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			BBC Radio Plays, radio 4, 1991
			SATURDAY PLAYHOUSE AND CLASSIC SERIAL are listed in chronological order immediately below. AFTERNOON PLAYS are listed lower down, M-T-W-Th-F, and are shown in blue. 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. Note from Clive Lever: I notice on several pages of the site, you list some plays from early 1991, and say that they only went out on long wave, but the reason for this is not known. Actually it is. I remember this happening to the play ‘The Edge’ from Fear On Four, as one example. This happened to all regular radio 4 programmes during the Gulf War, when the BBC turned over the FM frequency to 24-hour rolling news coverage of the conflict. ND / June 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SATURDAY PLAYHOUSE AND CLASSIC SERIALS 14-30 - Radio 4 - 1991 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-05 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse: Handwoven under Water By Roger Davenport. A private detective protects a landowner from death threats. Eddie Hamilton: Gary Waldhorn Frank: John Hollis Maggie: Margaret Courtenay Sir James: James Greene Nicholas: Stephen Garlick Julia: Joanna Myers Johnston: Fraser Kerr Insp Patterson:Crawford Logan Mary: Isobil Nisbet Freddie: David King Van Kloos: Timothy Carlton Lynn: Elizabeth Mansfield Rory: David Bannerman Director: Matthew Walters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-06 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse: Curtmantle By Christopher Fry. Historical play. Henry II was known as Curtmantle. Music David Firman Performed by Douglas Wootton and Keith Thompson Director .... Jane Morgan. Henry II .... Brian Cox Becket .... Bernard Hepton Eleanor, .... Barbara Leigh-Hunt William Marshal .... Norman Rodway Barber .... Stephen Thorne Wife/Old woman .... Katherine Parr Juggler .... Alex Jennings Huckster .... Stuart Organ Blae .... Frances Jeater Richard Anesty .... John Livesey Gilbert Foliot .... Hugh Dickson Earl of Leicester .... Stephen Thorne Young Henry .... Roger Allam Richard .... Andrew Seear Geoffrey .... Stuart Organ John .... Gary Cady Roger .... Kevin McNally Philip of france .... Simon Hewitt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-12 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Absolute Discretion Arthur Vemet, a chemistry student at Oxford in the 1860s, is sent to investigate a mystery surrounding the Earl of Warminster's family. He is soon embroiled in blackmail, murder and the love of a good woman ... By Grant Eustace. Director: Alec Reid. Arthur Vernet: Ben Daniels Warminster: Brett Usher Alice Selwood: Jane Slavin Edith Gratton: Maxine Audley Maude Gratton: Elizabeth Kelly Elaine: Terence Edmond Buckmaster: Ronald Herdman Amos Saddler: Michael Turner Rev Denison: Timothy Carlton Mrs Denison: Danielle Allen Mrs Selwood: Auriol Smith William: Stephen Garlick Miss Staples: Jane Whittenshaw Walters: Timothy Bateson Mitchell: David Bannerman MrsLamont: Jenny Howe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-13 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse The Emperor of Ice-Cream A dramatisation of Brian Moore 's novel. Belfast, 1939 .... young Gavin Burke decides to break with his family's republicanism and do his bit by joining the ARP. He has to learn to cope with new people and a tougher world. Dramatised by Bill Morrison Producer .... Michael Heffernan Owen Burke .... Brian Munn Gavin Burke .... Stephen Rea Mrs Burke/Maggie .... Catherine Gibson Aunt Lil .... Elizabeth Begley Mr Burke .... Allan McClelland Craig .... Michael Duffy Soldier McBride .... Maurice O'Callaghan Frank Price .... Mark Mulholland Jimmy Lynan .... Derek Lord Mick Gallagher .... Wesley Murphy Captain Lambert .... Nigel Anthony Freddy .... Sean Barrett Mrs Clapper/Lili .... Trudy Kelly Sally Shannon .... Dense McKenna Mr Harkness .... Harold Goldblatt Mathew Ware .... Raymond Campbell Dr McLanaghan .... John Hewitt Willie .... Bill Hunter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-19 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse The Mansell Conspiracy An unemployed car salesman suddenly finds himself the owner of a luxury flat and a large bank account. What's it all about? A comedy thriller By Jack Gerson. Director .... Matthew Walters. Leonard .... John Baddeley Carteret .... Timothy Carlton Cully .... Ian Lindsay Sally .... Tara Dominick Maddingley .... William Hope Simone .... Oona Beeson Cross .... James Greene Berman .... Timothy Bateson Watkins .... Ronald Herdman Paul .... David Bannerman Mrs Brogan/Mrs Mansell .... Elizabeth Kelly Arnott .... Mark Straker French woman .... Danielle Allan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-20 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Strange Meeting Susan Hill 's tale of the 'strange meeting' of two young subalterns in the First World War. Adapted by Guy Vaesen Director: Richard Wortley. Coulter: Nigel Graham Hilliard: Martin Jarvis Barton: David Timson Franklin: Stephen Thorne Garrett: Tony Britton Harris: Hugh Ross Parkin: John Bull Nurse: Julie Hallam Mrs Hilliard: Hilda Schroder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-26 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Jacobowsky and the Colonel The 1940s Broadway hit by Franz Werfel, adapted by S N Behrman, dram. for radio by Eran Baniel. An aristocratic Polish colonel needs help to flee to London through occupied France with secret documents and his young French sweetheart. A resourceful Polish Jew provides it in a series of comical encounters. Music Eldad Lidor . Directed By .... Eran Baniel. Colonel .... Jonathan Hyde Jacobowsky .... Jon Glover Marianne .... Abigail McKern Grstapti man .... David Ashford Szabuniewicz .... Timothy Bateson Warden/Dice player .... Vincent Brimble Solly .... Paul Downing Szyeki .... Danny Schiller Tragic gentleman .... Donald Gee Chauffeur/Old man .... John Bull Lieutenant .... David Goudge Brigadier .... John Moffatt PM/Papa Clairon .... David King Serouille .... Garard Green Old lady/Toun woman .... Mary Allen Young girl .... Elizabeth Mansfield Madame Houffier .... Carol Gillies Cosette .... Moir Leslie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-27 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Companeros Nicaragua: four people meet and decide to make a journey into the heart of the country, but they come across a group of trigger-nervous Contras and their nightmare begins. By Mike Walker. Music David Chilton and Nick Russell-Pavier Director: Peter King. Kyle: Derek Newark Anna: Angharad Rees Richmond: Trevor Nichols Simon: Colin Stinton Tom Burke: Stuart Milligan Cmdr Condor: Arturo Venegas Little Fish: Francisco Morales Manager: Alan Dudley Border official: Michael Deacon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-02 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse February Mourning Solicitor Dee Street deals with family law. One of her clients is charged with manslaughter, and Dee decides to find the real culprit. Her search takes her through the backstreets of Belfast and the labyrinths of the British Secret Service. Adapted from Hannah Wakefield's novel by Judy Holland. With Brigid Erin Bates, Brenda Winter, Maureen Dow, Susie Kelly, Eileen McClusky, Marie Fox, Ryan Marshall, Petra Markham, Auriol Smith, Jane Whittenshaw, Elizabeth Kelly, Emma Gregory, Rashiel Karapiet, Danielle Allan, Ian Lindsay and Timothy Carlton. Music .... Neil Martin Director Pam Brighton. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-03 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse The Far Cry Olivier, a subnormal young Creole, is mistakenly drafted into the French army. He escapes to Berlin. pursued by his faithful brother Willie. By David Zane Mairowitz. Director Richard Wortley. (R) Olivier Dabriou: Tony Armatrading Willie: Mark Monero Manman: Carmen Monroe Uncle Dobbs: Stefan Kalipha Lieutenant: Simon Treves Col Masseau: David King Ulrike: Jenny Howe Blake: William Hope Rawles: James Aubrey Jean-Paul: Nigel Carrington Doctor: Michael Kilgarriff Psychiatrist: James Greene Meunier: Vincent Brimble Boxing coach: Danny Schiller Marina: Sue Broomfield Baker: Nicholas Gilbrook Detlef: Stephen Garlick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-09 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Christopher and Columbus An adaptation of the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim; dramatisation by Barbara Clegg and Olwen Wymark The von Twinkler twins are half German and recently orphaned. They set out for America. Director Jane Morgan. Anna Rose von Twinkler .... Jane Whittenshaw Anna Felicitas von Twinkler .... Philippa Ritchie Edward Twist .... William Hope Mrs Wilson .... Gwen Cherrell Mrs Ridding .... Gwen Cherrell Mrs Anderson .... Jo Kendall Mrs Billon .... Jo Kendall Mrs Twist .... Helen Horton Edith Twist .... Jenny Howe Mr Ridding .... Michael Graham Cox Emmeline Heap .... Sheila Reid John Elliott .... Mark Straker, with David Goudge, Stephen Garlick, David Bannerman, Michael Kilgarriff, Emma Gregory, Petra Markham, Auriol Smith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-10 14:30 - Talking Heads Alan Bennett 's series of six monologues, on radio for the first time. 1: A Chip in the Sugar A middle-aged man lives with his elderly mother, but who is more dependent? Performed by Alan Bennett. Music George Fenton. Director Matthew Walters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-16 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Market Forces By Christopher Denys. Comedy. Craftsmanship and pride in good work are taking a hammering from income tax and VAT. Director Tony Cliff. . Ches Croft: Geoffrey Banks Ern Bradshaw: Keith Clifford Joedegg: Graham Colclough Dorothy Croft: Lesley Nicol Wally Clegg: Russell Dixon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-17 14:30 - Talking Heads by Alan Bennett Monologue 2: Bed Among the Lentils Performed by Anna Massey. A vicar's wife struggles with various temptations including alcohol. Music by George Fenton. Director Matthew Walters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-23 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse: Accomplices By John Harvey, based on the novel by David Fletcher. A mysterious drowning investigated by dogged local detective. Director Dave Sheasby. . Harriet .... Ann Rye Gemma .... Lucia Laratonda Imp Wardle .... John Graham Davies Edward .... Neville Barber Sergeant Gent .... Gerry Kersey James .... Ian Mercer lane .... Brfnc- Elder Dennis .... Peter Bell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-24 14:30 - Talking Heads, by Alan Bennett Monologue 3: A Lady of Letters Miss Ruddock is a self-appointed pillar of society, but her letter-writing leads to trouble. Performed by Patricia Routledge. Music George Fenton. Director David Hitchinson. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-02 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Miss Peabody's Inheritance An adaptation by Elizabeth Proud of Elizabeth Jolley 's comic novel. In Diana Hopewell's latest book, an Australian headmistress sets out on a 'grand tour' of Europe with a pupil and two female lovers. Director Sue Wilson. . Miss Peabody .... Auriol Smith Miss Peabody's mother .... Maxine Audley Diana Hopeuiell .... Madi Hedd Miss 'Prickles' Thorne .... Madge Ryan Mr Frome .... Ronald Herdman Gwenda .... Sue Broomfield Miss Snowdon .... Carole Boyd Miss Edgely .... Nicolette McKenzie Debbie .... Emma Gregory Mrs Brewer .... Tina Gray Mr Bains .... Brian Miller Miss Truscott .... Frances Jeater Frau Eppelseimer .... Jenny Howe Mr Manners .... Ian Lindsay Aeroplane passenger .... Malcolm McKee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-03 14:30 - Talking Heads by Alan Bennett. Monologue 4 ... Her Big Chance A small-time actress gets her chance in the big time. Performed by Julie Walters. Music by George Fenton. Director Matthew Walters. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-09 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse: Totally Gutted By Alick Rowe. A local football team is faced with its bizarre new management - a one-legged, middle-aged goalkeeper and a young inexperienced hairdresser. Director: Richard Wortley. 'Tommo'Thomas: Timothy Bateson Cyril Lamb: Geoffrey Mathews 'Shafter' Jarvis: Terence Edmond Rev Denzil Pugh: Stephen Thorne Betty: Tessa Worsley Eunice: Elizabeth Kelly 'Nudger' Noakes: Norman Jones Tarquin: Richard Pearce Darren Lamb: Paul Downing Christine: Alice Arnold Drew Peacock: Mark Straker Don: Nigel Carrington Geoff: David Bannerman Paul: Stephen Garlick Wayne: Nicholas Gilbrook Gary: James Simmons Peterham player: Alan Barker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-10 14:30 - Talking Heads by Alan Bennett Monologue 5: Soldiering On Muriel, recently widowed, has been left well provided for. Then her son Giles involves himself in her affairs. Performed by Stephanie Cole. Music George Fenton. Director David Hitchinson. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-16 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Shuttlecocks and Socialism By Chris Thompson. Richard Dawson and his family are experienced local politicians. Can he go up a level? Director: Tony Cliff. Richard: Russell Dixon Alison: Noreen Kershaw Joanne: Victoria Finney George: Graham Roberts Martin: Robin Bowerman Emma: Joan Walker Mike: John Griffin Mrs Douglas: Delia Corrie Bob: Ray Ashcroft Ronnie: Peter Wheeler Nicky: Kathry Nhunt David: David Birrell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-17 14:30 - Talking Heads By Alan Bennett. Monologue 6: A Cream Cracker under the Settee Performed by Thora Hird. An old lady assesses her life as she lies helpless after a fall. With John Bull as the police constable. Music George Fenton. Director Matthew Walters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-23 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Means Test Man Walter Brierley 's story of unemployment in the 30s. Dramatised by Charles Ryder. Director Tony Cliff. . Jack: Christian Rodska Jane: Joan Walker John: Judy Bennett Ben: Christopher Wilkinson Jinks: Malcolm Raeburn Mrs CooL: Lorraine Peters Mrs Cullen: Christine Cox Bus conductor: Keith Clifford Mr Cook: Gerry Kersey Club secretary: Richard Cole Means test man: Robin Polley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-24 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse The Way South By Jacqueline Holborough. Lynn Farleigh stars as Jo, imprisoned for 14 years and now on hunger strike. Prisoners played by John Bull, Paul Downing, Ben Onwukwe and Dale Rapley. Director Marilyn Imne. (First broadcast on Radio 3). Casey: Marlene Sidaway Liam: Colum Convey Adams: David Goudge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-30 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse The Best of Friends A celebration of the extraordinary friendship between a bookish but worldly 'man of no set creed', a nun of great intelligence, charm and unshakable faith, and a mischievous and irreverent playwright. By Hugh Whitemore. Director .... John Theocharis. Sir Sydney Cockerell .... Sir John Gielgud Dame Laurentia McLachlan .... Rosemary Harris George Bernard Shau' .... Denys Hawthorne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-31 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Out by Christmas Vietnam, 1966: a soldier looking forward to getting out by Christmas starts a special correspondence following an advertisement in a newspaper from home. By Robert Stuart Tyler. Director Adrian Bean. Mark Develyn: Stephen Hoye Donna: - Caroline Strong Edward J Develyn: Michael N Harbour First Sergeant: Shaun Prendergast Mochrie: Johnny Myers Linda: Tara Dominick Sara: Jane Whittenshaw Fred: Nicholas Gilbrook ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-06 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Harry Rolt Is Missing By Michael Davies. Harry is about to make an important scientific breakthrough. Then he goes missing. Director Alison Hindell. . Det Sgt Price .... Erica Eirian Det Supt Haddock .... Brinley Jenkins Stuart Clegg .... Ric Jerrom Maggy Roll .... Marie Phillips Isabella .... Kate Uttlewood Dr Hellmann .... Emma Gregory John Southerland .... Dorien Thomas Charles Lake .... Alan Barker Sir Ian Bowinger .... James Greene Harry Roll .... Peter Richards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-07 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Jonas By James Brook.Two couples innocently toy with a ouija board and find themselves drawn into an unnerving relationship with the spirit of Jonas, who died a century before. Director Ian Cotterell. . Max Brown: Julian Holloway Julie Brown: Anna Cropper Hugo Stevens: John Rye Pat Stevens: Prunella Scales Mohammet Asif: David March (DRAMA PHONE LINE is also mentioned in RT: "full details of this week's Radio 3 and Radio 4 dramas, including synopses, star casts and background stories about the productions". Dial 0[number removed]- calls charged at 33p per minute cheap rate, 44p all other times.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-13 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Still Waters By Ray Ball . Comedy involving a canal narrow-boat. Director Tony Cliff. . Colin, the narrow-boat owner: Christopher Godwin Kalh: Brigit Forsyth Harnie: Neville Barber Veronica: Noreen Kershaw Angie: Natasha Pyne Brian: Colin Kerrigan Harry: Malcolm Raeburn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-14 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Moving Along By Gillian Richmond. Drama about a female relationship challenged by the intrusion of male sexuality. Director Sue Wilson. . Jenny: Samantha Bond Wendy: Amanda Redman Beryl: Marcia Warren Len: Brian Miller Adam: Peter Harding Chalky: Stephen Garlick Canteen assistant: Elizabeth Kelly Cab driver: Danny Schiller Boy: Glen Mead Girl: Carly Britnell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-20 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Jacobowsky and the Colonel The 1940's Broadway hit by Franz Werfel, adapted by S N Behrman. An aristocratic Polish Colonel needs help to flee to London. Music by Eldad Lidor. Adapted for radio and directed by Eran Baniel. . The Colonel ....Jonathan Hyde Jacobowsky ....Jon Glover Marianne ....Abigail McKern Gestapo man ....David Ashford Szabuniewia ....Timothy Bateson Warden ....Vincent Brimble Dice player ....Vincent Brimble Solly .... Paul Downing Szycki ....Danny Schiller Tragic gentleman.... Donald Gee Chauffeur ....John Bull Old man ....John Bull Lieutenant ....David Goudge Brigadier ....John Moffatt PM/Papa Clairon.... David King Serouille ....Garard Green Old lady ....Mary Allen Town woman ....Mary Allen Young girl ....Elizabeth Mansfield Madame Bouffier.... Carol Gillies Cosette ....Moir Leslie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-21 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Castlehill. By Diane Whiteley. The school eccentric and would-be poet, gets a part in a new TV serial. Director Tony Cliff. Attic, the eccentric: Richard Pearce Ann: Victoria Finney Melanie: Lisa Brailey Jim: Derek Howard David: Bryan Reynolds Alistair: Peter Rylands Miranda: Christine MacKie Miss Ctegg: Judith Barker Susy: Susie Hawthorne Gaynor: Kendall Jeffrey Bernie: Janet James Eddie: Andy Burke Phil: Paul Loughran ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-27 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse A Madman of Convenience By Terry James. The true story of a young surgeon committed in 1823 to Bedlam, accused of the attempted assassination of George IV. Director Janet Whitaker. . David Griffiths: Jack Klaff Richenda Clifford: Samantha Bond Sir David Scott: John Shrapnel John Jenkins, MP: Colin Jeavons Barnaby Fairbanks: Timothy Bateson Lady Walton: Maxine Audley Mrs Musgrave: Elizabeth Kelly Colbatch: Norman Jones Committee chairman: Timothy Carlton Priest: James Greene Keeper Samson: Ronald Herdman Trangmar: Ian Lindsay Newnham: James Simmons Dainbridge: Andrew Wincott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-28 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse To Die in Africa By David Mowat. General Gordon waits alone through the last tense, terrible hours of the siege of Khartoum. Director David Johnstone. . General Gordon: Paul Daneman Mahdi: Brian Blessed Faragh Pasha: Marc Zuber Abd El Keder: Nicholas Courtney Hansal: Richard Tate Mrs Hansal: Madi Hedd Sayeed: Ian Michie Deserter: Amerjit Deu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-04 14:30 - The Norman Conquests Alan Ayckbourn 's trilogy, in which the librarian, Norman, attempts to bring a little excitement and happiness into the lives of the women around him. 1: Table Manners Adapted by Neville Teller Director Gordon House. . Norman: Robin Herford Annie: Diane Bull Sarah: Tessa Peake-Jones Tom: Jon Strickland Reg: Simon Jones Ruth: Elizabeth Rider ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-05 14:30 - The Norman Conquests By Alan Ayckbourn. Living Together. The second play is set in Annie's living room. Having failed to persuade his sister-in-law to spend a weekend with him at the seaside, Norman turns his attention to the other women in the house. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-11 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse The Culper Tapes By Bruce Stewart. In the early 60s Felix Culper, a Third Programme producer, attended an ecumenical conference of Christians, Jews and Moslems in Israel. He recorded some startling information about the end of the world, but the programme was never made. In the 90s, Clare Cassidy, a young features producer, discovers the tapes. With Simon Treves and Danielle Allan. Music .... Richard Connolly. Singer .... Margaret Small. Director Shaun MacLoughlin. . Clare .... Imogen Stubbs Culper .... Bill Wallis Gwenda .... Juua Hills Giles .... Bruce Stewart Sister Hedwig .... Phyllida Nash Rabbi Ornstein .... Clive Swift Fr Wilfred .... Peter Copley Prof Townley .... Bradley Lavelle Miss Gopal .... Shireen Shah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-12 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse The Importance of Being Frank By Tom Holland. Ernest, a young man with more than a passing resemblance to Oscar Wilde, is prosecuted for indecency in the cloakroom of Victoria station. Director Paul Schlesinger. . Ernest: Jack Klaff Algernon: Alex Jennings Lady Bracknell: Margaret Robertson Gwendolen: Jenny Howe Judge: David King Piano player: David King Merriman: Angus Wright Sir Edward: Nigel Carrington Lane: Simon Treves Prism: Denys Hawthorne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-18 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse By Royal Appointment By John Wyke. Final drama in his Hanoverian Trilogy. A young Welsh soldier crosses the rigid barriers of rank and class. Director Enyd Williams. . Capt Charles Jones: Ioan Meredith Angharad (his sister): Eluned Jones Duke of Cumberland: John Rye Prince of Wales: Roger Hammond Princess Sophia: Danielle Allan Colonel Stevenson: Ian Lindsay Queen Charlotte: Elizabeth Kelly Princess Frederika: Jenny Howe Sir Henry Halford: James Greene Lady Hertford: Joanna Myers PM: Timothy Carlton Sgt Creighton: Nigel Carrington Mrs Neale: Jane Whittenshaw Ned Gardner: James Simmons Riding master: Andrew Wincott Coroner: Timothy Bateson Foreman ofthe jury: Norman Jones Beadle: Terence Edmond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-19 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Strange Meeting An adaptation by Guy Vaesen of the novel by Susan Hill. Hilliard, a young subaltern, returns to the Western Front after sick leave. Here he meets the inexperienced Barton, whose charm and common sense begin to affect him. Director Richard Wortley. . First broadcast in 1974. Hilliard: Martin Jarvis Barton: David Timson Coulter: Nigel Graham Franklin: Stephen Thorne Garrett: Tony Britton Harris: Hugh Ross Parkin: John Bull Nurse: Julie Hallam Mrs Hilliard: Hilda Schroder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-25 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse An Unsuitable Job for a Woman P D James's first novel featuring Cordelia Gray, female detective. A scientist hires her to discover why his son committed suicide. Dramatised by Neville Teller. Director Matthew Walters. . Cordelia .... Judi Bowker Miss Learning .... Anna Massey Sir Ronald .... Robert Lang lnsp/Bernie .... Michael Turner Coroner .... James Greene Eleanor Markland .... Maxine Audley Mrs Markland/Mrs Gladwyn .... Elizabeth Kelly Major Markland/Benskin .... Ian Lindsay Miss Sparshott .... Jenny Howe Sgt Marshall .... Nigel Carrington Horsfall .... Brett Usher Hugo .... Andrew Branch Sophie .... Joanna Myers Isabelle .... Edita Brychta Nanny Pilbeam .... Barbara Atkinson Bottley .... Timothy Bateson Dalgliesh .... Timothy Carlton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-26 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Blithe Spirit Noel Coward 's well-known playwith Madame Arcati, the spiritualist. It takes place in the living-room of the Condomines' house in Kent. Director Glyn Dearman. Charles Condomine: Paul Eddington Ruth Condomine: Julia McKenzie Elvira: Anna Massey Madame Arcati: Peggy Mount Dr Bradford: Richard Pearson Mrs Bradford: Jane Wenham Edith: Jill Lidstone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-01 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Derby Day Bill Naughton 's new two-part play conjures up Bolton on Derby Day, 1921. 1 .... Off to a Flying Start With the children of Bolton School. Mouth organ and fiddle .... Mark Emerson. Director Jane Morgan. Sidney Sedwin .... Barrie Rutter Fanny Brighouse .... Stephanie Turner Ned Whittle .... Bryan Pringle Maggie Whittle .... Polly James Win Whittle ....Emma Gregory Adam Whittle.... Susan Sheridan Jack Haruiood.... Jeff Rawle Polly Harwood.... Carol Starks Lizzie Sedwin.... Shirley Dixon Jimmy Sedwin.... Stephen Garlick Sarah Kippax.... Freda Dowie Beatty Kippax.... Jane Whittenshaw Albert Kippax.... Mark Straker Benny Baxter ....Nigel Carrington Amy Baxter ....Sara Richardson Joney ....Terence Edmond Mrs Satterthwaite.... Elizabeth Kelly Bob, the knocker-up.... Timothy Bateson Det Hawkins ....Ronald Herdman Commentator/Det Rice.... Stephen Thorne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-02 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Cheap in August By Graham Greene, dram. Elizabeth Troop. Bored with her marriage, an Englishwoman escapes to the Caribbean for a holiday. Broadcast as a tribute to Graham Greene. First Jamaican waiter/ First crew cut boy....Paul Gregory Second Jamaican waiter/ Second crew cut boy: Steven Harrold Director: Richard Wortley. Mary Watson: Valerie Sarruf Henry Hickslaughter: Robert Beatty Charlie Watson: Blain Fairman Sadie: Sheila Grant Jeannie: Jennifer Piercey Old woman: Diana Olsson Jamaican maid: Victoria Carling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-08 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Derby Day Episode 2. The people of Cotton Street, Bolton, wait to find out the winner of the Derby in 1921-did Steve Donaghue make Maggie's dream come true? With the children of Bolton School. Accordion and fiddle .... Mark Emerson. Piano .... Errolyn Wallen. Director Jane Morgan. Sidney Sedwin .... Barrie Rutter Fanny Brighouse .... Stephanie Turner Jack Harwood .... Jeff Rawle Polly Harwood .... Carol Starks Maggie Whittle .... Polly James Ned Whittle .... Bryan Pringle Win Whittle .... Emma Gregory Adam Whittle .... Susan Sheridan Lizzie Sedwin .... Shirley Dixon Jimmy Sedwin .... Stephen Garlick Amy Baxter .... Sara Richardson Benny Baxter .... Nigel Carrington Auntie Flo .... Barbara Atkinson Sarah Kippax .... Freda Dowie Beatty Kippax .... Jane Whittenshaw Albert Kippax .... Mark Straker Joney .... Terence Edmond Mrs Satterthwaite.... Elizabeth Kelly Miss Satterthwaite.... Jenny Howe Pawnbroker ....Timothy Bateson Det Hawkins ....Ronald Herdman Commentator/Det Rice.... Stephen Thorne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-09 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse The Debt Collector By Harry Towb. To the world Sir Henry Stephen was a respected businessman; to his wife - and tailor - he was something else. Director Glyn Dearman. MrF: Cyril Shaps Lady Stephen: Sarah Badel Brill: John Hollis O'Reilly: Harry Towb Rosie: Petra Markham ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-15 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse A Day by the Sea By N.C.Hunter, adapted by Mollie Greenhaigh. The loves, hopes and fears of a Dorsetshire family are brought together during a day by the sea. With Wendy Hiller and Michael Hordern. Director Graham Gauld. Laura Anson: Wendy Hiller Dr Farley: Michael Hordern Frances Farrar: Barbara Leigh Hunt Julian Anson: Richard Pasco David Anson: Alan Wheatley Miss Malhieson: Elizabeth Kelly William Gregson: Ronald Herdman Humphrey Caldwell: Fraser Kerr Elinor: Jane Whittenshaw Toby: Danielle Allan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-16 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Lucifer and the Lobster By Sean Moffatt. Faustian pastiche of a James Joyce story. The fraudulent mayor of an island community finds that between the devil and the deep blue sea lies a lobster named Spike. Director Eoin O'Callaghan. Lucifer: Kevin Flood Mayor: John Hewitt Mrs. Jones: Sheila McCusker Mr Smith: Wesley Murphy Councillor O'Mahoney: B J Hogg Alfred: Aine McCartney Gunter: Robert Taylor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-22 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Straight down the Middle By Robert East. Golfing comedy. Director Matthew Walters. Frank: Dinsdale Landen Ronnie: Robert East Olive: Liz Crowther Melanie: Cherith Mellor Del: Mark Straker Ted: John Baddeley Wardle: Hayden Joblead ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-23 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Captain Cook and the Kraken A chance encounter on the A442 launches David Jones on a voyage of discovery. With pupils of Four Dwellings School, Birmingham. Director Nigel Bryant. David Jones: Peter Meakin Capt Cook: Christopher Scott The Kraken: Gerry Hinks Doctor: Andy Hockley Nurse: Susan Jeffrey Donna: Jacqui Quinn Debbie: Lee Humphries Head: Graham Colclough ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-29 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse The Petition As a tribute to Peggy Ashcroft who died earlier this month, a repeat of Brian Clark 's stage play, which was originally written for Peggy and dedicated to her. The action begins at breakfast time in their Belgravia apartment. General Sir Edmund Miles sees 50 years of married life in a new light when his wife reveals her true hatred of the horrors of war. Director Glyn Dearman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-30 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Seaside By Mike Walker. Ray was a heavyweight in trade union politics. Now he throws his weight around in the nursing home. Director Peter Kavanagh. Ray .... Norman Jones Keats .... Robin Bailey Nurse .... Jane Whittenshaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-06 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Golfing in Russia Comedy. Thomas McLaughlin tells the story of Stephen, a assistant manager of a Belfast off-licence who tells the Russians he's a famous golfer. They invite him over. Director Pam Brighton. Stephen .... B J Hogg Natasha .... Eileen McCluskey .... Ivan Tomhickey Roisin .... Catherine Brennan Danny .... Lalor Roddy Alexis .... Thomas McLaughlin Mother .... Barbara Adair Litovchenko .... Neil Cusack Dimitri .... Marc O'Shea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-07 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Posters of the Moulin Rouge The first of four plays by John Peacock about the characters from the posters of Toulouse- Lautrec, set in Montmartre 100 years ago. 1:Yvette Guilbert Yvette Guilbert: Julie Covington Albine Guilbert: Pauline Letts Zidler: Norman Jones Oller: Carlos Douglas Leon: Simon Treves Maxine: Valerie Sarruf Louise Weber: Frances Barber Jean Lorrain: John Moffatt With Alice Arnold, Sue Broomfield, John Bull, Michael Graham Cox. Music Stephen Warbeck. Director Jane Morgan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-13 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Last Call By Geraldine McCaughrean. A trawler is heading for almost certain disaster. Director Tony Cliff. Skipper .... David Calder Bedells .... John Graham Davies Sparks .... Neale McGrath Sally .... Nita Gale White Horse .... Robin Polley Allan .... Mark Spalding Thomas ....David Williams Paul/Priest ....Paul Downing Milosch ....Malcolm Raeburn Cathal ....Martin Buchan Harry ....Edward Peel Ruth ....Barbara Marten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-14 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Posters of the Moulin Rouge By John Peacock. Play 2 of 4: The Boneless Wonder Valentin is only a shadow in the poster. What is he like in real life? Music by Stephen Warbeck. Director Jane Morgan. Valentin Renaudin .... Stephen Thorne Celine Renaudin .... Margaretta Scott Louise Weber.... Frances Barber Alice Goujon.... Anna Cropper Theo Renaudin.... Geoffrey Whitehead Georges Tabards.... David Goudge Michel Renaudin.... Brian Miller La Monte ....Sylvestra Le Touzel Oller ....Carlos Douglas Gerard .... JohnBull Annie .... Jo Kendall Adele .... Sue Broomfield May Belfort/Marcelle.... Marcia King Henri Goujon.... Michael Graham Cox DiseuselMarie.... Alice Arnold Zidler ....Norman Jones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-20 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse The Hunter and the Hill By Tom Wright. The life of Robert Louis Stevenson, based on his own words and those of his mother and his wife. The play follows Robert from middle-class Edinburgh to America and Samoa; from studying engineering to becoming well-known as a writer. Director: Hamish Wilson Robert Louis Stevenson: Paul Young Mrs Stevenson: Colette O'Neil Fanny: Diana Olsson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-21 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Posters of the Moulin Rouge By John Peacock; play 3 of 4. La Goulue (The glutton), who was a glutton both for food and for life. With John Bull, Michael Graham Cox and Joe Dunlop. Music by Stephen Warbeck. Director Jane Morgan. Louise Weber: Frances Barber La Madame Fromage: Sylvestra Le Touzel Zidler: Norman Jones Nini: Alice Arnold Annie: Jo Kendall Tremolada: Donald Gee Madame Gillottes: Margaret Courtenay Oller: Carlos Douglas Madame Grille: Marcia King Jeanne Foes: Maria Miles Guy Benoits: Michael Kilgarriff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-27 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Scattering Day By Paterick Carroll. Play about the relationship between Aidan and Joe, two singers of different persuasions. Guitarist - Alan Cooke. Music - Arty McGlynn, Cathal Hayden and Donna Hewson. Director Pam Brighton. Aidan: Adrian Dunbar Joe: John Keegan Maurice: Tony Doyle Nandy: Gerard McSorley Patsey: Sean Rocks Annie: Jane Whittenshaw Colin: Eric Allen Davidge: Alan Barker Dr Booth: David Bannerman Megan: Joanna Myers The Compere: Richard Pearce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-28 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Posters of the Moulin Rouge By John Peacock. Play 4 of 4: Jane Avril They called her Crazy Jane because of the crazy way she danced, but it wasn't an affectionate nickname. JaneAvril .... Angela Pleasance Andre Vaubert .... Jack Galloway Gazelle .... Vivian Pickles Henri de Toulouse Lautrec .... Clive Merrison Alain Marais .... Brian Miller Madeleine .... Anne Carroll Zidler .... Norman Jones Maxine ....Valerie Sarruf Gazelle (at 17).... Elizabeth Mansfield ArseneOndel ....David King With Alice Arnold, John Bull, Anna Cropper, Tara Dominick and Jo Kendall. Music Stephen Warbeck. Director - Jane Morgan. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-03 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Plain Facts in a Country Dress By R E T Lamb. Two inter-woven stories set in the Cotswolds - one in 1990 and the other in 1830. Ted: Richard Pearce Mary: Susie Brann Will: Brendan Charleson Tom: Dominic Taylor Bob: Mark Straker Ezra: Anthony Jackson Rector: Paul Nicholson Sir Edmund: Peter Copley Chapman: William Eedle Roberts: Nigel Carrington Benning: Ian Lindsay Curlidge: Andrew Hilton Carol: Phyllida Nash Downing: Eric Allan Director: Shaun MacLoughlin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-04 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse A Song of the Forest By Tina Pepler. This won a Giles Cooper Award in 1990. Helena is paralysed in a diving accident soon after her marriage. Jacu, a monkey from the Amazonian rainforest, is trained to help quadriplegics. But she is a reincarnation of a South American Indian girl and her soul remains the same ... Helena: Maureen O'Brien Jacu: Mamta Kaash Harry: Bill Wallis Laurette: Shelley Thompson Bernie: Peter Whitman Mother: June Barrie Sister Marina: Ann Morrish Jonathan: Stephen Garlick Lizzie: Susan Sheridan Surgeon: Vincent Brimble Music Elizabeth Parker, BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Director Shaun MacLoughlin. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-10 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Bertie and the Seven Bodies By Peter Lovesey, dram. Geoffrey M.Matthews. Bertie, the Prince of Wales, finds his life endangered at a party. Dramatised by Geoffrey M Matthews. Director Matthew Walters. . Bertie: Robert Lang Alix: Marcia King Isabella: Susannah Fellows Amelia: Joan Moon Queenie: Siriol Jenkins Jerry: Timothy Carlton Rev Paget: Terrence Edmond Holdfast: Norman Jones Moira: Auriol Smith Wilfred: Alan Barker Marcus: Kim Wall Claude: Nigel Carrington Sweeney: James Greene Colwell: Fraser Kerr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-11 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse By Chris Allen. The Flight of Fellowship John Brook is a high flier. His security business is about to expand globally. Director Matthew Walters. John Brook: John Castle Pippa: Joan Walker Roger: Stephen Garlick Naomi: Moya O'Shea Malcolm: Jonathan Tafler Shore: David King Terry: Ian Lindsay Emma: Oona Beeson Secretary: Danielle Allan Police Inspector: Vincent Brimble Fordham: James Greene Newsreader and other parts: C J Allen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-17 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Whoresheugh By David Bean. Comedy drama. A man retreats to the Borders for calm, but doesn't find it. Director Tony Cliff. Chater .... David Brierley Old Stoddart .... John Jardine Cloud .... Kathryn Hunt Meg .... Joyce Gibbs Tom .... John Branwell Harry .... Robin Polley Dick .... Laurence Kenny McGivern ....Malcolm Raeburn Alec Stoddart.... John Graham Davies MrProbert ....Geoffrey Banks Nixon ....Ronald Herdman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-18 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Anthills of the Savannah By Chinua Achebe, dramatised by William Ash . Story of the betrayals, tensions and passions emerging after a military dictatorship has taken power in a West African state. Director - Kay Patrick. His Excellency: Jude Akuwudike ChrisOnko: Ben Onwukwe lkem Osodi: Joseph Marcell Professor Okong: Okon Jones Att General: Maynard Eziashi Beatrice Okoh: Pamela Jikiemi Elewa: Amma Asante Major Ossai: Louis Mahoney Obete: Cyril Ni Secretary: Jeillo Edwards Elewa's s mother: Jeillo Edwards Leader of the delegation: Wale Ojo John Kent: Garard Green Dick: Michael Kilgarriff Lou Cranford: Jane Whittenshaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-24 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Charlie Muffin By Brian Freemantle, dram. Geoffrey M. Matthews. Charlie Muffin is a survivor; he's being attacked by the KGB and by his own side. However he's determined to beat them and make money in the process. Dramatised by Geoffrey M. Matthews Director - Matthew Walters. (Sequel: Clap Hands. Here Comes Charlie', tomorrow 2.30pm) Charlie: Philip Jackson Kalenin: Sandor Eles Willoughby: Peter Howell Gunther: David Learner Snare: Andrew Branch Harrison: Stephen Rashbrook Alexei Berenkov: Peter Woodthorpe Janet: Marcia King Wilberforce: Manning Wilson Cuthbertson: Barrie Cookson Ruttgers: Don Fellows Keys: John Church Braylty: Richard Durden Edith: Jennifer Piercey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-25 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie By Brian Freemantle. Charlie is on the run. MI5 want him back and the CIA are after his life. Dramatised by Geoffrey M Matthews. Director Matthew Walters. Charlie: Philip Jackson Edith: Jennifer Piercey Berenkov: Peter Woodthorpe Kalenin: Sandor Eles Wilberforce: Barrie Cookson Onslow Smith: Kerry Shale Ruttgers: Don Fellows Willoughby: Geoffrey Whitehead Snare: Philip Sully Law: Brian Miller Hardiman: Ken Cumberlidge Packer: Vincent Brimble Brayley: Ian Michie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-31 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Sort of a Hero By Eric Pringle. Thriller. Jeffery Cotterell retraces his dead brother's attempt on the 42 mountains of the Lake District. Director Kay Patrick. Jeffery: Christian Rodska Edward: John McCardle Gilbert: Martin Reeve Wendy: Diane Whitley Vicky/Agatha: Sue Jenkins John: Keith Ladd Robert: John Branwell Stan: Tom Bowles Walter: John Basham Jeffery as a child: Karl Anthony Bonworth Edward as a child: Michael Turner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-01 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Abandoned By Jonathan Smith. The play tells how, in 1914, Rodin visited Cheltenham with his secretary Judith and his mistress Rose; but the love of his life was Camille Claudel, whom he had left behind in a lunatic asylum in France. Director: Shaun MacLoughlm Auguste Rodin: Freddie Jones Camille Claudel: Carolyn Backhouse Judith: Maureen O'Brien Rose: Mary Wimbush Alain Duval: Hugh Dickson Mrs Parker: June Barrie Nancy: Jane Slavin Hotel guests: Elizabeth Kelly Penelope Lee, John Moffatt, Paul Nicholson. Models: Danielle Allan, Kate Lynn Evans. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-07 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse The Folly By Martyn Read. Comedy set in 1770. Sir Morton Makepeace devises a play, but his characters disrupt the plot and threaten the building of his Folly. Director Sue Wilson. Was originally due to be broadcast on 5 Aug but was postponed. Sir Morton Makepeace: Freddie Jones Clarissa, Lady Mountjoy: Elizabeth Spriggs Rev Wormald: Clive Swift Caroline Makepeace: Joanna Myers Robert Sutherland: Michael Cochrane Thomas: Karl James ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-08 14:30 - The Chrysalids By John Wyndham. Dramatised by Barbara Clegg. From the "Shape of Things to Come" season -plays looking into the future. David is growing up in a society where any kind of mutation is rooted out. It's a world where radiation has taken its toll. David is physically normal but mentally very abnormal. David .... Stephen Garlick Davida as a child .... Susan Sheridan Rosalind .... Amanda Murray Petra .... Judy Bennett Michael ....Spencer Banks Katherine ....Philupa Ritchie Rachel ....Jenny Lee Anne ....Kathryn Hurlbutt Mary ....Elizabeth Rider Father ....Peter Baldwin Mother ....Sonia Fraser Axel ....Michael Spice Sophie .... Jane Knowles Sophie as a child.... Elissa Derwent With Robin Browne, William Eedle, Jennifer Piercey, Martyn Read and John Rye. Director: Michael Bartlett. . First broadcast in 1981. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-14 14:30 - Tiger! Tiger! By Alfred Bester, in the "Shape of Things to Come" season. Excellent sci-fi story. Gulliver Foyle, survives abandonment in space to create vengeful havoc. Even the War Lords of the 24th century fail to stop him . Music Gary Yershon. Dramatised by Ivan Benbrook. Gully Foyle ....Alun Armstrong Joseph .... Tony Church Jisbella McQueen .... Lesley Manville Robin Wednesbury .... Siobhan Redmond Olivia Presteign.... Miranda Richardson Presteign ....Andrew Hilton Saul Dagenham.... Brett Usher Regis Sheffield.... Christopher Ashley Capt Y'ang Yeovil.... Steve Hodson Sigurd/ Robot.... John Telfer Harley Baker.... Terence Edmond Forrest/Bunny.... David Bannerman Moira .... Petra Markham Sgt Logan ....Eric Allan Director ....Andy Jordan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-15 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Working Out By Louise Page. Louis writes about Netty, her mum, a cardigan and greed. Director Marilyn Imrie. Alison: Maggie McCarthy Netty: Moir Leslie Pat: Jenny Howe Wanda: Gillian Bevan Mrs Burgess: Elizabeth Kelly Bob: Ronald Herdman Mel: Christian Rodska Gran: Elizabeth Bradley Tom: Jonathan Cullen Ann: Beverley Hills Showhost: Stephen Garlick Woman: Tara Dominick TheDevil: James Greene Babs: Auriol Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-17 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes -with two musicians for whom a musical partnership is also a family relationship: sisters and duo-pianists, Katia and Marielle Labeque. Producer Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-21 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse A Portrait of Elmbury. By John Moore (novels), ad. David Goodland. Life in an English market town between the two world wars. Children: David Palmer, Thomas Davies, Christopher Taylor, Alison Morgan, Rose Panter and Lucy Fisher. Music: Simon Walter. Director ....Pat Trueman. William Hart.... David Beames Colonel ....Willoughby Gray Bardolph / Gen Bouverie.... Lennox Greaves Pistol / Mr Rendcombe .... Simon Walter Nym/MrBowles.... Robert Locke Miss Benedict.... Maureen Flynn MrCharlton ....Rob Swinton John Moore ....Kim Durham Pheemy ....Julia Winwood Narrator/Mr Jeffs.... David Goodland Bertram Jeffs.... Ian Russell Ernest Jeffs.... Nicholas Moseley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-22 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Writing Fiction By Caryl Phillips. Larry, a novelist, has his ex-wife drop in on his seminar for amateur writers. Director - Richard Wortley. Larry: Stephen Moore Sarah: Jenny Howe Leo: David Bannerman Saul: Terence Edmond Sadie: Auriol Smith Doris: Elizabeth Kelly Lucy: Jane Whittenshaw Rudy: Ben Onwukwe Pete: John Bull Enid: Jo Manning Wilson Stan: Geoffrey Mathews Roger: John Baddeley Girl: Tara Dominick Jeremy Fox: Simon Treves Helen: Emma Louise Harrington Paperboy: David Cooper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 -1991-09-24 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with Antony Hopkins, best known, perhaps, for talking about music - but also engaged in performing, conducting and writing it. Producer - Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-28 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse The Other Side of the Hill Two linked plays by Peter Luke, based on his novel, which follow the Duke of Wellington and the men and women of his Peninsular campaign between 1808 and 1813. 1 .... It's a Long Way from Talavera. Music by Tom Eastwood, performed by Paul Archibald, Richard Benjafield, Adrian Brett, Charles Dickie, Bill Worrell and Simon Wynberg. Director Glyn Dearman. (Part 2 tomorrow at 2.30pm). Wellington ....Michael Pennington Maj Napier ....John Moffatt Capt Harry Smith.... .... Dominic Rickhards Juanita ....Siriol Jenkins Julian Sanchez.... Philip Suily Madre Soledad.... June Tobin Goya .... DavidMarch Maj Somerset.... Christopher Good Capt Gordon ....David Bannerman Cpl Prickett.... Ronald Herdman Rifleman Doubleday.... Clarence Smith Rifleman Jackman.... Mark Straker Capt Freer. ....Mark Straker Rifleman Palmer.... Neil Roberts Miguelin ....Neil Roberts Rifleman West.... Eric Allan Capt Kincaid .... Terence Edmond Capt Soula ....Alan Barker Lt Cardo ....Alan Barker Capt Gronow ....Alan Barker Gen Craufurd.... Brett Usher Gen Menacho ....Brett Usher Gen Skerrett.... Brett Usher Col Ponsonby.... Brett Usher Surtees ....Brett Usher Lt O'Malley ....Andrew Wincott Capt Costello.... Andrew Wincott Jenny Cohrane.... Susan Sheridan Gen Packenham.... Colin McFarlane / Gen Vandeleur.... Colin McFarlane Ono. .... ColinMcFarlane Victoria ....Emma Fielding Fanny .... EmmaFielding Lady Wellington.... Melanie Hudson Harriette Wilson.... Melanie Hudson Sister Rosario.... Theresa Streatfeild Fanny ....Theresa Streatfeild Gen Scovell ....Charles Millham Orellana ....Charles Millham ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-29 br>14:30 - Sunday Playhouse The Other Side of the Hill Play 2: The Long Road to Waterloo. Peter Luke's second play follows the progress of the Duke of Wellington from the aftermath of Badajoz to the Battle of Waterloo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-05 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Arcady By Guy Meredith. Amid the frenzy of gathering new wealth in the 1980s, Malcolm and Liz also acquire a vast, old house infested with strange sounds and voices. By Guy Meredith. Withjames Simmons, Jenny Howe, Brett Usher and Adjoa Andoh. Director .... Ned Chaillet. Liz .... Harriet Walter Malcolm .... Michael Kitchen Karen .... Jan Winters Nick .... Ben Onwukwe Paul .... Angus Wright Security guard/Billy .... Terence Edmond Curate .... James Greene ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-06 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Lea and Renata When Renata walks out on 30 years of domestic responsibility, her family is left in a state of shock, particularly Lea. By Jane Beeson. Pianist Stuart Hutchinson. Director Cherry Cookson. Marcus: Alan MacNaughtan Renata: Anna Massey Lea: Elizabeth Mansfield Kate: Lesley Dunlop Georgie: Barbara Flynn Saul: William Hope Charles: Christopher Scott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-08 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with one of the musical world's great all-rounders, composer and pianist Richard Rodney Bennett. Producer -Michael Emery. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-12 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Settling with the Indians The first English settlement in Virginia is the scene for Mick Mangan 's powerful story of Ben Mellors, a man appalled by the colonial mentality around him. His friendship with the captive princess Pocahontas finally forces him to defect to the Indians, a move which has tragic consequences. Director .... Dave Sheasby. Ben Mellors .... Mark Spalding Sam Hall .... John Basham Opecancanough .... Dominic Hingorani Pocahontas .... Eileen George Jailer .... Norman Mills Councillor .... Norman Mills Minister .... Robin Polley Second guard .... Robin Polley Dale .... Chris Wilkinson First guard .... Chris Wilkinson Woman prisoner .... Elizabeth Osborne Jenny .... Brenda Elder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-13 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse The Wide-Brimmed Hat By Michael Wall. She was the talk of Venice in the 1850s. She was captivating, effusive. But was she really dangerous? When the gondola arrived to take Charles Catchpole to the Princess Malvezzi, he had no idea that it would deliver him into a world of romance and political intrigue. This play, which won Edward Petherbridge a Sony Award for his portrayal of Charles Catchpole, is repeated in memory of the playwright Michael Wall, who died earlier this year. With Richard Durden and Jonathan Tafler. Music - Mia Soteriou. Director .... Jeremy Mortimer Princess Malvezzi .... Eleanor Bron HelenSkidelski .... Robert Ahamond Jack Cody .... Greg Hicks EffieRuskin .... Lorna Heilbron John Ruskin .... Michael Tudor Barnes Charlotte Kerr .... Jennifer Piercey Fizeau .... Crawford Logan Giorgia .... Paul Gregory Clinton Dawkins .... Paul Gregory Count Wrbna .... Stuart Organ Count Nugent .... David Goodland William .... Kim Wall Farchetti .... Vincenzo Nicoli Singer .... Vincenzo Nicoli ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-15 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with harpists Osian Ellis and Susan Drake, who talk about the instrument and introduce some of their recordings. Producer: Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-19 14:30 - Young Playwrights' Festival 1991 Craig Charles launches a season of new writing talent to be aired over the next 11 days. Directors Claire Grove and Sarah Taylor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-20 14:30 - Young Playwrights' Festival 1991 Asha An elderly Anglo-Indian woman recounts her life, from leaving India in the 1940s until the present. By Tanika Gupta Director - Frances Anne Solomon The more Pete tries to shape Laura's career as an artist, the more her much-praised self-portrait accuses her of fraud. By Eileen Ryan. Director .... Jeremy Mortimer. Asha .... Sudha Bhuchar Sumita .... Shaheen Khan Louisa .... Shaheen Khan Iqbal .... Madhav Sharma Harold .... Madhav Sharma James .... Tariq Alibai Lynette .... Shobu McAuley Mrs Lewis .... Shobu McAuley Lynette .... Harmage Singh Kalirai Mrs Lewis .... Harmage Singh Kalirai Laura .... Lesley Sharp Lydia .... Adjoa Andoh Pete .... Mark Straker David .... Andrew Wincott John Hunt .... Terence Edmond Landlord .... Charles Millham ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-22 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with Betty Patterson, Kathy Schuman and Brad Lussier of Gloriae Dei Cantores, an American choir which combines singing with a mission to promote peace and understanding Producer: Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-26 14:30 - Young Playwrights' Festival 1991 Onward and Upward The perfect betting scam looks as if it's a beaten docket until a late runner changes the course of events. By Kevin McGee. Director Eoin O'Callaghan. Eugene .... Eamonn Hunt Donal .... Bj Hogg Mrs Cook .... Grainne McCann Mr Cook .... Noel McGee Jonathan .... Robert Patterson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-27 14:30 - Young Playwrights' Festival 1991 Stranger from America Tamara is getting married. Everything would be perfect if only her stepmother would say slightly less and her real mother would return to England. By Christine M George. Director Pam Fraser Solomon. Tamara: Judith Jacob Jolene: Claudette Williams Marcus: Rudolph Walker Helen: Adjoa Andoh Dwayne: Clarence Smith Aisha: Cassie McFarlane Ice: Colin McFarlane Cleo: Aisha Jacob Williams Kelly: Shakela Jacob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-29 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes on the glitzy and glamorous world of the musical, with stage producer Wendy Toye and musical directorGrant Hossack. Producer: Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-02 14:30 - The Little Walls Winston Graham 's novel is the first in an occasional series of dramatisations of Gold and Silver Dagger Award-winning crime novels. Philip has returned to Europe from America after his brother appeared to commit suicide in Amsterdam. His search for the truth takes him from England to Holland and Italy. With Eric Allen, Ronald Herdman, Siriol Jenkins, Cassie McFarlane, Neil Roberts, David Sinclair, Matthew Sim and Auriol Smith. Dramatised by Juliet Ace Director .... Ned Chaillet. Philip Turner .... Alex Jennings Martin Coxon .... Roger Lloyd Pack Leonie Winter .... Kate Buffery Charlotte Weber .... Vivian Pickles Capt Sanbergh .... Norman Jones HerminaMaas .... Helen Cooper VanRenkum .... Terence Edmond Tholen .... Timothy Morand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-03 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart. With Maureen O'Brien. This classic story, first published in 1945 and described as a masterpiece of poetic prose, is about a woman's obsessive love for a married man. Unable to cope with her sense of guilt and the endless waiting, she lives in a state of anxiety and disquiet. Maureen O'Brien won a Best Radio Actress award for her performance. First broadcast 1978, R3. Director: Cherry Cookson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-05 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with John Morton and Cynthia MiUar - players of one of the rarest and most exotic of all musical instruments: the ondes Martenot. Producer: Michael Emery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-09 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Lavender Song It's 1919, but for three young ex-officers it's not so easy to escape from the war. They live together in an isolated cottage, cared for by two attendants, and no one is allowed to visit. By Patricia Wood. Music Stephen Warbeck. Director .... Jane Morgan. Jimmy .... Barnes Billnighy David Hunter .... Andrew Wincott 'Boy' Dawson .... Charles Simpson Major John Dawson .... Colin McFarlane TomDrew .... Stephen Tompkinson Sylvia .... Jane Whittenshaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-10 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Power of Attorney David Wade 's comedy has a moral: if you have a rich aunt who is slightly dotty, think twice before attempting to defraud her of her money. Director: Glyn Dearman. Annabelle: Geraldine McEwan Geoffrey: Geoffrey Palmer AuntBeatie: Joan Matheson Eddie: David King Corvo: John Moffatt Mrs Penny: Katherine Parr Bulstrode: James Greene Rita: Jane Whittenshaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-12 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with Hilary Davan Wetton and Diana Cummings, conductor and leader of the Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra. Producer: Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-16 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse The Happiest Days of Your Life John Dighton's classic farce. Every schoolboy knows that the last time peace broke out in England was in 1945. Not so many perhaps know about the war that broke out soon afterwards in the wilds of Hampshire, except of course those lucky enough to be at Hilary Hall School for Boys. Adapted by Giles Cooper Director .... Ian Cotterell. Mr Pond .... Roger Hammond Mr Billings .... Phiup Voss Mr Tassell .... Goroon Dulieu Hopcroft Mi .... Adam Godley Rainbow .... Fred Bryant MrSowter .... Brian Haines MrsSowter .... Eva Stuart St Swith in 's School for Girls Miss Whitchurch .... Margotboyd MissGossage .... Hilda Kriseman Miss Harper .... Josie Kidd Barbara Cahoun .... Tammy Ustinov RevPeck .... Godfrey Kenton Mrs Peck .... Petra Davies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-17 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Mary Had a Little Lamb When Mary and Neil abandon successful careers to live in deepest Wales, everything looks rosy.... By Arnold Evans . Director: Alison Hindell. Mary: Sonia Ritter Julia: Maggie Steed Tony: Jonathan Tafler Neil: Jonathan Cullen Colin: Richard Tate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-19 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with harpsichord player Maggie Cole and harpsichord maker Andrew Garlick. Producer Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-23 14:30 - The Colourof Murder A young man who suffers from bouts of amnesia is accused of a brutal murder in Julian Symons 's psychological thriller, winner of a Gold Dagger award for crime writing. Dramatised by Guy Meredith Director: Enyd Williams. John Wilkins: David Threlfall May Wilkins: Natasha Pyne Mrs Wilkins: Charlotte Mitchell Uncle Dan: Harold Innocent James Hayley: Anthony Newlands Magnus Newton: Michael Cochrane Justice Morland: Aubrey Richards DrAndreadis: Peter Penry-Jones Sheila Morton: Adjoa Andoh Betty Prenton: Alice Arnold Bill Lonergan: Nigel Carrington Lesjackson: Alan Barker Mr Fanham: Fraser Kerr Mr Morton: Preston Lockwood MrGimball: John Church Mr Shaddock: Michael Bilton Pub landlord: Eric Allan Receptionist: Neil Roberts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-24 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Volvulus John Bond won a Radio Times Radio Drama Award in 1988 for this penetrating study of a 10-year-old boy trying to understand the last few months of his father's life. Director: Claire Grove. Narrator: Tom Georgeson John: Daniel Hawgood Rene: Jane Whittenshaw Nana: Elizabeth Kelly Dad: Rod Arthur Malcolm: Christopher Pringle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-26 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with Roy Henderson and Sir Keith Falkner on a lifetime in singing. Producer: Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-30 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farad 's swashbuckling novel of pirates, vengeance, love and death set in England and on a desert island. Dramatised by Michael Bartlett. Director - Glyn Dearman. . Martin Conisby: Steven Pacey Joan Brandon: Julia Swift Adam Penfeather: Sean Barrett Black Bartlemy: Sean Arnold Tressady: Ronald Herdman Smiler: Colin McFarlane Joel: Fraser Kerr Abner Mings: Mark Straker Sir Rupert: Andrew Wincott Marjorie: Theresa Streatfeild ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-01 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Flowers for Algernon Tom Courtenay plays the backward Charlie, who is offered a miraculous cure for his low IQ, in Daniel Keyes 's classic science-fiction story. Dramatised by Bert Coules. Director Matthew Walters. Charlie: Tom Courtenay MissKinnian: Joanna Myers Dr Strauss: Barrie Cookson Dr Nemur: Ronald Herdman Bert: Clarence Smith Joe: Nigel Carrington Donnegan: Nigel Carrington Frank: Alan Barker Sherrinford: Alan Barker Mrs Flynn: Auriol Smith Ellen: Auriol Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-03 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with husband-and-wife woodwind players Michael Copley and Evelyn Nallen Producer Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-07 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse The Voyage of the Swallow Richard Briers and Susannah York star as Arthur Ransome and his wife Evgenia, in Eric Pringle 's play about the writing of a children's classic by the man who hated children. Musicians Steafan Hannigan and Simon Care. Director: Adrian Bean. Ivy: Ann Davies Cyril Ransome: Max Harvey Young Arthur: Nicholas Shelton Susan: Daisy Heath Titty: Annie Roddam Nancy: Kate Ryan Roger: Simon Radford Tabitha: Siriol Jenkins TedScott: Vincent Brimble CP Scott: Michael Kilgarriff Ernest Altounyan: Philip Sully Dora Altounyan: Theresa Streatfeild TrotskylDoctor: Philip Beckwith Molly: Adjoa Andoh YoungBilly: Neil Roberts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-08 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse Kings for a Penny Drink Derrick Geer 's play is a warm, evocative memory of childhood spent in Dover during the last war. Narrator John Hollis. Director: Martin Jenkins. Granny: Sian Phillips Bobby: Gregory Pitt Berty: Neil Maskell Billy: Albert Boateng Alain: Isha Nbhabha Unclejack: Alan Barker Mrs King: Tara Dominick Girl: Sian Jenkins Mrs Herbert: Jenny Howe Brenda: Danielle Allan Mum: Jane Whittenshaw Fireman: James Simmons Steward: Terence Edmond Sergeant Major: Norman Jones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-10 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with three members of the viol consort Fretwork - Richard Boothby, Richard Campbell and William Hunt Producer Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-14 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse A Fatal Inversion A dramatisation of Barbara Vine 's Gold Dagger award-winning crime novel. The year of the long, hot summer: 1976. Adam and some friends spent it in idyllic circumstances. But when the weather at last broke their lives had been wrecked. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Director: Jane Morgan. Adam Verne-Smith: Andrew Wincott Rufus: Matthew Morgan Zosie: Siriol Jenkins Shiva: Tariq Alibai Lili: Rita Wolf Vivien: Miaso Teriou Mary Gage: Alison Reid Lewis Verne-Smith: Tim Seely Beryl: Ann Windsor Anne: Mary Chater Marigold: Theresa Streatfeild MegChipstead: Joanne Wake Insp Winder: Jonathan Adams WPC: Emma Fielding Gardener: Ronald Herdman Robin Tatian: Steve Hodson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-15 14:30 - Sunday Playhouse All the Uncrowned Heads of Europe Maurice Leitch's new play focuses on a dying tradition of travelling theatre in Ireland during the late 1960s. Lax borders suddenly become battle zones and a way of life is threatened with extinction. Pianist Mary Nash. Director: Ned Chaillet. RioBoytan: T.P.McKenna Sonny: Ciaran Hinds Fay Walsh: Eileen Way Terry: Joan Namyers Gus: Rio Fanning Rajah: Leonard Fenton Maureen: Maggie McCarthy Connie: Pauline Letts Doctor: Amer Jitdeu Sergeant: Peter Gunn Caretaker: Harry Webster MC: Ronald Herdman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-17 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with Dave Townsend, Phil Humphries and Paul Burgess - members of the Mellstock Band, which recreates the traditional village music of Thomas Hardy's Wessex. Producer: Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-21 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse Dickens's Women Miriam Margolyes introduces and plays all the characters from her recent West End success, as well as giving a vibrant insight into the life of the great writer himself. Piano Michael Haslam. Script devised by Miriam Margolyes and Sonia Fraser Producer Enyd Williams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-22 14:30 - Christmas at the Wells Six plays presented by Sir Charles Crawford, actor/ manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre in 1899, assisted by his stage manager. With Michael Hordem as Sir Charles Crawford and Ronald Herdman as the stage manager. 1 .... Trelawny A musical adaptation of Arthur Wing Pinero's Trelawnyofthe Wells. With the BBC Singers. Music producer Chris de Souza Adapted by Aubrey Woods. George Rowell and Julian Slade Director Ian Cotterell. MrJames Telfer .... Peter Pratt Mr Ferdinand Gadd .... Aubrey Woods Mr Augustus Colpoys .... Ronnie Stevens Mr Tom Wrench .... Gary Bond Mrs Telfer .... Dilys Laye Miss Rose Trelawny .... Ann MacKay Miss Avonia Bunn ..... Jan Waters Mr Mossip .... Peter Tuddenham Mrs Mossip .... Jane Wenham Albert .... Alex Jennings Mr Denzil .... Nigel Graham Miss Brewster .... Hilda Schroder Mr Palmer .... William Eedle Vice Chancellor Sir William Gower .... Nigel Stock Arthur Cower .... Geoffrey Collins Clara deFoenix .... Carole Boyd Miss Trafalgar Gower .... Joyce Carey Captain de Foenix .... Clive Panto Charles .... Michael Bilton Greengrocer .... Timothy Bateson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-28 14:30 - Saturday Playhouse .... The Royal Baccarat Scandal Royce Ryton's play, based on the book by former Lord Chancellor Michael Havers and Edward Grayson, dramatises a notorious Victorian scandal of 1890. Director .... Matthew Walters Sir William Gordon Cumming .... Michael Jayston Prince of Wales .... Robert Lang Lycett Green .... Aden Gillett Ethel .... Jane Arden Mrs Wilson .... Jo Kendall Stanley Wilson .... Neil Roberts Mrs Gibbs .... Judi Bowker Gen Williams .... Jonathan Adams Mrs Williams .... Morar Kennedy Mr Levett .... Matthew Sim Sir Edward .... Brett Usher Sir Charles .... Peter Penry-Jones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-29 14:30 - Christmas at the Wells The last of six plays. The Shaughraun Dion Boucicault 's witty melodrama, set in County Sligo at the time when Fenians were transported. Conn, the Shaughraun, is a lovable rascal whose irrepressible wit and courage foil the villains and outwit the English. Music Cyril Ornadel. Adapted by Richard Fawkes Director Robert Cooper. . Claire Ffolliott .... Kate Binchy Mrs O'Kelly .... Anna Manahan Capt Molineux .... Nigel Anthony Arte O'Neal .... Sorcha Cusack Corry Kinchela .... J.G. Devlin Fr Dolan .... Denys Hawthorne Harvey Duff .... Desmond Perry Robert Ffolliott .... Tony Doyle Moya/Nancy .... Felicity Hayes-McCoy Conn O'Kelly, the Shaughraun .... Alan Devlin Sergeant/Mangan .... Colm Mewey Biddy .... Marjorie Hogan Sullivan/Soldier .... Chris Gannon Reilly/Soldier .... Walter McMonagle Doyle/Donovan/Soldier .... Michael Golden ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-31 14:30 - Richard Baker Compares Notes with guitarist John Williams Producer: Michael Emery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 119 matches selected AFTERNOON PLAYS This includes the Monday afternoon repeat of SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE, listed after the Friday repeat of the 'CLASSIC SERIAL' entry. Anyone know how to turn off the blue font? 15-00 - Radio 4 - 1991 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-01 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre The Bluer Sea. A comedy by Amanda Swift. When Betty and May arrive on board the liner 'Song of Hawaii', equipped only with plimsolls, a rebellious nature and an obsession with Angela Rippon, their horizons open up in the most unexpected way. Director Paul Schlesinger. Betty: Elizabeth Spriggs May: Liz Smith Lucy: Emma Gregory Sister: Liz Kelly Odette: Danielle Allan Delores: Jane Whittenshaw Red: Danny Schiller Gregory: Vincent Brimble Captain: Timothy Carlton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-02 15:00 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The seventh of 12 short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Blue Carbuncle When the Countess of Morcar's famous jewel is stolen, Holmes's only clues are a Christmas goose and a battered felt hat. Violinist Leonard Friedman Dramatised by Bert Coules Director Patrick Rayner. Sherlock Holmes: Clive Merrison Drjohn Watson: Michael Williams James Ryder: Peter Blythe Henry Baker: Hugh Dickson Windigate: Vincent Brimble Mrs Horner: Naomi Capron John Horner: Ben Onwukwe Mrs Oakshott: Elaine Claxton Peterson: Christopher Good hsp Bradstreet: David Goudge Breckinridge: Ian Lindsay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-03 15:00 - Tales My Father Taught Me with John Gielgud. Sir George Sitwell was an autocratic recluse whose main preoccupations before the First World War were running the family estate at Renishaw, researching medieval pig-keeping and making his son Osbert do whatever Osbert didn't want to do. By Peter Terson. Sir George Sitwell... JOHN GIELGUD Lady Ida Sitwell RENEE ASHERSON Osbert Sitwell RICHARD PEARCE Henry Moat... CHRISTOPHER GOOD Director Shaun MacLoughlin (R) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-04 15:00 - Classic Serial The Forsyte Chronicles by John Galsworthy. 14: Marjorie takes the stand but winners can be losers and Fleur plays a dangerous game. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-07 15:00 - The Mysterious Turk A black comedy by Christopher Denys about a teenage stripper, a fairground automaton and a failed secret service man. Director .... Tony Cliff. Mr Supremo .... Neville Barber Mrs Supremo .... Judith Barker Doreen .... Julia Ford Sophie .... Judy Flynn Johnson .... Simon Carter Baz .... Francis Johnson The Turk .... John Jardine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-08 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre The House with an Attic An adaptation of a short story by Anton Chekhov. Andrei, now a famous painter in Moscow, remembers a summer's visit ten years earlier to his friend Belakurov's large estate. And the beautiful Zhenya who so mysteriously slipped through his fingers ... Adapted by Jane Gerson Director Peter Kavanagh. Andrei Orlovsky: Dale Rapley Nikolai Belakurov: Nigel Carrington Yasha: Garard Green Lydia Volchaninov: Elizabeth Mansfield Zhenya Volchaninov: Tara Dominick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-09 15:00 - The Adventures ofSherlock Holmes The eighth of 12 short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Speckled Band. In the echoing darkness of Stoke Moran Manor, ancestral seat of the Roylott family, Julia Stoner has died from pure fear. Now her twin sister feels the same approaching terror. Violinist Leonard Friedman. Dramatised by Vincent McInerney Director: Patrick Rayner. Sherlock Holmes: Clwe Merrison Drjohn Watson: Michael Williams Helen Stoner: Susan Wooldridge Julia: Jane Whittenshaw Dr Grimesby Roylott: Ian Lindsay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-10 15:00 - Volvulus John Bond won a Radio Times playwriting award in 1988 for this penetrating study of a 10-year-old boy trying to understand the last few months of his father's life. Narrator Tom Georgeson Director Claire Grove John: Daniel Hawgood Rene: Jane Whittenshaw Nana: Elizabeth Kelly Dad: Rod Arthur Malcolm: Christopher Pringle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-11 15:00 - Classic Serial The Forsyte Chronicles Part 15. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-14 15:00 - The Action of the Tiger Eighteen thousand feet above the Western Front.... The true story of the highest-scoring British flying ace of the First World War. By Peter Roberts. Director Nigel Bryant. Mannock: Tim McInnerny Morgan: Andy Hockley Jim Eyles: Roger Rowland Ada Eyles: Ellie Haddington Capt Simpson/Corporal Thomas: Hugh Meredith Capt Todd: Christopher Scott Infantry corporal/Private Bevan: Ben Craze 'Grid ' Caldwell: Kim Durham Brown/Donald Inglis: Simon Fielder Lt Von Bartrap: Andrew Wincon Sister: Tania Ison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-15 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Sandra Jimmy has come back to his wife, but is it only for comfort? Sandra wants to save her marriage, but only on her own terms. By Ted Moore. Director: Michael Fox Sandra: Chrisy Edge Jimmy: Christian Rodska ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-16 15:00 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The ninth of 12 short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Engineer's Thumb A young man arrives at Watson's surgery, with a terrible injury and a chilling story. Violinist Leonard Friedman. Dramatised by Peter Mackie. Director Patrick Rayner. Sherlock Holmes: Clive Merrison DrJohn Watson: Michael Williams Victor Hatkerley: Stephen Tompkinson Col Stark: John Moffatt Elise: Sybil Wintrope Insp Bradstreet: David Goudge Ferguson/Constable: Vincent Brimble Guard/Fireman: Paul Downing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-17 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-18 15:00 - Classic Serial The Forsyte Chronicles John Galsworthy 's saga dramatised in 23 episodes. 16: Fleur decides to claim Jon as her own - but she's reckoned without Anne. Soames tries to find his roots, but, when disaster strikes, realises Fleur is his only pleasure in life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-21 15:00 - Miss Probert Miss Probert is a fiercely respectable librarian, but retirement threatens to reveal the one guilty secret in her impeccable career. By Alun Richards. Director: Jane Dauncey. Miss Probert: Rosemary Leach Captain Probert: Glyn Houston Captain Ryan: Denys Hawthorne Winifred: Melanie Walters Vincent Pulfurd: Gerald James Victor Pulford: David Garfield Gail: Tessa Gearing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-22 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-23 15:00 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The tenth of 12 short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Noble Bachelor When a society bride vanishes from her wedding breakfast and her clothes are found in the Serpentine, the bridegroom puts his case, but not his confidence, in the hands of the great detective. Sherlock Holmes. .. CLIVE MERRISON Director Enyd Williams. Dr Watson: Michael Williams St Simon: John Rye Doran: David Healey Hatty: Catherine Furshpan Vicar: Ian Lindsay Flora: Tara Dominick Footman/Constable: Andrew Wincott Duchess: Elizabeth Kelly Mrs Hudson: Mary Allen Doorman/Sgt: Danny Schiller Lestrade: Donald Gee Moulton: Stephen Garlick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-24 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-25 15:00 - Classic Serial The Forsyte Chronicles John Galsworthy 's saga dramatised in 23 parts. 17: It is 1928. The Cherrells of Condaford Grange are related to the Forsytes through the marriage of Fleur to Michael, whose mother was a Cherrell. Older-established but less well off than the Forsytes, they have their own family problems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-28 15:00 - Garden Notes Frederic Moh's play about the great opera singer Mary Garden (1874-1967). With Eileen McCallum as the older Mary and Miriam Margolyes as her younger self. 'I didn't have an agent. All decisions were mine. Gracious me! If you can read a calendar and you know your worth, what do you need an agent for?' Singer: Mary Garden Director: Patrick Rayner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-29 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-30 15:00 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The 11th of 12 short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Beryl Coronet One of the most priceless possessions of the Empire has been stolen, but the crisp February snow helps Holmes discover the thief. Violinist Leonard Friedman. Dramatised by Vincent McInerney. Director: Enyd Williams Honourable visitor/Jawney: Ina Lindsay Alexander Holder: Anthony Newlands Dr John Watson: Michael Williams Sherlock Holmes: Clive Merrison Arthur Holder: Angus Wright Mary Holder: Petra Markham Sir George Burnwell: Timothy Carlton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-31 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-01 15:00 - Classic Serial The Forsyte Chronicles 18: Captain Ferse returns from a mental institution - but is he truly recovered, and will Hubert resist extradition to Bolivia? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-04 15:00 - Silver When W E Henley, the one-legged Gloucestershire poet and eccentric, visited Edinburgh for an operation in 1874, he struck up an immediate and robust friendship with the more effete R L Stevenson. It was a friendship that was to survive many storms - including Stevenson's thinly disguised portrait of as in Treasure Island. By Jonathan Smith. Director: Shaun MacLoughlin Henley: Long John Silver Robert Louis Stevenson: Bill Paterson W E Henley: John Franklin Robbins Fanny: Maureen O'Brien Katherine: Joanne MacKie Joseph Lister: Bill Wallis Leslie Stephen: Peter Copley Sister: Eva Stuart Nurse: Marcia King Lloyd: John Bolton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-05 15:00 - Thirty-MinuteTheatre Today's Date A comedy By Simon Booker. A nervous young man makes small talk with his girl in a restaurant. A waiter hovers solicitously. But nothing is quite as it seems. Director: Matthew Walters Malcolm: Kim Wall Chloe: Victoria Carling Enrico: Jonathan Tafler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-06 15:00 - The Adventures ofSherlock Holmes The last of 12 short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Copper Beeches A young governess consults Sherlock Holmes in one of his most sinister cases. Violinist Leonard Friedman. Dramatised by Peter Mackie Director: Enyd Williams. Sherlock Holmes: Clive Merrison Dr John Watson: Michael Williams Jephro Rucastle: Roger Hammond Violet Hunter: Imogen Stubbs Miss Stoper: Jenny Howe Mrs Rucastle: Joanna Myers Mrs Toller: Elizabeth Kelly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-07 15:00 - The Weird of Eddie Kerr In Robert Paterson's first play for radio, fate plays a strange hand in the life of a hard-pressed fruit salesman. Director: Patrick Rayner. Eddie: Tom Watson Tom: Phil McCall Madge: Anne Kristen Alice: Harriet Buchan Liam: Stuart Davids Shuggie: Frank Gallagher Frank: Gerard Slevin Faroukh: Subash Singh Pall George: Iain Agnew Ralph: Bill Murdoch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-08 15:00 - Classic Serial The Forsyte Chronicles Part 19. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-11 15:00 - Our Family A love story in three plays by Victor Pemberton. 1: The Trains Don't Stop Here Any More Letty is a determined young girl. When she marries Oliver against the wishes of her family, she is convinced that her love can help him overcome the disabilities of his war-wounds and restore his faith in himself and the world about him. Time: 1916-1930. Pianist Mary Nash Director: John Tydeman. Letty Edginton: Nerys Hughes Beatrice, her mother: Sheila Grant William, her father: Malcolm Hayes Nicky, her younger brother: Adam Godley Tom, her elder brother: Derek Seaton Oliver Hobbs: Nigel Anthony Violet, his sister: Wendy Richard Bill Brooks: Kenneth Shanley Mr Cotton: Eric Allan Frank O'Malley: Bill Monks Amy Lyall: Eve Karpf Mr Pearson: Robert Trotter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-12 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Sweet Reason Glenda compensates for Lewis's preoccupation with female assistants by becoming a compulsive buyer: electronic guard dogs, underwater torches and atomic alarm clocks are among her more bizarre purchases.... Director: Shaun MacLoughlin Glenda: June Barrie Lewis: Peter Copley Vanessa: Caroline Backhouse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-13 15:00 - Independence NEW: The first of a four-part drama set in a progressive boarding school on the south coast. By Angus Graham-Campbell. The Wetter Ground. While the school has football and dance scholarships, talented, angry Euan doesn't want to play or allow his girlfriend Jen to dance. Director: Richard Wortley Euan Roberts: Julian Firth Jen Billington: Oona Beeson Mrs Fellows: Auriol Smith Charles Fellows: Ian Lindsay Peter Billington: Alan Thompson Julia Billington: Jenny Howe Martin: Ross Livingstone Chris: Phil McDermott Jerry: Jonathan Firth Emma: Emma Gregory Amy: Danielle Allan Tasha: Judy Flynn Nick: Nicholas Gilbrook Teacher: David Bannerman Dug: David Bannerman Dance teacher: Vincent Brimble Voice: Vincent Brimble ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-14 15:00 - The House at No 9 Rue Fleurie Mr Zilber looks after Mrs Baum 's house in Monaco. One day he will have a proper family to look after. By Jackie Kohnstamm. Director: Janet Whitaker Mr Zilber: Harry Towb Jeanne: Jo Kendall Rosa: Frances Jeater Count: Harold Innocent Giovanni: Ronald Herdman Mario: Ben Onwukwe German officer: Alan Barker Driver: Nigel Carrington MrsBaum: Maxine Audley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-15 15:00 - Classic Serial The Forsyte Chronicles Part 20. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-17 15:00 - Touching Wood Julian Roach casts a seasoned eye over trees, timber and forests. He discovers that a few bits of lovingly worked wood, coaxed by four inspired people, can lead to a peak of artistic achievement Producer John Harrison (R) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-18 15:00 - Our Family A love story in three plays by Victor Pemberton. 2: Don't Talk to Me About Kids! Like so many other London families, Letty and Oliver live through the horrors of another world war. But their kids stay with them and despite tensions and tragedies, Letty is determined that her family should survive. Time: 1939-45 Pianist Mary Nash Director David Spenser (R) Letty Hobbs: Nerys Hughes Oliver Hobbs: Nigel Anthony Beatrice: Sheila Grant Sam: Philip Sully Violet: Wendy Richard Ron: Jonathan Tafler Florrie: Eva Stuart Colonel Meecham: Laurence Payne Bill Brooks: Michael Tudor Barnes Tilly Brooks: Emily Richard Mother Superior: Julie Berry Mick: Rickey Coombes Eddie: Nicholas Delve Janey: Zelah Clarke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-19 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Public Interest Katherine alleges harassment and attack. Bird says he was defending himself against attack. In a police station, both tell their stories. By Tony Bagley. Director Philip Martin Katherine: Moir Leslie Bird: Richard Allenson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-20 Independence The second of a four-part drama set in a progressive school on the south coast. By Angus Graham-Campbell . The Black Black Sea. The injured Euan is more looked after by Emma than his girlfriend Jen. But there is something nasty going on in the dormitory ... Director Richard Wortley. Euan Roberts: Julian Firth Jen Billington: Oona Beeson Emma: Emma Gregory Tasha: Judy Flynn Amy: Danielle Allan Nick: Nicholas Gilbrook ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-21 15:00 - Breaking Up! The havoc-strewn last day of term in an ex-grammar school hellbent on going independent. A farce by Peter Roberts. Director: Nigel Bryant Neil Butcher: Norman Rodway James Duncan: James Telfer Leroy: Carl Wright Alan Smith: Peter Meakin Penny Johnson: Judy Bridgland Ronnie Lascelles: Michael Tudor Barnes Selwyn Rees: Richard Mitchley Mr Malik: Renu Setna Lady Blair: Joyce Gibbs Headmaster: Graham Padden Fire officer: Jonathan Owen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-22 15:00 - Classic Serial The Forsyte Chronicles Part 21. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-24 15:00 - Listening in to History In 1941, 22-year-old Ruth Ive began a job which involved telephones, world-famous voices and an all-important censor key. Today, she retraces her steps with June Knox-Mawer and uncovers one of our wartime secrets ... Producer: Cathy Drysdale. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-25 15:00 - Our Family A love story in three plays by Victor Pemberton. 3: Down by the Sea Letty and Oliver reach the sunset of their lives, spent in a seaside bungalow bought for them by their children. Now, alone, they have to resolve the problems of old age. Time: 1963-80. Dance band: the Les Brown Trio. Director David Spenser (R) Letty Hobbs: Nerys Hughes Oliver Hobbs: Nigel Anthony Beatrice: Sheila Grant Mick: Spencer Banks Eddie: Sean Barrett Mary: Karen Archer Jonathan: Rory McNicholl Bill Brooks: Michael Tudor Barnes Tilly Brooks: Emily Richard Fred Golding: Norman Bird Gladys Golding: Joan Matheson Cypriot man: John Baddeley Cypriot woman: Julie Berry Reporter: Kim Wall Doctor: Steven Harrold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-26 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-27 15:00 - Independence The third in a four-part drama series set in a progressive school on the south coast. By Angus Graham-Campbell . 3: Not Waving but Drowning A-levels are threatening, and unpredictable Euan is at the end of his tether. Director Richard Wortley. Euan Roberts: Julian Firth Jen Billington: Dona Beeson Emma: Emma Gregory Tasha: Judy Flynn Amy: Danielle Allan Nick: Nicholas Gilbrook Jerry: Jonathan Firth Chris: Phil McDermott Martin: Ross Livingstone Peter Billington: Alan Thompson Julia Billington: Jenny Howe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-28 15:00 - Going Clear When Anthony flees Newcastle for the London scene he goes straight to his sister's place for advice, but the golden pavements are criss-crossed with trip wires in this drama by Brian B Thompson. Director Dave Sheasby Ant Robson: Chris Garner Ruth Robson: Barbara Marten Vince: Christopher Kent Des Sutton: Danny Schiller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-01 15:00 - Classic Serial The Forsyte Chronicles Part 22. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-04 15:00 - Speedy Death The 1920s: a rather ripping murder occurs in the bathroom of a country house. By Gladys Mitchell. Adapted by Elizabeth Proud Director Sue Wilson. Mrs Lestrange Bradley: Mary Wimbush Carstain: Leslie Phillips Bertie Phillipson: Michael Cochrane Garde Bing: Philip Sully Alislair Bing: Garard Green Eleanor Bing: Rowan Stuart Dorothy Clark: Teresa Gallagher Mabel CM: Lois Burgess Pamela Storbin: Lois Burgess Sir Joseph: David King Insp Boring: Christopher Scott Ferdinand Lestrange: Simon Treves Doctor: Simon Treves Parsons: Fraser Kerr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-05 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-06 15:00 - Independence The last of a four-part drama set in a progressive school on the south coast. By Angus Graham-Campbell . Full Tide Euan and Jen leave school for a trip to the USA. An ill American friend teaches them a new form of independence. Director Richard Wortley. . Euan: Julian Firth jen: Oona Beeson Alan: Eric Loren Carole: Lorelie King Duane: Corey Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-07 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-08 15:00 - Classic Serial The Forsyte Chronicles Final part. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-11 15:00 - The Adventure of the Pimlico Poisoner Peter Mackie 's play pits the great detective Sherlock Holmes against a real-life demon of Victorian crime. Stradivarius played by Roger Coull. Director Nigel Bryant Matilda Clover: Susan Mansell Neill Cream: Peter Harlowe Dr 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-12 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Only Connect Diana feels trapped by family and friends. A car crash with a mysterious stranger offers escape, but can she trust him? By Katie Campbell. Director Claire Grove. . Diana: Elizabeth Mansfield Sara: Lynne Verrall Rasheed: Ben Onwukwe Victoria: Maureen Morris Bill: Angus Wright Mechanic/Waiter: David Bannerman Clerk: Danielle Allan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-13 15:00 - Canterbury Tales Chaucer's well-known tales. Four-part series by Colin Haydn Evans. 1: The Pardoner's Tale The pilgrimage begins.... and the Pardoner tells a tale of temptation and betrayal. Music composed and played by Sue Harris. Director Nigel Bryant. The Wife of Bath: Rosemary Leach The Miller: Freddie Jones Chaucer: Steve Hodson The Pardoner: Simon Carter The Host: Roger Hume Jean: Peter Meakin Roger: Terry Molloy Alain: Neal Foster Servingboy: Alex Jones Death: Robert Eddison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-14 15:00 - pm Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-15 15:00 - Classic Serial MEW Fair Stood the NEW Wind for France A three-part adaptation of H E Bates's best-selling novel based on the author's experiences in the RAF. 1: Four young airmen crash-land in France, but is it Vichy or Occupied? And whom can they trust? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-17 15:00 - Move the Orchestra sound recording, the first electronic TV system and radar were invented in Britain. The driving force behind them was Alan Blumlein. Barry Fox presents a portrait of this eccentric genius. Producer: Alec Reid. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-18 15:00 - Rogue Male Geoffrey Household's classic man-hunt story, set in Germany and England in the late 1930s. If Sir Ben had succeeded in his mission he would have changed the course of history. Because he was unsuccessful but miraculously alive, he had to go on the run, and then go to ground. Dramatised by Frederick Bradnum Director - Graham Gauld. Sir Ben: Simon Cadell Major Quive-Smith: David Goudge Karl: Ian Michie Colonel: Christopher Scott Police Chief: Geoffrey Whitehead Fisher: David Rose Vaner: Philip Sully Saul: Leslie Heritage Peale: Ian Targett Tom: Jonathan Scott Mrs Whelkes: Ysanne Churchman (of "Archers" fame - q.v.) Palachon: Manning Wilson Barmaid: Susan Sheridan Mrs Erskine: Joan Matheson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-19 15:00 - PM Budget Special from 3.30 Presented by Valerie Singleton with Frank Partridge, Hugh Sykes, Wendy Austin and James Naughtie. The first Budget speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Norman Lamont, MP, live from the House of Commons. With political argument from MPs Sir Norman Fowler, Tony Blair and Charles Kennedy ; instant analysis from Vincent Duggleby ; and what the City and the world of business make of the speech. Including Prime Minister's Questions. Editors: Kevin Marsh and Chris Birkett. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-20 15:00 - Canterbury Tales Chaucer's tales in a four-part series by Colin Haydn Evans. 2 .... The Wife of Bath's Tale The Wife of Bath insists on telling the next, a tale of love and false appearances. Music composed and played by Sue Harris. Director Nigel Bryant. The Wife of Bath .... Rosemary Leach The Miller .... Freddie Jones Chaucer .... Steve Hodson The Pardoner .... Simon Carter The Host .... Roger Hume The Knight .... William Chubb The Queen .... Tina Gray Old woman .... Mary Wimbush Young woman .... Kathryn Hurlbutt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-21 15:00 - Waterslain A romance by Sue Ashby set in the Fens. Jess's emotions seem to be non-existent until he meets Emma. Director Michael Fox Jess: Colin Kerrigan Emma: Kathryn Hunt Jim: David Fleesman Dido: Jane Lancaster Snelly: Christine MacKie Mother: Dinah Handley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-22 15:00 - Classic Serial Fair Stood the Wind for France Part 2. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-25 15:00 - The Smiler with the Knife By Nicholas Blake. A thieving magpie and a rather fussy surveyor of highways cause Nigel Strangeways and his wife to stumble on an organisation which has close links with fascist Germany, and some very odd ideas about the future of this country. With Andrew Branch, John Church, Elaine Claxton, Steven Harrold, Shaun Prendergast, Natasha Pyne, Gordon Reid, Erie Stovell and Jonathan Tafler. Dramatised by Barry Campbell. Director Jane Morgan. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-26 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-27 15:00 - Canterbury Tales 3: The Miller's Tale 'With some regret, it is the Miller's turn for a tale. There is yet a chance I can persuade him otherwise - but in the event that such shall fail, I must offer some apology for what might follow....' Music composed and played by Sue Harris. Director Nigel Bryant. The Miller: Freddie Jones The Wife of Bath: Rosemary Leach Chaucer: Steve Hodson The Pardoner: Simon Carter The Host: Roger Hume Nicholas: Andy Hockley Alison: Denica Fairman Absolom: Daniel Strauss Carpenter: Geoffrey Banks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-28 15:00 - Micky Just Smiles Insurance risk assessment is what Micky does for a living. Taking risks in his own life is what he does for fun. By Mark Power. Director .... Andy Jordan Robbie .... Clive Mantle Micky .... Philip Aldridge Doug .... Russell Boulter Joe .... Norman Eshley Cally .... Andrea Gibb Ruth .... Janet Rawson Lisa .... Alison Sterling Maggie .... Caroline Harrington PC Grimes .... Christopher Ashley Sergeant .... Esmond Rideout PC George .... Ric Jerrom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-29 15:00 - Classic Serial Fair Stood the Wind for France Final Part. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-31 15:00 - April Fools Man-eating goldfish? Bras that ruin a night's TV? Holy Grail found in River Trent? ... Jimmy Mulville recalls these and other events that just happened to occur on 1 April. Readers Jonathan Cecil and Jo Manning-Wilson Producer Carol Smith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-01 15:00 - Rebecca By Daphne du Maurier Arriving at Manderley, the young Mrs de Winter finds the house and its occupants haunted by memories of Rebecca, her new husband's first wife. Dramatised by Brian Miller. Director Cherry Cookson. . Maxim: Christopher Cazenove Mrs de Winter: Janet Maw Mrs Darvers: Rosalie Crutchley Favell: Nickolas Grace Col julyan: Frederick Treves Mrs Van Hopper: Irene Sutcliffe Frith: John Gabriel Beatrice: Margaret Courtenay Ben: Danny Schiller Clarice: Elizabeth Mansfield Horridge: Brian Miller Tabb: John Bull Dr Baker: Geoffrey Whitehead ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-02 15:00 - Thirty. Minute Theatre A Selection of Ordinary Household Sounds A husband and wife discuss sounds recorded to deter burglars. But they are more disturbed by a fox that may or may not be real. By Steve May. Director - Richard Wortley. . Margaret: Amanda Redman Seluyn: Robert Glenister ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-03 15:00 - Canterbury Tales Chaucer's glorious blend of romance, farce and morality tales in the last of a four-part series by Colin Haydn Evans. The Franklin's Tale The pilgrims arrive at Becket's shrine ... and the Franklin tells a tale of magic and forbidden love. Music composed and performed by Sue Harris. Director Nigel Bryant. The Wife of Bath .... Rosemary Leach The Miller .... Freddie Jones Chaucer .... Steve Hodson The Franklin .... Graham Colclough The Pardoner .... Simon Carter The Host .... Roger Hume Arveragus .... Duncan Law Dorigen .... Moir Leslie Aimlius .... Kim Wall The Wizard .... Garard Green ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-04 15:00 - The Last Castrato Premonitory dreams and haunting obsessions ... An ordinary, pen-pushing desk sergeant finds himself drawn into an extraordinary crime in Anthony George 's new thriller. Director Nigel Bryant. Jack: John Duttine Grace: Kathryn Hurlbutt John: Richard Pearce Donald: Andy Hockley Mr Jones: Gerry Hinks 'Mr Mirth: Steve Hodson 'Mr Mirth's brother': Garard Green Richard Dowell: Andrew Curry Newsreader: Brian Conway ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-05 15:00 - Classic Serial The Absentee A two-part adaptation of Maria Edgeworth 's novel. 1: Lady Clonbrony, determined to be accepted by fashionable London society, has sunk her family into debt to a moneylender. She wants her son to make a good marriage, but his affections are not to be bought. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-08 15:00 - An Englishman's Home Ray Ball 's comedy about Colin, king of his caravan club, who finds his supremacy challenged by a stranger who doesn't know his jockey wheel from his awning light. Director Tony Cliff. . A sequel, STILL WATERS, will be broadcast next Saturday. Colin: Christopher Godwin Kath: Brigit Forsyth Angela: Natasha Pyne Brian: Pearce Quigley Steve: John Griffin Harry: Peter Wheeler Roger: Peter Rylands Barnie: Neville Barber Veronica: Meg Johnson Chris: Simon Bleackley Barman: Laurence Kenny ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-09 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Fires Unseen In Michael Axinn 's play, Tristan's world view has been altered drastically by his experiences as a flood-relief worker in Bangladesh. Director Adrian Bean. Tristan: Adam Henderson Webster: Ed Bishop Isobel: Jane Whittenshaw Spencer: David King Mark: Stephen Hoye Taxi driver/Passenger: Vincent Marzello Win /Dinner guest / Passenger: Simon Treves Dinner guest/Passenger: Jenny Howe Oscar/Passenger/Street man: Ben Onwukwe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-10 15:00 - Reading the Spin All's fair in love ... but Colin's plan to scupper a rival is just not cricket. A fast-bowling comedy for times of change by R J Gallagher. Director .... Nigel Bryant. Commentator .... Daniel Strauss Vic Clancey .... Leon Tanner Maurice Tarbuck .... Peter Meakin Colin Huxley .... Andy Hockley Alistair Pitchforth .... Daniel Strauss Kathy .... Moir Leslie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-11 15:00 - After That In Noa Kleinman 's future England, Supermarket is where people trade goods, Bus is the only transport and comes every few weeks, and all travel is dangerous. Especially for a young girl.... Director: Tony Cliff. Rusty: Jane Hazelgrove Marian: Jane Lowe Merit: Malcolm Raeburn Abby: Ann Rye Sam: Robin Polley Stella: Kathryn Hunt Old Jo: Laurence Kenny Jane: Janet James Captin: Christine Cox. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-12 15:00 - Classic Serial The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth. Second half. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-15 15:00 - The Envy of a Stranger 'The media's full of people like you, determined to keep someone like me out. It's a closed circle. A magic ring. I'll be doing the world a favour getting rid of you. Your time's up, bitch.' By Caroline Graham. Director: Matthew Walters Williams James Goode Roz Gilmour: Isla Blair Fenn: Jonathan Tafler Leo Gilmour: Bernard Holley Guy Gilmour: Danny Kodicek Kathy Gilmour: Bernadette Windsor Duffy: Steve Hodson Louise/Mrs Kemp: Avril Clark Mrs Taylor: Sheila Grant Sonia: Sue Broomfield Toby: Edward de Souza Costumier/Sgt Cook: Tim Reynolds Chief Supt Pharoah: Manning Wilson COmpere/Bouncer: Stephen Hattersley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-16 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Sleeper Mrs Cleghorn sells an old painting for a few pounds. Subsequently, it is attributed to Turner. Was the valuer guilty of negligence? By Alec Baron. Director: Alfred Bradley Mrs Cleghorn: Kathleen Helme Miss Quest: Stephanie Turner Leonard: Malcolm Hebden MrBolton: James Tomlinson Mr Prendergast: David Fleeshman Judge: Geoffrey Banks Mr Walker: Peter Wheeler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-17 15:00 - Resting Murder, theft, romance. All in a rest home for elderly actors? In John Graham 's comedy, rest is the last thing on anyone's mind. Director - Glyn Dearman. Edith .... Wendy Hiller Dorothy .... Googie Withers Anthony .... Michael Denison Bernard .... Jimmy Jewel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-18 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-19 15:00 - The Enthronement of the Most Rev and Rt. Hon George Leonard Carey, the 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury, in the Cathedral Church of Christ at Canterbury. Representatives of Church, nation and the worldwide Christian community come together for this historic service of prayer and celebration. Cathedral organist David Flood. Commentary by Michael Wooldridge. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-22 15:00 - The Gabriel Hounds A classic romantic adventure set in the Lebanon. Young Chris Mansell seeks to solve the mystery surrounding her eccentric great aunt and finds herself in unexpected danger. By Mary Stewart. Dramatised by Barry Campbell Director - David Johnston. Mr Lovell: David March Chris Mansell: Emily Richard Charles Mansell: Ian Liston John Lethman: Julian Barnes Hamid: Dino Shafeek Halide: Kate Coleridge Doorkeeper: David Graham Charles Mansell Senior: David Graham Christopher: David Graham Hotel desk clerk: Anthony Smee Frontier officer: Anthony Smee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-23 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-24 15:00 - Arthur Halfshaft - the Man A centennial fictional tribute to the Herefordshire musician and bon viveur, by Sony Comedy Award winner Alick Rowe. Director Shaun MacLoughlin Peregrine Henbane.... Frederick Treves Gloria Munday .... Renee Asherson Dr Gristle .... David March Rev DSE Ray ....David King Agnes Day ....Catherine Furshpan Flos Campi ....June Barrie Nunc Dimtiz ....Bill Wallis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-25 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-26 15:00 - Classic Serial -The Mill on the Floss By George Eliot. 2: Home and School ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-29 15:00 - Death Beach By Michael McStay. Hollywood director Curt Zorack 's filming is interrupted by a murder. Director Jane Morgan Curt Zomck: Peter Vaughan Inspector Coleman: Stephen Thorne Sergeant 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-30 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-01 The Devil and the Situation Comedy Writer By Clive Benson. The Devil offers a hack writer the chance to become as great as Chekhov and brings chaos to his household. Jehovah's Witness - Alan Barker The Writer: Brian Bovell The Devil: Peter Kelly Mrs Franklin: Elizabeth Kelly Mr Franklin: James Greene Steven: David Bannerman Suzanne: Petra Markham Derek: Norman Jones Postman: Mark Straker Milkman: Fraser Kerr Director: Ned Chaillet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-02 15:00 - Cartwright's Pictures By John Mash. Jessie and Zoe discover a 200-year-old painting depicting what they believe to be a murder. They take the picture to Rick, who is making a film about the artist. He refuses to film it. Director: Andy Jordan. Rick: Mark Lambert Jenny: Joanna Myers Jessie: Robin Weaver Alfred Cartwright: Christian Rodska Sir Chris Sayer: Timothy Carlton Sir Ernest Sayer: John White Zoe Sayer: Nicola Beer Jack Cartwright: Mark Sefton Vicar/Villager: Ric Jerrom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-03 15:00 - Classic Serial: The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. 3: Home and Work. Mr Tulliver has lost a law suit over the irrigation rights to his mill. With the bailiffs about to call, Tom decides it is time to leave school and find a situation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-06 15:00 - The Norman Conquests The last of three plays by Alan Ayckbourn. Round and Round the Garden. The final play takes place in the garden. Norman, heavily under the influence of dandelion wine, now professes love and affection for his brother-in-law. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-07 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre: Running Dogs Russia is where it's at. There's a McDonald's in Moscow. They're hungry for everything the West has to offer. A satire by Donald Jonson. Director: Matthew Walters Adrian: Alan Barker Liz: Petra Markham Dave: Andrew Wincott Alison: Naomi Wirthner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-08 15:00 - Gordon Bennett! Bennett and Lincoln The first of two programmes in which Sam Cassimally portrays he life of the legendary Gordon Bennett who founded the New York Herald in 1835 and boosted circulation with scandalous reports and notorious japes. Bennett became so influential that even Abraham Lincoln found himself beating a path to his door. Director .... Peter Kavanagh Abraham Lincoln .... William Roberts Mary Lincoln .... Gayle Hunnicut Chevalier Wikoff .... Hugh Dixon Dan Sickles .... Nigel Carrington Governor Seward .... Ronald Herdman MrHickman .... Terence Edmond John Hay .... Kerry Shale John Watt .... James Greene Magnus Magnusson .... Himself Elizabeth Kelly .... Herself ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-09 15:00 - The Last of the Whole Earth Policemen Dave is one of the flower children who never grew up. But at a rock festival in the 1990s he has trouble 'keeping his head together'. By Sian Williams. Director: Jane Dauncey Dave: David Schofield Rose: Katherine Kinsey Magenta: Christine Pritchard Steve: David Neilson Celia: Anwen Williams Joanna,: Elizabeth Pearce Dealer: Chris Durnall Mickey: Terry Victor Gatestaff: Nicholas McGaughey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-10 15:00 - Classic Serial: The Mill on the Floss By George Eliot. 4: Loss and Love. A long-standing feud between their families has forced Maggie and Philip Wakem to meet in secret. When Tom discovers this he feels angry and betrayed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-13 15:00 - The Little Father By Royce Ryton. By 1872, the 'Little Father' of the Russian people finds himself as hated by his own family as he is by his subjects. Director: Matthew Walters Tsar Alexander II: Paul Daneman The Empress: Dorothy Tutin Marie: Tara Dominick Sergey: Simon Treves Alexey: Stephen Garlick Col Ryleev: Michael Kilgarriff Affie: Vincent Brimble Countess Tolstoy: Jo Kendall Ella: Oona Beeson Catherine: Marcia King ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-14 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre: Smart Alec By Scott Cherry. A look at the life and times of Alec Hopple, council house toff. Gourmet and opera-lover at the age of 8, and city broker at 12, he represents a whole generation of barrow-boy class-hoppers. But someone is still really smarting - his poor old dad. Narrator - Nigel Carrington. Director Peter Kavanagh Young Alec: Susan Sheridan Older Alec: Simon Russell Beale Tom: John Hollis Pat: Rosemary Leach Kline: Timothy Bateson Teacher: Jane Whittenshaw Newsreader: Steve Schill DJ: Andrew Wincott Chairman: Norman Jones Paul: Terence Edmond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-15 15:00 - Gordon Bennett! Bennett and Stanley Gordon Bennett Junior was every bit as outrageous as his press magnate father. Displeased with the service, he once bought an hotel and made a gift of it to a waiter. It was he who commissioned Stanley to go in search of Livingstone. But as San Cassimally shows in the second of two programmes, the story did not end there ... Director: Peter Kavanagh. Gordon Bennett: Ed Bishop JC Clarke: Frank Grimes Seilhamer: Ronald Herdman Mr Stanley: Colin Stinton Mr Stanhope: Nigel Carrington Alice: Emma Gregory Agnes: Candida Beveridge Dorothy: Auriol Smith Mr McGahan: David Bannerman Queen Victoria: Maxine Audley Albert: Brett Usher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-16 15:00 - Relative Strangers All her life Anna has been suspicious of her father's past. She knows he fled Poland after the Second World War but he refuses to speak about it. Director: Kay Patrick Gregor: Peter Copley Anna: Anna Jaskolka Peter: Ken Drury Conran: Malcolm Hebden Mariska: Ruth Posner Young Anna: Gemma Wardle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-17 15:00 - Classic Serial - The Mill on the Floss The final part of George Eliot 's novel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-20 15:00 - Excuse Fingers Poisoning by arsenic was the method used by Herbert Armstrong to rid himself of a troublesome wife. By John Peacock. Pianist: Mary Nash. Director: Jane Morgan. Herbert Rowse Armstrong: Michael Kitchen Katherine Armstrong: Glwan Barge Constance Davies: Emma Gregory Emily Pearce: Pauline Letts Edmund Cheese: Michael Turner Mary Cheese: Auriol Smith Pearson: David Burkin Margaret: Eleanor Hodson Marion Glasford-Gale: Jenny Howe Winifred Glasford-Gale: Maxine Audley Arthur Chevalier: Richard Tate Inez Rosser: Jane Whittenshaw MrDavies: Ioan Meredith DrHincks: David Sinclair Una: Tara Dominick Oswald Martin: Mark Straker Alan Preen: Andrew Wincott Clerk to Court: Paul Downing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-21 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre - Dawn Horse A love story by Frances Gray, about a woodcarver, his wife, a wooden fairground horse and the dream they shared. Director: Marilyn Imrie Vesta: Carole Boyd Old Rose: Pauline Letts Young Rose: Tara Dominick Johnnie: Terence Edmond Lecturer: Stuart Milligan Teacher/Neighbour: Minoi Smith Barker: Ronald Herdman Nurse: Emma Gregory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-22 15:00 - Strangers in Paradise A four-part drama set in the sweatshops, factories and immigration offices of Manchester and Dacca between 1917 and 1981. By Mike Harris. 1: God Loves You, Mr Goldberg. Jack Goldberg is in hospital. His oldest relatives keep popping in for a visit. This is worrying because they all died years ago ... Director: Clive Brill Cathleen Goldberg: Susan Brown Radio reporter/Local pj: Nigel Carrington Mama: Maria Charles Papa: Alfred Hoffman Rebecca: Jenny Howe Moishe: Harold Kasket Jack Goldberg: Alfred Marks Vijay Patel: Zia Mohyeddin Milly: Carmen Munroe David Goldberg: Bob Peck ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-23 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-24 15:00 - Classic Serial - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo 's tale of doomed love and the fear of sorcery, in five parts. 1 .... The Feast of Fools Paris, 4 January 1482. Music by Philip Pickett, Tom Finucane and Stephen Henderson. Translated by John Sturrock. Dramatised by Catherine L Czerkawska Director .... Marilyn Imrie. Phoebus .... Christopher Bowen Quasimodo .... Jack Klaff Esmeralda .... Emily Morgan Dom Claude Frollo .... Nigel Terry Jehan Frollo .... Ian Michie Robin Poussepain .... Dominic Rickhards Michel Giborne .... John Bull Mahiette .... Joanna MacKie Oudarde .... Jo Kendall ThÃƒÂ©rÃƒÂ¨se .... Elaine Caxton Clopin .... Joe Dunlop The Recluse .... Joan Matheson Coppenole .... Richard Tate Usher .... Ken Cumberlidge Bailiff .... David Goudge Old woman .... Eva Stuart Girl .... Alice Arnold Woman .... Marcia King ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-27 15:00 - The Night of the Wolf By Victor Pemberton. 'It came at me from nowhere ... eyes glarin' out of the dark like emeralds ... This isn't one of God's creatures, sir. It's the work of the devil himself!' Director John Tydeman. Judge Mathew Deacon: Vincent Price Robert Deacon, his son: Peter Whitman Mrs Northcott: Coral Browne Sybil, her daughter: Sheila Grant Dorothy, Sybil's granddaughter: Elizabeth Proud Nicholas, Sybil's son: John Wyke Griffin, an undergrad: Michael Cochrane Prof Forrester: Hugh Manning Sir Richard Burnett: Haydn Jones Morris: Paul Gaymon Jessie: Norma Ronald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-28 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre - Only a Heartbeat Away By Shaun Prendergast. A boxful of sheet music and some 45s are all that Cathy has to tell her about the father she never knew. Uncle Peter helps to 'join the dots'. (Sounds interesting - unfortunately no recording has turned up, yet...) Director: Adrian Bean. Pete: Ian Holm Cathy: Sarah-Jane Holm Janice: Danielle Allan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-29 15:00 - Strangers In Paradise By Mike Harris, set in the sweatshops, factories and immigration offices of Manchester and Dacca between 1917 and 1981. 2: Swansong . David Goldberg, Jack's brother, is close to retirement. He's spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of Asian workers. Now an all-out final strike looms ... Director Clive Brill. June: Sue Broomfield Cathleen Goldberg: Susm Brown Newsreader/Radio DJ/Announcer: Nigel Carrington Harry: Anthony Jackson Thompson: Lloyd Johnston Abdul AH: Rashid Karapiet Jack Goldberg: Alfred Marks Vijay Patel: Zia Mohyeddin Geoff Bradshaw: Graham Padden Nazir Bibi: Shahnaz Parkravan David Goldberg: Bob Peck ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-30 Madame By Elizabeth Wainwright, set in a Paris apartment building - a tale of two embittered women and a black widow spider. Director: Marilyn Imrie Mlle Rozier: Carole Boyd Mme Bernay: Mary Wimbush Chantal: Elaine Claxton Marie-Louise: Elizabeth Kelly M Marguier: David King M Varescon: Danny Schiller MDurand: Christopher Good Italian delivery boy: Ben Onwukwe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-31 15:00 - Classic Serial - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo 's tale of doomed love and the fear of sorcery, in five parts. 2 .... Monster and Maiden Music by Philip Pickett, Tom Finucane and Stephen Henderson. Dramatised by Catherine L Czerkawska. Director .... Marilyn Imrie. Phoebus .... Christopher Bowen Pierre Gringoire .... . Dermot Crowley Quasimodo .... Jack Klaff Esmeraida .... Emily Morgan Dom Claude Frollo .... Nigel Terry Robert D'Estouteville .... Richard Tate Clopin .... Joe Dunlop Dame de Gondelaurier .... Eva Stuart Jehan Frollo .... Ian Michie Robin Poussepain .... Dominic Rickhards Florian Barbedienne .... Norman Bird Clerk, .... Ian Targett Mahiette .... Joanna MacKie Oudarde .... Jo Kendall ThÃƒÂ©rÃƒÂ¨se .... Elaine Caxton Recluse .... Joan Matheson Fleur de Lys .... Zelah Clarke BerangÃƒÂ¨re .... Allce Arnold Amelotte .... Melinda Walker Diane .... Marcia King Beggar .... David Goudge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-03 15:00 - The Barretts of Wimpole Street One of the most famous true-life romances is portrayed in Rudolf Besier 's celebrated stage play. The secret courtship of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning took place at No 50 Wimpole Street, her father's forbidding household. Director .... Archie Campbell Elizabeth Barrett .... Dorothy Tutin Robert Browning .... Jeremy Brett Edward Moulton Barrett .... Paul Rogers His other daughters .... Arabel .... Kate Binchy Henrietta .... Jane Knowles Octavius, his son .... Christopher Good Henry Bevan .... Kenneth Fortescue Bella Hedley .... Helen Worth Capt Surtees Cook .... Michael Kilgarriff Dr Chambers .... Rolf Lefebvre Dr Ford-Waterlow .... John Ruddock Wilson .... Sheila Grant Mr Barrett's other sons: .... John Rowe, William Eedle, John Samson, Robin Browne, David Valla. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-04 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre - The Confidence Maureen is up to something in the evenings - and her husband is pretty sure it's not car maintenance classes. By Michael Duke. Director: Patrick Rayner Gerry: Andrew Barr Maureen: Barbara Rafferty Neil: Simon Donald Trish: Cara Kelly Barbara: Mabel Aitken Interviewer/Iain: Lawrence Douglas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-05 Strangers in Paradise By Mike Harris, part 3: Stitched Up From humble beginnings, Vijay Patel has become prosperous and influential in his community. Now he is standing as a Tory in the local by-election. What price victory? Director: Clive Brill. Vijay Patel: Zia Mohyeddin Jack Goldberg: Alfred Marks Abdul AH: Rashid Karapiet Nazir Bibi: Shahnaz Parkravan Geeta Patel: Mamta Kaash Ramesh Patel: Ayub Khan Din Mother: Jamila Massey Terry Carver: Russell Floyd May: Maureen Beattie Carol: Julie Clays Grandmother: Usha Patel Collins/Returning Officer: David King Ted/Immigration Officer: Danny Schiller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-06 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-07 15:00 - Classic Serial - The Hunchback of Notre Dame By Victor Hugo, continued. Director: Marilyn Imrie 3: The Phantom Priest Phoebus: Christopher Bowen Pierre Gringoire: Dermot Crowley Quasimodo: Jack Klaff Esmeralda: Emily Morgan Dom Claude Frollo: Nigel Terry Fleur deys: Zelah Clarke Dame de Gondelaurier: Eva Stuart Berangre: Alice Arnold Diane: Marcia King Jehan Frollo: Ian Michie Verger: Christopher Scott Charmolue: Philip Sully ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-10 The Mansell Conspiracy An unemployed car salesman suddenly finds himself the owner of a luxury flat and a large bank account. What's it all about? A comedy thriller By Jack Gerson. Director: Matthew Walters Leonard: John Baddeley Carteret: Timothy Carlton Cutty: Ian Lindsay Sally: Tara Dominick Maddingley: William Hope Simone: Oona Beeson Cross: James Greene Berman: Timothy Bateson Watkins: Ronald Herdman Paul: David Bannerman Mrs Brogan/Mrs Mansell: Elizabeth Kelly Arnott: Mark Straker French woman: Danielle Allan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-11 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-12 15:00 - Strangers in Paradise The final episode (part 4) of Mike Harris 's serial. Somewhere in Bangladesh a British outpost sifts and rejects applications to come to England. One family waits anxiously for the final decision on the fate of their children ... Director: Clive Brill. Piers: Christopher Godwin SueDavies: Joan Walker Godavari/Asad Ali: Nizwar Karanj Abdul All: Rashid Karapiet Ralph: David Hill James: Nigel Carrington Nurful Bibi: Lolita Chakrabati ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-13 15:00 - Morning Darkness By Bruce Stewart, based on a true story. In 1982 in Guatemala, the army told the Indians of a small market town that unless 'subversive' teachers and nurses were killed within 24 hours, the town and surrounding villages would be razed to the ground. Singer and composer - Richard Connolly Flautist Melanie Smith Director: Shaun MacLoughlin Captain Diaz: Timothy West Mercedes: Maxine Audley Inigo: Christian Rodska Abigail: Shelley Thompson Quad: William Eedle Lazaro: Bill Wallis Carmalita,: Elizabeth Mansfield Porfirio: Mark Straker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-14 15:00 - Classic Serial - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo 's tale in five parts. 4: Sanctuary! Music By: Philip Pickett Music By: Tom Finucane Music By: Stephen Henderson. Director: Marilyn Imrie. Phoebus: Christopher Bowen Pierre Gringoire: Oermot Crowley Quasimodo: Jack Klaff Esmeralda: Emily Morgan Dom Claude Fro/to: Nigel Terry Jehan Frollo: Ian Michie President of Court: Geoffrey Whitehead Charmolue: Philip Sully Torturer: Simon Cuff The recluse: Joan Matheson Fleur de Lys: Zelah Clarke Old woman: Eva Stuart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-17 15:00 - Beyond Evil A young journalist is on the trail of an Irish supergrass. Thriller by Peter McKelvey Director: Michael Fox. Yvonne: Kelly Hunter Tim: Colum Convey Ginette: Danielle Allan Baxter: Malcolm Raeburn Dorothy: Daphne Oxenford InspAzak: Garard Green Frank: Robert Whelan Mahmoud: Yusuf Sultan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-18 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre - Just a Small Secret By Sue Rodwell's. Sam is hired to find a client's mother but finds it hard to remain detached. Director: Sue Wilson Sam Turner: Peter Woodward Harriet Turner: Jilly Bond Henry Wyard: Ian Lindsay Ellen: Elizabeth Kelly Tom: Tom Wright ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-19 House of Dreams Damp, crumbling plaster, rotten wood and an invasion of ants - none of these can destroy Kate's love of her house, but it's an enthusiasm which her husband doesn't share. By Henrietta March Phillipps. Director: Jane Morgan. Kate: Amanda Redman Bruno: Gianpiero Porcaro Joseph: Struan Rodger Simon: James Simmons Danny: Petra Markham Mrs 'Ant': Maxine Audley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-20 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-21 15:00 - Classic Serial - The Hunchback of Notre Dame The last part of Victor Hugo 's tale. The Little Shoe Music by Philip Pickett, Tom Finucane and Stephen Henderson. Dramatised by Catherine L Czerkawska Director: Marilyn Imrie Phoebus: Christopher Bowen Pierre Gringoire: Dermot Crowley Quasimodo: Jack Klaff Esmeralda: Emily Morgan Dom Claude Frollo: Nigel Terry Jehan Frollo: Ian Michie Clopin: Joe Dunlop Recluse: Joan Matheson Hangman: Simon Cuff Serjeant: Peter Craze Soldier: Ian Targett Commander: Ken Cumberlidge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-24 15:00 - Handwoven Underwater Roger Davenport 's down-at-heel detective Eddie Hamilton is in action again, hired to protect a Scottish landowner from a series of death threats. Director: Matthew Walters Eddie Hamilton: Gary Waldhorn Frank: John Hollis Maggie: Margaret Courtenay Sir James: James Greene Nicholas: Stephen Garuck Julia: Joanna Myers Johnston: Fraser Kerr Inspector Patterson: Crawford Logan Mary: Isobil Nisbet Freddie: David King Van Kloos: Timothy Carlton Lynn: Elizabeth Mansfield Rory: David Bannerman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-25 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-26 15:00 - Ilona and Emil Bulgaria, 1936: Ilona is following Emil. He is following his sister and her lover, or so he says. But Ilona wants to know more - and what she cannot discover, she makes up . By Frederick Bradnum. Comedy. Director: Tessa Kendall Hona: Charlotte Coleman Emil: Jonathan Moore Narrator: Terence Edmond Olanova: Joanna Myers Olanov: Brett Usher Pernikian waiter: Mark Straker Mr Aramov: Timothy Bateson Mrs Aramov: Elizabeth Kelly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-27 15:00 - The Old Man Sleeps Alone A legend of the building of Durham Cathedral. By John Arden. Director: Alfred Bradley Saint Cuthbert: Ronald Baddiley Bishop's clerk: Ronald Baddiley Nick Squinck: Nigel Anthony Charlie Bones: Christlan Rodska Frenchman: Geoffrey Banks Frenchman Daughter: Linda Gardner Curate: Russell Dixon Jack: Russell Dixon Alice: Lesley Nicol Prior's clerk: Malcolm Hebden Bishop: Frank Middlemas Prior: David Calder Young prentice: Kevin Kennedy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-28 15:00 - Classic Serial - Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen. 1: Barton Cottage It is 1810 and the recently widowed Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters have been forced out of their family home. Suddenly thrust upon the world without security, they move to a cottage in Devon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-01 15:00 - Miss Peabody's Inheritance An adaptation of Elizabeth Jolley 's comic novel. In Diana Hopewell's latest book, an Australian headmistress sets out on a 'grand tour' of Europe with a pupil and two female lovers. But events change the life of the avid reader, Miss Peabody, for ever. Adapted by Elizabeth Proud Director: Sue Wilson. Miss Peabody: Auriol Smith Miss Peabody's mother: Maxine Audley Diana Hopewell: Madi Hedd Miss 'Prickles' Thorne: Madge Ryan MrFrome: Ronald Herdman Gwenda: Sue Broomfield Miss Snowdon: Carole Boyd Miss Edge/y: Nicolette McKenzie Debbie: Emma Gregory Mrs Brewer: Tina Gray Mr Bains: Brian Miller Miss Truscott: Frances Jeater Frau Eppelseimer: Jenny Howe Mr Manners: Ian Lindsay Passenger: Malcolm McKee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-02 Thirty-Minute Theatre Sauce Hors d'oeuvre: nearly-famous restaurant critic tries it on with temp secretary while reviewing La Rive restaurant in Shepherd's Bush. Entree: chaos in the kitchen; chef's off sick. Food being prepared by man-eating manageress. And to follow .. ? By Sue Teddern Director: Clive Brill Jonathan Fulton: Jack May Kathy: Avril Clark Anita: Sue Broomfield Lucien: Robin Brooks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-03 15:00 - A Confidential Agent Another four cases for Liz Parker, private detective in a low-grade Birmingham agency. 1: Poison in the Air What was a happy residential home is being destroyed by a series of poison pen letters. By Nick McCarty. Pianist Harold Rich. Liz Parker: Rosemary Martin Antrobus: Terry Molloy Gloria: Claire Faulconbridge Marjorie: Barbara Atkinson MsBrice: Joyce Gibbs Vicar: Simon Carter Supervisor: Alton Douglas Billy: Ralph Lawton Alice: Veda Warwick Mai): Judy Bennett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-04 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-05 15:00 - Classic Serial Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 's comedy of love and manners adapted in four parts. 2: Lucy Steele Willoughby has left suddenly for London giving no reason for his departure. Marianne is distraught. Elinor is still waiting for the promised visit from Edward Ferrars when a new acquaintance brings disturbing news. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-08 15:00 - Murder on the Links Agatha Christie 's famous detective Hercule Poirot is summoned to France on an urgent matter, but on arrival he discovers his client is dead. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Director: Enyd Williams Hercule Poirot: John Moffatt Capt Hastings: Jeremy Clyde Dulcie Duveen: Madeline Smith Sgt of Police: Ken Cumberlidge Insp Bex: Geoffrey Whitehead Judge Hautet: David King Francoise: Barbara Atkinson Leonie: Joanna MacKie Mme Renauld: Joan Matheson Giraud: Vincent Brimble Marthe Daubreuil: Francesca Buller Mme Daubreuil: Petra Davies Jack Renauld: Stephen Tompkinson Hotel receptionist: Danny Schiller Doctor: Brian Miller Usher: Brian Miller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-09 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-10 15:00 - A Confidential Agent The second of four cases for private detective Liz Parker. A Husband Scorned Liz finds herself attracted to a man whose wife has disappeared. By Nick McCarty. Director: Philip Martin. Liz Parker: Rosemary Martin Antrobus: Terry Molloy Gloria: Claire Faulconbridge Dad: Roger Hume Marjorie: Barbara Atkinson Anne: Joyce Gibbs Charles: Simon Carter Jenkins: Leon Tanner Mr Pearson: Martin Matthews Mary: Janet Whiteside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-11 15:00 - Cheatin' Heart Maggie Shevlin 's play takes a humorous look at the eternal triangle. In present-day Belfast, fat Geraldine discovers her husband is having an affair with her old school friend, the insufferably slim and confident Maura. Director: Cherry Cookson Dan: Stephen Rea Geraldine: Maggie Shevlin Maura: Fiona Victory Waitress: Jane Whittenshaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-12 15:00 - Classic Serial Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 's novel adapted in four parts, 3. Willoughby Colonel Brandon continues his quiet pursuit of Marianne, but it is rumoured that she is engaged to Willoughby. Willoughby, however, has snubbed her at a society ball in London. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-15 15:00 - Different States A 1990 Sony Award-winning political thriller by Mike Walker. Peter Hemming was in Indonesia on an aid programme. Or so his father thought. But why was his body found on East Timor? And why won't the authorities fly him home? With Paul Downing, Nigel Carrington, Stephen Garlick, Fraser Kerr, Ian Lindsay, John Moffatt and Kim Teoh. Music Mia Soteriou. Director: Jeremy Mortimer Graham Hemming: Norman Jones Pat Hemming: Auriol Smith Peter Hemming: David Bannerman Jost Van Rijn: Michael Kilgarriff Nalla: Mia Soteriou Ue: Kerry Shale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-16 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Making the Grade 'I used to do my practice. In the parlour in Wales. A million years ago.' A Welsh doctor, isolated in England, compares childhood dreams with adult realities. By Arnold Evans. Piano Tim Riley. Director Alison Hindell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-17 15:00 - A Confidential Agent The third of four cases for private detective Liz Parker. By Nick McCarty. Fire A small clothing firm burns down. Liz has to decide if sabotage or fraud is involved. Director: Philip Martin Liz Parker: Rosemary Martin Antrobus: Terry Molloy Gloria: Claire Faulconbridge Dad: Roger Hume Andreas: Ian Lindsay Takis: Kim Durham Elli: Patricia Gallimore Mr Khan: Renu Setna Kevin: Philip Molloy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-18 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-19 15:00 - Classic Serial Sense and Sensibility The final episode: Delaford, House and Parsonage . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-22 The Pope's Brother A 1990 Giles Cooper Award Winner. Steve Walker 's metaphysical comedy about a low-life denizen of betting shops who discovers that his brother has been made Pope. Director: Peter Kavanagh Sidney: Dinsdale Landen Gregory: Denys Hawthorne Tartufari: Henry Goodman Ngoupande: Ben Onwukwe Claudia: Jenny Howe Sister Bridget: Jenny Howe Pyjamas: John Bull Junta general: John Bull God: David Bannerman Swiss guard: Vincent Brimble ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-23 15:00 - Prime Minister's Questions and other business from Parliament. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-24 15:00 - A Confidential Agent The last of four cases for private detective Liz Parker. Sharks Have Pearly Teeth A loan that can solve all financial worries.... Liz finds the bitter truth behind one such offer. By Nick McCarty. Director: Philip Martin. Liz Parker: Rosemary Martin Antrobus: Terry Molloy Gloria: Claire Faulconbridge Dad: Roger Hume Christine: Kimberley Hope Tadman: Kimdurham Percy: Dave Mitty Peter: Alan Devereux Neighbour: Joyce Gibbs Sister: Marian Kemmer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-25 15:00 - Ouzo in Ag Nik A comedy of shattered expectations by Jayne Hollinson. Three friends fly out to Crete for their annual holiday of sun, romance and ouzo. Director: Kay Patrick Tracey: Diane Whitley Ange: Janette Beverley Shar: Amelia Bullmore Niko: Anthony Psaila Craig: Graeme Kirk Albert: Chris Wright ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-26 15:00 - Classic Serial The first of four tales of love and death by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Beach of Falesa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-29 15:00 - Marie Lloyd, Queen of the Halls Steve Trafford's play won a 1990 Sony Award nomination for Elizabeth Mansfield's performance as Marie Lloyd. When Marie Lloyd died in 1922, aged 52, it was estimated 100,000 people watched the funeral procession. Raunchy to the end, she knew how to give an audience a good time. Director .... Janet Whitaker Alec Hurley .... Robert Lister Ben Dillon .... Killian McKenna Percy Courtenay .... Christopher Good Mrs Ormiston Chant .... Jo Kendall Bella .... Jenny Howe Alice .... Susan Sheridan Grace .... Sarah Mansfield Doctor .... James Greene Manager .... Danny Schiller Blythe Pratt .... Timothy Bateson Marconi .... Ben Onwukwe Agent .... Andrew Wincott With Mary Allen, Nigel Carrington, Brian Miller, and Michael Kilgarriff. Musicians .... Maurice Cambridge, Noel Langley, Steve Wilks, Roy Babington and Stephen Rose. Director of Music - Jack Glover. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-30 Thirty-Minute Theatre Memory Is a Chameleon Neil Tidmarsh 's play is an intimate and intense dialogue between a married couple living a fantasy that might sustain a lifetime relationship. Director: Glyn Dearman. Leon: Anton Lesser Maria: Julia Swift ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-31 Better Not Singing A man reflects bitterly on his being sent away to boarding school, and his first experiences of having to conform and betray. By Patrick Costeloe. Director: Andy Jordan. Mr Latter: Peter Copley Mrs Latter: Wendy Brierley Latter (adult): Mgel Carrington Latter (child): Tom Lawrence Collins: Robert Gill Jenkins: Lolo Evans Purdey: Elizabeth Lindsay Mr Berry: Michael Kilgarriff Mr Armstrong: David Bannerman Mr Collins: Vincent Brimble ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-01 15:00 - Evasion Tango The tango, danced in the Bal Musettes of wartime Paris, echoes sadness and betrayals, in Patricia Cleveland-Peck 's play. Piano: Mary Nash Director: Janet Whitaker. Edith Martin: Cheryl Campbell Robert Martin: Dews Hawthorne Mercedes Vaz Dias: Elizabeth Mansfield Raoul: John Bennett Marthe: Irene Sutcliffe Adele: Susan Sheridan James: Andrew Wincott Carlos: Mark Straker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-02 15:00 - Classic Serial The second of four tales of love and death by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Misadventures of John Nicholson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-05 15:00 - Bertie and the Tinman Timothy West is Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, in this dramatisation of Peter Lovesey 's novel. When Bertie turns detective, let the criminal classes beware ... Adapted by Geoffrey M Matthews. Director: Matthew Walters Buckfast: Colin Starkey Knollys: John Moffatt Alex: Marcia King Carrie Montrose: Margaret Courtenay Baird: Simon Treves Sykes: Geoffrey Whitehead Myrtle: Jane Slavin Sir Charles: David King Fred Archer/Doctor: Vincent Brimble Cormer/MC: Michael Kil Garriff Woodbum/Cocky: Danny Schiller Somerset: Stephen Garlick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-06 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Clean Slate In Tracy Aston 's comic monologue, Elizabeth Spriggs plays Patricia - a woman who's got cleaning down to a fine art. But you never know when a speck of dust might fall, so neither she nor her husband ever leave the house. Director: Clive Brill. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-07 15:00 - Boris Gives a Party On a Greek island, the multinational colony of artists and 'ex-pats' are surprised to learn that Boris, a famous Russian ballet star, is about to give a party for an unpleasant Englishman. By Peter Tegel. Director: Richard Wortley. Marianne: Marion Diamond John: David Bannerman Jill: Siriol Jenkins Helmut: Wolf Kahler Bobkin: Peter Whitman Mandy: Joanna Myers Boris: Boris Isarov Maggie: Pauline Letts Ronald: Eric Allan Kylie and Tom: Susan Sheridan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-08 15:00 - Beyond the Rainbow Fascinated by Judy Garland and her legend, Charlie learns that his waiter father met the star on her visit to Glasgow in 1951.. John Binnie 's play conjures up a touching and humorous dream world. Director: Stewart Conn. Mother: Aileen Ritchie Charlie: Stephen Docherty Judy: Mari Binnie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-09 15:00 - Classic Serial The third of four tales of love and death by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Ebb-Tide ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-12 15:00 - The Amazing Test Match Crime A dastardly plot to destroy the British by striking at the game of cricket is investigated by Brian Johnston. By Adrian Alington. Dramatised by Peter Thomson Director: Jane Morgan. Monica: Madeleine Smith Norman Blood: Trevor Nichols JoePrestwkk: Tom Wilkinson Ralph the Disappointment: Nicholas Le Prevost The Professor: Bill Paterson Sir Timothy: Garard Green Sawn-off Carlo: Danny Schiller Alice: Alice Arnold Beltravers: James Faulkner Alf Blowman: Brian Miller Lethbridge: Peter Dahlsen The Vicar: Alan Thompson Willis: Michael Kilgarriff Posse: Joe Dunlop. With Vincent Brimble, John Bull, David Goudge and David King. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-13 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre The Morning of the Wedding By Perry Pontac. You are trying to sleep in your own little bed for the last time. Tomorrow you will be the blushing bride. But then a mysterious stranger enters your room. Director: Richard Wortley. Phyllida: Brenda Blethyn Visitor: Trevor Peacock ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-14 15:00 - Viva Cwmcanna Old Tommy rarely leaves the pub, let alone his village - until he wins a trip to Spain in a raffle. A Welsh farce by William Ingram. Director: Jane Dauncey. Gerald: Sion Probert Owen: Ioan Meredith Brenda: Myfanwy Talog Old Tommy: Jack Walters Mervyn: William Ingram ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-15 15:00 - Dancing in the Dark In all major disasters, it is the after-effects on those who were involved which linger. However, when a policeman, Benfield, calls on Katrina to probe into the cause of the disaster, it almost seems as though, through him, she will find a way to come to terms with it. By Elizabeth Mickery. Guitar Les Beavers. Director: Kay Patrick. Katrina: Joanna MacKie Benfield: Russell Dixon Sister Lamb: Fenella Norman Mrs Benfield: Anna Welsh Reilly: Malcolm Hebden ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-16 15:00 - Classic Serial The last of four tales of love and death by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Pavilion on the Links. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-19 15:00 - Thin Boy 'Who is the sane one,' asked the philosopher Bertrand Russell, 'the man who cracks up because of Hiroshima or the rest of us who remain unaffected by it?' On 10 December 1957 Claude 'Buck' Eatherly, ex-509th Squadron USAF, stood trial for robbing post offices. He pleaded not guilty by virtue of insanity. By Colin Davis. Director .... Andy Jordan. Claude Eatherly .... Peter Whitman The Writer .... Peter Marinker Colonel Tibbeits .... Bob Sherman Woman .... Serretta Wilson Thornhill .... David Crean Dr Ross .... Mark Caven Dr McElroy .... Bill Wallis Dr Constantine .... Nigel Anthony Mantooth .... John Cassady Henry Floore .... Tony Sibbald Gowan .... Garrick Hagon Mrs Eatherly .... Catherine Nix Scarborough .... William Dufris Mike Bartlett .... Tom Hunsinger Editor .... Cliff Lee Taylor Vachule .... Stephen Graf Kenny Wey .... Nigel Carrington Baldasaro .... David Bannerman Deac Parsons .... Mac McDonald Grennan .... Anthony Donovan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-20 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre The Loss of the Albion One cold January in 1810, Captain Kirby set sail from Newfoundland, Liverpool, overloaded with cargo and in the teeth of bad weather. Before long the ship foundered and hopes of rescue faded rapidly as one by one the crew fell ill. The loss of the Albion provided a court of inquiry with a controversial verdict. Carolyn James 's play is based on real events. Director: Alec Reid. Kirby: Clive Arrindell Mr Lyons: Fraser Kerr Mr Anderson: Brett Usher James Spears: Duncan Reid Osterman: Timothy Carlton Seaman: Timothy Carlton Black ship's captain: Timothy Carlton Captain Jackson: Danny Schiller Judge: Danny Schiller Mrs Jackson: Vanessa William Dodd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-21 15:00 - The Garden Affair In Robert Lord 's comedy, three sober bridge-playing Edinburgh ladies have their noses fairly put out of joint by the arrival of the spirited - and unmarried - Iris. Director: Stewart Conn. Iris: Anne Downie Lilian: Edith MacArthur Cyrene: Diana Olsson Agnes: Sheila Latimer Tony: Crawford Logan Mr Moncrieff: Crawford Logan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-22 15:00 - The Third Mask Rachel's holiday alone in Venice, away from the tedium of domestic life, proves to be a liberating experience. By Jenny Sinclair. Director: Cherry Cookson Rachel: Maureen O'Brien Tony: John Rowe Helen: Sally Kinghorn Mr Burgoyne: Ronald Herdman Mrs Burgoyne: Ann Windsor Jim Jenkins: Eric Allan Gino: Andrew Wincott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-23 15:00 - Classic Serial The Sea Wolf Jack London's tale of heroism, survival and love on the high seas, dramatised in four parts. 1: Shipwrecked literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued by Wolf Larsen, demonic skipper of the seal-hunting schooner Ghost. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-26 15:00 - Accomplices A mysterious drowning and a curious local detective are at the heart of John Harvey 's sinister drama. Director .... Dave Sheasby. Harriet .... Ann Rye Gemma .... Lucia Laratonda Insp Wardle .... John Graham Davies Edward .... Neville Barber Sgt Gent .... Gerry Kersey James .... Ian Mercer Jane .... Brenda Elder Dennis .... Peter Bell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-27 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre The Nimbus of a New Perm In Nick Pullin 's comedy, ex-adman Brian falls apart when his wife leaves him for another man. The only way he can cope is by writing poetry and escaping into his own increasingly hilarious version of events. Director: Elizabeth Taylor. Brian: Christian Rodska Emma: Deborah Cranston ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-28 15:00 - The Shape of Things to Come Continuing a season of plays looking into the future. Kaleidoscope As the space ship Venturer lifts off from Cape Canaveral, few members of the crew can contemplate the perils of deep space as they will experience them. Ray Bradbury has adapted his own short story from The Illustrated Man. Director: Hamish Wilson. Hollis: Tom Watson Applegate: Finlay Welsh Stone: Rebecca Hawking Stimson: John Yule Lespere: Stuart McQuarrie Barkley: Neil Shackleton Woode: John Adam Baker Houston Control: Lynn Bains ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-29 15:00 - If Wishes Were Changes How does it feel to be in her husband's shoes, wonders Maureen, and suddenly - she is! A comedy by Alan McDonald. Director: Kay Patrick. Maureen: Brigit Forsyth Tom: Simon Treves Carolyn: Barbara Marten Gran: Ann Rye Mrs Otley: Ann Aris Amrit: Vinny Dhillon Roger: John Branwell Don: Keith Ladd Mr Dyson: Malcolm Hebden MD: John Jardine Ginny: Sue Jenkins Children: Laura Medforth Children: Simon Batt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-30 15:00 - Classic Serial The Sea Wolf The second episode of Jack London 's four-part tale of life on the high seas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-02 15:00 - Miss Probert by Alun Richards. Miss Probert is a fiercely respectable librarian, but retirement threatens to reveal the one guilty secret in her impeccable career. Director: Jane Dauncey. Miss Probert: Rosemary Leach Capt Probert: Glyn Houston Capt Ryan: Denys Hawthorne Winifred: Melanie Walters Vincent Pulford: Gerald James Victor Pulford: David Garfield Gail: Tessa Gearing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-03 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Speak Now What happens to language when someone dies? Sheri uses words as a barrier to hide from her pain; Sam must break down that barrier, get her to feel her pain in the silence and so let him in. By Tina Pepler, Giles Cooper Award-winning playwright. Director: Elizabeth Taylor. Sheri: Francesca Annis Sam: Steve Hodson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-04 15:00 - The Shape of Things to Come A season of plays looking into a future. The Midas Plague by Frederick Pohl. In the future, the poorest citizens have the most things. People have to spend most of their waking hours consuming and wearing out what the robots have produced. Only the most successful are allowed to live a simple life. Morey Fry discovers a way out ... Morey Fry: Michael Drew Cherry Fry: Dyanne White Howland: Alan Covenay Henry/Porfirio: Geoffrey Collins Judge Elon: Eric Allen Grace Elon: Caroline Hunt Semmelweiss/Newman: Nick Chivers Fairless/Sam: Clarence Smith Blaine/Wally: Richard Pearce Wainwright: Fraser Kerr Tanaquil: Catherine Neal Director Alec: Reid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-05 15:00 - The Shape of Things to Come A season of plays looking into a future. Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 's science-fiction story, from which an Oscar-winning film and a musical have been made. Tom Courtenay stars as the backward Charlie, who is offered a miraculous cure for his low IQ. Director: Matthew Walters. Miss Kinnian: Joanna Myers Dr Strauss: Barrie Cookson DrNemur: Ronald Herdman Bert: Clarence Smith Joe/Donnegan: Nigel Carrington Frank/Sherrinford: Alan Barker Mrs Flytm/EUen: Auriol Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-06 15:00 - Classic Serial The Sea Wolf The third episode of Jack London 's four-part tale. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-09 15:00 - Christopher and Columbus The Twinkler twins, half-German and recently orphaned, set out for America with some trepidation. Adapted from Elizabeth von Amim 's novel. With David Goudge, Stephen Garlick, David Bannerman, Michael Kilgarriff, Emma Gregory, Petra Markham and Auriol Smith. Dramatised by Barbara Clegg and Olwen Wymark Director .... Jane Morgan. Anna Rose von Twinkler .... Jane Whittenshaw Anna Felicitas von Twinkler .... Philippa Ritchie Edward Twist .... William Hope Mrs Wilson/Mrs Ridding .... Gwen Cherrell Mrs Anderson/Mrs Bilton .... Jo Kendall Mrs Twist .... Helen Horton Edith Twist .... Jenny Howe Mr Ridding .... Michael Graham Cox Emmeline Heap .... Sheila Reid John Elliott .... Mark Straker With David Goudge, Stephen Garlick, David Bannerman, Michael Kilgarriff, Emma Gregory, Petra Markham and Auriol Smith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-10 15:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Meeting across the River Eddie is a small fish with big dreams. But there are sharks on the scavenge ... By Joanne Reardon. Director: Adrian Bean. Narrator: Richard Tate Eddie: Scott Farrell Shel: Caroline Strong Dixie: Mark Fletcher Bill: Lloyd Johnston Deb: Siriol Jenkins Hesse: Alan Barker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-11 15:00 - On the Carpet Tony, a sci-fi writer, finds life stranger than fiction when a man, a total stranger, suddenly dies on the carpet in the sitting room. There is, however, worse to come ... A comedy by Eve Ward . Director: Kay Patrick. Tony: Martin Jarvis Maud: Barbara Lott Vi: Patty Coombs Police sergeant: Martin Reeve Morgue attendant: James Tomlinson Undertaker: John Branwell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-12 15:00 - The Shape of Things to Come A season of plays looking into a future. Who Goes Here? Bob Shaw 's humorous story, set in AD 2386. Warren Peace joins the Space Legion to forget.... but to forget what? He can't remember. Dramatised by Wilfredo Acosta Director: Glyn Dearman. Warren: Douglas Hodge Professor Legge: David March Capt Widget: Timothy Carlton Oscar 1: Terence Edmond Oscar 2: Charles Millham Doctor: Adjoa Andoh Boy: Paul Russell Ryan: Andrew Wincott Merriman: David Bannerman Pennycook: Peter Penry-Jones Miz Harley: Ann Windsor Georges: Mark Straker Simpkins: Eric Allan Fiuffo: Jane Whittenshaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-13 Classic Serial The Sea Wolf by Jack London. Final part. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-16 Crime of Passion In R E T Lamb's play, romantic fiction becomes entangled with real life. Director: Shaun MacLoughlin Francis: Steve Hodson Rose: Janet Dale Basi/: Preston Lockwood Mel: Christian Rodska Harry: William Eedle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-17 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Emma Micawber A dramatic monologue by Raymund FitzSimons, constructed from David Copperfield. Emma, played by Dilys Laye, gives her own account of a storm-tossed life, with Wilkins Micawber. Timothy Bateson, Richard Pearce and Mark Straker as the Ferocious Creditors. Director Ian Cotterell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-18 14:00 - Posters of Montmartre Four plays by John Peacock based on the characters in Toulouse-Lautrec's posters. 1: May Belfort May Belfort was the girl from Ireland who relied more on her beauty than her voice. May Milton: Jane Whittenshaw Michael Donovan: Charles Simpson Footitt: Dermot Crowley Angel: Alice Arnold MmeBaron: Irene Sutcliffe Pujol: Eric Allan With Emma Gregory, Terence Edmond, Peter Penry Jones, and Bertie the dog. Music by Stephen Warbeck. Director Jane Morgan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-19 14:00 - Roscoe'sTime Don Haworth 's portrait of a family struggling to earn a living from the land, and of Roscoe - the man whose sudden appearance transforms their life. Director Kay Patrick. Roscoe: Kenneth Cranham Narrator (Harry): Russell Dixon Henry: Geoffrey Banks Jane: Ann Rye Tadger: Ronald Herdman Mrs Cormorant: Ann Aris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-20 Classic Serial The Personal History of David Copperfield Charles Dickens 's novel dramatised in ten parts. 1: 1 Fall into Disgrace ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-23 Lizard In the Grass The 1971 production of Susan Hill 's haunting play. Set in a convent on a cliff, Jane Pace, an orphan, weaves an escape for herself with fantasies about the sea and the legendary drowned city that lies below. Music by Geoffrey Burgon, played by John Marson and sung by Jonathan Cooke. Director: Guy Vaesen. Jane Pace: Helen Worth Sister Superior: Fay Compton Sister Patrick: Fabia Drake Sister Imelda: Aimee Delamain Aunt Berenice: Colette O'Neill John: Martin Jarvis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-24 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre The Kingdom of the Wind Elizabeth Burns's play is set in the harsh land of the Mani, on the southern tip of Greece, where for centuries there were violent family feuds. Director: Patrick Rayner. Katerina: Sybil Wintrope Yannos: Forbes Masson Nikos: Vincent Friell Mother: Muriel Romanes Father: Billy Riddoch Grandmother: Sheila Latimer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-25 14:00 - Posters ofMontmartre Four plays based on the characters in Toulouse- Lautrec's posters, By John Peacock. 2: Footitt and Chocolat Footitt needs a new circus act but it's not likely that he'll ever be a success if he carries on drinking and gambling. With Ronald Herdman, Brett Usher and Andrew Wincott. Music by Stephen Warbeck. Trevor Allen (banjo). Director: Jane Morgan. Footitt: Dermot Crowley Chocolat: Clarence Smith Michael Donovan: Charles Simpson Ringmaster: Michael Graham Cox Patrick Blackson: Mark Straker Ralph: David Bannerman MadameGrunier: Ann Windsor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-26 14:00 - Plymouth In War As part of BBC Radio's Poetry Festival, Priscilla Napier 's'verse documentary' recording her impression of Plymouth and its people 50 years ago, suffering heavily from German airraids. Narrator Danny Schiller. Adapted by Bert Coules Director: Martin Jenkins Jenny: Tara Dominick Fred Long: Andrew Wincott Mrs Long: Celia Ryder Mrs Arden: Jane Knowles Mrs Worth: Frances Jeater MrsTaylor: Emily Richard MrsLea: Joanna Myers Flo: Petra Markham Ted: Nigel Carrington Ron: Timothy Carlton Warden: Ian Lindsay Stranger: Terence Edmund ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-27 14:00 - Classic Serial The Personal History of David Copperfield Charles Dickens 's novel dramatised in ten parts. 2: 1 Begin Life on My Own Account ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-30 14:00 - You Only Live Twice A dramatisation for radio by Michael Bakewell of Ian Fleming 's classic story. James Bond 's wife Tracey has been murdered by his deadly enemy, Blofeld. He has gone completely to pieces and is drafting his resignation. But M is prepared to give him one last chance - on a mission which will lead him to a fatal encounter ... With Timothy Bateson, Elizabeth Kelly and James Simmons. Director .... Michael Bakewell James Bond .... Michael Jayston Tanaka .... Cllve Merrison Henderson .... 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-01 14:00 - Thirty. Minute Theatre The Hermit and the Lady Fountainsfont Abbey is a romantic ruin and park, owned by Ronald de Gaunt. But his guided tours go awry when his fake hermit becomes love-sick. By Dorothy Osbome. Director: Richard Wortley. Giles: Dale Rapley lucy: Jane Slavin Ronald: Timothy Carlton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-02 14:00 - Posters of Montmartre Four plays based on the characters in Toulouse-Lautrec's posters, By John Peacock. 3 .... Casque d'or 'The knife that cleanses, the bomb that purifies.' The group of revolutionaries in Paris had passionate beliefs and were willing to die for them. With Joanna Myers, Jane Whittenshaw, Alan Barker, Fraser Kerr, Matthew Sim. Music by Stephen Warbeck. Director .... Jane Morgan. Marie Briand .... Miranda Richardson Manda Liauboeuf .... Nicholas Farrell Amelie Liauboeuf .... Anna Cropper leca .... David King Roland .... Colin McFarlane Raymond .... Michael Turner Maurice .... Nigel Carrington Jacques .... Clarence Smith Suzel .... Emma Fielding Diane .... Theresa Streatfeild Guignac .... Robert Portal Aristide Bruant .... Bernard Hill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-03 14:00 - The Reluctant Carnivores Derek's younger sister Mathie has a pet lamb called Sam. Derek works in the local abattoir and one day, to his horror, he realises that he has just stunned Sam. By Anna Clemence-Mews . Director - Shaun MacLoughlin. Derek: Richard Pearce Mathie: Carolyn Backhouse Owen: William Eedle Nella: Janeknowles Auctioneer: Christian Rodska Sybil: Jenny Funnell Jacko: Brendan Charleson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-04 14:00 - Classic Serial The Personal History of David Copperfield 3: Miss Betsey Trotwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-07 14:00 - A Madman of Convenience The true story of a young surgeon committed in 1823 to Bedlam accused of the attempted assassination of George IV. He never had a trial and not only might he have been innocent, he might not have been mad. By Terry James. Director: Janet Whitaker. David Griffiths: Jack Klaff Richenda Clifford: Samantha Bond Sir David Scott: John Shrapnel Johnjenkins, MP: Colin Jeavons Barnaby Fairbanks: Timothy Bateson Lady Walton: Maxine Audley Mrs Musgrave: Elizabeth Kelly Co/batch: Norman Jones Committee Chairman: Timothy Carlton Priest: James Greene Keeper Samson: Ronald Heroman Trangmar: Ian Lindsay Newnham: James Simmons Dainbridge: Andrew Wincott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-08 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Letters of 38 It's 1938 and Katherine escapes London society for Suffolk and life as a vicar's wife. But her romantic dreams are soon shattered. By Sue Rodwell. Director: Sue Wilson. Katherine: Belinda Sinclair Peter: Christopher Scott Mrsjacobs: Ann Beach Harry Collins: Terence Edmond Sally: Susan Sheridan Emma Bunt: Joanna Myers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-09 14:00 - Posters ofMontmartre The last of four plays based on characters in Toulouse-Lautrec's posters, by John Peacock. Today's episode: Aristide Bruant Aristide, in his club the Cafe Mirliton, has become a fashionable success - not what he intended. He needs to find a new direction, and so does Yvette Guilbert. With Irene Sutcliffe, Jane Whittenshaw, Fraser Kerr. Music - Stephen Warbeck. Director: Jane Morgan. Aristide Bruant: Bernard Hill Yvette Guilbert: Julie Covington Toulouse-Lautrec: Cuve Merrison MaxSchiller: Brett Usher Albine: Pauline Letts Alexandre: Robert Portal Chopinette: Alice Arnold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-10 14:00 - GIGO Swine disease; the 8.27 from Hebden Bridge; the meaning of time: just some of the disparate elements that Graham struggles to make sense of in Trevor Hoyle 's Radio Times award-winning comedy. Director: Philip Martin. Graham: Alun Armstrong Liz: Susan Tracy Mother: Joyce Gibbs Jack: David Vann Maggie/Nurse: Tina Gray Ray: Rob Swinton Wayne: Alex Jones Warren: Richard Allenson Newsreaders: Geoff Serle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-11 14:00 - Classic Serial David Copperfield,4. The Question of My Future ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-14 14:00 - Dark Heritage Twenty-five years ago next week, the community of Aberfan was struck by disaster. This play, first broadcast in 1982, tells the story of a woman whose life has already been affected by an accident at Gresford Colliery in 1934, when 265 men were trapped by fire and entombed in the mine. She has to face tragedy again at Aberfan. By Catharine Hughes. With the children of Penygelli Junior School and the people of Coedpoeth and Wrexham in north Wales. Director: Jane Morgan. Isaiah Jones: Meredith Edwards Nansi: Meg Wynowen Nerys: Marge Desli Mair: Rhoda Lewis Gwilym: John Ogden Huw: Gari Williams Young Huw: Carl Griffiths Tom: Andrew Secombe Miss jones: Margaret John Glyn Rushton: Haydn Wood George Rushton: Alan Dudley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-15 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Japanese Style A love story by the stage and radio playwright Michael Wall, who died earlier this year. Dan teaches English in Tokyo. Akemi, a housewife, is his only pupil. Through her he finds out how things are, Japanese style. Musical effects - Anne Collis. Director: Jeremy Mortimer Dan: Michael Cochrane Akemi: Megumi Shimanuki Carol: Stella Forge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-16 14:00 - Entente Municipal Town-twinning ceremonies do not always go as smoothly as planned - especially when one of the mayors is a respectable married lady and the other an amorous Frenchman. By Andy Rimmer. Director: Enyd Williams. Brenda McBride: Gwen Taylor Henri Balzac: Geoffrey Matthews Ron McBride: Norman Jones Alan Partridge: Stephen Tompkinson Gerald Lock: Norman Bird Sam Harper: James Greene Mr Crowley: Ian Llndsay Larry Tremaine: Nigel Carrington ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-17 14:00 - Morris on the Somme Mick Jones 's unusual play blends music, fact and dream to tell the story of the Rowscott Morris : an Oxfordshire morris side who dance together, enlist together - and find themselves attacking together in the opening days of the Battle of the Somme. Dances performed by the Wheatley Morris Men. Traditional music John Kirkpatrick. Director: Nigel Bryant. Harry: Ian Targett Bumper: Richard Avery Ginger: Martin Weedon Jackie: Philip Weaver Tom: Andrew Callaway Wilfrid: Martin Hyder Ma: Charlotte West-Oram Granfer: Gerry Hinks Stretcher bearers: David Holt Stretcher bearers: Jonathan Wyatt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-18 14:00 - Classic Serial The Personal History of David Copperfield Charles Dickens 's novel dramatised in ten parts. 5: Good and Bad Angels ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-21 Young Playrights' Festival 1991 So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star Johnny Johnstone gets a guitar, a manager and then a record deal in a meteoric rise to fame - but disaster is just around the corner in Wendy Paterson 's black comedy. With David Bannerman, Emma Fielding, Siriol Jenkins, Fraser Kerr, Robert Portal and Mark Straker . Music Free Airways Radio. Director Marilyn Imrie. Then at 3.00pm Out of Season On a beach in Devon, Julia, a black woman, meets Kelly, a white teenager. Kelly has a secret to share with Julia, a secret Julia is terrified to hear. By Bola Makanjuola. Director Pam Fraser-Soloman Johnny Johnstone .... Bobby Carlyle Maw .... Elaine C Smith Paw .... Alex Norton Jerry Logan .... Alex Norton Jockey Wilson .... John McGlynn Mrs Flynn .... Elaine Collins Neighbour .... Elaine Collins Fat woman .... Elaine Collins Julia .... Joy Eliasrilwan Kelly .... Siriol Jenkins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-22 14:00 - Young Playwrights' Festival 1991 You, Me and 12,000 Geese Mandy meets Jeremy in a remote cottage surrounded by geese. Opposites attract, but can she trust him? By Angela Turvey. Director: Claire Grove. Mandy: Joanna Mays Jeremy: Philip Barnes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-23 14:00 - Young Playwrights' Festival 1991 Caught Helen has been murdered. She travels back through her life to find out what has brought her to this moment. By Sarah Woods. Savi's song composed and played by David Harvey. Director: Claire Grove. Helen: Jane Whittenshaw Nan: Eleanor Summerfield Young Helen: Nadine Ballantyne Abe: Tony Armatrading Savi: Adjoa Andoh Vicar: Norman Jones Trish: Siriol Jenkins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-24 14:00 - Young Playwrights' Festival 1991 Judgment Days George and Christina Wright arrive in the Middle East to identify their son's body. A young American junkie has confessed to the murder and the Wrights must choose between execution and imprisonment. By Ann Hawker. Director: Claire Grove. Christina Wright: Auriol Smith George Wright: Norman Jones Stephen Lamb: Eric Loren Farhoud: Mozaffer Shafeie Ishao Moghal: Harmage Singh Kaurai Mary Lamb: Elaine Ives-Cameron Dr Azziz: Raad Rawi Omar Ali: Adam Albari Hussein Nurse: Adjoa Andoh Diplomat: Peter Penry Jones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-25 14:00 - Classic Serial The Personal History of David Copperfield Charles Dickens 's novel dramatised in ten parts. 6: The Beginning of a Long journey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-28 14:00 - Young Playwrights' Festival 1991 Part of the Furniture with Adrian Edmondson. In Trevor Lloyd's play, a man comes to rent a room - somewhere quiet and airless and with a landlady who won't interfere. But what does he want it for? Director Janet Whitaker. and at 3.00 Hair A serious comedy by Paul Boakye. When Mrs Foots meets talkative Mrs Pryce after the funeral of an old friend, she can't wait to get away. Mrs Pryce, however, has other ideas. Director Nandita Ghose. John/Voice .... Adrian Edmondson Mrs X .... Patsy Rowlands Second doctor .... Shireen Shah Denise/Announcer .... Jane Whittenshaw First doctor .... Alan Barker Newsreader/Bingo caller .... Ian Lindsay Mrs Foots .... Cassie McFarlane Mrs Pryce .... Claudette Williams Brother Miller .... Colin McFarlane Raymond .... Sidney Cole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-29 14:00 - Young Playwrights' Festival 1991 Kenny Two teenagers on a station platform swap stories about children's homes - some funny, some grim. Kenny is also doing a bunk.... By Alan Dapre. Director: Richard Wortley. Kenny: Darren Bastable Jeff: Wayne Foskett Station announcer: Cassie McFarlane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-30 14:00 - Shanti and the Crocodile Shanti, the Brahmin's 16-year-old daughter, has a crush on Crocodile Dundee. James, an Australian academic who visits her family in London, is amazed to find himself identified with Paul Hogan. The first of three plays by Judy Leather. With Vincent Brimble, John Bull and Christopher Good. Director: Shaun MacLoughlin Shanti: Mamta Kaash James: Nigel Graham Brahmin: Zia Mohyeddin Meena: Shireen Shah Prakesh: Manish Bhagat Hari: Tariq Yunus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-31 14:00 - Conflagration Danny's favourite uncle has been demobbed, just in time for bonfire night. His experience with the Desert Rats should be useful in dealing with the Ramsey Street Gang as well. By Trevor Hoyle. Director: Tony Cliff. Uncle Jack: Colin Meredith Danny Webb: Robert Curley Marion Webb: Lesley Nicol Reg Webb: Keith Clifford Spenner: Matthew Raybould Alan/Mitch: Ian Taylor Colin Purvis: Anthony Mudriczkj Keith: David Cookson Dougie: Spencer Ridgeway Roy: Chris O'Brien Mr Purvis: John Jardine David Bowyer: Chris Green Doreen: Julie Corrigan Van driver: James Quinn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-01 14:00 - Classic Serial The Personal History of David Copperfield Charles Dickens 's novel dramatised in ten parts. 7: Wickfield and Heep ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-04 14:00 - The Little Walls by Winston Graham. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-05 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Straightening Pictures In NJ Warburton's play, first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, the lives of four women are unwittingly linked by an apparently trivial but ultimately tragic accident. Director: Matthew Walters Iris: Auriol Smith Sal: Siriol Jenkins Jo: Susan Sheridan Shirley: Diana Payan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-06 14:00 - Shanti and the Dead Poet Shanti, the 16-year-old daughter of a Hindu priest living in London, is a film fanatic. She is influenced by Dead Poets' Society into questioning the marriage her parents plan for her. The second of three plays by Judy Leather. Director .... Shaun MacLoughlm Shanti .... Mamta Kaash Brahmin .... Zia Mohyeddin Meena .... Shireen Shah Chandra .... Dhiren Dra Chandra'sfather .... Renu Setna Hermia .... Melanie Hudson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-07 14:00 - Parker's Mood A lyrical journey through the last years of Charlie Parker 's life. By John Ward. Producer: Frances Anne Solomon Charlie Parker: Hugh Quarshie Marvin Parsons: Colin Stinton Ross Russell: William Hootkins Sonny/Mingus/Young Charlie/MC: Clarke Peters Addie Parker/Doris Sydnor/Young Chinese: Allbe Parsons Drug pedlar/Bud Powell/Jimmy/Hotel man: Nick Monu Taxi driver/Club manager/ Technician: David Bannerman Musician: Alexander Ward ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-08 14:00 - Classic Serial The Personal History of David Copperfield A ten-part dramatisation of Charles Dickens 's novel. 8: Mischief Uriah is now a partner in Wickfield and Heep and has taken on a new clerk, Mr Micawber. Dora's father has died, and she now lives with two spinster aunts, who allow David to call on her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-11 14:00 - Rlght-Ho!Jeeves from the novel by PGWodehouse. All down to Aunt Dahlia's home in the country to sort out newt-fancying, moon-swooning lovers. Bertie thinks he has the answers andjeeves seems to have lost his marbles. Adapted by Pat Hooker Director: Peter King. Bertie: Simon Cadell Jeeves: David Suchet Gussie: Trevor Nichols Aunt Dahlia: Anne Jameson Tuppy: Sean Arnold Madeline Bassett: Jenny Funnell Angela Travers: Yvonne Antrobus Seppings: Tim Reynolds Headmaster: Peter Howell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-12 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre In-Flight Entertainment A comedy by J C Wilsher, in which everybody's fears about flying come true. By listening to the in-flight entertainment, Paul gradually learns what is wrong with the aeroplane.... Director: Alec Reid. Paul: Stephen Moore Harry: Bill Wallis Watty: Michael Turner Dolly: Elizabeth Kelly Remington/Captain: James Simmons Symes: Michael Drew Chantelle/Stewardess: Petra Markham Tony: Alan Barker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-13 14:00 - Shanti's Left Foot Shanti, the 16-year-old daughter of a Hindu priest, is influenced by the character of Christy Brown in My Left Foot. The film adds a new perspective to her holiday job at a home for teenage boys with learning difficulties. This is yhe last of three plays By Judy Leather. Director: Shaun MacLoughlin Shanti: Mamta Kaash Brahmin: Zia Mohyeddin Meena: Shireen Shah Stevie: Richard Pearce Marion: Maggie McCarthy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-14 14:00 - The Dollar Princess At the turn of the century, Consuelo Vanderbilt was forced by her ambitious mother to marry the Duke of Marlborough and spent several years at Blenheim Palace trying to make a go of her marriage while pining for the American love of her life she left behind. By: Katherine Parker. Director: Cherry Cookson. Consuelo: Shelley Thompson Sunny: Michael Cochrane Aha: Kate Harper Winthrop: Stuart Milligan Jacques: Peter Penry-Jones LadyBlandford: Joanna Wake Dowager Duchess: Joan Matheson Lucy/Gladys: Elizabeth Kelly Lady Paget/Sarah: Ann Windsor Miss Harper/Lilian: Theresa Streatfeild Bates/Roberts: John Church ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-15 14:00 - Classic Serial David Copperfield,9: My Beloved Dora. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-18 14:00 - The Best of Friends A celebration of the extraordinary friendship between a bookish but worldly man of no set creed, a nun of great intelligence, charm and unshakeable faith, and a mischievous and irreverent playwright. By Hugh Whitemore. Director: John Theocharis Sir Sydney Cockerell: John Gielgud Dame Laurentia McLachlan: Rosemary Harris George Bernard Shaw: Denys Hawthorne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-19 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre The Letter Colin Dan 's Auntie Annie is writing him a letter from home with all the news; but will it ever reach him? By Alasdair Campbell. Director: Marilyn Imrie. Auntie Annie: Sheila Donald Shamus: Iain MacRae Ishbel: Mina Smith Mother: Ann Scott Jones JohnGunn: Domhnall Ruadh Dolly: Paul Young ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-20 14:00 - Mathematical Triangle The first of three plays by John Wain and Laszlo Solymar about mathematicians and philosophers whose ideas brought about their own downfall. Anaxagoras Anaxagoras thought he could just get on with the business of calculating the nature of the sun, but his friendship with Pericles has put him in danger. Director: Jane Morgan. Anaxagoras: Eric Allan : Aspasia Miasoteriou Pericles: Colin McFarlane Barsyas: Sean Arnold Dion: Ronald Herdman Enechos: Alan Barker Metagenes: Terence Edmond Pyrrhon: Norman Jones Jailer: Andrew Wincott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-21 14:00 - Out There Somewhere When Rosemary receives an ultimatum from her estranged and violent husband, she finds herself caught up in a race against time. By Gaylord Meech. Director: Tracey Neale. Rosemary: Lorelei King Carol: Pat Starr Frank: William Roberts MrsBriggs: Elizabeth Kelly Harry: David Bannerman Ben: Stuart Milligan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-22 14:00 - Classic Serial The Personal History of David Copperfield, part 10 (final) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-25 14:00 - The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-26 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Maiden City Magic Jack Houlahan 's chilling tale about a young girl's fears for her violent father and her yearning for a magic wand to change her life completely. Music arranged and played by Neil Martin. Director: Pam Brighton. Roberta: Anna Healy Hilary: Maeve Connelly Mother: Stella McCusker Father: George Shane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-27 14:00 - Mathematical Triangle Archimedes The second of three plays by John Wain and Laszlo Solymar about mathematicians and philosophers whose ideas brought about their downfall. Archimedes was thought by some to be a madman, jumping out of his bath and running stark naked through the streets shouting Eureka!. But his inventions were capable of being turned into the most terrifying weapons. Director: Jane Morgan. Archimedes: Terrence Hardiman Aristander: Eric Allan Hieron: Phillip Sully Marcellus: Terence Edmond Theophilus: David Sinclair Leander: John Church Crassus: Mark Straker Centurion: Charles Millham Soldier: Robert Portal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-28 14:00 - Almost Always African Lenny Henry stars in this comedy about cultural cross-purposes and the music industry. When Moses Biama, a Gambian musician, is invited to London to record an album with Frank, a fading English rock star, things don't develop in the way Frank had planned. By Anne Caulfield. Music - Dominique Le Gendre. Hit single by Neil Arthur and Joe Hagan. Director: Paul Schlesinger. Moses: Lenny Henry Frank: Bill Nighy Moses's brother: Curtis Walker Binta: Joy Elias-Rilwan Fatima: Donna Croll Tara: Joanna Myers Jack: James Greene Journalist: Mark Straker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-29 14:00 - Classic Serial Jamaica Inn A four-part dramatisation of Daphne du Maurier's story of life on Bodmin moor in the early 19th century. 1: The young Mary Yellan arrives at Jamaica Inn where she meets her uncle, Joss Merlyn, and begins to form her suspicions of his trade. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-02 14:00 - Thin Boy Who is the sane one, asked the philosopher Bertrand Russell, the man who cracks up because of Hiroshima or the rest of us who remain unaffected by it? On 10 December, 1957, Claude Buck Eatherly, ex-509th Squadron, USAF, stood trial for robbing post offices. He pleaded not guilty by virtue of insanity. By Colin Davis. Director .... Andy Jordan. Claude Eatherly .... Peter Whitman Writer .... Peter Marinker Colonel Tibbetts .... Bob Sherman Woman .... Serretta Wilson Thornhill .... David Crean Dr Ross .... Mark Caven Dr McElroy .... Bill Wallis Dr Constantine .... Nigel Anthony Mantooth .... John Cassady Henry Floore .... Tony Sibbald Gowan .... Garrick Hagon Mrs Eatherly .... Catherine Nix Scarborough .... William Dufris Mike Bartlett .... Tom Hunsinger Editor .... Cliff Lee Taylor Vachule .... Stephen Graf Kenny Wey .... Nigel Carrington Baldasaro .... David Bannerman Deac Parsons .... Mac McDonald Grennan .... Anthony Donovan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-03 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Wishing Well A chilling tale of what happens to Sarah after she breaks down on the motorway and takes shelter with a couple who have sinister designs on her. By Sally Worboyes. Director: Cherry Cookson. Grace: Rosemary Leach Sarah: Kate Buffery Kenneth: Norman Bird Man: Alan Barker Policeman: Robert Portal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-04 14:00 - Mathematical Triangle Hypatia The last of three plays by John Wain and Laszlo Solymar about mathematicians and philosophers whose ideas brought about their downfall. Hypatia's training as a mathematician led her to doubt and to question but, in an age of religious fervour, an inquiring mind can be dangerous. Director: Jane Morgan. Hypatia: Jane Whittenshaw Coachman: Eric Allan Philemon: Andrew Wincott Peter: Colin McFarlane Cyril: Norman Jones Orestes: Brett Usher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-05 14:00 - A Tough Business Financial whizzkidjamie Dyson thinks he's tough, but when he finds himself on a management survival course on the Welsh borders, the going gets tougher. By Chris Allen. Director: Matthew Walters. Jamie: Jason Flemyng Margaret: Susan Kyd Rod: Brett Usher Tessa: Deborah MacLaren Ted: Eric Allan Corky: Sean Arnold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-06 14:00 - Classic Serial Jamaica Inn Daphne du Maurier's novel, dramatised in four parts. 2: Mary believes she knows the trade of Jamaica Inn but Joss Merlyn reveals something more evil. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-09 14:00 - King Solomon's Mines In Rider Haggard's adventure story, Allan Quatermain crosses scorching desert and freezing mountain in search of the fabulous treasure of King Solomon. Music Barrington Pheloung. Dramatised by Peter Mackie. Director: Nigel Bryant. Allan Quatermain: Kenneth Colley Jim: Ilario Bisi Pedro Silvestre/George: Neal Foster Sir Henry Curtis: Christopher Scott Capt Good: Charles Cowngwood Evans/Da Silvestra: Graham Colclough Umbopa: Ben Onwukwe Infadoos: Okon Jones Gagoo: Heather Emmanuel Twala: Jeffery Kissoon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-10 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Shopping A comedy by Kevin Wong about a mother's exacting search for a suitable match for her son. Director: Tony Cliff. David: David Yip Mother: Barbara Yu Llng Fay: Choy -Lingman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-11 14:00 - The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop Gladys Mitchell 's amateur sleuth, Mrs Lestrange Bradley, investigates the disappearance of Rupert Sethleigh and the discovery of a headless body in the village of Wandles Parva. The first of two parts. An Offal Discovery Dramatised By .... Elizabeth Proud Director .... Sue Wilson. Mrs Lestrange Bradley .... Mary Wimbush Vicar of Wandles .... David King James Redsey .... Christopher Scoular Felicity Broome .... Teresa Gallagher SuptBidwell .... Norman Bird Aubrey Harringay .... Richard Pearce Mrs Bryce Harringay/Mrs Noon .... Ann Windsor Cleaver Wright .... Christopher Scott George William Savile .... Terence Edmond Dr Barnes .... Peter Penry-Jones InspGrind .... Charles Millham Theodore Grayling .... David Monico Eulalie Blenkins .... Euzabeth Proud Bishop of Culm inster .... Eric Allan Mrs Willows/Mary Kate Maloney .... Sunny Ormonde Sgt Walls .... Ronald Herdman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-12 14:00 - Missing Woman Confronted within an hour by two murderers, narrowly escaping death by scissors, Albert Samson, Michael Z Lewin 's off-beat private eye, wonders if it isn't time to hang up his gumshoes.... Music by Thomas Johnson, performed by David Mowat and Pete Rosser. (not the Thomas Arnold Johnson that I knew- Ed) Director: Andy Jordan. Albert Samson: Colin Stinton Elizabeth Staedtler: Catherine Nix JeannaDunlap: Diana Ricardo Sharon Doans: Tara Dominick Denys Hawthorne: Dave Hogue Frank Pynne: Simon Cook DeanCaldwell: Mel Taylor Woman friend: Liza Ross First woman/Secretary: Wendy Miller Deputy: Anthony Donovan Cafe boy: Collin Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-13 14:00 - Classic Serial Jamaica Inn Daphne du Maurier's story of life on Bodmin Moor, dramatised in four parts. 3: It is Christmas Eve and a terrified Mary has been abandoned at Launceston Fair. Now she must make her way back to Jamaica Inn. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-16 14:00 - A Fatal Inversion A dramatisation of Barbara Vine 's Gold Dagger award-winning crime novel. The year of the long, hot summer: 1976. Adam and some friends spent it in idyllic circumstances. But when the weather at last broke, their lives had been wrecked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-17 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre The Jug Two old tramps know that anyone will steal anything from poor defenceless travelling people. But surely, argues their goat to their donkey, no one would begrudge the old gents their jug for making tea? A first radio play by Gregory Motton. Director: Peter Kavanagh. Michael: Paddy Dooney Joseph: Tpm Kenna Official: Terence Edmond Donkey: Kilian McKenna St Peter: Robert Portal Jesus: Sean Arnold Guard: Colin McFarlane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-18 14:00 - The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop The final part of Gladys Mitchell 's story of mayhem and murder. The Bones of the Matter Rupert Sethleigh is missing and a headless corpse has been found jointed in the butcher's shop. His cousin Jimsey is suspected but Mrs Lestrange Bradley has other ideas. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud Director .... Sue Wilson. Mrs Lestrange Bradley .... Mary Wimbush Aubrey Harringay .... Richard Pearce Felicity Broome .... Teresa Gallagher JamesRedsey .... Christopher Scoular Cleaver Wright .... Christopher Scott George William Savile x .... Gallagher Edmond Vicar of Wandles .... David King DrBarnes .... Peter Penry-Jones Lulu Hirst .... Petra Markham InspGrind .... Charles Millham SuptBidwell .... Norman Bird Mary Maloney .... Sunny Ormonde Margery Barnes .... Jane Whittenshaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-19 14:00 - The Faithful Heart Based on the true story of William Makepeace Thackeray's mother and her abiding love for a man she met when she was only 15 years old. By Stephanie Miller. Director .... Enyd Williams. Grandmama .... Mary Wimbush Anne .... Petra Markham Henry Carmichael-Smyth .... Clive Wedderburn Aunt Becker .... Amanda Murray Richmond Thaceray .... Peter Penry-Jones William Makepeace Thackeray .... Eric Allan Polly .... Adjoa Andoh Mrs Tatler .... Auriol Smith Augusta .... Ann Windsor McNab .... David Bannerman Lytton .... Ronald Herdman Ayah .... Joanna Myers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-20 14:00 - Classic Serial Jamaica Inn The last of a four-part dramatisation of Daphne du Maurier's novel. Alone and desolate after her horrific encounter with the wreckers, Mary has sought help from the only people she can trust. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-22 BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-23 14:00 - Christmas at the Wells A Woman of No Importance Diana Rigg and Martin Jarvis play the leading roles in this new production of Oscar Wilde's social comedy. Violin Alexander Balanescu. Directed By: Adrian Bean. Mrs Arbuthnot: Diana Rigg Lord Illingworth: Martin Jarvis Lady Hunstanton: Annette Crosbie Lady Caroline Pontefract: Irene Sutcliffe Mrs Allonby: Susan Sheridan Lady Stutfield: Auriol Smith Gerald Arbuthnot: Dominic Letts Hester Worsley: Teresa Gallagher Archdeacon Daubeny: David King Sir John Pontefract: Geoffrey Chater Mr Kelvill, MP: Jack Klaff Alice: Adjoa Andoh Lord Alfred Rufford: Peter Penry-Jones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-24 14:00 - Mr and Mrs Nobody by Keith Waterhouse, based on the Grossmiths' Diary of a Nobody, about the daily life of Charles Pooter and his long-suffering wife Carrie. Withjudi Dench and Michael Williams. Music Colin Sell and Peter Ripper. Director Gordon House. (First broadcast on BBC World Service) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-25 14:00 - Christmas at the Wells London Assurance In Boucicault's comedy of manners, the year is 1840 and Sir Harcourt Courtly is preening himself for his conquest of Grace Harkaway. Solomon Isaacs. .. Peter Penry-Jones Adapted and directed by Sue Wilson Sir Harcourt Courtly: Daniel Massey Lady Gay Spanker: Elizabeth Spriggs Max Harkaway: Paul Daneman Grace Harkaway: Samantha Bond Charles Courtly: Reece Dinsdale Mark Meddle: Trevor Peacock Dazzle: Jeremy Northam Adolphus Spanker: David King Cool: Nigel Carrington Pert: Susan Sheridan Martin: Nicholas Murchie James: Matthew Sim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-26 14:00 - Christmas at the Wells The Silver King The classic melodrama by Henry Arthur Jones. John Duttine plays Wilfred Denver, brought to his ruin by drinking and gambling, and Frances Barber plays his devoted wife Nelly. Music Trevor Allan. Adapted and directed by Adrian Bean Jaikes, their servant .... Frank Middlemass Skinner, a burglar, .... Peter Jeffrey Geoffrey Ware .... Nigel Anthony Baxter, a detective .... Ian Hogg Corkett, Ware'sclerk .... Jonathan Moore Eliah Coombe a fence .... John Hollis Cripps, a safecracker .... Brian Miller Tubbs/Gaffer Pottle .... Norman Jones MrsLeaker/Mrs Gammage .... Ann Windsor Tabitha Durden .... Irene Sutcliffe Susy, a barmaid .... Adjoa Andoh Olive Skinner .... Auriol Smith Cissy/Ned .... Jane Whittenshaw Selwyn/Teddy/Newsboy .... Matthew Sim Mr Parkyn .... John Church Brownson/Servant .... Nigel Carrington Bilcher/Inspector/Cabby .... Peter Penry-Jones Binks/Second detective .... Fraser Kerr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-27 14:00 - Christmas at the Wells The Schoolmistress Pinero's comedy is set in a girls' boarding school at the turn of the century. Mischief and mayhem abound when the principal, Miss Dyott, assumes a false identity to perform an opera on the London stage. Adapted and directed by Sue Wilson. Miss Dyott .... Hannah Gordon Hon Vere Queckett .... Gary Bond Rear Admiral Rankling .... Dinsdale Landen Peggy Hesslerigge .... Samantha Bond Reginald Paulover .... Jeremy Northam Mrs Rankling .... Ann Windsor Dinah Rankling .... Elizabeth Mansfield John Mallory .... Terence Edmond Ermyntrude Johnson .... Teresa Gallagher Gwendoline Hawkins .... Rachel Fielding Jane Chipman .... Ann Beach Sounders .... Matthew Sim Otto Bernstein .... Norman Jones Jaffray .... Brian Miller Tyler .... Mark Straker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-28 14:00 - Little Blighty on the Down Christmas Special ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-31 14:00 - Thirty-Minute Theatre Doing a Runner The Chronicle's food columnist of the year, Savage Eater, gets the comeuppance he deserves. By Colin MacDonald. Director Stewart Conn. Scott: David McKail Raymond: Andy Gray Lynn: Juliet Cadzow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MONDAY PLAY (Back to top) BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-07 19:45 - The Monday Play Watching over Israel Nick Enright's powerful play about a banking executive in Sydney, whose difficult relationship with her own daughter leads her to befriend and look upon a young prostitute as a surrogate. Choristers - Nick Enright , Leonie Cambage, Heather Galbraith, Owen Nelson and Matthew Glasgow Producers Richard Buckham and Jane Ulman. Diane Mackinson .... Deidre Rubinstein Stacy .... Angela 'Oohey Neil .... Tony Sheldon Miss Wyatt .... Jane Harders Raymond .... Rhys McConnochie Mrs Kermode .... Maggie Bunco Brett .... Damon Herriman MiChele .... Rachel Ash Kim .... Kelan Angel Warren .... Ian Gilmour, with Alexander Broun, Melissa Docker, Tim Elston, Julie Godfrey, Maureen Green, Lorna Lesley, Sue Lyons, Stewart McCreery, Judy Morris, Patrick Phillips, Ken Radley, Patrick Ward and Lynden Wilkinson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-14 19:45 - The Monday Play The Lament for Arthur Cleary. A radio version of Dermot Bolger 's stage play. A Dubliner returns to the beloved city that he has carried in his head, and refuses to admit the new and harsh realities. Music: Gerard Grennell Director Pam Brighton Arthur Cleary: Brendan Gleeson Frontier guard: Owen Roe Kathy: Deirdre Molloy Old Turk: Ronan Wilmot Git: Berts Folen Podge: Brendan Laird Sharon: Karen Woodley Mother: Ena May Mrs Bourke: Brfd Mhicfhearai ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-21 19:45 - The Monday Play Abandoned In 1914 Rodin, the French sculptor, spent a few bewildered weeks in a Cheltenham hotel with his secretary Judith and his mistress Rose; but the love of his life, Camille Claudel, was left behind in a lunatic asylum in France. By Jonathan Smith. Director: Shaun MacLoughlin. Auguste Rodin: Freddie Jones Camille Claudel: Carolyn Backhouse Judith: Maureen O'Brien Rose: Mary Wimbush Alain Duval: Hugh Dickson Mrs Parker: June Barrie Nancy: Jane Slavin Hotel guests: Elizabeth Kelly Hotel guests: Penelope Lee Hotel guests: John Moffatt Hotel guests: Paul Nicholson Models: Danielle Allan Models: Kate Lynn Evans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-01-28 19:45 - The Monday Play Mad Dan The story of Dan Leno, the great music-hall star whose short life brought happiness to all except himself ... By John Scotney. Clog dancing by Lawrence Evans Music: Michael Kilgarriff; director: Gerry Jones. Note: Michael is a music hall enthusiast, and wrote a guide to music hall songs: Sing Us One of the Old Songs: A Guide to Popular Song from 1860-1920 (Oxford University Press, 1998), which lists thousands of music hall songs. Michael was a regular performer at the Players' Theatre Club in Villiers Street, Charing Cross, London, where he took the part of Chairman many times as well as performing several songs. Dan Leno: Chris Emmett Herbert Campbell: Stephen Thorne Harry Randall: John Holus Chairman: Michael Kilgarriff Archivist: Fraser Kerr Constance Collier: Helena Breck Bill Leno: Brian Miller Max Beerbohm: Danny Schiller Marie Lloyd/Lydia Leno: Elizabeth Mansfield King Edward VII: David King ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-04 19:45 - The Monday Play The Wreathed Trellis Tom Beech, ex-actor turned political pundit, is haunted and possessed by the voice of someone long dead - and even more famous than he is ...By Robert Forrest. Director: Patrick Rayner. Tom: Benny Young Jane: Maureen Beattie Glance: Tom Watson Mark: Crawford Logan Nan: Eileen McCallum Roddy: James Bryce Interviewer: Kirsty Wark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-11 19:45 - The Monday Play Flower of Blood In the desert of Western Australia where the British slew many Aborigines, there grows a scarlet flower. The Spanish monks who also settled there in the 1850s cherished both the flower and the Aborigines. By Bruce Stewart. Pianist John Bishop. Music director Richard Connolly. Director: Shaun MacLoughlin Fr Saleado: Michael Williams Fr Serra: Christian Rodska Bilagoro: William Eedle Sister Ursula: Kate Binchy Bishop Brady: Peter Caffrey Teresa: Elizabeth Mansfield Weld: Brian Miller Burgess: Bruce Stewart Landor: John Bull ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-18 19:45 - The Monday Play Campanology by Derek Lister. Rape: that is how Josef Bossowski sees the destruction of St Stephen's Church. It's too late to save the building, but what about the bell? Brian Milligan as himself. Director: Jane Morgan Josef Bossowski: Freddie Jones Alex: Emma Gregory The Recorder: Brett Usher DS Daly: Michael McCstay Mother: Penelope Nice Foreman: David Sinclair Architect: Fraser Kerr Peter Vivian: Mark Straker Radio presenter: Nigel Carrington Vicar: Alan Barker Bill Hughes: Alan Dudley Duty officer: Angus Wright Dottie: Helena McCarthy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-02-25 19:45 - The Monday Play Writing Fiction Larry, the successful novelist, has an ex-wife dropping in on his seminar for amateur writers. Verbal sparks fly. By Caryl Phillips. Director: Richard Wortley Larry: Stephen Moore Sarah: Jenny Howe Leo: David Bannerman Saul: Terence Edmond Sadie: Auriol Smith Doris: Elizabeth Kelly Lucy: Jane Whittenshaw Rudy: Ben Onwukwe Pete: John Bull Enid JO: Manning Wilson Stan: Geoffrey Mathews Roger: John Baddeley Girl: Tara Dominick Jeremy Fox: Simon Treves Helen: Emma Louise Harrington Paper Boy: David Cooper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-04 19:45 - The Monday Play Una Pooka It is 1979: papal frenzy seizes Dublin, but Una finds her own faith in question when she discovers a body in the bath. By Michael Harding. Director Eoin O'Callaghan The Pooka Man: Tom Hickey Una: Oan Jsheehy Aidan: Mark Lambert Mrs Kevilt: Margaret D'Arcy Nuala: Mary Ryan The Elder Fr Simeon: Kevin Flood Liam: Peter Hanley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-11 19:45 - The Monday Play Working Out Louise Page 's black comedy about Netty, her mum, a cardigan knitted with love in every stitch, and the perils of greed and exploitation. Director: Marilyn Imrie Alison: Maggie McCarthy Netty: Mdir Leslie Pat: Jenny Howe Wanda: Gillian Bevan Mrs Burgess: Elizabeth Kelly Bob: Ronald Herdman Mel: Christian Rodska Gran: Elizabeth Bradley Tom: Jonathan Cullen Ann: Beverley Hills Show host: Stephen Garlick Woman: Tara Dominick The Demi: James Greene Bate: Auriol Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-18 19:45 - I The Monday Play ] The Freeway On a giant motorway, in the not too distant future, a monster traffic jam occurs. Les, comfortable in his motor home, is surrounded by other motorists far less fortunate. By Peter Nichols. Director: Philip Martin. Les: James Grout James: Jonathan Cecil Nancy: Mary Wimbush May: Joyce Gibbs Evelyn: Barbara Atkinson Wally: Peter Marinker Barry Palter: Roger Hume Grant: John Dixon Saskia: Hedli Niklaus Gilmore: David Learner Newsreader: Geoff Serle Guardette Payne: Melanie Revill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-03-25 19:45 - The Monday Play The Rabbit Hunt Steven is 14 and idolises the local IRA members who have just returned from the Spanish Civil War. One summer afternoon he joins them for a rabbit hunt, but in his imagination he is fighting house-to-house in the streets of Barcelona. By Mike Walker. Music specially composed by Elizabeth Parker. BBC Radiophonic Workshop Assistant producer Dan Reardon (RTE) Director .... Shaun MacLoughlin Steven .... Hugh O'Connor Main .... Hilary Cahill Gran .... Pegg Monahan Mick .... Breandan O'Duill Frank .... Liam O'Callaghan Father Burn .... Ivan Hanly Girl .... Collette Proctor Torrance .... Jim Reid Tomas .... Dan Reardon Ray .... Garvan McGrath ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-01 19:45 - The Monday Play The Adonis Bird 'Nature never gives up.' But it has left Harold in the lurch on 'his' Greek island. Where will it leave Michael and Jessica? By Nigel Lewis. Director Richard Wortley. Contributors By: Nigel Lewis. Director: Richard Wortley. Jessica: Shelley Thompson Michael: Bill Nighy Harold: James Greene Dmitri: Brian Miller Mr Kolokotronis: Ronald Herdman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-08 19:45 - The Monday Play Poor Beast in the Rain Years ago, Danger Doyle was humiliated for his part in a theft. He got his revenge by running off to London with the local bookie's wife. Now he has returned to his native town of Wexford. What further vengeance has he in mind? By Billy Roche. Director Peter Kavanagh. Danger Doyle: George Irving Joe: Des McAleer Molly: Dearbhla Molloy Eileen: Catherine Cusack Georgie: Gary Lydon Steren: Denis Quilligan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-15 19:45 - The Monday Play \| Stone Age Memories of the 60s and her university days have haunted Val for the last 20 years - until a return visit destroys them. By Carolyn Sally Jones. Director Kay Patrick. Contributors By: Carolyn Sally Jones. Director: Kay Patrick. Val: Jane Whittenshaw Alun: Gareth Armstrong Rita: Danielle Allan Iris/Cassie: Pam Scobie Trevor/Mr Balham/Doctor: Keith Ladd Mr Pegg: Peter Wheeler Jenny: Henrietta Whitsun Jones Declan: John Capps Doug: Paul Downing Mrs Price: Ann Rye ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-22 19:45 - The Monday Play Togetherness A group of Belfast teenagers, Catholic and Protestant, are on the holiday of a lifetime, paid for by well-meaning Americans who hope it will bring them together. It does, but not in the way that their host could ever have imagined. By J P Rooney. Percussionist: Malcolm Neal Director: Pam Brighton. Sam: Marc O'Shea Roisin: Rosemary O'Neil Trevor: Ian McElhinney Maeve: Brenda Winter Mr Carter: Neil Cusack Mrs Carter: Libby Smith Mary: Maire Thompson Pat: Conor Toal Bob: Keri Cairns Doreen: Colette Shields Liam: Colan Mehaffey Indian: Brian MacGabhann ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-04-29 19:45 - The Monday Play The Peacock's Tail Alan Howard plays Paracelsus, a mountebank who was yet a physician centuries ahead of his time; a professor who debunked universities; a chemist who claimed to have turned lead into gold; a womaniser; and a wanderer who probed the ambiguous frontiers of modern science. The play is set in Basel around 1527, at the peak of his tempestuous career. By Mark Barratt. Director: John Theocharis. Old Oporinus: Godfrey Kenton Erasmus: Joseph O'Conor Von Liestal: David Neal Young Oporinus: Robert Daws Johannes Froben: Ian Lindsay Anna Froben: Joanna Myers DrRubner: James Greene Drjerrichower: Timothy Bajeson DrFutZ: Ronald Headman Mother: Danielle Allan William: Richard Pearce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-06 19:45 - The Monday Play The Words are Strange Tom is a radical teacher in a reactionary school, where the entrepreneurial spirit would consign poetry to the dustbin. Written by Robin Glendinning. Director: Eoin O'Callaghan. Tom Fairfax: John Hewitt The Principal: T P McKenna Sally Fairfar: Eleanor Methven Alison: Heather McIlwaine Jonathan: Damian O'Hare Gary: Mark Lamb Vice Principal: John Keyes Jim: Wesley Murphy Arthur: Anthony Finnigan Stuart: Bj Hogg Sir Richard: Patrick Duncan Black: Robert Taylor Ursula: Galina Tanney Schoolboy: Mark Phelan Schoolgirl: Helen Nelson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-13 19:45 - The Monday Play Sea Marks Set in 1949, Gardner McKay 's play follows the relationship between an Irish fisherman who wants to go nowhere and a Liverpool publisher's assistant who wants to make her mark. Music: Andrea Gomez Musicians: Tim New and Marian Boyd. Adapted and directed by Sue Wilson. Colm Primrose: Rob Spendlove Timothea Styles: Belinda Sinclair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-20 19:45 - The Monday Play The Fen Story 'An axe upon a skull. ! That's one way, brother.' The Danish invasion of England in 892 was only the ill-planned enterprise of an army that had been defeated on the Continent. But a sentence in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle brings the chronicler, Brother John, into direct conflict with the king's ealdorman. By Adam Thorpe. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle translated by G N Garmonsway. Music composed and played by Martin Best . Musician: Lucie Skeaping. Brother John: Mark Straker Brother Ignatius: Denys Hawthorne Ealdorman Sigwulf: Ian Hogg Edwin: Richard Pearce Woman: Tara Dominick, with Andrew Wincott. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-05-27 19:45 - The Monday Play Other People's Lives In Marilyn Morris 's comedy a woman makes awful discoveries about family and friends when she is laid up with a broken leg and cannot escape them or their secrets. Director Tony Cliff. Sally: Emily Richard Andrew: Steve Hodson Gail: Susan Tracy Kate: Kathryn Hunt Brian: Malcolm Raeburn Elaine: Diane Whitley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-03 19:45 - The Monday Play The Monument Alan Berrie 's powerful play in which old Rosie Mahon opposes a monument commemorating her bravery in an ambush before the Irish uprising of 1916. Director .... Sue Wilson. Old Rosie .... Elizabeth Kelly FitZpatrick .... Mark Lambert Paddy .... David Bannerman Dan Mahon .... James Ellis Canon Hayes .... Dews Hawthorne Nita .... Joanna Myers O'Brien .... Nigel Anthony O'Gorman .... James Greene Savage .... Malcolm McKee Old Willy .... Christopher Scott Georgie Gibson .... Michael Vaughan Kitty Tyrell .... Teresa Gallagher Liam .... Nigel Carrington ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-10 19:45 - The Monday Play The People's Woman j In Rib Davis 's play, Meg is delighted to win a seat in the local council elections - little realising the changes this will bring to her life. Pianist: Harold Rich. Director: Philip Martin Meg: Moir Lesue Paul: Terry Molloy Nick: Kim Durham Aileen: Amelda Brown Joe: Judy Bennett Cresswel/: Roger Hume Pat: Gillian Goodman Andrew: David Vann Graham: Simon Carter Stuart: Sean Connolly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-17 19:45 - The Monday Play Shambolic Rainbow Life isn't easy for a 7-year-old in the middle of riots and civil unrest. Nor is it made easier when your little sister mysteriously disappears. An apocalyptic drama from Philip Ridley, author of recent film scripts The Krays and The Reflecting Skin. Director: Peter Kavanagh Solomon: Nicholas Gatt Mum: Jane Slavin Dad: Tom Watt Karen: Kerry Potter Danny: George Russo Amos: Neil Maskell Joe the Nose: John Bull Telly woman/Paper Queen: Margaret Courtenay Whispering Jack: Simon Treves Mrs Point: Elizabeth Spriggs Other voices: Brian Miller, Charles Simpson, Danny Schiller, Paul Downing, Jane Whittenshaw. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-06-24 19:45 - The Monday Play Life after Death Obsessed with death and release from boredom, Charlie meets a girl and comes face to face with his fantasies. By Dave Dick. Director: Gerry Jones. Willie: Maurice Denham Charlie: Nigel Anthony Linda: Jane Slavin Alice: Susan Sheridan Damien: Susan Sheridan Mrs Taylor: Elizabeth Mansfield Knacker: Danny Schiller Mrs Bradley: Jo Kendall Beefy Bill: Michael Kilgarriff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-01 19:45 - The Monday Play Jumping the Rug 'What's the matter with Isabel? She's crying again and feels unwell.' The silence after Isabel ran away from home is finally shattered when she returns to confront her dying mother. Michael Crompton tackles the theme of child abuse in this powerful and moving drama. Piano Bernard Robertson. Director: Michael Fox. Isabel: Geraldine Alexander Ruth: Julia Ford Mother: Joan Campion Father: Edward Peel Clive: Malcolm Raeburn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-08 19:45 - The Monday Play A Scourge of Hyacinths By Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature. Somewhere near Lagos the sinister Brigade Against Indiscipline is active. Miguel Domingo, who comes from an I influential family, has been falsely arrested. Will he escape his fate? Director Richard Wortley. Contributors By: Wole Soyinka Miguel Domingo Director: Richard Wortley. Miguel Domingo: Hakeen Kae-Kazin Mother: Carmen Monroe Augustine Emuke: Tunde Babs Kolawole Adetiba: Colin McFarlane Warder: Nicholas Monu Superintendent: Louis Mahoney Military voice: Ben 0nwukwe Newsvendor: Clarence Smith Airport announcer: Adjoa Andoh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-15 19:45 - The Monday Play Drawing the Devil on the Wall Tania waits for the verdict on her husband who's accused of multiple sex murders. If it's true, how could she not have known? Is her innocence worse than guilt? By Nicholas Mclnerny. Director: Alison Hindell Tania: Helen Griffin Mary Jo: Rachel Atkins Willis: Gareth Morris Da: Brinley Jenkins Marjory: Annest Wiliam journalist: Bill Bellamy, Child: Ryan Simpson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-22 19:45 - The Monday Play A Good Client The business of being a solicitor is just that - a business - and it is all too easy to forget that they are dealing with people's . lives. When Robert is given a murder case to handle, however, this fact is brought home sharply to him. By Carolyn Sally Jones. Director: Kay Patrick. Robert: Mark Straker Gregory: Keith Ladd Jo: Moir Lesue Paul Prosser Owen: John Branwell Danny Knowles: Rhodri Hugh Arthur: Robin Polley Mrs Knowles: Auriol Smith Wayne: Geraint Morgan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-07-29 19:45 - I The Monday Play A Fluttering of Wings Anthony Neilson 's modern-day adult fairy story tells of the effect of a winged stranger on ' Alice's shattered life. Director .... Patrick Rayner. Narrator .... Crawford Logan Alice .... Beth Robens Stranger .... Nigel Anthony Verity .... Diana Olsson Mickey .... Mark Markham Nick .... Cathal Quinn Secretary .... Lyndsay Maples Doctor .... Jack Thomson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-05 19:45 - The Monday Play The Folly In Martyn Read 's rollicking comedy set in 1770, Sir Morton Makepeace devises a play but his characters disrupt the plot and threaten the building of his folly. Director: Sue Wilson. Sir Morton Makepeace: Freddie Jones Clarissa, Lady Mountjoy: Elizabeth Spriggs Rev Wormald: Clive Swift Caroline Makepeace: Joanna Myers Robert Sutherland: Michael Cochrane Thomas: Karl James ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-12 19:45 - The Monday Play A Prayer to Vultures Emily, a 13-year-old on a coach tour of India with her 'enlightened' atheist parents, becomes fascinated by the vultures that she sees everywhere. By Judy Leather. Director: Shaun MacLoughlin Emily: Carolyn Backhouse Mr Terry: Anthony Jackson Dolly: Shireen Shah Alden: William Eedle Jane: Phylllda Nash Davina: June Barrie Brenda: Angela Phillips Larry: Cornelius Garrett Sue: Christabelle Dilks Mike: David Bannerman Carpet manufacturer: Rew Setna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-08-19 19:45 - The Monday Play The Active Citizen Michael Duke 's political comedy is set in an illegal organisation's 'safe house', where there may be a 'mole' in the bedroom. Director .... Patrick Rayner. Callaghan .... Stuart McQuarrie Carmel .... Alison Peebles Taylor .... Finlay Welsh Chief .... Ralph Riach Ross .... Sandy Welch Derek .... Robert Paterson Doreen .... Barbara Rafferty Norris .... Jim Twaddale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-02 19:45 - The Monday Play The Inner Courtyard From the age of 4, Catherine was brought up by nuns. But it is only now, as Mother Superior, that she starts to attend to echoes of her early life. In David Zane Mairowitz 's play, the sounds from an 'inner courtyard' speak of a different culture and the unification of two different religions. With Norman Jones and Petra Markham. Director: Jeremy Mortimer. Mother Catherine: Frances Tomelty Monsieur Lacroix,: Hugh Dickson Sister Marie-Marthe: Emma Hewitt Sister Germaine: Jane Whitten Shaw Bishop Barbier: Brett Usher Cardinal Mornay: Timothy Bateson Mother: Paula Jacobs Father: Henry Goodman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-16 19:45 - The Monday Play Potter's Wheel by Albert Welling. Why did Potter choose to stay at the Mandalay hotel? He's a disturbing presence and his obsession with the story of Judas is very odd. Director: Jane Morgan. Potter: Peter Vaughan Frjokn: David Kelsey MrsBurrows: Tessa Worsley Anna: Emma Gregory MrSuji: Eui Kusuhara Tracey: Jane Whittenshaw Mr Paimer: Eric Allan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-23 19:45 - The Monday Play FinndeSiecle The beautiful Finn sisters have discovered the dream world of Dublin's beau monde. But harsh reality threatens a rude awakening from their idyllic lifestyle. A comedy By AlanBerrie. Mort Silverstein Ill... Niall Cusack Director - Eoin O'Callaghan Storyteller: Maurice O'Callaghan JohnJo Finn: Ronan Wilmot Molly Finn: Ruth McCabe Trish: Marcella Riordan Fanny: Sighle Toibin Bernie: Sheelagh O'Kane Don Morgan: Kevin Flood KitSweeney: Gerard Byrne Proinnsea McMurtagn: John Hewitt Roma Tomelly: Tease O'Gorman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-09-30 19:45 - The Monday Play Arms and the Man Bernard Shaw 's anti-war comedy which is set in a fantasy Balkan State in 1885. Director .... John Tydeman Blunlschli .... Andrew Sachs Sergius .... Gary Bond Raina .... Jackie Smith-Wood Petkoff, her father .... David March Catherine, her mother .... Mary Wimbush Nicola, a servant .... Michael Harbour Louka, another servant .... Kathryn Hurlbutt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-07 19:45 - The Monday Play A Kind of Freedom Different backgrounds and beliefs. Different meanings for the same words. And in Alan McDonald 's play, a thirst for revenge so deep it destroys everything in its way. With Eric Allan,Nigel Carrington, Peter Gunn,Charles Millham, Robert Porta. Director: Clive Brill. Robert: Robert Glenister Ali: Joan Namyers Mike: Mark Straker Fee: Siobhan Redmond Mother: Jenny Howe Mum: Ann Windsor Dad/Newcaster: Ronald Herdman Father/Peter: John Church ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-10-14 19:45 - The Monday Play The Family Hotel Sardonic young graduate James helps out at his family's seaside hotel. An out-of-season guest is more than he or his mother bargained for.... By Michael Arditti. Director: Richard Wortley James Hardman: Jonathan Firth Piers Alexander: Robertglenister Lily Hardman: Elizabeth Kelly Roy Hardman: William Simons Corinne Evans: Emma Gregory Vicar: Norman Jones Driver: Norman Jones Husband: Alan Barker Man in car: Alan Barker Wife: Joanna Myers Woman in car: Joanna Myers Miss Pettifew: Joanna Myers Girl: Siriol Jenkins BR conductor/Steward: Clarence Smith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-04 19:45 - The Monday Play The Man-Eater of Malgudi A dramatisation of R K Narayan's novel, set in the small Indian town of Malgudi. Nataraj and his friends Sen and Kavi find their lives ruined by the arrival in Malgudi of the monstrous Vasu. Their attempts to deal with him build to a wickedly I humorous climax. Vasu .....BHASKER Dramatised by William Ash Director: Kay Patrick. Nataraj: Sam Dastor Sen: Harmage Singh Kalirai Kavi: Rashid Karapiet Sastri: Kalee Mjanjua Wastepaper man: Amjad Saleem Muthu/Police inspector: Paul Bazely Kamala: Charubala Chokshi Mahout: Amer Jitdeu Rangi: Shobu McAuley Superintendent of Police: Tariq Alibai Ramaswami: Ayub Khan Din ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-11 19:45 - The Monday Play Russia By John Fletcher, who won a 1990 Giles Cooper Award for Best Original Play. Armistice Day.... but for one British platoon the end of the Great War is the beginning of an extraordinary adventure. This is the story of their epic journey to escape from the dark heart of Russia. With David Bannerman and Heather Barrett. Music Barrington Pheloung. Director: Nigel Bryant. Sergeant: Pwlip Davis Corporal: David Holt Cecil: Terry Pearson Haskins: Jonathan Wyatt Smith: Peter Meakin Percival: Chris MacDonnell Goddard: Richard Mitchley Captain Symonds: Brett Usher Grigoreyev: Peter Harlowe General: Roger Hume Russian girl: Susan Mann ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-18 19:45 - The Monday Play A Movie Starring Me Samantha Bond stars as American soap actress Michele, in a new play by David Edgar. Michele's appearance in a West End production of The Seagull prompts Tripper, an obsessive fan, to make Michele aware of his existence. Director: Philip Martin. Alex: Kenneth Cranham Tripper: Mark Kilmurray Michae/Massinger: Ed Bishop Celia Salmon: Hedl Iniklaus John/Assassin: David Vann Tripper's mother: Tina Gray Sue: Georgia Greeph Nick Card: John Dixon McKinley/Francois: Simon Carter Speaking clock: Geoff Serle Konstantin: Andy Hockley Dick Hennessy: Alan Devereux Receptionist: Kimberley Hope Director/Gerry: Rob Swinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-11-25 19:45 - The Monday Play Stranger in the Tea Leaves A new Welsh comedy inspired by Nikolai Gogol's classic Russian play The Government Inspector. Some things are the same the whole world over - corruption, hypocrisy, lust and laughter. By William Ingram. Music - Laurie Scott Baker Director: Jane Dauncey. Mayor Roberts: Ray Smith Myfanwy Roberts: Myfanwy Talog Rowena Roberts: Carys Gwilym Kelsey: Brendan Charleson Cob: John Biggins Magistrate Davies: Brinley Jenkins lestyn Griffiths: Howell Evans Little Billy: Philip Howe Telwyth Teg: William Ingram ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-02 19:45 - The Monday Play Oates after His Fingers Following on from his Giles Cooper Award-winner The Pope's Brother, Steve Walker 's play shows Captain Titus Oates in the year 2065, alive and thawing out in the Antarctic. What will the old-fashioned explorer think of an England laid waste by drought and famine, where everyone speaks with an American accent? Director .... Peter Kavanagh. Oates .... Stephen Dillane Archie .... Vincent Marzello Europa .... Lorelei King Hendrix .... David Graham Edward VII .... David Graham Ma .... Pauline Letts Lloyd George .... Sam Dastor Dr Coombs .... Charles Millham Scott .... Nigel Carrington Manfred .... Nigel Carrington Dr Fitch .... Peter Penry-Jones Strangler .... Norman Jones Jailer .... Tom Watt Parrot .... David Bannerman Hungry Fred .... Colin McFarlane Snooty woman .... Irene Sutcuffe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-09 19:45 - The Monday Play The Year of Miracle and Grief Leonid Borodin, a Russian dissident, was born in 1938 on the shores of Lake Baikal in Siberia. He tells a story of his childhood that many might regard as a fairy tale. But he insists that it is true.Dramatised by Nick McCarty. Director: Shaun MacLoughlin Leonid: Steve Hodson Leon: Tom Lawrence Sarma: Mary Wimbush Ri: Carolyn Backhouse Baikolla: William Eedle Father: Brett Usher Mother: Joanna Myers Vassina: June Barrie Nessei: Neil Roberts Teacher: Phyllida Nash Grandad: Norman Jones Svetka: Lydia Robertson Nelka: Laura Hawkridge Genka: Edward Jones Valerka: Ross Wilkinson Yurka: Luke Robertson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-16 19:45 - The Monday Play The Fight for Barbara Written in 1912, David Lawrence's comedy is based on his elopement with Frieda. Robert Wesson and his lover Barbara have fled to Tuscany, where they are pursued by Barbara's aristocratic family. Barbara is racked by guilt when she meets her mentally unstable husband. Director Michael Fox. Robert Wesson: Paul Copley Barbara Tressider: Abigail Bond Lady Charlcote: Delia Corrie Sir William Charlcote: Geoffrey Banks Dr Frederick Tressider: Christopher Ravenscroft ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-23 19:45 - The Monday Play Roxana Daniel Defoe 's story of a beautiful adventuress who rises from poverty to become the mistress of King Charles II. Alison Steadman plays Roxana, a woman who finds fulfilment is not always to be found in fame and prosperity. Dramatised by Alan England Director: Philip Martin. Amy: Claire Faulconbridge Prince: Michael Fitzgerald Laurence/Reinhard: David Learner Barlborough: David Meal King: Geoff Serle Mr Mulders: Roger Hume Susan: Georgia Greeph Sister: Caroline Ryder Husband: Andy Hockley Sister-in-law: Tessa Gallagher Quaker: Patricia Gallimore Mrs Brown: Joyce Gibbs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC Radio 4 - 1991-12-30 19:45 - The Monday Play However Al Hunter's new comedy of love and war set in the Russo-Japanese conflict. Andrei's job is to write reports about fictional successes from the front. When these are believed at home he accidentally becomes a hero overnight.... Director: Adrian Bean. Andrei: John Gordon-Sinclair Czar: Willie Rushton Princess Elisaveta: Alison Dowling Piotr: Graham Seed Trigorin: David Richard-Fox Yeltsin: Timothy Carlton Lady Karenina: Avril Clark Brezhnev: Timothy Bateson Kosygin/Gorbachev: Shaun Prendergast Andropov: Norman Jones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back to top
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