Anderson: Nigel Carrington
Whitaker: Timothy Carlton
Fettiplace: John Joyce.
Producer - not known.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-12-09
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - Frost in May
By Antonia White, dramatised by Jehane
Markham. Nanda Grey's first few years in a
convent in the early 1900s. Uses the voices of the
pupils and staff of Virgo Fidelis Convent School.
Nanda Grey: Sarah Sutton
Mr Grey: Lyndon Brook
Mother Radcliffe: Rosalie Crutchley
Mother Frances: Eva Haddon
Mother Poitier: Yvonne Coulette
Mother Percival: Hilda Kriseman
Mother Regan/Mildred: Edwina WRay
Mrs Grey/Sister Jones: Brenda Kaye
Friar Parry: John Graham
Friar Robertson: Lewis Stringer
Leonie: Carole Hopkin
Clare: Fleur Chandler
Hilary: Karen Ford
Rosario: Sandra Frieze
Madeleine: Jean Rogers
Monica: Carole Bollard
Marjorie: Gail Lidstone
Irishwoman: Gudrun Ure
Director: Kay Patrick.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-12-15
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - You Only Live Twice
James Bond story by Ian Fleming. The plot is preposterous,
but very entertaining nevertheless. Dramatised and directed
by Michael Bakewell. An enormous cast list:
James Bond .... Michael Jayston
Tanaka ....Clive Merrison
Handerson ....James Laurenson
Kissy .... Sayo Inaba
M .... David King
Ando .... Burt Kwouk
Priest ....David Bannerman
Trembling Leaf .... Danielle Allen
Molony ....Michael Turner
Blofeld ....Ronald Herdman
Irma .... Maxine Audley
Tracey .... Emma Gregory
Kono .... Mark Straker
Mariko .... Tara Dominick,
with Timothy Bateson, Elizabeth Kelly and James Simmons.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-12-16
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - The Browning Version
By Terence Rattigan. A classics master, about to retire, is
given a translation of the Agamemnon by a pupil.
Director: Ian Cotterell.
Millie Crocker Harris: Barbara Jefford
Andrew Crocker Harris: Nigel Stock
John Taplow: Stephen Garlick
Frank Hunter: David McAlister
Dr Frobisher: Michael Spice
Peter Gilbert: David Timson
Mrs Gilbert: Christine Absalom
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-12-22
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - A Christmas Carol
By Dickens. Michael Gough as Ebenezer
Scrooge; narrated by Freddie Jones.
Music by Elizabeth Parker and dramatised by
Chnstopher Denys.
Ghost of Marley .... Robert Eddison
Scrooge's nephew .... Douglas Hodge
Mrs Dilbur .... Anna Wing
Ghost of Christmas Past .... Elizabeth Lindsay
Ghost of Christmas Present .... Peter Woodthorpe
Bob Cratchit .... Danny Schiller
Mrs Cratchit .... Vivian Pickles
Mr Fezziwig .... Timothy Bateson
Mrs Fezziwig .... Maxine Audley
Young Scrooge .... Andrew Wincott
Dick Wilkins .... Terence Edmond
Belle .... Joanna Myers
Old Joe .... Ronald Herdman
Scrooge's niece .... Petra Markham
Sister .... Emma Gregory
Topper .... Timothy Carlton
Schoolmaster .... Ian Lindsay
Martha .... Danielle Allan
Tiny Tim .... Hugo Mendez
Producer - Janet Whitaker.
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-12-23
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - The Holly and the Ivy
By Wynyard Browne. A country vicarage in 1950.
David: John Samson
Jenny: Jane Knowles
Martin: Stephen MurRay
Mick: Geoffrey Beevers
Bridget: Shelagh Fraser
Lydia: Nora Nicholson
Richard: William Fox
Margaret: Isobel Black
Producer: Martin Jenkins
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-12-29
14:30 - Saturday Playhouse - King Solomon's Mines
By Rider Haggard, dram. Peter Mackie. Adventure story.
Looking for King Solomon's treasure. An Allan Quartermaine story.
Allan Quatermain: Kenneth Colley
Jim Ilario: Bisi Pedro
Silvestre/George: Neal Foster
Sir Henry Curtis: Christopher Scott
Captain Good: Charles Collingwood
Evans/Da Silvestra: Graham Colclough
Umbopa: Ben Onwukwe
Infadoos: Okon Jones
Gagool: Heather Emmanuel
Twala: Jeffery Kisson
Music: Barrington Pheloung.
Producer: Nigel Bryant
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BBC Radio 4 - 1990-12-30
14:30 - Sunday Playhouse - A Room Full of Mirrors
By Patricia Finney 's story about Philip of Spain and the Spanish Armada.
Queen Elizabeth: Sian Phillips
Voice/Dudley: Warren Simons
Chamberlain and Boatman: Michael Graham Cox
Robert Cecil: Simon Treves
Ankaret: Dilys Laye
Lady Mary: Elizabeth Mansfield
Tom Seymour: Michael Kilgarriff
Young Elizabeth: Tara Dominick
Witch: Elizabeth Proud
Potboy: Stephen Garlick
Producer:Richard Imison.
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Classic Serial/Sat Playhouse ........
Monday Plays