BBC Radio Plays, radio 4, 1993
DRAMA ON RADIO 4 FOR 1993
Serials
and multi part dramas will generally be shown on each broadcast date,
however, if the cast is relatively consistant, only the first episode
will be listed below with details of cast in later episodes included
and with later episode dates indicated.
The
multi-season serials "The House","Up the Garden
Path", "Unofficial Rosie","Rent" and the
multiple "Winston" series are not detailed below - they
have lengthy histories and deserve a web page to themselves. The
first episode in 1993 may be listed with a note of later broadcast
dates in 1993.
Most series of 30 minute sit coms are not listed.
Stephen Shaw
1st
January 1993:
10.15-10.30:
Paradise
Regained by John Milton.
Sequel
to Paradise Lost,
Abridged
by Adrian Mitchell
Music
by Elizabeth Parker
Director:
John Theocharis
1
of 9: Satan undertakes His Temptation.
Milton:
Denis Quilley
God:
Godfrey Kenton
Christ:
Robert Glenister
Satan:
Ian McDiarmid
Mary:
Federay Holmes
Andrew:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Simon:
Matthew Morgan
Belial:
Steve Hodgson
Subsequent
episodes daily Mon-Fri, ep9 on 13/1/93.
Series
repeated from 8/11/94.
1st
January 1993
11.30-12.00
Murder
on the Orient Express part 5 of 5.
No
details are given in BBC Genome, but the series was repeated
commencing from 26th August 1993, and details of all episodes are
listed below for that second broadcast of the series.
1st
January 1993:
14.00:
The
Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Dramatised by John Tydeman
What
evil influences the two children at Bly?
Music
Wildredo Acosta
Director
Glyn Dearman. Stereo
The
Governess: Charlotte Attenborough
Mrs
Grose: Rosemary Leach
Miles:
Sam Crane
Flora:
Sara Jane Derrick
Master
of Bly: Michael Tudor Barnes
Coachman:
John Church
Storyteller:
Jonathan Adams
Repeated
27/11/1993.
[John
Tydeman directed an earlier different version broadcast 28/2/66]
2nd
January 1993:
14.25:
Saturday
Playhouse: The Five Beans by John Peacock.
A
very individual history of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Music:
Stephen Warbeck
Director
Jane Morgan. Stereo
Jack:
Matthew Morgan
Young
Jack: Henry Briant
Edmund:
Terence Edmond
Meg:
Pat Heywood
Aelfric:
Bernard Hepton
Ragmr:
Ken Stott
Frigga:
Rowena Cooper
Tom:
Scon Ransome
Jenny:
Federay Holmes
Gwen:
Siriol Jenkins
Old
Man: Ken Wynne
Guardian:
Jil Uemeers
Harp:
Melanie Pappenheim
Also
with Phillip Anthony, David Bannerman, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill
Graham and David Thorpe
Repeated
8/1/1994.
2nd
January 1993:
19.50:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson. Dramatised
by Frederick Bradnum
Young
Nicolas Whistler becomes unwittingly involved in a dangerous spying
mission to Prague.
Dramatised
by Frederick Bradnum
Director
Matthew Walters.
Nicolas:
Rupert Graves
Old
Nicolas: John Horsley
Vlasta:
Joanna Kanska
Vowells:
Jonathan Adams
Pavelka:
Sandor Eles
Galushka:
Steve Hodson
Nimck/Roddinghead:
John Webb
Maura:
Teresa McElroy
Mrs
Nolan/Maminka: Linda Polan
Josef:
Philip Anthony
Imre:
John Church
1st
Agent: Matthew Morgan
2nd
Agent: Keith Drinkel
Paula:
Federay Holmes
Repeated
15/11/1993
3rd
January 1993:
14.30
:
Sunday
Playhouse: The Dream Maker by Alex Shearer.
A
stranger appears in the village seeking lodgings. And he claims to be
able to dream the future.... (Stereo)
Director:
Andy Jordan
Stuart
Bullen: Andrew Howard
The
Professor: Bill Paterson
Rosa
Bullen: Tina Gray
Mickey
Moors: James Lailey
Mrs
Hallett: Andrea Gascoigne
Farmer
Boulding: John Surman
Billy
McCrystal: Rio Fanning
Harry
Monroe : John Church
Repeated
from 10/9/1992
Also
broadcast on BBC7 in 2009
4th
January 1993:
12.25
:
Ukridge
by P G Wodehouse. Adapted by Julian Dutton
3
of 6: The Long Arm of Looney Coote
Ukridge
enters the world of politics and fear enters the British electorate.
Producer
Sarah Smith. Stereo
Ukridge:
Griff Rhys Jones.
Corky:
Robert Bathurst
Tupper:
Adam Godley
Beamish:
Simon Godley
Madeline:
Rebecca Front
Teddy:
Julian Dutton
Also
with Dougal Lee
Ep4:11/1/93
Ep5:18/1/93 Ep6:25/1/93
(Episode
one of this run was on 21st December 1992, Ep2 was 28/12/92)
Series
repeated commencing 29th May 1993
4th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Absolute
Discretion by Grant Eustace.
Arthur
Vernet, a chemistry student at Oxford in the 1870s, investigates a
mystery surrounding the Earl of Warminster's family.
Director:
Alec Reid
Arthur
Vernet: Ben Daniels
Waminster:
Brett Usher
Alice
Selwood: Janes Uvin
Edith
Gratton: Maxine Audley
Maude
Gratton: Elizabeth Kelly
Blaine:
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
Mrs
Lamont: Jenny Howe
First
broadcast 12th January 1991.
[A
sequel "The Salamander Chest" appears below on 11th January
1993]
4th
January 1993:
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Boxing Day by Michael Crompton.
Phylis
leaves her repossessed house to walk into the unknown. A car accident
leaves her in a coma over Christmas, until the memory of an old love
awakens her.
Director
Michael Fox. Stereo
Phylis:
Rosalind Knight
Young
Phylis: Julia Ford
Philipa:
Amelia Bullmore
David:
Robert Whelan
Pat:
Judith Barker
Alice:
Daphne Oxenford
Fireman:
Martin Oldfield
The
Driver: John Branwell
Anna:
Emma Garner-Clarke
4th
January 1993:
23.00
:
Decline
and Fall by Evelyn Waugh, Adapted by Jeremy Front
1
of 6: Theology undergraduate Paul Pennyfeather is thrown out of
Oxford and forced to take a post in an eighth-rate public school.
Producer
Lissa Evans.
Paul:
Alistair McGowan
Grimes:
Jim Broadbent
Prendergast:
Andrew Sachs
Potts:
Daniel Strauss
Peter:
Richard Pearce
Dr
Fagan: Edward Hardwicke
Postlethwaite:
Peter Penry Jones
Sniggs:
Sean Arnold
Philbrick:
Jonathan Kydd
Flossie:
Emma Fielding
Dingy:
Siriol Jenkins
Actors
in later episodes and their first episode:
Lady
Circumference: Margaret Courtenay (2)
Margot:
Joanna David(2)
Otto:
Daniel Strauss(3)
Maltravers/Prison
doctor: John Church(4)
Jane:
Theresa Streatfeild(4)
Panther:
Peter Gunn(5)
Prison
schoolmaster: Neil Roberts(5)
Ep2:11/1/93
Ep3:18/1/93 Ep4:25/1/93 Ep5:1/2/93 Ep6:8/2/93
The
series was first broadcast from 13th May 1992.
5th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: The Veil of Happiness by Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929).
Translated by Kitty Black
In
China a blind man is suddenly forced to face the realities of the
world around him.
Incidental
music by Gabriel Faure.
Music
arranged by Terry McNamara
Director
Martin Jenkins. Stereo
Chang
I: Keith Drinkel
His
Wife: Sarah Badel
His
Son: Richard Pearce
His
Chief Advisor: John Rowe
The
Lover: Matthew Morgan
The
Thief: Anthony Jackson
The
Imperial Messenger: David Thorpe
6th
January 1993:
12.25-13.00
:
The
Comedians by Graham Greene. Dramatised by Rene Basilico
5
of 8:- Brown plays host at a dinner party for the Smiths, and is
himself a guest at a very different kind of ceremony....
Producer
John Fawcett Wilson.
Brown:
Michael Kitchen
Smith:
James Maxwell
Mrs
Smith: Helen Horton
Dr
Magiot: Rudolph Walker
Josephe:
Kenneth Gardnier
Martha
Pineda: Tessa Wojtczak
Gendarme:
Paterson Josephe
Henri
Philipot: Tony Armatrading
British
Charge d'affaires: Terrence Hardiman
Additional
actors in later episodes- see separate dates below.
Ep
6:13/1/93 Ep 7:20/1/93 Ep 8:27/1/93
[For
this run of the series, Ep1:9/12/92 Ep2:16/12/92 Ep3:23/12/92
Ep4:23/12/92]
Series
Repeated commencing 16th December 1993
6th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Child's
Play: Spacehoppers, Clackers and Really Big Fish by Roy Hutchins.
Schooldays
are one of the adventures of childhood. At the age of ten, Roy loves
Miss Springfield.
Anthony,
the class know-all, loves Miss Prue and Sandra loves her Tiny Tears
and sherbet lemons. But then the morning of the eleven-plus dawns and
things will never be quite the same again.
Director
Tracey Neale. Stereo
Narrator:
Roy Hutchins
Miss
Prue: Jennifer Piercey
Miss
Springfield: Emma Fielding
Roy:
Richard Sandall
Anthony:
Aaran Jenner
Gary:
Kevin Bassant
Rachell:
Claire Hilton
Sandra:
Becky Parker
Streaky:
Philip Brown
Also
with With John Baddeley, Geraldine Fitzgerald, David Thorpe, and the
Fleetdown Junior School, Dartford, Kent
6th
January 1993:
20.45
:
Tolstoy
- At War and Peace.
compiled
by Michael Bakewell.
7
of 7: They Are Tearing Me to Pieces
Director
Rosemary Hart. Stereo
Reader
John Rowe.
Leo
Tolstoy: Norman Rodway
Sofya:
Anna Massey
Sasha
Tolstoy: Alice Arnold
Tatyana
Tolstoy: Victoria Carling
Illya
Tolstoy: David Collings
Sergei
Tolstoy: Alan Barker
Leon
Tolstoy: David Goudge
Bulgakov:
Nicholas Farrell
Chertkov:
Nigel Carrington
Prior
episodes: 1:25/11/92 2:2/12/92 3:9/12/92 4:16/12/92 5:23/12/92
6:30/12/92
Series
repeated starting from 15th August 1993.
7th
January 1993:
10.00
:
Gentleman
and Ladies by Susan Hill. Adapted by Bill Matthews
1
of 5: The funeral of Faith Lavender, spinster of the Parish, is
attended by her family and friends and by one stranger - a man named
Hubert Gaily.
Producer
Lissa Evans. Stereo
Eleanor
Thorne: Patricia Hayes
Alida
Thorne: Stephanie Cole
Isabel
Lavender: Sian Phillips
Kathleen
Lavender: Jill Graham
Dorothea
Shottery: Gwen Watford
Florence
Ames: Anna Cropper
Hubert
Gaily: John Baddeley
Ma
Gaily: Pauline Letts
Ep2:14/1/93
Ep3:21/1/93 Ep4:28/1/93 Ep5:4/2/93
For
actors appearing in later episodes please see the separate date
entries below.
Series
repeated commencing 7/12/1993
[Pauline
Letts played Alida in a 1970 90 minute version of the play
transmitted as "Miss Lavender is Dead"]
7th
January 1993:
12.25-13.00
:
Boogie
up the River, Written and adapted by Mark Wallington.
4
of 6: A Curry at Kelmscot
Mark
suggests making a Delia Smith Sri Lankan egg curry.
Producer
Caroline Leddy. Stereo
Narrator/Mark
Wallington: Timothy Spall
Jennifer
Conway: Carla Mendonca
Michael:
Gary Parker
Mrs
Byron/Shopkeeper: Margaret Stallard
Lock
Keeper: Terence Edmond
Landlord/Boogie:
Ronald Herdman
Percy:
Eric Allan
Fisherman
1: John Church
Fisherman
2: Rod Smith
Fisherman
3: David Holt
A
Bit of All Right /Curator: Nick Murchie
Previous
episodes: 1:17/12/92 2:24/12/92 3:31/12/92
Following
episodes:5: 14/1/93 6:21/1/93
Please
see dates below for cast in later episodes.
The
series was repeated commencing on 21st August 1993
7th
January 1993:
14.00
:
The
Billion Dollar Carp by Nick McCarty
Marketing
whizz Charles MacKenzie invests his redundancy in his uncle's
Scottish fish farm. Away from London the work is hard and life is
simpler. But what are the mysterious fish in the faraway pen?
Would
anyone really try to hide a marketing man's dream product?
Music:
David Dorward
Director
Hamish Wilson. Stereo
Chartes:
Bernard Holley
Jeannie:
Mary Ann Reid
Hamish:
Tom Watson
Actress/Stella:
Ali Walton
Producer/Radio
Newsman: Peter D'Souza
Peterson/Stevens:
Colin Mace
Kelso/DJ/Man:
Simon Christie
Andrew/Minister:
James Brice
Alastair/Smith/Cabinet
Minister: Robert Carr
Lx
(?)/Woman: Astrid Wilson
Murdo/Photographer/MP:
Robin Thomson
Singer:
Sasha Abrams
7th
January 1993:
23.00
:
Fear
on Four: Dark Feathers by Denise Sims
A
composer's determination to achieve absolute concentration results in
a callous massacre.
Director
Martin Jenkins
Jenny:
Emily Richard
Fay:
Joanna Myers
Paul:
Matthew Morgan
Mr
Batcombe: Jonathan Adams
Young
Jenny: Siriol Jenkins
Young
Fay: Katie Jenkins
Jenny's
Mum: Melinda Walker
Repeated
15th January 1994
8th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Classic
Serial: Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky: The Midnight Bell by
Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962) dramatised by Frederick Bradnum
(1920-2001)
London,
1927. Bob meets a prostitute called Jenny, and Ella is invited to the
theatre.
Director:
Glyn Dearman
Bob:
Steven Pacey
Ella:
Annette Badland
Jenny:
Emily Morgan
Prunella:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Violet:
Alice Arnold
Rex:
Christopher Good
Andy:
David Goudge
Tom:
Paul Downing
Marian:
Margot Boyd
Bella:
Joan Matheson
Ella's
Mother: Anna Cropper
Guvnor:
David King
Mrs
Guvnor: Jo Kendall
Actor:
Vincent Brimble
Actor:
Brian Miller
Actor:
Joan Walker
Book
2:"The Siege of Pleasure"-15/1/93 Book 3:"The
Plains of Cement"-22/1/93
[Originally
three books, combined into one title as above. A 1963 film "Bitter
Harvest" was based upon the books. Subsequently in 2005, a 3
episode BBC TV series.]
9th
January 1993:
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Russia by John Fletcher.
For
one British platoon the end of the Great War is the beginning of an
extraordinary adventure. The story of their epic journey to escape
from the dark heart ot Russia.
Music:
Barrington Pheloung
Director
Nigel Bryant.
BBC
Pebble Mill
Sergeant:
Philip 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
Also
With David Bannerman and Heather Barrett
Repeated
from 11th November 1991.
9th
January 1993:
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Seven Per Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer.
Dramatised by Denny Martin Flinn
The
riddle of Holmes's disappearance at the Reichenbach Falls is solved,
and the real reason for Professor Moriarty's power is revealed.
Music:
David Chiltern and Nicholas Russell-Pavier
Violin
played by Steve Bentley
Director
Jane Morgan. Stereo
Sherlock
Holmes: Simon Callow
Dr
Watson: Ian Hogg
Sigmund
Freud: Karl Johnson
Professor
Moriarty: David King
Mycroft
Holmes: Philip Voss
Baron
von Leinsdorf: Matthew Morgan
Nancy
Osborn Slater: Melinda Walker
Baroness
von Leinsdorf: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Hugo
von Hoffmansthal: Wolf Kahler
Also
with David Bannerman, Kate Binchy, Federay Holmes, Jillie Meers and
David Sinclair
Repeated
on 1st November 1993
10th
January 1993
14.30
:
Sunday
Playhouse: The Music Teacher by Guy Slater.
A
new term and a new music teacher for Debbie, but Mr Hall is young and
exciting and makes her feel special.
Pianist
Mary Nash
Director
Sue Wilson.
Debbie:
Joanna Myers
Heather:
Emma Gregory
Mr
Hall: Paul Clarkson
Mrs
Lewis: Auriol Smith
Miss
Camming: Ann Windsor
Mrs
Eggar/Chairwoman: Elizabeth Kelly
Miss
O'Brien: Katharine Barker
Chief
Education Officer: James Greene
Sandy:
Susan Sheridan
Boy:
Richard Pearce
Repeated
from 23rd January 1992
11th
January 1993
12.25
:
Ukridge
by P G Wodehouse. Adapted by Julian Dutton.
4
of 6: Ukridge's Dog College. Ukridge's big, broad, flexible outlook
turns to canine improvement schemes down in Kent.
Details
as 4th January 1993- see above.
11th
January 1993
14.00
:
The
Salamander Chest by Grant Eustace.
In
a sequel to last Monday's "Absolute Discretion", Alice
Selwood strives to seek out the true identity of her father and in
the course of her adventures finds that 1870s England can be a
dangerous place. But first she must find her beloved Arthur in
Oxford.
Director:
Alec Reid
Arthur
Beresford: Ben Daniels
Alice
Selwood: Jane Slavin
Arbuthnot:
Philip Latham
Ryder:
Jonathan Adams
Priestley:
David Brierley
Blennerhorn:
John Baddeley
Cunningham:
Andrew Branch
Murchison:
Sean Barratt
Mrs
Wiseman: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Polzean:
Terry O'Brien
Brecknell:
Philip Anthony
Goatcher:
Snoo Wilson
11th
January 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Orlando (1928) by Virginia Woolf (1882-1941).
Dramatised by Peter Buckman
Orlando
was born in the reign of Elizabeth I and lived into that of George V.
He entered life as a boy and she left it as a woman. Who was this
strange creature?
Music:
James Walker and Simon Walker
Director
Penny Gold. Stereo
Orlando:
Jenny Stoller
The
Narrator: Vivian Pickles
Queen
Elizabeth: Margot Boyd
Lady
Margaret: Heather Tobias
Earl:
Danny Schiller
Sasha:
Amanda Murray
Stubbs:
Lockwood West
Mrs
Grimsditch: Jane Wenham
Dupper:
John Bott
Greene:
Peter Woodthorpe
Archduke:
Richard O'Callaghan
King
Charles: Willlam Eedle
Nell
Gwyn: Helena Breck
Sea
Captain: Arnold Diamond
Shelmerdine:
David McAlister
Shop
Assistant: Hilda Schroder
First
broadcast 28th May 1984, repeated 3rd June 1984.
12th
January 1993
12.25
:
The
Older Woman by Tony Bagley.
Season
1, episode 1 of 6: Roy Hitchcock is a hack journalist on a provincial
paper with big ideas and an attitude problem. When he meets his
former English teacher his private fantasies get a new lease of life
as he sets out to win her against all the odds.
Music:
Julian Westall
Producer
Paul Schlesinger. Stereo
Miss
Callaghan: Zoe Wanamaker
Roy
Hitchcock: Martin Clunes
Elsa:
Toyah Wilcox
Mr
Say: David Troughton
Dick/Clinton/Pavarotti:
Geoff McGivern
Yeats/
Doug/Hannibal Leder/Chris/Jacko: David Holt
Joyce/Reporter:
Keith Drinkel
Sheila/Helen/
Donna/Presenter/ Bond Girl/Bailey/ Starling: Melanie Hudson
Additional
cast in later episodes with the first episode they were in:
Chad
Mann: Nicky Henson (2)
Wyn:
Sue Roderick (2)
Pavarotti:
Steve Hodson (2)
Mickey/Phil:
John Baddeley(3)
Leland:
Bryan Dick (4)
Himself:
Paul Vaughan (4)
Eric:
Jonathan Adams(5)
Charlotte:
Linda Polan(5)
God:
Jonathan Adams(6)
Advert
Voice-Over: Melanie Hudson(6)
Ep2:19/1/93
Ep3:26/1/93 Ep4:2/2/93 Ep5:9/2/93, Ep6:16/2/93
Series
repeated commencing 28th March 1994.
[A
second 6 part series was broadcast commencing 16th August 1994,
repeated commencing 31st December 1994]
12th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Heads by Colin Haydn Evans.
Archaeologist
Megan uncovers a major relic from Celtic Britain. She would very much
like to put it back.
Director
Nigel Bryant. Stereo
Megan:
Hayon Gwynne
Roland:
Michael Maloney
Annie:
Lucy Tregear
12th
January 1993:
18.30
:
Second
Thoughts by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
Repeat
of series 4: Episode 1 of 6: Unhappy Returns. Bill makes a flying
return visit from his new job in Germany which provides the ideal
opportunity for a quiet weekend with Faith. But interventions from
Hannah and Liza ensure that the weekend is anything but romantic.
Producer
Paul Schlesinger
Bill:
James Bolam
Faith:
Lynda Bellingham
Liza:
Belinda Lang
Richard:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Hannah:
Julia Sawalha
Joe:
Mark Denham
Kevin:
David Learner
[There
were four radio series plus four tv series. Radio Series 1 commenced
3/11/1988. Radio Series 4 commenced 18/6/1992. This episode was the
first repeat of series 4. Subsequent 5 episodes weekly - not listed
below]
13th
January 1993:
12.25-13.00
:
The
Comedians by Graham Greene. Dramatised by Rene Basilico
6
of 8: A series of unexpected events - all with potentially disturbing
consequences for Brown, a man who has always chosen to "stand
aside".
Please
see 6th January 1993 above.
Actors
additional to episode 5:
Jones,:
Michael Feast
Concasseur(?):
Oscar James
Captain
Dekker: Hans Meyer
Francois/Tonton:
Leroy Golding
Croupier/Tonton:
Paterson Joseph
Ep
7:20/1/93 Ep 8:27/1/93
13th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Child's
Play: The Hanging of Ernest Moon by John Latham.
"He
was a sort of saint."-"Is that any reason to bully him?"-"I
don't suppose so."
Director
Janet Whitaker.
Pardy:
Paul Hanley
Mary:
Lesley Nicol
Miss
Ryder: Paula Tilbrook
Jimmy:
Ian Taylor
Ernest:
Stephen Hall
Johnnie:
Steven Blezard
Anne:
Catherine Grimes
Dirk:
Jonathan Perkins
14th
January 1993:
10.00
:
Gentleman
and Ladies by Susan Hill. Adapted by Bill Matthews
2
of 5.
Please
see 7th January 1993 above.
Additional
actors not in episode one:
Miss
Cress: Jillie Meers
Dr
Sparrow: James Telfer
Ep3:21/1/93
Ep4:28/1/93 Ep5:4/2/93
14th
January 1993:
12.25-13.00
:
Boogie
up the River, Written and adapted by Mark Wallington.
5
of 6: Lechlade, Twinned with Zanzibar. Boogie's in charge of
moulting, Jennifer's in charge of the mobile phone, and Marks in
charge of everything else as the threesome approach Lechlade, and go
in search of a living legend - Great Crested Sam Tucker.
Please
see 7th January 1993 above.
Additional
actors not in episode 4:
PA/Royal
Lady: Ainslie Foster
Sam
Tucker: Geoffrey McGivern
Launderette
Attendant/Girl: Kate Binchy
Barman:
Simon Godley
Archie:
David Holt
Delia
Smith: Melinda Walker
Ep
6:21/1/93
14th
January 1993:
23.00
:
Fear
on Four: Playing God by John Graham.
With
so many young people sleeping rough, they can fall prey to
unscrupulous operators.
Director
Martin Jenkins. Stereo
Introduced
By: Edward De Souza
Alma:
Melanie Hudson
Tom:
Nicholas Murchie
Mrs
Drewitt: Margaret Heery
Hilary:
Ann Windsor
Ralph:
Eric Allen
Doctor:
John Church
Sister:
Melinda Walker
Police
Sergeant: Peter Gunn
PC
Crambles: David Bannerman
15th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Classic
Serial: Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky: The Siege of Pleasure
by Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962) dramatised by Frederick Bradnum
(1920-2001)
2
of 3: Jenny tells Bob of her fall from grace.
Please
see 8th January 1993 above.
Actors
additional to part one:
Ernest
Eccles: John Moffatt
Guvnor:
David King
16th
January 1993:
14.30
:
Playhouse:
One-Way Ticket to Palookaville by Michael Chaplin.
It's
late summer 1990, and for shipyard welder Billy Hamsen it's a
memorable one. Billy's a "traditional" working class
"commie" and across the world there are serious changes to
a system he has revered all his life.
Director
Dave Sheasby
Billy
Hamsen: Christian Rodska
Margaret
Hamsen: Val McLane
Alexei:
Karl Boyd
Rosa:
Tracey Wilkinson
Jack:
Rod Arthur
Ellis:
John Graham Davies
Ivanov:
Christopher Campbell
Dad:
Art Davies
Jimmy:
James Thackeray
Gavin:
Trevor Todd
Harry:
Peter Wheeler
Repeated
from 20th January 1992
16th
January 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Gun before Butter (1963) by Nicolas Freeling
(1927-2003). Adapted by Philip Martin.
Inspector
Van der Valk is not sure what he is investigating.
Directed
by Philip Martin.
Van
der Valk: Ian Hogg
Lucienne:
Sophie Thompson
Samson:
Geoff Serle
Stam:
Roger Hume
Solange:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Arlette:
Sunny Ormonde
Hart:
David Vann
Bernard:
Alan Devereux
Royaard:
David Frederickson
Rustenberg:
David Curnow
Markiewics:
Paul Webster
Westdijk:
Simon Carter
Vogel:
Dominic Taylor
Repeated
on 8th November 1993
18th
January 1993
12.25
:
Ukridge
by P G Wodehouse. Adapted by Julian Dutton
5
of 6: The Return of Battling Billson. Ukridge 's failed champion,
Battling Billson, turns from pugilist to evangelist.
Please
see 4th January 1993 above.
18th
January 1993:
14.00
:
The
Folly by Martyn Read
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
First
broadcast was supposed to be on 5th August 1991 but the program was
postponed to 7th September 1991.
18th
January 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Red Sky at Night by Nick Ward.
Music:
Richard Heacock
Trumpet
Nick Thompson
Director
Nick Ward
Producer
Marilyn Imrie. Stereo
Katherine:
Julia Ford
Alfred:
Paul Copley
Ultty:
Katrin Cartlidge
Harry:
Eric Allan
Betteridge:
Keith Drinkel
Grandma:
Jill Graham
Mrs
Marsh/Barmaid: Melanie Hudson
Repeated
9th May 1994
19th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Seaside by Thomas McLaughlin.
Judy
sits on a beach in the south of Ireland at three o'clock in the
morning, deciding whether she should travel to England for an
abortion, when Sally is washed ashore.
Director
Pam Brighton
Judy:
Carmel Callan
Sally:
Marie Jones
Terry:
BJ Hogg
Repeated
17th May 1994
20th
January 1993:
12.25-13.00
:
The
Comedians by Graham Greene. Dramatised by Rene Basilico
7
of 8:- Jones is "on the run" from the Haitian authorities.
Brown agrees to help and finds himself at the mercy of events ...
Please
see 6th January 1993 above.
Actors
additional to part 5:
Jones:
Michael Feast
Luis
Hitteda: Michael Mellinger
Captain
Dekker: Hans Meyer
Purser:
Peter van Dissel
Georges/Gendarme:
Louis St Juste
Ep
8:27/1/93
20th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Child's
Play: Hanuman Child by Nandita Ghose.
Sunetra's
father is Indian and her mother English, but where does she belong?
She loved her father's stories of Hanuman the Monkey King when she
was little, but can they help her in real life?
Director
Janet Whitaker. Stereo
Sunetra:
Anna Abrahams
Sanjay/Hanuman:
Madhav Sharma
Ruth:
Melinda Walker
Granny:
Jill Graham
Stewardess:
Sandra James-Young
Indian
guest: Rashid Karapiet
Lucy:
Charlotte Tomkys
Shorojini:
Preeya Kaudas
Natalie:
Sarah Harvey Smart
Jane:
Adele Sanders
Boy:
Anthony Hamblin
Girl
1: Kristy Bruce
Girl
2: Laura Tomkys
21st
January 1993:
10.00
:
Gentleman
and Ladies by Susan Hill. Adapted by Bill Matthews
3
of 5.
Please
see 7th January 1993 above.
Cast
additional to episode one:
Miss
Cress: Jillie Meers
Mrs
Clemency: Irene Sutcliffe
Dr
Sparrow: James Telfer
21st
January 1993:
12.25-13.00
:
Boogie
up the River, Written and adapted by Mark Wallington.
6
of 6: I'll See You at the Source. "Great Crested" Sam
Tucker meets his match in Jennifer, who proves she can drink him
under any table. And can Boogie's habits become any more disgusting
in the last episode of the series?
Please
see 7th January 1993 above.
Cast
additional to episode four:
PA:
Ainslie Foster
Canoeist/German
man: Nick Murchie
Barman:
Jonathan Adams
Adolescent
Girl/German Lady: Julie Gibbs
Cricketer/Man
in Ipswich: John Fleming
Boogie
/Wicket Keeper: Ronald Herdman
Delia
Smith: Melinda Walker
Old
Lady: Jilly Meers
The
series was repeated commencing on 21st August 1993
21st
January 1993:
14.00
:
Another
Dimension by Don Haworth.
Five
members of a village community receive an offer they cannot refuse.
Director
Michael Fox.
Peter:
Ewan Hooper
Jenny:
Haydn Gwynne
Michael:
Stephen Tompkinson
Tom:
Graham Roberts
Edna:
Joan Campion
21st
January 1993
23.00
:
Fear
on 4: Vicious Fish by John Duquemin and Gregor Grice.
A
giant of the deep demands a human sacrifice.
Director
Martin Jenkins.
Introduced
By: Edward De Souza
George:
John Hollis
Tony:
Paul Copley
Danny:
Nicholas Murchie
Repeated
29th January 1994
Also
broadcast on BBC7 in 2003, 2005
22nd
January 1993:
14.00
:
Classic
Serial: Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky:- The Plains of Cement:
by Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962) dramatised by Frederick Bradnum
(1920-2001)
3
of 3: Bob gives Jenny an ultimatum and Ella has a confrontation with
Mr Eccles
Please
see 8th January 1993 above.
Cast
additional to part one:
Ernest
Eccles: John Moffatt
Prosser:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Prunella:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs
Guvnor: Jo Kendall
Unknown:
Donald Gee
Unknown:
Michael Kilgarriff
23rd
January 1993:
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Assassins by Peter Roberts.
Midwinter
1170. Thomas Becket is murdered at Canterbury. Miracles occur at his
shrine. But what became of his murderers?
Director
Nigel Bryant.
Hugh
de Morale: Michael Lumsden
Richard
Brito: Stephen Tomlin
Reynald
FitzUrse: Martin Head
William
De Traci: Richard Hart
Thomas
Becket: Graham Padden
Stephen
de Garlande: Kim Wall
Jean
D'Amiens: Bill Wallis
Alix:
Sandra Berkin
Raymond
of Tripoli: Christopher Scott
King
Baldwin: David Holt
Reynold
of Kerak: Peter Meakin
Odo:
Jonathan Wyatt
Saladin:
Nadim Sawalha
Saracen
soldier: Avi Nassa
Monk:
Simon Carter
Archbishop
Hubert: Garard Green
Repeated
from 30th March 1992
23rd
January 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Anzacs over England by David Goodland.
Gloucestershire
1918 - two worlds meet as Australian airmen arrive to train as
pilots.
Music
arranged and played by the cast
Director
Pat Trueman. Stereo
Annie
Pope: Miranda Pleasence
2nd
Lieut Jeff Rylands: Richard S Huggett
Ernie
Pope: Ben Fox
2nd
Air Mechanic Vic Walsh: Jaime Robertson
Frank
Pope: Owen John O'Mahoney
Lily
Pope: Vivienne Moore
Colonel
Toby Watt: Stu Cochrane
Captain
Les Driscol: Campbell Graham
Darcy
Jones: Richard Hague
Ivor
Pope: Andrew Rattenbury
Cast
are the original cast who performed the play in 1992 at the Swan
Theatre, Worcester
24th
January 1993:
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, translated by Alan
Russell, dramatised by Christopher Reason
1
of 4: Emma dreams of romance, of a young lover who will sweep her off
her feet. It is an irony of fate that it is Charles Bovary who walks
into her life.
Pianist:
Bernard Robertson
Singer:
Claude Close
Director
Kay Patrick
Emma:
Nicola Pagett
Charles
Bovary: Stephen Moore
Monsieur
Homais: Clive Swift
Lheureux:
Sam Dastor
Heloise:
Stephanie Turner
Professor:
Geoffrey Banks
Servant/Charles'
Father: Geoffrey Banks
Nastasie:
Fenella Norman
Rouault:
Robin Polley
Felicite:
Saskia Downes
Leon
Dupuis: Paul Downing
The
Marquis: Graeme Kirk
The
Viscount/Hivert: Christopher Kent
Charles
Mother/ Marchioness: Ann Rye
Cast
in later episodes:
Rodolphe
Boulanger: Roger Allam
Madame
Rollet: Jane Cox
Maurice:
Rodney Litchfield
Heuvain:
James Quinn
Justin:
Damien Walker
Beadle:
Peter Wheeler
The
Bailiff: Christopher Wilkinson
Blind
Beggar/Cabbie: Claude Close
Ep2:31/1/93
Ep3:7/2/93 Ep4:14/2/93
All
episodes repeated five days later.
24th
January 1993:
22.15
:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Silver Blaze by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised by Bert Coules.
The
favourite for the Wessex Cup has disappeared, and his trainer lies
dead on Dartmoor.
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Patrick Rayner.
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Col
Ross: Jack May
Imp
Gregory: Terence Edmond
Straker:
Fraser Kerr
Mrs
Straker: Susan Sheridan
Brown:
Brett Usher
Simpson:
Nigel Carrington
Ned:
Mark Straker
Edith:
Petra Markham
Repeated
from 8th January 1992
25th
January 1993:
12.25
:
Ukridge
by P G Wodehouse. Adapted by Julian Dutton
6
of 6: Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner
Please
see 4th January 1993 above.
Series
repeated commencing 29th May 1993
25th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Boy
Bishop by Alick Rowe.
The
ceremony of the election of a Boy Bishop was widespread in the Middle
Ages. This play is based on the tradition's revival and the rivalry
between the choristers.
Psalms
sung by Hereford Cathedral Choir School under the direction of Dr Roy
Massey
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Michael:
Matthew Sim
David:
Richard Pearce
Old
David: David March
The
Dean: Andrew Hilton
Father
Melling: Christian Rodska
Canon
Briggs-Reed: Peter Copley
The
Precentor: Brian Gear
The
Headmaster: Stephen Thorne
Philip:
John Telfer
Choirmaster:
Bill Wallis
Packman:
Edward Jones
Clifford:
Tom Edgar
Alistair:
Charles Simpson
TV
Director: Steve Hodson
TV
Interviewer: Eric Allan
Repeated
from 7th March 1992.
[Abolished
by Elizabeth I, the practice was revived in 1959 for one year at
Stockport, then in 1973 at Hereford for one service then annually
from 1982, and at other locations. The first girl bishop was 2009 at
Wellingborough.]
25th
January 1993:
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Pledge (1958) by Friedrich Durrenmatt (1921-1990).
Adapted by Peter Thomson.
Matthews
is a gifted detective but his clinical approach makes him unpopular.
When a child is murdered he risks everything to solve the case.
Director
Claire Grove Stereo
Matthews:
Keith Drinkel
Tanner:
Tom Georgeson
Horton:
Jonathan Adams
Halsey:
Matthew Morgan
Burkhard:
Terence Edmond
Lock:
Jonathan Tafler
Mrs
Scott: Gudrun Ure
Mary:
Nadine Ballantyne
Also
with Jill Graham, David Holt, Siriol Jenkins, James Telfer, Philip
Anthony, John Webb and Alexander Thomson
Repeated
20th September 1993.
[Original
television movie was "Es geschah am hellichten Tag", whose
ending the author was not happy with, so he wrote "Das
Versprechen: Requiem auf den Kriminalroman or The Pledge: Requiem for
the Detective Novel". The 2001 film The Pledge follows the
reworked version but relocated to Mexico.]
26th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: A Perfect Match by Carmela Osman.
Rosemary
meets John via a computer dating agency. Their friendship grows with
each encounter, but will it blossom into love?
Director
Cherry Cookson. Stereo
Rosemary:
Lesley Dunlop
John:
Struan Rodger
Mum:
Jill Graham
27th
January 1993
12.25-13.00
:
The
Comedians by Graham Greene. Dramatised by Rene Basilico
8
of 8: Jones embarks on his great adventure.... and Brown is finally
forced to leave the "sidelines".
Please
see 6th January 1993 above.
Actors
additional to Episode 5:
Jones:
Michael Feast
Concasseur:
Oscar James
Josephe:
Kenneth Gardnier
Tonton/Dominican
Official: Paterson Joseph
Georges:
Louis St Juste
Series
Repeated commencing 16th December 1993
27th
January 1993:
14.00
:
Child's
Play: Two Together? by Diane Samuels.
Sarah
meets the grown-up Susan, the inspiration behind the "Two
Together" children's books, and together they rediscover
childhood. For Susan, it becomes a voyage of self-discovery. For
Sarah, the realisation that fiction and reality are two different
things.
Director
Tracey Neale. Stereo
Susan:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Sarah:
Alice Arnold
Edith:
Jill Graham
Harry:
Keith Drinkel
MrLevington:
John Fleming
Child
Reader: Perdita Weeks
28th
January 1993:
10.00
:
Gentleman
and Ladies by Susan Hill. Adapted by Bill Matthews
4
of 5. Please see 7th January 1993 above.
Actors
additional to Ep 1:
Dr
Sparrow: James Telfer
Mrs
Clemency: Irene Sutcliffe
Ep5:4/2/93
Series
repeated commencing 7/12/1993
28th
January 1993:
14.00
:
I
Wonder Who's Kisssing Her Now by Tim Green.
George
is a grumpy old coal-miner with a grudge against trade unions. But
he's hiding a romantic and political past.
Pianist
Tim Riley
Director
Jane Dauncey.
Old
George: Dillwyn Owen
Young
George: Gary Llywelyn
Edith:
Ruth McClaughrey
Clare:
Ruth Jones
Brian:
Craig Edwards
Julie:
Lynn Hunter
Stuart:
Eilian Wyn
Doctor:
Brendan Charleson
28th
January 1993:
18.30
:
Deadlock
by Sara Paretsky. Dramatised by: Michelene Wandor,
1
of 6: A Hero's Death. At the funeral of her ice-hockey hero cousin,
private eye V I Warshawski becomes suspicious that his death wasn't
an accident.
V
I Warshawski: Kathleen Turner
Lotty:
Eleanor Bron
Bobby
Mallory: William Hootkins
Martin
Bledsoe: James Aubrey
Niels
Grafalk: Peter Marinker
Paige
Carrington: Teresa Gallagher
Clayton
Phillips: William Roberts
Mike
Sheridan: Keith Drinkel
Margolis:
David Holt
McKelvy:
John Guerrasio
Grandma:
Linda Polan
Mrs
Grafalk: Alibe Parsons
Actors
in later episodes listed under the episode date.
Ep2:4/2/93
Ep3:11/2/93 Ep4:18/2/93 Ep5:25/2/93 Ep6:4/3/93
Series
repeated commencing 2nd October 1993.
28th
January 1993:
23.00
:
Fear
on 4: Hellhound on my Trail by Paul Sirett
James
Harper investigates the mysterious death of a jazz musician.
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Introduction:
Edward de Souza
James
Harper: Nigel Anthony
Carol
Harper: Shelley Thompson
Dr
Lewis: John Rowe
Ike
Roberts: Erick Ray Evans
Anderson:
Burt Caesar
Lucia
Grange: Alibe Parsons
Marcie
Singleton: Sandra James Young
Victoria
Carling: Tricia Singleton
Repeated
5th February 1994
Also
broadcast by BBC Radio 7 in 2003
[The
blues number of the title was recorded in 1937 by Robert Johnson.
Little is known of him. A death certificate found in 1968 gave 1938
as the date of death of Robert Johnson. An heir was recognised in
1998.]
30th
January 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Operation Lightning Pegasus by Alick Rowe (1938-2009)
What
really happened at the Fall of Troy? Was the Episode of the Wooden
Horse as heroic as Homer would have it? Or was his Iliad a cover-up
for what was a military fiasco?
Harpist
Valerie Aldrich-Smith
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Agamemnon:
Timothy West
Diomedes:
Geoffrey Bateman
Paris:
Tim Bentinck
Odysseus:
Hugh Dickson
Menelaus:
Sion Probert
Helen:
Norma Ronald
Hector:
Neil Stacy
Achilles:
Henry Stamper
Andromache:
Joy Harrison
Melops:
Christian Rodska
Philicus:
Ronald Herdman
Patroclus:
Nicholas Courtney
Priam:
Andrew Hilton
Cassandra:
Rosalind Adams
First
broadcast 7th November 1981, then again on 9th November 1981
Repeated
7th August 1982.
Later
repeated 30th October 1993.
Also
repeated on BBC 7 in 2007, 2008, 2009
30th
January 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Black Birds of St Giles by Robert Birmingham.
Tobias
is taken by slave traders from his village in Africa and brought to
London to be a page boy to a wealthy English family. Petted, pampered
and educated as a child, his life begins to change as he becomes a
man.
Director
Anne Edyvean.
Tobiasa
Boy: Ben Wynter
Tobias
a Man: Akim Mogaji
Mr
Scofield: John Fleming
Mrs
Scofield: Melinda Walker
Queeme:
Jillie Meers
Amelia
as a Girl: Annatt Bass
a
Woman Amelia: Sandra James Young
Captain
Roper: Keith Drinkel
Mark
Ali: Colin McFarlane
Bella:
Susan Aderin
Howard:
John Webb
Joiejoe:
Clarence Smith
Trim:
Malcolm Frederick
Baj:
David Harewood
Alison:
Federay Holmes
31st
January 1993:
22.15
:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Yellow Face by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised by Gerry Jones .
A
hideous apparition is ruining the lives of a happily married couple.
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Enyd Williams.
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Grant
Munro: Mark Straker
Effie
Munro: Helena Breck
Mrs
Hudson: Joan Matheson
Maid:
Siriol Jenkins
Repeated
from 15th January 1992
Also
broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2006, 2007, 2008
1st
February 1993:
14.00
:
Keystone
by Peter Lovesey. Dramatised by Michael Z Lewin.
English
actor Warwick Easton is hired as a Keystone cop but comedy swiftly
turns to tragedy.
Director
Matthew Walters
Warwick
Easton (Keystone): Mark Straker
Amber:
Jennifer Ehle
Sennett:
Roger Gartland
Brennan:
Kerry Shale
Louise:
Lorelei King
Frank:
Don Fellows
Winnie/Mrs
Swatowska: Ann Windsor
Slim:
John Church
Chester:
Gordon Reid
Repeated
from 2nd May 1992
1st
February 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: A Tearful of Dreams by Gary Mitchell.
Set
in a Loyalist area of Belfast, the play explores how the horrors of a
rape are intensified when the rapist is from a paramilitary family.
Director
Pam Brighton.
John:
Ian McElhinney
Evelyn:
Marie Jones
Geordie:
Tim Loane
Tracy:
Eileen McCloskey
Joey:
Simon Magill
Clifford:
Lalor Roddy
Cyril:
Mark Mulholland
Johnston:
John Hewitt
Hall:
Trevor Moore
Bishop:
BJ Hogg
Stevie:
Peter Ballance
Cook:
Robert Taylor
Colin:
Martin Maguire
Ronnie:
James Corry
Thompson:
Stuart Graham
2nd
February 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Parole by Nigel Brown.
Kay
has brought up her son alone. He loves his mum and his motorbike.
Then his father returns....
Director
Claire Grove.
Kay:
Elizabeth Estensen
Peter:
Matthew Sim
John:
Keith Drinkel
[This
is the only entry on BBC Genome for Nigel Brown- apart from a Blue
Peter appearance by a schoolboy of that name 14 years earlier]
3rd
February 1993:
12:25-13:00
:
A
Whole New Ball Game by Martin Davies.
1
of 6: Goodbye Gregory After the death of Gregory Patterson, stalwart
of the Roman Catholic parish of St Andrew 's, the bereaved family
face a life of new challenges. How will Mrs Patterson cope with her
headstrong daughter, Barbara? How will young Robert face up to his
new responsibilities? Surely Father Benedict can help?
Producer
Lissa Evans.
Robert
Patterson: Paul Parris
Father
Beedict: Desmond Barritt
Mrs
Patterson: Brenda Blethyn
Barbara
Patterson: Charlotte Coleman
Guy
Entwhistle: Martino Lazzeri
Mr
Plant: Gordon Reid
Andy:
Mark Straker
Janet:
Claire Skinner
Actors
in later episodes and the episode they first appeared in:
Leisure
Manageress: Jill Meers (2)
Fr
Hugh: Gordon Reid (3)
Mr
Plant: Gordon Reid (4)
Ep2:10/2/93
Ep3:17/2/93 Ep4:24/2/93 Ep5:3/3/93 Ep6:10/3/93
This
series was repeated commencing 26th May 1994.
[There
was a second series of 6 episodes which commenced 24th October 1994
and was repeated comencing 30th July 1996]
3rd
February 1993:
14.00
:
Child's
Play: Just 14 by Amanda Swift.
14-year-old,
middle-class Georgia, and Sid from Millwall. On a Welsh camping
holiday Georgia is introduced to the art of kissing, and gets advice
on life and love from a Welsh mountain sheep.
Guitarist
Ian Gammie
Songs
from Form V girls of St Albans High School
Directors
Marilyn Imrie and Marion Nancarrow
Georgia:
Claire Skinner
Serena:
Elaine Claxton
Paul:
Matthew Morgan
Sid:
Clarence Smith
Marcus:
Richard Pearce
Ralph:
David Crossley
The
Sheep: Amanda Swift
4th
February 1993:
10.00
:
Gentleman
and Ladies by Susan Hill. Adapted by Bill Matthews
5
of 5. Please see 7th January 1993 above.
Actors
additional to the first episode:
Dr
Sparrow: James Telfer
Miss
Cress: Jillie Meers
Mrs
Gemency: Irene Sutcliffe
4th
February 1993:
14.00
:
Kai
Mei Sauce by Kevin Wong.
Mr
Chen is willing to sell his prize recipe in order to keep his
restaurant.
Director
Tony Cliff.
Frank
Chen: David Yip
Janet
Chen Pui: Fan Lee
Michael
Shaw: Russell Dixon
Terence
Davis: Seamus O'Neill
Mr
Lo: K C Leong
Mrs
Cheung: Barbara Yu-Ling
Cook:
Benedict Wong
Waitress:
Susan Leong
Charlotte:
Julie Westwood
4th
February 1993:
Deadlock
by Sara Paretsky. Dramatised by: Michelene Wandor,
2
of 6: Down the Hatches. V I's dead cousin "Boom Boom" knew
too much about something and his flat is burgled, leading to another
murder.
Please
see 28th January 1993 above.
Actors
additional to episode one:
Murray:
Kerry Shale
Captain
Bemis: William Dufris
Janet:
Jill Graham
Mrs
Kelvin: Sandra James-Young
Theatre
Director: Linda Polan
4th
February 1993:
23.00
:
Fear
on 4: Hearing Is Believing by Aubrey Woods.
Bizarre
happenings backstage - long after the lights have gone out in a large
London theatre.
Director
Gerry Jones. Stereo
Introduced
By: Edward De Souza
Harry
Travers: Mick Ford
Paul:
Keith Drinkel
Laura:
Siriol Jenkins
Sergeant:
Jonathan Adams
Also
broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2003, 2008
6th
February 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
A Kind of Freedom by Alan MacDonald.
A
thirst for revenge is so deep it destroys everything in its way.
Director
Clive Brill.
Robert:
Robert Glenister
Ali:
Joanna Myers
Mike:
Mark Straker
Fee:
Siobhan Redmond
Mother:
Jenny Howe
Mum:
Ann Windsor
Dad/
Newscaster: Ronald Herdman
Father/
Peter: John Church
Also
with Eric Allan, Nigel Carrington, Peter Gunn Charles Millham and
Robert Portal
First
broadcast 7th October 1991
6th
February 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Crossed Lines by David Halliwell (1936-2006).
Abwin,
desperate to clear debts finds himself talking to a woman on a
crossed line. She has heard his story and would like to help out. Of
course Abwin will meet her - he has nothing to lose.
Director
Philip Martin.
Abwin:
Ian Hogg
Zadia:
Claire Faulconbridge
Jackman:
Graham Padden
Keal:
Terry Molloy
Edie:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Bailey:
David Vann
Mr
Dabbs: Simon Carter
Mrs
Dabbs: Joyce Gibbs
Yatta:
Gillian Goodman
Prison
Officers: David Halliwell
7th
February 1993:
22:15-23:00:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Stockbroker's Clerk by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle Dramatised by Denys Hawthorne.
A
young clerk is offered a post beyond his wildest dreams. Is it all
too good to be true - and if so, why?
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Enyd Williams
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Mr
Pycroft: Jonathan Tafler
Mr
Pinner: Sean Barrett
Inspector
Gabriel: Nigel Carrington
Repeated
on 22nd January 1992
8th
February 1993:
14.00
:
Craft
by Guy Meredith.
Disillusioned
with the world of art, Adam Bax decides to embark on a little
nefarious infamy.
Director
Cherry Cookson.
Bax:
Norman Rodway
Robert:
Geoffrey Collins
Quartermain:
James Grout
Tessa:
Carole Boyd
Constantine:
Neville Jason
Fenwick:
John Rye
His
Manservant: John Webb
Susan:
Helena Breck
Nutley:
Colin Starkey
Sergeant:
Colin Starkey
Colonel
Dalby: Garard Green
Rivetti:
Michael Percival
Beth:
Ellen McIntosh
(First
broadcast 24th March 1984)
[(A
sequel, The Tokyo Correction, was broadcast on 15/2/93)]
8th
February 1993
19.45-21.15:
The
Monday Play: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller Jr.
Dramatised by Donald Campbell.
Six
hundred years after the nuclear holocaust, a group of monks, in an
abbey in the desert, struggle to preserve the remnant of humanity's
scientific knowledge.
Novice
Brother Francis is undergoing his Lenten fast before taking his final
vows, when his meditation and prayers are interrupted by a visitor.
Incidental
music by David Dorward , sung by Cappella Nova
Director
Hamish Wilson.
Paulo:
Michael MacKenzie
Eleazar:
John Shedden
Francis:
Andrew Price
Taddeo:
Billy Riddoch
Arkos:
Alexander Morton
Gault:
Gordon Fulton
Kornhoer:
Alec Heggie
Claret:
Robert Carlyle
Poet:
Charles Kearney
First
broadcast 6th June 1982
9th
February 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Jack in the Box by David Marshall.
Mediocre
Jack is in his box, dead. His go-getting boss, Mr Welsher , now has
evil designs on Jack's dizzy wife, Jill. But has Jack really "gone"?
Director
Richard Wortley.
Mr
Welsher: Peter Jeffrey
Jack:
Peter Gunn
Jill:
Polly James
Narrator:
Philip Anthony
Receptionist:
John Webb
Vicar:
Keith Drinkel
Judge:
John Church
Video
voice-over: David Thorpe
10th
February 1993
14.00
:
The
Miser adapted by Carlo Ardito from a play by Carlo Goldoni
(1707-1793)
Venice:
1756. Don Ambrogio wants to be rid of his recently widowed
daughter-in-law. But if she marries again she may take her dowry with
her. Never!
Director
Glyn Dearman
Don
Ambrogio: Bernard Hepton
Eugenia:
Amanda Root
Count:
Daniel Massey
Knight:
Nickolas Grace
Fernando:
Alex Jennings
Cecchino:
James Telfer
Repeated
on 6th September 1995.
[The
Goldoni play was inspired in part by Moliere's The Miser. The Italian
title of the Goldoni work was L'Avaro (1756)- The Miser, not to be
confused with another, Il geloso avaro.]
11th
February 1993
10.00
:
Good
Wives by Louisa May Alcott Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.
The
sequel to Little Women.
1
of 6:: The First Wedding
Director
Marilyn Imrie.
Marmee:
Gayle Hunnicutt
Meg:
Jemma Redgrave
Jo:
Buffy Davis
Beth:
Anne-Marie Zola
Amy:
Kara Zediker
Laurie:
Marcus D'Amico
Old
Mr Laurence: Don Fellows
Father:
John Guerrasio
Aunt
March: Margaret Robertson
Hannah:
Alibe Parsons
John
Brooke: Adam Henderson
Miss
Crocker: Helen Horton
Miss
Elliott: Lorelei King
Tudor:
David Holt
For
actors in later episodes please refer to the episode date.
Ep2:18/2/93
Ep3:25/2/93 Ep4:4/3/93 Ep5:11/3/93 Ep6:18/3/93
11th
February 1993:
14.00
:
At
the Gellert by Gillian Reeve.
Legend
has it that every ten years a giant white salamander finds its way
into the Gellert Baths in Budapest. On that day everyone will find
their heart's desire. It is in the baths that Karin falls in love for
the first time.
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin.
Herr
Schmidt. ..Christian Rodska
Karin:
Carolyn Backhouse
Judit:
Pauline Letts
Zoltan:
Linus Roache
Eszter:
Magdalene Buznea
Tibor:
Sam Bond
Frau
Schmidt: Phyllida Nash
11th
February 1993
18.30
:
Deadlock
by Sara Paretsky. Dramatised by: Michelene Wandor,
3
of 6: Somebody wants V I dead and tampers with her car.
Please
see 28th January 1993 above.
Actors
additional to episode one:
Murray
Ryerson: Kerry Shale
Jarine
Phillips: Shelley Thompson
Captain
Bemis: William Dufris
Pierre
Bouchard: Matthew Morgan
Janet:
Jill Graham
Elsie:
Melanie Hudson
Nurse:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Ep4:18/2/93
Ep5:25/2/93 Ep6:4/3/93
11th
February 1993:
23.00
:
Fear
on 4: Life Line by Stephen Gallagher.
Could
modern technology open the way to communication beyond the grave? And
if so - to what end?
Director
Martin Jenkins.
Introduced
By: Edward De Souza
Ryan:
Nicholas Murchie
Colin:
Jonathan Tafler
Susan:
Moir Leslie
Belinda:
Federay Holmes
Life
Line Operator: Ann Windsor
BT
Operator: Matthew Morgan
Voices:
Julian Rhind Tutt
Voices:
Kate Binchy
Voices:
Melinda Walker
Repeated
on 19th February 1994
13th
February 1993:
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Oates After His Fingers by Steve Walker.
Captain
"Titus" Oates in the year 2065 alive and thawing out in the
Antarctic. What will our old-fashioned explorer think of an England
laid waste by drought and famine, where everyone has an American
accent?
Director
Peter Kavanagh
Oates:
Stephen Dillane
Archie:
Vincent Marzello
Europa:
Lorelei King
Hendrix/Edward
VII: David Graham
Ma:
Pauline Letts
Lloyd
George: Sam Dastor
Dr
Coombs: Charles Millham
Scott/Manfred:
Nigel Carrington
Dr
Fitch: Peter Penry Jones
Strangler:
Norman Jones
Jailer:
Tom Watt
Parrot:
David Bannerman
Hungry
Fred: Colin McFarlane
Snooty
woman: Irene Sutcliffe
Repeated
from 2nd December 1991.
13th
February 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: You Choose by Jonathan Myerson.
Encountering
an old flame on the Tube, Zoe's comfortable life begins to
disintegrate as Simon's dark vision starts to dominate her world.
Music:
David Chiltern and Nick Russell-Pavier
Director
Jonathan Myerson.
Zoe:
Amanda Root
Simon:
Nathaniel Parker
Greg:
Jonathan Cullen
Stella:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Nick:
Nicholas Hutchison
Jenny:
Federay Holmes
Lord
Harry: Jonathan Adams
Paul:
David Holt
Emma:
Sandra James Young
Sales
Assistant: Matthew Morgan
Security
Guard: Keith Drinkel
Repeated
on 9th April 1994.
14th
February 1993:
22.15
:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The "Gloria Scott" by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle. Dramatised by Vincent McInerney
Holmes's
first case, from his undergraduate days, a cruel tale of blackmail
and mutiny at sea.
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Patrick Rayner.
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Victor:
Simon Treves
Trevor:
Terence Edmond
Armitage:
Nigel Carrington
Captain:
Charles Millham
Hudson:
Eric Allan
Rev
Wilson: Mark Straker
Prendergast:
Alan Barker
Doctor:
Fraser Kerr
Maid:
Siriol Jenkins
Repeated
from 29th January 1992
Also
broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2006, 2007, 2008
15th
February 1993
14.00
:
Craft
Two: The Tokyo Correction by Guy Meredith
Adam
Bax returns to London after ten years on the run in Spain. Penniless
and jobless, he is taken under the wing of an old student of his. He
soon finds himself tangled up in a major art deception, and now one
of his collaborators has been murdered!
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Adam
Bax: Norman Rodway
Quartermain:
James Grout
Tessa:
Carole Boyd
Nicholas
Bonalack: David Ashton
Constantim:
Neville Jason
Sergeant:
John Webb
Terry
Hamian: Steve Hodson
Herman
Dorff: Jonathan Adams
Judith:
Sandra James-Young
Principal:
John Baddeley
Customer:
Mellnda Walker
Repeated
on 23rd April 1994
[A
sequel to "Craft" first broadcast 24/3/1984 and repeated
8/2/93]
15th
February 1993:
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Check the Tension by Steve May.
An
African state has a way of encouraging holidaymakers, but the
tensions within it are ignored by an English businesswoman until it
is too late.
Director
Richard Wortley.
Beatrice:
Stephanie Cole
Jean:
Sarah Badel
Louise:
Jane Slavin
Fez:
Geoffrey Matthews
Video
Narrator: Steve Hodson
16th
February 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Day Off by Moya O'Shea.
On
16 February 1983, the Australian state of Victoria was hit by one of
the worst bush fires on record. It also happened to be the day that
four friends decide to take a "sickie" and drive into the
bush....
Director
Tracey Neale.
Nick:
Peter O'Brien
Peter:
Marcus Eyre
Rachel:
Moya O'Shea
Sue:
Federay Holmes
Firemen:
David Holt,
Firemen:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
17th
February 1993
14.00
:
Walking
the Plank of Love by Nick Pullin.
A
play for Valentine's week about love, romantic novels, initiative
tests and pink cami-knickers.
Director
Marion Nancarrow.
Matthew:
David Thorpe
Marilyn:
Carolyn Backhouse
Mum:
June Barrie
Dad:
Steve Hodson
Bill
Moon: Ed Bishop
Repeated
30th August 1995
18th
February 1993
10.00
:
Good
Wives by Louisa May Alcott Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.
2
of 6: The Big, Busy World. Meg faces tribulations in her married
life, and Jo triumphs in her writing.
Musical
Director Stuart Hutchinson
Please
see 11th February 1993 above.
Cast
additional to episode one:
Sally
Gardiner: Tamsin Hollo
Aunt
Carron: Faith Brook
Mrs
ChesterlMrs Lamb: Jill Graham
May
Chester/Miss Lamb: Toni G Barry
Maud
Chester: Melanie Hudson
The
Parrot: Jonathan Tafler
Ep3:25/2/93
Ep4:4/3/93 Ep5:11/3/93 Ep6:18/3/93
18th
February 1993:
14.00
:
Song
for a Sanctuary by Rukhsana Ahmad.
When
Rajinder and her daughter move into a women's refuge, a clash of
culture and personalities brings the conflict to a crisis point.
Director
Kate Rowland.
Rajinder:
Jamila Massey
Sonia:
Linda Rooke
Eileen:
Joanna Bacon
Kamla:
Shireen Shah
Savita:
Shobu Kapoor
Pradeep/Chent:
Shiv Grewal
Repeated
on 10th April 1995
[Story
based on the life of Balwant Kaur in 1985]
18th
February 1993:
23.00
:
Exocet.
By Jack Higgins Dramatised by Scott Cherry.
1
of 4: Little Games: Ferguson of MI6 recruits the beautiful
Gabrielle Legrand to spy on her Argentinian lover.
Directed
by Scott Cherry.
Brigadier
Charles Ferguson: Peter Jeffrey
Major
Tony Villiers: Michael N Harbour
Gabrielk
Legrand: Moir Leslie
Harry
Fox: Peter Acre
Victor
Vronsh: David Bamber
Col
Raul Montera: William Hope
Julio
Garcia: Allan Corduner
Nikolai
Belov: David March
Sgt
Major Jackson: Eric Allan
Chief
Supt Carver: John Church
Anna
Marchuk: Melanie Hudson
Queen
Elizabeth II: Melinda Walker
Actors
appearing in later episodes:
Prof
Paul Bernard: Keith Drinkel(2)
Major
Langliam: Steve Hodson(2)
Journalist/Private
Elliot: David Holt(2)
Ep2:
25/2/93 Ep3:4/3/93 Ep4:11/3/93
20th
February 1993:
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Wild Swans by John Peacock. Based on the story by Hans
Christian Andersen
Every
moment of Queen Margrethe's day was filled with hatred of her
stepchildren. In her mind she planned their deaths, and realised that
with magic she could make the thought the deed. But magic can be used
for good as well as evil.
Music
by Philip Thorby, played by Musica Antiqua of London
Radiophonic
sound by Elizabeth Parker
Technical
presentation by David Greenwood, Alma Cadzow, Richard Beadsmoore.
Director
Jane Morgan
The
Princes: Lolly Cockerell, Jenny Lee
Elise:
Angela Pleasence
Nurse:
Pauline Letts
King
Arne: Stephen Thorne
Queen
Margrethe: Valerie Sarruf
Arne:
Andrew Seear
Elronde:
Toby Hales
Kurt:
John McAndrew
Erik:
James Imber
Claus:
Michael Goodman
Peter:
Toby Landau
Hans:
Paul Bradbury
Johanne:
Francis Wilford
Karl:
Caspar Norman
Sven:
Tristram Fetherstonhaugh
Kristien:
Malcolm Ingram
Waldmaar:
Philip Voss
Ivar:
Anthony Hyde
Edrich:
John Church
Jakob:
John Bott
The
Lamias: Diana Bishop, Lolly Cockerell, Jenny Lee, Alexander John,
Michael Spice, Gordon Reid.
[A
lamia can be many things, perhaps here witch is closest].
Repeated
from 26th December 1980
20th
February 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Darling Peidi by Shelagh Stepenson.
The
story of Edith Thompson, who, with Freddy Bywaters, was charged with
the murder of her husband Percy in October 1922.
Producer
Jeremy Mortimer
Edith
Thompson: Rachel Joyce
Freddy
Bywaters: Charles Simpson
Percy
Thompson: Peter Wight
Avis
Groydon: Theresa Streatfeild
Mr
Graydon: Norman Bird
Mrs
Graydon: Gudrun Ure
Rose/Wardress:
Siriol Jenkins
Elsie/Wardress:
Joanna Myers
Mr
Stern: David Learner
Henry
Curtis-Bennett: Mark Lambert
Thomas
Inskip: Brett Usher
Mr
Justice Shearman: Jonathan Adams
ClerklChaplain:
Nicholas Murchie
Foreman/Officer:
Peter Gunn
Prison
Governor: Keith Drinkel
Repeated
from 23rd March 1992
21st
February 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Persuasion by Jane Austen. Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
1
of 3: Old Friends and New Meetings
It
is 1814 in the village of Uppercross in Somersetshire, and Sir Walter
Elliot of Kellynch Hall has long since given up any hope of his
daughter's making a favourable marriage. But Anne did fall in love
eight years ago with Frederick Wentworth , a young man with no
fortune and no family connections. She was persuaded to give him up.
Has he forgiven her?
Square
piano (William Rolfe and Sons c.1810) played by Kenneth Mobbs
Director
Vanessa Whitburn
(BBC
Pebble Mill)
Anne
Elliot: Juliet Stevenson
Captain
Wentworth: Tim Brierley
Jane
Austen: Sorcha Cusack
Sir
Walter Elliot: Roger Hume
Elizabeth
Elliot: Claire Faulconbridge
Mary
Musgrove: Kathryn Hurlbutt
Charles
Musgrove: Alister Cameron
Little
Charles: John Abell
Henrietta
Musgrove: Alison Dowling
Louisa
Musgrove: Jayne Dowell
Mrs
Musgrove: Sheila Grant
Lady
Russell: Patricia Gallimore
Admiral
Croft: Jeffery Dench
Sophia
Croft: Tina Gray
Mrs
Clay: Hedli Niklaus
Mr
Shepherd: Stephen Hancock
Charles
Hayter: Clive Marlowe
Additional
actors in later episodes:
Mr
Elliot: Peter Harlowe(2)
Captain
Benwick: Tony Turner(2)
Mrs
Smith: Carole Boyd(2)
Mr
Elliot: Peter Harlowe(3)
Captain
Harville: Paul Alexander(3)
Ep2:28/2/93
Ep3:7/3/93
All
episodes were repeated five days later.
The
series was previously broadcast commencing on 31st December 1986
and repeated commencing on 2nd August 1987
22nd
February 1993
14.00
:
Lavender
Song by Patricia Wood.
Three
young ex-officers, survivors of the First World War, live together in
an isolated cottage, looked after by two attendants who take
uncommonly great care that no one comes near them.
Music:
Stephen Warbeck
Director:
Jane Morgan
Jimmy
Barnes: William Nighy
David
Hunter: Andrew Wincott
Boy
Dawson: Charles Simpson
Major
John Dawson: Colin McFarlane
Tom
Drew: Stephen Tompkinson
Sylvia:
Jane Whittenshaw
First
broadcast 9th Noveber 1991
[This
play won the Society of Authors Drama Gold Award at the 1992 Sony
Awards.]
22nd
February 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Newsagent and the Counsellor by Don Haworth.
In
a fit of anger, a normally placid newsagent throws his son's stereo
through a bedroom window. He turns to a counsellor for advice, and as
she unravels the story behind his outburst, she unwittingly reveals
her story too. So who counsels the counsellor?
Director
Kay Patrick
Laura:
Maggie Steed
Harold:
Stephen Moore
23rd
February 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Clean Slate by Tracy Aston
A
monologue: Patricia is a woman who has got cleaning down to a fine
art. So much so, that neither she nor her husband ever has to leave
the house.
Director
Clive Brill
Patricia:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Repeated
from 6th August 1991.
24th
February 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Empty House, by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised by: Bert Coules
Holmes
has met his fate at the Reichenbach Falls, and Mary Watson is on her
death-bed. Alone and grief-stricken, Dr Watson tries his hand at
solving a society murder.
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Prof.
Moriarty: Michael Pennington
Colonel
Moran: Frederick Treves
Inspector
Lestrade: Donald Gee
Mrs.
Hudson: Joan Matheson
Sir
John: Peter Penry Jones
Adair:
John Webb
Murray:
Steve Hodson
Nurse:
Kate Binchy
Mary
Watson: Jillie Meers
Jenny:
Siriol Jenkins
Stamford:
Keith Drinkel
Coroner:
John Church
Parker:
John Fleming
Repeated
on 30th November 1994
25th
February 1993
10.00
:
Good
Wives by Louisa May Alcott. Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.
3
of 6: Our Foreign Correspondent. Amy goes to Europe, and Jo to New
York, where she makes a new friend.
Please
see 11th February 1993 above.
Actors
not in first episode:
Mrs
Kirke: Jill Graham
Kitty:
Toni G Barry
Professor
Bhaer: Martin Jarvis
Dashwood:
John Church
Ep4:4/3/93
Ep5:11/3/93 Ep6:18/3/93
25th
February 1993
14.00
:
The
Architect's Dream by Neil Rhodes. Ashley is a retired successful
architect with no regrets until he meets Eric, who discovers Ashley's
youthful plans for two mile-high cities which, if built, wou]d have
changed the world. And Erie thinks they can be built.
Director
Richard Wortley
Ashley:
John Baddeley
Kay:
Jennifer Piercey
Eric:
Richard Tate
Mildred:
Barbara Atkinson
25th
February 1993
18.30
:
Deadlock
by Sara Paretsky. Dramatised by: Michelene Wandor,
5
of 6: Everyone wants V I off the case, but the next body isn't hers.
In fact, she thought he was the villain.
Please
see 28th January 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Roger
Ferrant: Bill Nighy
Murray
Ryerson: Kerry Shale
Janine
Phillips: Shelley Thompson
Jack
Hogarth: Phillip Anthony
Lois:
Sandra James-Young
Cappy:
John Church
Bledsoe's
Secretary: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Receptionist:
Federay Holmes
Ep6:4/3/93
25th
February 1993:
23.00
:
Exocet.
By Jack Higgins Dramatised by Scott Cherry.
2
of 4: Orders from the PM. Ferguson of MI6 discovers that Soviet
agent Vronski is trying to get missiles to the Argentinians.
Please
see 18th February 1993.
27th
February 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Short the Season by Mike McGrath.
Bert
Boford refuses to give up his job as kennel huntsman despite intense
pressure from his family. Then his wife precipitates a crisis for the
hunt.
Director
Michael Fox
Bert
Boford: James Laurenson
Olive
Boford: Ann Rye
Hilda
Sutton: Charmian May
Ted
Boford: Colln Kerrigan
Devla
Flannery: Saskia Downes
Flan:
James Quinn
Repeated
from 15th June 1992
27th
February 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Unreasonable Behaviour by Christopher Reason.
Faced
with a political and sexual scandal, a local councillor finds his
marriage and career on the brink of collapse.
Director
Marilyn Imrie
Alan
McAndrew: Russell Dixon
Judy
Morrison: Siriol Jenkins
Steve
Malone: Keith Drinkel
Joanne
Malone: Gillian Bevan
Mary
Douglas: Melanie Hudson
Joanne's
solicitor: Theresa Streatfeild
Ruth:
Joanna Wake
Colin
Sanders: Peter Gunn
Harry
Greenwood: Eric Allan
Councillor
Curtis: John Church
Councillor
Hunt: Jonathan Adams
Alan's
solicitor: David Learner
Prison
Officers: Peter Penry Jones, Gordon Reid
Repeated
from 1st June 1992
Repeated
29th July 1995
[Won
the 1992 Writers' Guild New Play Award. Siriol Jenkins was
awarded the Radio Times Best Newcomer Award. ]
28th
February 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Persuasion by Jane Austen. Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Ep2.
Please see 21st February 1993 above.
Ep3:7/3/93
1st
March 1993:
14.00
:
Thorne
Investigates: Unto the Grave by John Penn . Dramatised by Melville
Jones.
A
body floating in the pool of a luxury Cotswold hotel leads to a hunt
for a dangerous killer.
Director
Martin Jenkins
Det
Supt Thorne: John Castle
Miranda,
his wife: Tessa Worsley
John
Kempton: Stephen Thorne
Rose
Kempton: Diana Bishop
Tom
Latimer: Jonathan Tafler
Polly
Raven: Karen Ascoe
Vern
Raven: James Goode
Mrs
Fowler: Pauline Letts
Mr
Fowler: Alan Dudley
Mrs
Blair: Sheila Grant
Mr
Blair: Tim Reynolds
Paul
Kempton: Kim Wall
Helen
Dearden: Eve Karpf
Roy
Martlake: John Hollis
Cassandra
Gray: Jennifer Piercey
Canon
Hurley: Peter Howell
Mrs
Hurley: Rachel Gurney
Alice:
Deborah Makepeace
Det
Sgt Abbot: Andrew Branch
Dr
Band: Gordon Reid
Margery
Swinson: Jo Manning Wilson
Repeated
from 28/12/86, repeated 22/8/87
[Other
plays with Thorne were "Mortal Term", 8/3/93 (rptd from
18/8/90), and "Double Negative" 15/3/93]
1st
March 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Scab by William Ingram.
The
closure of a coal mine has destroyed a community and the lives of its
people, echoing events from the past.
Director
Enyd Williams
Gwyn:
Peter Penry Jones
Gareth:
Dyfed Thomas
Rhys:
Ioan Meredith
Billy:
Bob Kingdom
Caenwyn:
Margaret John
Teguyn:
Ernest Evans
Iestyn:
Artro Morris
Dai
Bach: Lewis Jones
The
Club Barman: Matthew Morgan
Cyril,
the Club Steward: John Edmunds
2nd
March 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Bookends by Sarah Maxwell.
A
T "Atty" Attwater writes thrillers. Basil Chambers - as
Phyllis Fane - writes romantic novels. They are poor, but happy -
until their snobbish daughter insists they change their marital
status.
Director
Glyn Dearman
Atty:
Pat Heywood
Basil:
John Chambers
Josephine:
Patti Holloway
Charles:
Timothy Carlton
J
J Jackson: Jill Graham
3rd
March 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Builder by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised by: Bert Coules.
Why
does a highly respected builder ask a junior legal clerk to draw up
his will and then make him the sole beneficiary?
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Director:
Enyd Williams
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Jonas
Oldacre: Peter Sallis
Inspector
Lestrade: Donald Gee
John
McFarlane: David Holt
Elaine
McFarlane: Melinda Walker
Mr
McFarlane: Jonathan Adams
Mrs
Lexington: Carole Walker
Mr
Graham: Lewis Jones
Vicky:
Melanie Hudson
Constable
Davies: Matthew Morgan
First
Fireman: Keith Drinkel
Second
Fireman: David Thorpe
Repeated
on 7th December 1994.
4th
March 1993
10.00
:
Good
Wives by Louisa May Alcott Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.
4
of 6: Heartache. Jo and Laurie face a future apart from one another,
and Beth tells Jo the truth at last.
Please
see 11th February 1993 above.
Actors
additional to part one:
Professor
Bhaer: Martin Jarvis
Aunt
Carroll: Faith Brook
Fred
Vaughn: Andrew Wincott
Mrs
Kirke: Jill Graham
Ep5:11/3/93
Ep6:18/3/93
4th
March 1993
14.00
:
Over
the Rainbow by Colin Morton and Harry Sear
Chaos
descends on the Crumley household when daughter Alma is approached
with an offer to appear on TV.
Director
Martin Jenkins
Auditionee:
Bryonie Pritchard
Alma:
Siriol Jenkins
Jack:
Roy Barraclough
Doris:
Judith Barker
Granny:
Paula Tilbrook
Doreen:
Jane Hazlegrove
Stuart:
Peter Gunn
Aziz:
Dennis Conlon
TV
Producer: Keith Drinkel
Production
Asst: David Learner
Bunny
Stoneyhurst: Melanie Hudson
Repeated
from 25th June 1992
6th
March 1993
14.30-15.45
:
Playhouse:
Music and Silence by Rose Tremain
17th-century
Denmark. Leonora, daughter of King Christian, and her schoolfriend
Moritz.
Music
arranged and conducted by Colin Sell and performed by Lowri Blake,
Sophie Langdon, David Juritz, Stephen Stirling and Colin Sell
Director
Gordon House
A
World Service/Radio 4 production
King
Christian IV: Timothy West
Leonora:
Janet Maw
Sophie:
Moir Leslie
Jonata:
Julia Ford
Moritz:
Mark Payton
William:
Sam Cameron
Ulfeldt:
Brett Usher
Musician:
David Learner
Repeated
from 12th April 1992.
Also
broadcast on BBC World Service in April 1992
[There
was a different production by Di Speirs, in 15 x 15 minute parts,
commencing 5/6/2000]
6th
March 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Free Agent by Danny Schiller.
Richard
is on holiday in Devon. It seems just like an idyllic picture
postcard, but Richard's perception of rural life is about to be
challenged on every level.
Director
Sue Wilson
Richard:
Michael Maloney
Anna:
Louise Jameson
Gareth:
David Holt
Giles:
Christopher Scott
LindajMrs
Chugg: Sunny Ormonde
Stan:
David King
Paul:
David Thorpe
Bev:
Melanie Hudson
Vicar/Geoffrey:
John Fleming
8th
March 1993:
14.00
:
Thorne
Investigates: Mortal Term by John Penn. Dramatised by Melville
Jones
A
killer is unmasked in a case involving a minor public school.
Director
Martin Jenkins
Det
Supt Thorne: John Castle
Hugh
Royston: John Samson
John
Quarry: James Greene
Helen
Quarry: Penelope Lee
Mark
joyner: Stuart Organ
Frances
Bell: Auriol Smith
Sylvia
Royston: Victoria Carling
Paula
Danby: Elizabeth Mansfield
Steven
Layton: Jonathan Tarer
Sgt
Court: Ian Lindsay
Jane
Hilmore/Moira Gale: Jane Wittenshaw
MarkPkrson:
Paul Downing
Tony
Gierey: Stephen Garlick
Det
Sgt Abbot: Andrew Branch
Mr
Gale: David King
First
broadcast 18th August 1990, repeated 20/8/90.
8th
March 1993:
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Nothing Happens in Carmincross by Benedict Kiely.
Dramatised by Mike Gerrard.
Mervyn
is a New York-based writer for whom Ireland is a joyful memory.
However, a journey to Carmincross provides a rude awakening.
Producer
Eoin O'Callaghan
Mervyn:
Ian McElhinney
Deborah:
Kate Binchy
Mervyn's
wife: Aine McCartney
Cecil
Morrow: Sean Caffrey
Mrs
Steel: Grainne McCann
Mrs
Kavanagh: Margaret D'Arcy
Jeremiah:
Patrick Fitzsymons
Mandrake:
John Guiney
Mr
Burns/Pat Loughran: Joe McPartland
9th
March 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: All Love and Ghost Trains by Stephen Butchard.
Frank
and Alice are married, but they inhabit separate worlds, unable to
forget what happened on the ghost train.
Director
Kate Rowland
Frank:
Michael Angelis
Alice:
Noreen Kershaw
Girl:
Jane Hogarth
Repeated
12th July 1994
10th
March 1993:
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Dancing Men (1903) by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle (1859-1930). Dramatised by: Bert Coules
A
child's scribble brings tragedy to a Norfolk family.
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Insp
Martin: Peter Tuddenham
Hilton
Cubitt: Christopher Good
Elsie
Cubitt: Diana Hunter
Abe
Slaney: John Guerrasio
Mrs
King: Jill Graham
Sounders:
Sue Broomfield
11th
March 1993
10.00
:
Good
Wives by Louisa May Alcott Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.
5
of 6: Learning to Forget. The March family face their greatest sorrow
together, and Amy is comforted by a new love.
Please
see 11th February 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Professor
Bhaer: Martin Jarvis
Aunt
Carroll: Faith Brook
Fred
Vaughn: Andrew Wincott
Ep6:18/3/93
11th
March 1993:
14.00
:
The
Frewintosh Formula by Iain Crawford.
News
of the invention by the Japanese of "Instant Whisky" is
greeted with horror and outrage by the traditional distillers.
Director
Patrick Rayner
Simon:
John Bett
Donald:
Crawford Logan
Lab:
Lucinda Baillie
Tateo:
John Shedden
Dugald:
John Buick
Tony:
Jimmy Chisholm
Lady
Magnolia: Monica Gibb
George:
Sandy Neilson
Repeated
19th December 1994
11th
March 1993
18.30
:
Burnt
by Nigel Baldwin..
1
of 6: Milkie leaves a glittering London party to find arson and
bloodshed in the mountains of north Wales.
Music:
Laurie Scott Baker
Director
Jane Dauncey
Milkie:
Dennis Waterman
The
Teller: Ray Smith
Beth:
Bethan Jones
Valmai:
Annest Wiliam
Huw:
Richard Elfyn
Dewi:
Robert David
Rhys:
Terry Victor
Sian:
Sian Summers
Pauline:
Eluned Jones
Gordon:
Michael Povey
Kate:
Tara Dominick
Lord
Cambria: Terry Dauncey
Rushton:
Timothy Bateson
Sharon:
Emma Gregory
Actors
appearing in later episodes:
Angela:
Tara Dominick(2)
Sioned:
Sue Roderick(2)
Special
Branch Man: Chris Durnall(4)
Laura:
Ri Richards(5)
Ep2:18/3/93
Ep3:25/3/93 Ep4:1/4/93 Ep5:8/4/93 Ep6:15/4/93
The
series was first broadcast commencing 15/11/90
13th
March 1993:
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Are Friends Electric by Lesley Davies.
The
last few weeks in the life of Ben Thurling, a 15-year-old boy who has
the hereditary genetic disease, cystic fibrosis.
Director
Cherry Cookson
Ben:
Richard Pearce
Ann:
Jennie Linden
David:
John Rowe
Gene:
Peter Whitman
Barry:
Mark Straker
Rick:
David Learner
Janice:
Joanna Myers
Chas:
Owen Booth
Alex:
Siriol Jenkins
Consultant:
Peter Penryjones
Family
Doctor: Jonathan Adams
Claire:
Melanie Hudson
Pokceman:
John Webb
Cal:
Emlyn Booth
Dr
Chater: John Church
Nurse:
Theresa Streatfeild
First
broadcast 20/4/92
13th
March 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Walpamur and Plywood by Alex Ferguson.
Robert
Lyon, Master of Painting, went as an adult education tutor to the pit
town of Ashington in the 1930s.
Director
Dave Sheasby
Robert
Lyon: Corin Redgrave
Tollie
Charlton: Derek Walmsley
Tom
Watts: John Branwell
Julia
Johnson: Christine Cox
Miss
Grindky/Mrs Bailey: Carole Copeland
Harry
Watson: Art Davies
George
Brown: David Begg
Davie
Robson: Joe Caffrey
Constable/Porter:
James Thackwray
Boy:
David Swinburne
[Robert
Lyon was the Principal of the Edinburgh College of Art from 1942 to
1960 and died in 1978.]
14th
March 1993:
14.30-15.30:
Classic
Serial: Memoirs of a Midget (1921) by Walter de la Mare. Dramatised
by Stephen Wyatt
1
of 3: Miss M
Director
Martin Jenkins
Miss
M: Emma Fielding
Sir
Walter Pollacke: John Church
Pollie:
Melanie Hudson
Young
Miss M: Sian Jenkins
Adam
Waggett: Matthew Morgan
Gypsy
Woman: Susan Brown
Mrs
Bowater: Jill Graham
Bates:
John Baddeley
Fanny
Bowater: Sylvestra Letouzel
Dr
Phelps: John Webb
Young
Man/ Captain Valentine: David Holt
Harold
Crimble: Keith Drinkel
Lady
Pollacke: Maureen O'Brien
Mrs
Crimble: Pauline Letts
Actors
in subsequent episodes:
Mrs
Monnerie: Anna Massey(2)
Mr
Anon: Robert Glenister(2)
Susan
Monnerie: Federay Holmes(3)
Percy
Maudlen: Charles Simpson(3)
Showman:
John Junkin(3)
Also
with Sandra James Young(2)
Ep2:21/3/93
Ep3:28/3/93
All
1993 episodes were repeated 5 days later.
Serial
repeated commencing 12/5/95
15th
March 1993:
14.00
:
Thorne
Investigates: Double Negative
by
John Penn. Dramatised by Melville Jones
The
mysterious disappearance of a number of young women leads the police
into a series of extraordinary exposures.
Director
Martin Jenkins
Det
Supt Thorne: John Castle
Det
Sgt Abbot: Andrew Branch
Peter
Cousins: Jonathan Tafler
Brian
Doyle: Matthew Morgan
Dr
Avery: Michael Cochrane
Quentin
Woods: Benjamin Whitrow
Miss
Foyk: Diana Payan
Miss
Gower: Jill Graham
Kate
Minden: Jane Whittenshaw
Stephen
Minden: David Holt
Mrs
Richards: Kate Binchey
Hunter:
Philip Anthony
Mary
Rush: Theresa Gallagher
Linda
Jackson: Sandra James Young
Pathologist:
John Baddeley
[The
original novel was called Outrageous Exposure]
15th
March 1993:
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Not about Heroes by Stephen MacDonald.
Wilfred
Owen's friendship with Siegfried Sassoon.
"This
war is not about heroes. It's really about boys of 19 being shot in
the throat and dying before they've had time to live and to learn
why. The people who throw away those lives for their own glory - or
profit - or both. I think it's about the annihilation, the wanton
destruction of everything we love."
Director
Stewart Conn
Sassoon:
Stephen MacDonald
Owen:
James Telfer
First
broadcast 30th May 1983, repeated 5/6/83.
Also
repeated on BBC Radio 7 in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
16th
March 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: How I Met Franz by John Antrobus.
A
modern fairy story, set on a housing estate somewhere in London.
Director
Martin Jenkins
Jack:
Robert Glenister
George:
John Baddeley
Woman:
Patricia Hayes (1909-1998)
Repeated
16th August 1994
[This
play was a sequel to "Rats" which was not broadcast until
9/8/94]
17th
March 1993
12.25-13.00
:
Cover
Her Face by P D James. Dramatised by Neville Teller.
1
of 4: A murder in an East Anglian village reveals hidden passions
beneath the calm surface.
Director
Matthew Walters
Adam
Dalgliesh: Robin Ellis
Mrs
Maxie: Sian Phillips
Felix:
Hugh Grant
Deborah:
Beatie Edney
Catherine:
Oona Beeson
Stephen:
David Thorpe
Miss
Liddell: Kate Binchy
Martha:
Jill Graham
Sally:
Melanie Hudson
Dr
Epps: Philip Anthony
Mrs
Webster: Linda Polan
Actors
in later episodes:
Thornton/Hicks:
John Church(2)
Police
doctor: John Baddeley(2)
Sgt
Martin: Steve Hodson(2)
Insp
Manning: John Fleming(2)
Sir
Reynold: Jonathan Adams
Johnny/Mrs
Burwood: Susan Sheridan(3)
Derek:
David Holt(3)
Mrs
Proctor: Jillie Meers(3)
Rev
Hinks: John Church(3)
Ritchie:
James Telfer(3)
Ep2:24/3/93
Ep3:31/3/93 Ep4:7/4/93
Series
repeated commencing 24/9/94
17th
March 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Solitary Cyclist by Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised by: Bert Coules.
A
music teacher is being followed whenever she leaves the house. A shy
admirer - or someone who means her ill?
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Pianist:
Michael Haslam
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Doctor
Watson: Michael Williams
Bob
Carruthers: Denis Quilley
Violet
Smith: Susannah Harker
Cyril:
John Webb
Woodley:
David Holt
Catherine:
Siriol Jenkins
Williamson:
Peter Penry-Jones
Repeated
21st December 1994.
18th
March 1993
10.00
:
Good
Wives by Louisa May Alcott Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.
6
of 6: Under the Umbrella. Jo writes the story of her family's life,
and finds true love at last.
Musical
director Stuart Hutchinson
Please
see 11th February 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Professor
Bhaer: Martin Jarvis
The
Clerk: Jonathan Tafler
18th
March 1993
14.00
:
The
Birdwheel by Geoffrey Parkinson (1927-2014).
In
the 1950s a boy's revenge on a cruel maths master leads him to learn
about black magic.
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Giddings:
Christian Rodska
Amberly:
Simon Morgan
Upton:
Tom Lawrence
Mrs
Amberly: Bonnie Hurren
Mr
Upton: Steve Hodson
Mrs
Upton: Melinda Walker
Narrator:
Geofrey Beevers
English
master: Michael Drew
Simaetha:
Paul Purgas
Repeated
on 19th September 1994
[Geoffrey
Parkinson worked for the Probation Service.]
18th
March 1993
23.00
:
The
Blackburn Files: A Case of Winners and Losers by [Not listed].
Stephen
J Blackburn is an ex-pitman turned investigator. At the allotments,
the war of the flowers has broken out.
Director
Dave Sheasby
Stephen
Blackburn: Finetime Fontayne
Tracey
Duggan: Judy Flynn
Ted
Turner: Chris Brailsford
Dr
Hatten: Christopher Wilkinson
Dad:
John Branwell
[There
were three series of The Blackburn Files - 1989, 1991 and 1993. The
series before 1993 were credited as written by Ian McMillan. In the
first 3 plays of 1993 there was no credited writer, the 4th play had
three writers credited: Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave
Sheasby.].
20th
March 1993
14.30-16.00:
Playhouse:
Tristram Shandy(1759) by Laurence Sterne (1713-1768). Dramatised by
Peter Buckman.
Tristram
Shandy endeavours to tell the story of his life, but is much hampered
by his delight in irrelevant anecdote and his love of humorous
serendipity.
Music
by James Walker, played by Roger Hellyer (bassoon) and Julia
Vorhalik (Cello)
Director
Penny Gold
Tristram
Shandy: Nigel Hawthorne
Uncle
Toby: Robert Lang
Mr
Shandy: Richard Hurndall
Widow
Wadman: Vivian Pickles
Mrs
Shandy: Jean Trend
Dr
Slop: Peter Woodthorpe
Corporal
Trim: William Nighy
Bridget:
Frances Jeater
Susannah:
Theresa Streatfeild
Obadiah:
James Kerry
Curate:
Simon Hewitt
Midwife:
Katherine Parr
Parson
Yorick: Jim Reid
First
broadcast 26/7/82, repeated 1/8/82
[A
later production by Mary Peate was broadcast in 10 episodes of 15
minutes each from 31/1/2005]
20th
March 1993:
19.50
:
Saturday
Playhouse: The Backward Son by Stephen Spender, adapted by the
author's sister-in-law Pauline Spender.
The
story, loosely based on Spender's own childhood, charts the life of
young Geoffrey, his bewildering family, and the rigours of a minor
public school.
Introducted
by the author.
Director
Richard Wortley
Geoffrey,
as an adult: David Learner
Geoffrey,as
a child: Simon Kantor
Mr
Brand: Jonathan Adams
Mrs
Brand: Kate Binchy
Mr
Leather: Eric Allan
Hilary:
Henry Power
Christopher:
Patrick Rosenfeld
Palmer:
Jamie de Courcey
Hilda:
Melanie Hudson
Laughton:
Leo Conville
Fallow:
Gary King
Mrs
Leather: Ann Windsor
Miss
Higgins: Melinda Walker
Mrs
Harding: Joanna Wake
Repeated
14th May 1994
22nd
March 1993
14.00
:
A
Clergyman's Daughter (1935) by George Orwell (1903-1950). Adapted by
John Peacock
The
scandal that rocked a small town when the clergyman's daughter
suddenly disappeared.
Director
Celia De Wolff
Dorothy:
Amanda Redman
Charles:
Hugh Dickson
Elkn:
Marion Diamond
Warburton:
Glyn Grain
Nobby:
John Salthouse
Flo:
Jane Whittenshaw
Charlie:
David Bannerman
Miss
Creavy: Frances Jeater
Sir
Tom: Stephen Thorn
Also
with Struan Rodger, Jillie Meers, Charles Simpson, Karen Rose, Tamsin
Collison, Joanna Kyle and Melissa Catsoulis
First
broadcast 9th March 1992
22nd
March 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Into the Darkness Laughing by Patrice Chaplin.
A
story about Jeanne Hebuterne(1898-1920), model, painter, partner of
Modigliani.
Director
Richard Wortley
Jeanne
Hebuterne: Rachel Joyce
Amedeo
Modigliani: Neil Dudgeon
Maurice
Utrillo: Simon Treves
Germaine:
Teresa Gallagher
Jeanne's
Mother: Jill Graham
Jeanne's
Father: John Webb
Landlord:
John Fleming
Barman:
James Telfer
23rd
March 1993:
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Stranger in the Home by Alan Dapre.
A
monologue in which an old man ponders on the recent death of his
wife, his family who have gone to New Zealand, and the quirky inmates
of his present "home".
Director
Richard Wortley
Albert:
Bernard Hepton as Albert.
24th
March 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Priory School by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised by: Michael Bakewell.
When
a young aristocrat disappears from his school, the investigation
takes Holmes and Watson to the Yorkshire moors.
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Director:
Enyd Williams
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Dr
Huxtable: Norman Bird
Duke
of Holdernesse: Nigel Davenport
James
Wilder: Mark Straker
Reuben
Hayes: John Church
Lyndon:
Ian Master
Repeated
5th April 1995.
25th
March 1993
10.00
:
Crampton
Hodnet by Barbara Pym. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
1
of 6: A Safe Place for a Clergyman. It is autumn, 1936; in Oxford,
Francis Cleveland is bored and middle-aged, Barbara Bird is young and
dreamy, and Miss Doggett simply does not approve.
Producer
Sioned Wiliam
Miss
Doggett: Elizabeth Spriggs
Francis
Cleveland: Stephen Moore
Jessie
Morrow: Samantha Bond
Margaret
Cleveland: Rowena Cooper
Stephen
Latimer: Crawford Logan
Barbara
Bird: Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs
Wardell: Elizabeth Proud
Mr
Wardell: Geoffrey Matthews
Michael:
Ian Targett
Gabriel:
Richard Pearce
Anthea:
Deborah Rowbottom
Simon:
Daniel Strauss
Also
with Matthew Morgan, James Telfer, Linda Polan, Sandra James Young
and Alastair Blackie.
For
the cast in later episodes please refer to the date of the first
broadcast of that episode.
Ep2:1/4/93
Ep3:8/4/93 Ep4:15/4/93 Ep5:22/4/93 Ep6:29/4/93
The
serial was repeated commencing on 26/10/93 and thereafter weekly.
25th
March 1993:
14.00
:
The
Marshalling Yard by Ted Moore.
Ken
wages a battle against disorder in the railway goods yard, but his
own life is beginning to slip out of control.
Director
Michael Fox
Ken:
Tom Georgeson
Vera:
Valerie Georgeson
Taller:
Billy Fellows
Gooney:
Kieran Cunningham
25th
March 1993
23.00
:
The
Blackburn Files: A Case of Hard Times
When
a pub quiz jackpot is consistently won by the same contestant, the
landlord is convinced there's trickery involved and calls in
Blackburn to crack the scam. But general knowledge isn't really
Stephen's strength and anyway, is it really a question of fraud?
Director:
Dave Sheasby
Stephen
J. Blackburn: Fine-Time Fontayne
Tracey
Duggan: Judy Flynn
Gradgrind/Slavic:
Christopher Kent
Walton
Bentley: Gerry Kersey
Quizmaster:
Rod Arthur
Also
broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2008, 2009
27th
March 1993:
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Snatch by Gillian Richmond.
Kate
and Tina are both expecting babies. Complete strangers and living in
different parts of the country, their lives will soon be linked and
changed forever.
Director
Sue Wilson
Kate:
Kate Buffery
Tina:
Siriol Jenkins
Nick:
Mark Straker
Phil:
Andy Hockley
Softy:
Sunny Ormonde
Annette:
Joanna Wake
paul:
John Webb
Fay:
Jilly Bond
Photographer/Newsreader:
Keith Drinkel
Newscaster:
Peter Penry Jones
First
broadcast 13th April 1992.
[Sue
Wilson directed another play by Gillian Richmond, with a potential
child snatch, set in 1799- broadcast in 2003 and 2005, called "The
Lost Child"]
27th
March 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Incarceration of Hubert Gray by Shaun
Prendergast.
In
a newly privatised prison of the future, crooked financier Hubert
Gray is placed in a cell with the child murderer
Davies
Director
Adrian Bean
Hubert
Gray: Nigel Anthony
Davies:
Shaun Prendergast
Chubb:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Diamond:
Phillp Anthony
Skaggs:
David Thorpe
28th
March 1993
22.15
:
To
the Tempest Given by Richard Holmes.
Shelley's
last weeks in Italy. Was the poet suicidal, or was he on the brink of
a new lease of creative life?
Producer
Ed Thomason
Percy
Bysshe Shelley: Michael Maloney
Mary
Shelley: Selina Cadell
Edward
Williams: Christopher Bramwell
Jane
Williams: Moir Leslie
Edward
John Trelawny: Nigel Anthony
Repeated
from 10th September 1992
29th
March 1993
14.00
:
Birthday
by Michael Frayn. Adapted by Matthew Walters
Jess,
who disrupts her sister Liz's birthday.
Directed
by Matthew Walters
Jess:
Dawn French
Liz:
Deborah Findlay
Neil:
Thomas Wheatley
WiUa:
Liz Crowther
Dr
Hodges: Oona Beeson
1st
Student/Cinema-goer: Matthew Morgan
2nd
Student/Arthur/Jack: John Webb
Bernie:
Peter Gunn
Sister
Edwards: Ann Windsor
Nurse
Summerfield: Joanna Wake
Repeated
from 25th July 1992
29th
March 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Dresser by Ronald Harwood. Adapted by: David
Blount.
"What
do we play tomorrow, Norman?"
"King
Lear, Sir."
"Then
I shall wake with the storm clouds in my head."
Percussion:
Roy Sinclair
Director:
David Blount
Sir:
Freddie Jones
Norman:
Michael Palin
Her
Ladyship: Melinda Walker
Madge:
Jill Graham
Irene:
Federay Holmes
Mr
Thornton: Geoffrey Matthews
Mr
Oxenby: Keith Drinkel
Kent:
John Baddeley
Gloucester:
John Webb
Albany:
James Telfer
Repeated
on 11th December 1993
30th
March 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Love to Madelaine by Craig Warner.
"I'm
not at all sure you should get in the habit of ringing people,
threatening to post them somewhere in a bag, and putting the phone
down...."
They
both love Madelaine, the lover and the husband. But do they protest
too much? An unexpected telephone call reveals all.
Director
Andy Jordan
Madelaine:
Miranda Richardson
Brian
(her husband): Richard E Grant
Peter
(her lover): Philip Davis
Repeated
on 15th June 1995
31st
March 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: Black Peter by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Dramatised by: David Ashton.
A
retired whaling skipper is murdered, pinned to the wall by his own
harpoon.
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Inspector
Hopkins: Andrew Wincott
Cairns:
Alex Norton
Carey:
Steve Hodson
Neligan:
Matthew Morgan
Elizabeth:
Siriol Jenkins
Molly:
Kate Binchy
Allerdyce
Lancaster: Philip Anthony
Repeated
on 12th April 1995
1st
April 1993
10.00
:
Crampton
Hodnet by Barbara Pym. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
2
of 6: The Vicar of Crampton Hodnet. Romance is in the air along the
highways and byways of north Oxford.
Please
refer to 25th March 1993 above.
Actors
additional to Episode One:
Killigrew:
John Webb
Also
with Melanie Hudson and David Holt
Ep3:8/4/93
Ep4:15/4/93 Ep5:22/4/93 Ep6:29/4/93
1st
April 1993
14.00
:
A
Far Cry from Brazil by Robert East.
The
manager of Macclesborough F C is desperate for a win, and so are the
players, the fans and the directors. Unfortunately their fate is in
the hands of a ref who's got problems of his own.
Director
Matthew Walters
Ken:
Doug Fisher
Douggie:
John Baddeley
Les:
Steve Hodson
Ray:
Keith Drinkel
Maureen:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Pam:
Stephanie Turner
Julian:
Robert East
Repeated
12th September 1994
3rd
April 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
A View of the City from Westminster Bridge by Manny Draycott-Lai.
Louise,
a young idealist "architect", is commissioned to design a
development near the Thames. It is a make-or-break career move.
Director
Cherry Cookson
Isambard:
Roger Allam
Louise:
Suzanna Hamilton
Tom:
Ralph Fiennes
Damien:
Hugh Ross
Earlham:
Stuart Milligan
Kilmartin:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Hennessey:
John Webb
Nancy:
Melinda Walker
Politician:
John Church
Boardman:
Jonathan Adams
Also
with Crawford Logan, David Learner, Melanie Hudson, Eric Allan and
Siriol Jenkins
First
broadcast 13th June 1992
Repeated
22nd June 1996
[A
sequel "Cities of Dreams and Desires" was broadcast on
24/6/96]
3rd
April 1993:
19.50-21.20:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie dramatised by
Michael Bakewell.
Can
death be brought about by remote control? Mark Easterbrooke discovers
that witchcraft and black magic can induce a terrifying series of
events.
Director
Enyd Williams
Mark
Easterbrooke: Jeremy Clyde
Ariadne
Oliver: Stephanie Cole
Mr
Venables: Terence Alexander
Thyrza
Grey: Mary Wimbush
Sybil:
Jill Graham
Bella:
Hilda Schroder
Ginger:
Federay Holmes
Inspector
Lejeune: Jonathan Adams
Jim
Corrigan: Stephen Hodson
Rhoda
Despard: Jillie Meers
Colonel
Despard: John Evitts
Zachariah
Osbome: John Fleming
Bradley:
John Baddeley
Soames-White:
John Church
Hermier:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Poppy:
Teresa Gallagher
Mrs
Tuckerton: Melinda Walker
David
Ardingley: Matthew Morgan
Eileen
Brandon: Melanie Hudson
Mrs
Coppins: Diana Payan
Rev.
Colthrop: Philip Anthony
Mrs
Davies: Sandra James-Young
Mrs
Kerrity: Kate Binchy
Father
Gorman: Keith Drinkel
Mike:
David Thorpe
Also
with Geraldine Fitzgerald, Teresa Gallagher, Melinda Walker, Matthew
Morgan, Melanie Hudson, Diana Payan, Philip Anthony, John Church,
Sandra James-Young, Kate Binchy, Keith Drinkel and David Thorpe.
Repeated
on 18th December 1993.
4th
April 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: La Bete Humaine (1890) by Emile Zola (1840-1902).
Dramatised by Sally Hedges.
1
of 3: The Voice Inside: "Every time I went by, a cold shiver
passed through me: I somehow knew this house was.... waiting - for
me."
Music:
Barrington Pheloung
Director
Nigel Bryant
Jacques:
Michael Maloney
Roubaud:
Martin Head
Severine:
Imogen Stubbs
Henri
Dauvergne: Andy Hockley
Flore:
Rebecca Wright
Aunt
Phasie: Sheila Kelley
Misard:
Jonathan Wyatt
Moulin:
Patric Turner
Pecqueux:
Peter Meakin
Philomene:
Vikki Chambers
Dabadie:
Laurence Rew
Cauche:
Gerry Hinks
Cast
in later episodes:
Denizet:
Simon Carter(2)
Camy-Lamotte:
Roger Hume(2)
Cabuche:
David Lloyd(2)
also
with Richard Mitchley
Ep2:11/4/93
Ep3:18/4/93
All
episodes were repeated five days later.
[The
novel was part of 20 connected novels under the collective name of
"Les Rougon-Macquart"]
5th
April 1993
8.43-9.00
:
Richard
Matthewman by Ian McMillan and Martyn Wiley.
1
of 6: Harry, Jud, Kennedy and Me.
A
42-year-old teacher from South Yorkshire recalls some of the
highlights of a lifetime spent in the same pit village.
Producer
Dave Sheasby
Richard
Matthewman: Finetime Fontayne
Ep2:6/4/93
Ep3:7/4/93 Ep4:8/4/93 Ep5:9/4/93 Ep6:12/4/93
Repeated
commencing 6/9/94.
5th
April 1993
14.00
:
Walk
or Die by David Gooderson.
Burma,
1942. The Japanese were 20 miles away. Thousands tried to escape
through the jungle, over the mountains to India.
Director
Richard Wortley
Major
Crowther RAMC: Michael Kitchen
Captain
Banks: Mark Straker
Brigadier
Wyatt: David King
Captain
Lewis: Trevor Cooper
Corporal
Wills: Nicholas Murchie
Sergeant
Bilson: David Goodland
Colonel
Dass: Renu Setna
Lieutenant
Hunter: Matthew Morgan
Clive
Popplewell: Paul Downing
Neil
West: David Learner
Ian
McHugh: Gordon Reid
Reverend
Windrush: Eric Allan
Private
Jones: Keith Drinkel
Sister:
Kate Binchy
Colonel
from GHQ: Terence Edmond
Staff
Officer: Jonathan Adams
RAF
Mechanic: Jonathan Tafler
Young
English Woman: Alison Reid
Sunny:
Bhasker [Full name not listed]
First
broadcast 27th June 1992.
5th
April 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Angelface by Bruce Stewart (1925-2005).
In
the 13th century, love tended to happen at an early age. The poet
Dante was only nine when he fell in love with Beatrice. She was to be
the source of his first work, The New Life. A love story in a
contemporary interpretation.
Music:
Peter Howell
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Dante:
David Bannerman
Beatrice:
Jenny Funnel
Love:
Bill Wallis
Portinari:
Christian Rodska
Porroviso:
Matthew Morgan
Ossacapo:
Ian Sanders
Gemma:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Cacalcanti:
Steve Hodson
Simone:
John Telfer
Physician:
Jonathan Adams
Beatrice,
aged 9: Anne Semple
Dante,
aged 9: Lawrie Drew
Repeated
[as Angel Face] on 4/6/94
6th
April 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Lover Come Back by Martyn Wade
Tom
is a henpecked husband still pining after his old girlfriend, Jane.
He is determined to make their 10-year reunion, but can he make it
past Debbie? And will Jane turn up?
Director
Cherry Cookson
Tom:
Stephen Moore
Debbie:
Sherrie Hewson
Jane:
Federay Holmes
Also
with Sandra James-Young and David Holt
7th
April 1993:
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: Charles Augustus Milverton by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. Dramatised by: Bert Coules.
Holmes
dons one of his famous disguises and even gets engaged.
Pianist:
Michael Haslam
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Director:
Enyd Williams
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Charles
Augustus Milverton: Peter Vaughan
The
Duchess: Pauline Jameson
Aggie:
Alice Arnold
Harry
Logan: David Thorpe
Lady
Eva: Danielle Allan
The
Doctor: Peter Penry Jones
Repeated
19th April 1995
Also
broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2003
8th
April 1993
10.00
:
Crampton
Hodnet by Barbara Pym. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
3
of 6: 3: A Glass of Sherry and a Beano. Love flourishes in the
British Museum reading room.
Please
refer to 25th March 1993 above.
Actors
not in first episode:
Killigrew:
John Webb
Ep4:15/4/93
Ep5:22/4/93 Ep6:29/4/93
10th
April 1993:
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist (1891-1974). Dramatised by Eivor
Martinus .
The
story of the thief who was freed in the place of Christ tells of
Barabbas's stumbling journey into faith, from the Crucifixion to his
own misjudged martyrdom.
Music:
Mia Soteriou
Director
Ned Chaillet
Narrator:
Simon Callow
Barabbas:
Barrie Rutter
Sahak:
Eric Allan
Also
with Paul Copley, Gary Dunnington, Dominic Letts, John Baddeley,
John Fleming, John Evitts, James Telfer, David Holt, Philip Anthony,
Rachel Atkins, Mia Soteriou and Barbara Durkin.
Repeated
2nd April 1994
10th
April 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Lent by Michael Wilcox.
A
boys' prep school during the Easter vacation of 1956.
Producer
Marilyn Imrie
Mrs
Blake: Stephanie Cole
Mrs
Edwards: Mollie Sugden
Mr
Edwards: Geoffrey Palmer
Mr
Maitland: Ronald Herdman
Young
Paul: Ben Holden
Repeated
on 19th February 1994
10th
April 1993
23.30
:
Dracula
by Bram Stoker (1847-1912). Dramatised by Nick McCarty.
1
of 7: Jonathan Harker journeys to Transylvania on legal business,
leaving his fiancee Mina Murray to spend some time with her best
friend Lucy Westenra.
Music:
Malcolm Clarke BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Director
Hamish Wilson
Contributors
Mina:
Phyllis Logan
Count
Dracula: Frederick Jaeger
Harker:
Bernard Holley
Seward:
Peter Blythe
Quincey:
Paul Birchard
Lucy:
Sharon Maharaj
Mother
Superior: Stella Forge
Coachman:
Frank Gallagher
Woman/Sister
Anne/Vampire 2: Monica Gibb
Hawkins:
Peter Lincoln
Sister
Agnes/Vampire: Wendy Seager
Pensniff:
John Shedden
Vampire
3: Amanda Whitehead
For
actors in later episodes please see the relevant date.
Ep2:17/7/93
Ep3:24/4/93 Ep4:1/5/93 Ep5:8/5/93 Ep6:15/5/93 Ep7:22/5/93
The
series was first broadcast comencing 19th December 1991.
11th
April 1993
15.30-16.00
:
Trumpets
and Foie Gras by Roderick Graham (1934-2015).
Play
1 of 4.
The
man who was the delight of any dinner table and a man of principle.
Director
Jane Morgan.
Sydney
Smith (1771-1845): Robert Lang
Lord
Holland: Timothy Carlton
Saba
Smith: Marian Diamond
Mrs
Smith: Ann Bell
Robert
Smith/ Bristolian/ Gardner: Terence Edmond
Mrs
Robert Smith: Joanna Myers
Lady
Holland: Richenda Carey
Brougham/
Mr Loch/ Cockerell: Eric Allan
Jeffrey/
Rev Milestone: Mark Straker
Additional
Actors in the later plays:
Lady
Grey: Susan Sheridan(2)
Dr
Holland: Andrew Wincott(3)
Lord
John Russell: Norman Jones(3)
Mrs
Austin: Jane Whittenshaw(4)
Annie
Kay: Ann Windsor(4)
2nd
play:18/4/93 3rd play:25/4/93 4th play:2/5/93
This
production of 4 plays was first broadcast commencing 29/4/92.
[There
was an earlier one actor production by Peter de Rosa in 1977 which
was repeated in 1979; also a later production by Christine Hall of 5
daily episodes in 2005 called "Square Peg in a Round Hole"]
[Rev.
Sydney Smith wrote that heaven is "eating pate de foie gras to
the sound of trumpets". The metaphor Square Peg in a Round Hole
was created in 1804-6 by Sydney Smith]
12th
April 1993
14.00-15.30:
Weir
of Hermiston started by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894),
completed and dramatised by Robert Forrest.
Music:
lain Johnstone
Director
Patrick Rayner
Louis:
Paul Young
Archie:
Forbes Masson
Kirstie:
Wendy Seager
Adorn
Weir: Tom Watson
Older
Kirstie: Ann Scott-Jones
Frank
Innes: Liam Brennan
Glen
Almond: Ralph Riach
Dand:
Benny Young
Clem:
Ian Briggs
Gib:
Iain Agnew
Hob:
James Bryce
Mrs
Elliott: Isabella Jarrett
First
broadcast 11th July 1992.
Repeated
3rd December 1994
Also
broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2008, 2009
12th
April 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Glamour by Christopher Priest.
Richard
and Susan are haunted by the real presence of an invisible man. As
Richard fights to regain his memory after an accident, Susan
introduces him to the strangely plausible and intriguing world of
"the glamour"...
Director
Janet Whitaker
Susan:
Tilly Vosburgh
Richard:
Nathaniel Parker
Niall:
Linus Roache
Neighbour:
Melanie Hudson
Repeated
on 27th September 1993.
13th
April 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Love is Strange by Peter Thomson.
Sarah
gets into a cab and thinks the driver is a lover from her past....
Director Claire Grove
Sarah:
Jenny Agutter
The
Driver: Malcolm Ward
14th
April 1993
12.25-13.00
:
The
Age of Innocence: by Edith Wharton (1862-1937). Dramatised by
Christopher Reason.
1
of 6: Newland, just engaged to May, finds himself drawn to her exotic
cousin, the Countess Olenska.
Director
David Hunter
Newland
Archer: Andrew Wincott
Ellen
Olenska: Suzanne Bertish
May
Welland: Cathryn Harrison
Mrs
Mingott: Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs
Welland: Margaret Robertson
Mrs
Archer: Liza Ross
Henry
Van de Luyden: Don Fellows
Louisa
Van de Luyden: Lawmary Champion
Sillerton
Jackson: Ray Jewers
Lefferts:
Christian Rodska
Dallas
Archer: William Marsh
Janey:
Siriol Jenkins
1st
Man/Footman: Bill Bellamy
2nd
Man: Richard Nichols
For
actors in later episodes please refer to the broadcast date of the
episode.
Ep2:21/4/93
Ep3:28/4/93 Ep4:5/5/93 Ep5:12/5/93 Ep6:19/5/93
Series
repeated commencing 30th May 1995
14th
April 1993
14.00
:
My
Darling Emmenthal by John Laurence
A
bored marriage, a mystery guest. Add seasoning to taste.
Director
Clive Brill
Shena:
Jane Whittenshaw
Tom:
Bill Nighy
Eugena:
Anna Abrahams
Dean
Rhett Butler: Keith Drinkel
Dean's
Wife: Linda Polan
15th
April 1993
10.00
:
Crampton
Hodnet by Barbara Pym. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
4
of 6: Something of the Ridiculous. The Killigrews hold a tea party
with a hidden agenda. Tongues are wagging in north Oxford.
Please
see 25th March 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Killigrew:
John Webb
Dr
Freemantle: Patrick Godfrey
Mrs
Freemantle: Amanda Walker
Lady
Beddoes: Ann Windsor
Mrs
Killigrew: Pauline Letts
Miss
Gurney: Jillie Meers
Ep5:22/4/93
Ep6:29/4/93
15th
April 1993
14.00
:
Out
There Somewhere by Gaylord Meech.
When
Rosemary receives an ultimatum from her estranged and violent
husband, she finds herself in a race against time.
Director
Tracey Neale
Rosemary:
Lorelei King
Carol:
Pat Starr
Frank:
William Roberts
Mrs
Briggs: Elizabeth Kelly
Harry:
David Bannerman
Ben:
Stuart Milligan
First
broadcast 21st November 1991
15th
April 1993
23.00
:
Fast
Lanes by Jayne Anne Phillips. Dramatised by John Harvey.
Thurman's
taking off for a while - Texas, Louisiana, up the coast - and the
woman goes along for the ride. He's in no particular hurry ...
Director
Dave Sheasby
Thurman:
Peter Marinker
Woman:
Risa Hall
Thurman's
mother: Lorelei King
17th
April 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Active Citizen by Michael Duke.
In
an illegal organisation's safe house, there may be a mole in the
bedroom.
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Callaghan:
Stuart McQuarrie
Carmel:
Allson Peebles
Taylor:
Finlay Welsh
Chief:
Ralph Riach
Ross:
Sandy Welch
Derek:
Robert Paterson
Doreen:
Barbara Rafferty
Norris:
Jim Twaddale
First
broadcast 19th August 1991
17th
April 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Meeting Bea by Eric Pringle (1935-2017).
In
1927, children's author Beatrix Potter was living the life of a
recluse as Mrs Beatrix Heelis. The arrival at her Lake District home
of an American publisher and an admiring Lancashire mill girl bring
back painful memories of an appalling childhood and youth.
Director:
Adrian Bean
Beatrix
Potter: Stephanie Cole
William:
Clive Swift
Alexander
McKay: Ed Bishop
Sally
Worboys: Caroline Strong
Mrs
Potter: Irene Sutcliffe
Norman
Warne: John Church
Young
Beatrix: Federay Holmes
Bertram:
James Telfer
Shopkeeper:
Jill Graham
Tom
Storey: Lloyd Johnston
Matson:
Jonathan Adams
Woman:
Melanie Hudson
Lancashire
Girl: Melanie Hudson
Joseph:
John Webb
Repeated
on 12th February 1994
17th
April 1993
23.30
:
Dracula
by Bram Stoker. Dramatised by Nick McCarty.
2
of 7: While on holiday in Whitby, Mina waits to hear from Jonathan.
Following a great storm and a shipwreck, Lucy starts sleepwalking.
Please
see 10th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Arthur:
Crawford Logan
Renfield:
David McKail
Mr
Swales: John Buick
Pearce:
Mark Coleman
Mrs
Westenra: Stella Forge
Captain/Old
Man: Nicholas Gilbrook
Johnson/Billington:
Raymond Ross
Ep3:24/4/93
Ep4:1/5/93 Ep5:8/5/93 Ep6:15/5/93 Ep7:22/5/93
19th
April 1993
14.00
:
Death
Drop (1979) by B M Gill (1921-1995). Dramatised by Jill Hyem
When
12-year-old David is found dead while on a school outing, the
headmaster claims it was a terrible accident. But David's father is
convinced that it was murder.
Director
Cherry Cookson
Fleming:
Kenneth Cranham
Brannigcm:
Peter Penry Jones
Jenny:
Jemma Churchill
Alison:
Irene Sutcliffe
Hammond:
Keith Drinkel
Durrant:
Marc Murphy
Thirza:
Melinoa Walker
Preston:
Gordon Reid
Lessing/
Corley: Terence Edmond
Innis:
David Learner
David's
voice: Gary King
Neville/
Chris: Patrick Rosenfeld
Mollie:
Gudrun Ure
Repeated
from 20th June 1992
19th
April 1993:
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi. Dramatised by
Rukshana Ahmed.
Set
in Egypt, this is the story of Firdaus, a woman sentenced to death
for killing a man.
Nawal
El Saadawi was working as a psychiatrist when she met the woman on
whom her novel is based. How one woman achieved her own kind of
freedom.
Director
Anne Edyvean
Firdaus:
Souad Faress
Nawal:
Valerie Sarruf
Dr
Haadi: Nadim Sawalha
Ibrahim:
Raad Rawi
Uncle:
Alix Refaie
Bayoumi:
Adam Hussein
Slarifa:
Aziza Eid
Falheva:
Suzanna Nour
20th
April 1993:
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Woman to Woman by Edna Troman.
The
female of the species is deadlier than the male, as Colin is about to
discover.
Director
Matthew Walters
Colin:
Paul Shelley
Janet:
Jillie Meers
Fiona:
Cara Kelly
Suzie:
Sandra James-Young
Mclaren/Franco:
George Parsons
20th
April 1993
18.30:
The
House by Christopher Lee.
The
House of Commons reconvenes with a fresh set of problems for Party
Chairman Sir Charles Bannister. His new public role as image-maker
for his colleagues takes second place, however, to a more private
question: Where has Lady Bannister disappeared to, and with whom?
Producer
Neil Cargill
Sir
Charles Bannister: Julian Glover
Dougal
Baxter: Peter Kelly
Mary
Bannister: Isla Blair
Juliet
Cameron: Siobhan Redmond
Polly:
Ruth Gemmell
Kay:
Jane Booker
Nick:
Julian Dutton
This
program ran for several series. This was the first episode in 1993.
Further episodes were broadcast during 1993 on Tuesdays 27/4, 4/5,
11/5, 18/5, 25/5 and then on Thursdays at 10am on 17/6, 24/6,1/7,
8/7, 15/7, 22/7.
21st
April 1993
12.25-13.00
:
The
Age of Innocence: by Edith Wharton. Dramatised by Christopher
Reason.
2
of 6: Ellen continues to challenge the strict conventions of New York
society. Newland is entranced.
Please
see 14th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Mr
Letterblair: Brian Greene
Beaufort:
Philip Bond
Dallas
Arctier: William Marsh
Mrs
Struthers: Peggy Mason
Nastasia:
Firenza Guidi
Florist:
Jill Graham
Butler:
Ray Jewers
Ep3:28/4/93
Ep4:5/5/93 Ep5:12/5/93 Ep6:19/5/93
21st
April 1993
14.00
:
Per
Ardua Ad Terrain by Peter Reynolds.
Since
Adrian left, Sophie's favourite place is at the bottom of the pool.
The last thing she wants to do is interview Vincent, the local
eccentric and man-powered aeronaut....
Director
Andy Jordan
Vincent:
Bill Wallis
Sophie:
Janet Maw
Dominic:
Cornellus Garrett
Sidney:
Laurence Allan
Harry:
David Lloyd
Vicar/
Auctioneer: Rex Holdsworth
Boy
1: Tom Coveney
Boy
2: Nick Yeoman
Girl:
Angela Shaftoe
22nd
April 1993
10.00
:
Crampton
Hodnet by Barbara Pym. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
5
of 6: The Beginning of the End. Miss Doggett decides to bring matters
to a head in the Clevelands' kitchen, while Miss Morrow hides behind
the gooseberries.
Producer
Sioned Wiliam
Please
see 25th March 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Killigrew:
John Webb
Dr
Freemantle: Patrick Godfrey
Mrs
Freemantle: Amanda Walker
Mrs
Killigrew: Pauline Letts
Ellen:
Linda Polan
Ep6:29/4/93
22nd
April 1993
14.00
:
The
Jacobean Box by Don Taylor.
Shakespeare
academic Brian Blake receives a message to say there is a large item
waiting for him at a remote northern station. He little suspects that
it could lead to his own literary immortality.
Director
Sue Wilson
Brian
Blake: Stephen Moore
Station
Master: Peter Vaughan
Penelope:
Michelle Newell
Arkroyd:
Steve Hodson
Mary:
Teresa Gallagher
Repeated
on 29th August 1994
22nd
April 1993
23.00
:
Three
for the Road: A New-Wave Format by Bobbie Ann Mason. Dramatised by
John Harvey.
Edwin
drives mentally-impaired adults to their day centre and likes to play
the in-bus DJ role. But when his younger girlfriend persuades him to
sharpen up the music, a crisis is provoked.
Director
Dave Sheasby
Edwin
Creech: Peter Marinker
Sabrina
Jones/Lou Murphy: Risa Hall
Ray
Watson: Paterson Joseph
Laura
Combs: Barbara Barnes
Freddie
Johnson: Lorelei King
24th
April 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Going Under by Lydia Chukovskaya. Dramatised by Ken Whitmore.
A
remarkable love story set in Stalinist Russia. Two writers discover
much about themselves and the system under which they live.
Director
Martin Jenkins
Nina:
Annette Crosbie
Bilibin:
Graham Crowden
Matron:
Tessa Worsley
Sablin:
John Webb
Veksler:
Cyril Shaps
Klokovl:
Brett Usher
Finnish
Girl: Melanie Hudson
Official:
John Church
First
broadcast 6th July 1992
24th
April 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Knox Bay by Elspeth Sandys.
Jenny
is only 12 but that doesn't stop her thinking about sex and love,
though she doesn't yet know the difference between them. The arrival
of a new teacher in the close-knit community of Knox Bay opens her
eyes, but it also splits the place apart.
Pianist
Michael Haslam
Director
Jane Morgan
Tom
Matheson: Michael McGrath
Jennie
Anderson: Federay Holmes
Kath
Anderson: Barbara Ewing
Ron
Anderson: David Brocklehurst
Coin
Anderson: Scott Ransome
Mary
Begg: Susannah Corbett
Digger
Begg: John Turnbull
Vin
Begg: Phillipa Dann
Rex
Ballantyne: Kate Binchy
Minnie
Verity: Jill Graham
Pat
Mullins: William Brandt
Possum:
Alan Rowe
Albert
Kingi: Matthew Sim
Kevin
Bickerstaff: John Webb
Lily
Wedderspoon: Jillie Meers
Harry
Anderson: John Forgeham
Also
with Ben Fraser, Aisa Fraser, Colin Louisson, Kate Louisson, Dominic
Letts and Diana Payan
Repeated
on 26th February 1994
24th
April 1993
23.30
:
Dracula
by Bram Stoker. Dramatised by Nick McCarty.
3
of 7: Mina receives news of Jonathan Harker ill in a hospital in
Buda-Pesth.
Arthur
becomes alarmed at Lucy's state of health.
Please
see 10th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in first episode:
Arthur:
Crawford Logan
Van
Helsing: Finlay Welsh
Renfield:
David McKail
Mrs
Westenra: Stella Forge
Foreman:
Ian Sexon
Adams:
Tom Smith
Ep4:1/5/93
Ep5:8/5/93 Ep6:15/5/93 Ep7:22/5/93
25th
April 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Children of the Dead End (1914) by Patrick MacGill
(1889-1963). Dramatised By: Maurice Leitch.
1
of 3- Restless Youth: Though only 12, Dermod and Norah are forced to
leave Donegal and work the potato fields of Scotland.
Director
Eoin O'Callaghan
Dermod
Flynn the narrator: Gerard Murphy
Young
Dermod: Robert Taylor
Norah
Ryan: Diane O'Kelly
Fergus
Ryan/Ticket collector: Tim Loane
Fr
Devaney/Old Man: Kevin Flood
Farley
McKeoum: John Hewitt
Judy/Mrs
Ryan: Aine McCartney
Bennett:
Sean Caffrey
Sheila
Carroll: Stella McCusker
Ma
Bennett: Trudy Kelly
Mikky's
Jim: Niall Cusack
Young
Michael: Allen Docherty
Girl:
Katy Gleadhill
Mary:
Margaret D'Arcy
Schoolmaster:
Bj Hogg
For
actors in later episodes please see relative dates.
Ep2:2/5/93
Ep3:9/5/93
All
episodes repeated five days later.
26th
April 1993
14.00-16.00
:
The
Eagle Has Landed (1975) by Jack Higgins. Dramatised By: Peter
MacKie.
Winston
Churchill plans a weekend's relaxation in the village of Studley
Constable. Waiting for him are a disguised group of German
paratroopers whose orders are to kidnap and deliver him to their
Fuhrer in Berlin.
Director
Philip Martin
BBC
Pebble Mill.
Jack
Higgins: Harry Patterson
Steiner:
Michael Fitzgerald
Col
Radl: Ian Hogg
Joanna:
Rosemary Martin
Liam
Devlin: Frank Grimes
Molly:
Holly Aird
Pamela:
Kimberly Hope
Father
Vereker: Simon Carter
Churchill/Laker:
Roger Hume
Himmler:
Graham Padden
Canaris:
Terry Molloy
Hitler:
David Halliwell
Sturm:
David Vann
Meuhoff/Watson:
Neil Coker
Mrs
Wilson: Heather Barrett
Harry:
David Vann
Neuman:
John Dixon
Lemke:
Stephen Garlick
Betty
Wilde: Heather Barrett
Graham/Tom:
Philip Molloy
Arthur:
Christopher Good
George
Rossman: Vincent Brimble
Sgt
Hofer: Geoffrey Whitehead
Organist:
Harold Rich
First
broadcast 26th May 1990.
[Jack
Higgins played himself- his real name is Harry Patterson]
26th
April 1993:
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Floating by Stephen Greenhorn.
A
middle-aged Edinburgh schoolteacher plans to escape to France, where
she wants to paint; her husband's incredulous reaction; and the
extreme step he takes.
Director
Stewart Conn
Margaret:
Edith MacArthur
Lorna:
Lucinda Baillie
Assistant
/Nurse: Monica Gibb
Jenny:
Pauline Knowles
Ian:
David McKail
Paul/Murray:
Tom Smith
Charles/Patrick:
Ian Briggs
Carol:
Wendy Seager
Vale:
Robert Trotter
Repeated
on 11th June 1994
27th
April 1993:
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Sanctified by Othniel Smith.
On
a pilgrimage to Belgium in pursuit of their rock-star idol, two
Cardiff girls reach a parting of the ways.
Director:
Alison Hindell
Marcia:
Paula Bartram
Theresa:
Helen Gwyn
28th
April 1993
12.25-13.00
:
The
Age of Innocence: by Edith Wharton. Dramatised by Christopher
Reason.
3
of 6: Newland follows Ellen to the country where their rendezvous is
disturbed.
Please
see 14th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Beaufort:
Philip Bond
Medora:
Jill Graham
Ned:
Matthew Morgan
Ep4:5/5/93
Ep5:12/5/93 Ep6:19/5/93
28th
April 1993
14.00
:
The
Head Man by Jonathan Smith.
The
life of a headmaster of an independent school in London.
Season
1, episode 1 of 4: Dr Patrick Balfour is under enormous pressure in
both his public and private lives.
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Patrick:
Steve Hodson
Judith:
Melinda Walker
Michael:
Christian Rodska
Lindsay:
Carolyn Backhouse
Daphne:
June Barrie
Peter:
Andrew Hilton
Timothy:
Richard Pearce
Invigilator:
Michael Drew
Mrs
Hobbs: Kate Binchy
Sister:
Carole Jahme
Actors
in later episodes:
David:
David Bannerman(2)
Alex:
Neil Stacy(2)
Boy
One: Jeremy Walters(2)
Boy
Two: Patrick Rainbird(2)
Alison:
Jessica Lloyd(3)
Eric:
David Thorpe(3)
Charles:
Nick Rowe(4)
Receptionist:
Ingrid Wiseman(4)
Editor:
John Baddeley(4)
Schoolgirl:
Anna Semple(4)
Ep2:5/5/93
Ep3:12/5/93 Ep4:19/5/93
Series
repeated commencing 8/6/94.
A
second series of 4 episodes commenced 23/11/94.
29th
April 1993
10.00
:
Crampton
Hodnet by Barbara Pym. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
6
of 6: The Right True End of Love. Francis decides to live a little
while Margaret makes the most of the sales. Another year turns in
north Oxford.
Please
see 25th March 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Christopher:
David Holt
Ellen:
Linda Polan
29th
April 1993
14.00
:
I'll
Be Caesar by Alan England.
A
young female tutor in charge of a residential education course for
all ranks settles on Julius Caesar as her study text. Events in the
classroom will soon begin to mirror those of the play.
Director
Dave Sheasby
Captain
McIntyre: Russell Dixon
Griff:
John Basham
Angsfa:
Saskia Downs
Dam:
Anthony Cairns
Peter:
John Graham Davies
Jim:
Ian Mercer
Jonathan:
Marcus Romer
29th
April 1993
23.00
:
Rock
Springs by Richard Ford. Dramatised by John Harvey.
When
Earl, a petty criminal and drifter, takes off south in a stolen car,
he takes his girlfriend Edna and his own daughter with him. The
atmosphere is both carefree and tense, and the climax poignant and
inevitable.
Director
Dave Sheasby
Earl
Middleton: Peter Marinker
Edna:
Risa Hall
Cheryl:
Roberta Sausville
Woman:
Joan Hooley
1st
May 1993
14.30
:
Taking
The Devil's Advice bv Anne Fine. Dramatised by Mike Walker
Not
many plays can claim to deal with philosophy and a poisoning with a
blackcurrant tart....
Director
David Benedictus
Oliver
Rosen: Richard O'Callaghan
Constance
Rosen: Jenny Agutter
Alasdair
Huggett: John Church
Bonnie
Rosen: Anna Abrahams
Stella
Huggett: Melanie Hudson
1st
May 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Crippen by Emlyn Williams adapted by William Ingram
In
1910 Dr Crippen was hanged for the murder of his wife but what really
happened on the night she died?
Pianist
Tim Riley
Director
Alison Hindell
Crippen:
Charles Kay
Inspector
Dew: Ivor Roberts
Ethel:
Sue Broomfield
Cora:
Debora Weston
Paul:
John Webb
Lilian:
Pam Hopkins
Sergeant:
Simon Ludders
Repeated
on 13th November 1993
1st
May 1993
23.30
:
Dracula
by Bram Stoker. Dramatised by Nick McCarty.
4
of 7: Renfield's behaviour becomes even stranger, Van Helsing and
John Seward struggle to save Lucy's life, and Jonathan Harker sees an
old acquaintance.
Please
see 10th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first part:
Arthur:
Crawford Logan
Van
Helsing: Finlay Welsh
Adams:
Tom Smith
Renfield:
David McKall
Undertaker/Parson:
Peter D'Souza
Mrs
Westenra: Stella Forge
Maid:
Alexa Kesselaar
Ep5:8/5/93
Ep6:15/5/93 Ep7:22/5/93
2nd
May 1993
4.30
:
Classic
Serial: Children of the Dead End (1914) by Patrick MacGill
(1889-1963). Dramatised By: Maurice Leitch.
2
of 3: A Good Time Coming. Dermod falls prey to gambling, and Norah to
the advances of the local laird. A wedge is driven between them.
Please
see 25th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Donal:
Finlay Welsh
Gourock
Ellen: Frances Low
Judy:
Wendy Seager
Eamonn:
Kenneth Glenaan
Jean:
Grace Glover
Willie:
James Bryce
Morrison:
Simon Donald
Moleskin:
Crawford Logan
Final
part 9th May 1993.
3rd
May 1993
14.00
:
The
Eagle has Flown by Jack Higgins. Dramatised By: Peter MacKie.
Injured
in the failed attempt to kidnap Winston Churchill, Kurt Steiner is
imprisoned in the Tower of London. In his office in Berlin, Heinrich
Himmler considers the advantages of rescuing Steiner and contacts
Liam Devlin with an intriguing offer.
Director
Philip Martin
Liam
Devlin: Frank Grimes
Jack
Higgins: Harry Patterson
Steiner:
Michael Fitzgerald
Vaughan:
Quint Boa
Himmler:
Graham Padden
Canaris:
Terry Molloy
Hitler:
David Halliwell
Mary:
Melanie Revill
Lavinia:
Charlotte Westoram
Shaw:
David Neal
Rommel:
Gordon Reid
Munro:
Leon Tanner
Carter:
John Dixon
Schellenberg:
David Holt
Kneussel:
Richard Allenson
Kramer:
Richard O'Ryan
Berger:
Peter Meakin
[Sequel
to The Eagle has Landed, 26th April 1993 - see above. Harry Patterson
is the real name of Jack Higgins.]
3rd
May 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Not Just for Christmas by Jonathan Myerson.
Time
runs out for women wondering when, or whether, to have children.
Director
Jane Morgan
Lee:
Fiona Shaw
Caro:
Lesley Manville
Judith:
Brenda Blethyn
Abby:
Gwen Humble
Fred:
James Fleet
Saul:
Dominic Letts
Michael:
Michael Lumsden
Also
with Alison Reid and Michael Onslow
4th
May 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Half an Hour Behind the Times by Dave Sheasby.
A
family look into the future. They're historic figures on a clock, and
their guide is the maintenance man.
Director
Tony Cliff
Mr
Slatterthwaite: Chris Brailsford
Mrs
Slatterthwaite: Olwen May
Seth:
Joe Simpson
Eric:
Finetime Fontayne
5th
May 1993
12.25-13.00
:
The
Age of Innocence: by Edith Wharton. Dramatised by Christopher
Reason.
4
of 6: Marriage to May and a honeymoon in Europe haven't diluted
Newland's feelings for Ellen.
Please
see 14th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in first episode:
Riviere:
Yves Aubert
Medora:
Jill Graham
Phoebe:
Melanie Hudson
Receptionist:
Siriol Jenkins
Ep5:12/5/93
Ep6:19/5/93
6th
May 1993
10.00-10.15:
Rent
by Lucy Flannery.
Series
1: Ep 1 of 6: Maria and Richard have a happy marriage. no children,
and a house that's falling down. It looks as if there's only one
thing for it ...
Producer
Liz Anstee
Maria:
Barbara Flynn
Richard:
Patrick Barlow
This
program ran for several series. This was the first episode in 1993.
Further episodes were broadcast during 1993 on 13/5, 20/5, 27/5, 3/6,
10/6.
6th
May 1993
14.00
:
A
Room Full of Mirrors by Patricia Finney.
In
1597, Queen Elizabeth was 64 and the most powerful ruler in Europe.
Except perhaps for Philip of Spain...
Sound
effects by BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Director:
Richard Imison (1936-1993)
Queen
Elizabeth: Sian Phillips
Voice,
Dudley: William Simons
Chamberlain:
Michael Graham Cox
Robert
Cecil: Simon Treves
Ankarel:
Dilys Laye
Lady
Mary: Elizabeth Mansfield
Tom
Seymour: Michael Kilgarriff
Young
Elizabeth: Tara Dominick
Boatman:
Michael Graham Cox
Potboy:
Stephen Garlick
Witch:
Elizabeth Proud
First
broadcast 17/5/90, repeated 30/12/90
6th
May 1993
23.00-23.30:
Sad
Cypress by Agatha Christie. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
1
of 5: A poison-pen letter prompts the hasty departure of two young
people to visit their elderly invalid aunt, starting a trail of
murder and deceit.
Director:
Enyd Williams
Elinor
Carlisle: Emma Fielding
Ruddy
Welman: Charles Simpson
Nurse
O'Brien: Joanna Myers
Nurse
Hopkins: Pauline Letts
Mary
Gerrard: Susannah Corbett
Mr
Gerrard: John Webb
Mrs
Welman: Barbara Atkinson
Mrs
Bishop: Margot Boyd
Dr
Lord: David McAlister
Ted
Bigland: Eamonn Fleming
Judge:
Alan Cullen
Singer:
Joanna Myers
Pianist:
Michael Haslam
Actors
in later episodes and the episode they first appeared in:
Mr
Seddon: John Evitts(2)
Abbot,
the Grocer/Dr Garcia: John Church(2)
Horlick,
the Gardener: David Thorpe(2)
Hercule
Poirot: John Moffatt(3)
Wardress:
Gudrun Ure(3)
Policeman:
Keith Drinkel(3)
Sir
Edwin Bulmer: David King
Sir
Samuel Atterbury: Peter Penry Jones(5)
Mr
Wargrave: Jonathan Adams(5)
Mr
Littledale: Gordon Reid(5)
Amelia
Sedley: Ann Windsor(5)
Inspector
Brill: Eric Allan(5)
Ep2:13/5/93
Ep3:20/5/93 Ep4: Ep5:3/6/93
Series
first broadcast commencing 14/5/1992
Also
broadcast on BBC World Service in October/November 1992.
Also
broadcast on BBC 7 in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
8th
May 1993
14.30
:
The
Second Mrs Tanqueray (1893) by Arthur Wing Pineros (1855-1934),
adapted by Sue Wilson
Aubrey
Tanqueray remarries and prepares to lose his friends. But his
relationship with his daughter is also threatened by the ghosts of
his wife's past.
Directed
by Sue Wilson
Aubrey
Tanqueray: Gary Bond
Paula:
Michelle Newell
Eillean:
Joanna Myers
Cayley
Drummie: Keith Drinkel
Mrs
Cortelyon: Ann Windsor
Lady
Orreyed: Sunny Ormonde
Sir
George Orreyed: Christopher Scott
Capt
Hugh Ardale: Andrew Wincott
Frank
Misquith QC: David Monico
Gordon
Jayne MD: John Fleming
Repeated
from 23rd May 1992
8th
May 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Between Two Worlds by William Stanton.
A
government employee, imprisoned for leaking a secret document to the
press, celebrates her freedom with a trip to the Caribbean. She has
gone there to write a book about her experience and to find peace and
solitude, but her stay brings danger and excitement, as she finds
herself plunged into events beyond her control.
Director
Cherry Cookson
Miranda:
Geraldine James
Kennedy:
Norman Rodway
Maurice:
Patterson Joseph
Charles:
Michael Cochrane
Mrs
Johnson: Isabelle Lucas
Interrogator:
John Evitts
Sergeant
White: Clarence Smith
Mrs
Blackham: Jill Graham
Lettuce:
Jillie Meers
Carmen:
Sandra James-Young
Marine:
David Holt
Repeated
on 22nd January 1994
8th
May 1993
23.30
:
Dracula
by Bram Stoker. Dramatised by Nick McCarty.
5
of 7: Van Helsing reveals the appalling truth about Lucy's fate to
Arthur, Quincey and John Seward.
Please
see 10th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Van
Helsing: Finlay Welsh
Arthur:
Crawford Logan
Charlie:
Rosemary Evans
Sister:
Alexa Kesselaar
Ep6:15/5/93
Ep7:22/5/93
9th
May 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Children of the Dead End (1914) by Patrick MacGill
(1889-1963). Dramatised By: Maurice Leitch.
3
of 3: The Rat Pit. Norah, alone and pregnant, is forced to walk the
streets of Glasgow.
Please
see 25th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first part:
Priest:
Finlay Welsh
Gourock
Ellen: Frances Low
Judy:
Wendy Seager
Agnes:
Grace Glover
Mcanless:
James Bryce
Pocto,:
Simon Donald
Moleskin:
Crawford Logan
Caretaker:
Anne Downie
Meg:
Sheila Latimer
This
episode was repeated 14/5/93.
10th
May 1993
14.00
:
Focus
by Arthur Miller. Dramatised by Wally K Daly.
New
York, early 1940s.
Director
Martin Jenkins
Newman:
Peter Marinker
Gertrude
Hart: Shelley Thompson
Finkelstein:
John Church
Mrs
Newman: Helen Horton
Father
Coughlin: Harry Towb
Finkelstein's
Father: Cyril Shaps
Ahearn:
Brian Miller
Finkelstein
Father-in-law: Leonard Fenton
Fred:
Peter Banks
Receptionist:
Tara Dominick
Paperboy:
Paul Downing
Hotel
Manager: Don Fellowes
Carlson:
James Greene
Optician:
Tim Reynolds
Mallon:
David Bannerman
Stephens:
Nigel Carrington
Fat
Man: Ronald Herdman
Priest:
Vincent Brimble
Youth:
Nicholas Gilbrook
First
broadcast 15th October 1990
10th
May 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Grandma and Mrs Chaterjee by Kitty Fitzgerald
Mira
and Kathleen are not the kind of 70-year-olds to sit back and watch
their world collapse. Instead, they intervene to bring back the
Goddess Culture through the medium of the radio.
Director
Kate Rowland
The
Goddess: Julie Christie
Kathleen
Riley: Liz Kelly
Mira
Chaterjee: Leena Dhingra
Breda
Riley: Chrissie Edge
Ann
Riley: Maureen Harold
Phillip:
Rod Arthur
The
Inspector: Seamus O'Neill
Sergeant:
Anthony Cairns
Repeated
on 15th August 1994
11th
May 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Dancing with Jaques by Eric Pringle (1935-2017).
A
young girl's first night "working the streets" ends in a
ghostly encounter with a man who calls himself Jaques.
Director:
Adrian Bean
Jackie:
Allce Arnold
Jaques:
John Evitts
Alice:
Theresa Streatfeild
Newsvendor:
John Church
12th
May 1993
12.25-13.00
:
The
Age of Innocence: by Edith Wharton. Dramatised by Christopher
Reason.
5
of 6: The reality of "we're together only so long as we're
apart" sinks in tor Newland and Ellen.
Please
see 14th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Mr
Letterblair: Brian Greene
Riviere:
Yves Aubert
Paperseller/Guard:
Richard Nichols
Operator:
Melanie Hudson
Clerk:
Matthew Morgan
Ep6:19/5/93
13th
May 1993
14.00
:
Dancing
in the Dark by Elizabeth Mickery.
In
all major disasters, it is the after-effect on those who were
involved which lingers. However, when a policeman 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.
Guitarist
Les Beavers
Director
Kay Patrick
Katrina:
Joanna MacKie
Benfield:
Russell Dixon
Sister
Lamb: Knella Norman
Mrs
Benfield: Anna Welsh
Reilly:
Malcolm Hebden
Repeated
from 15th August 1991
15th
May 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Runaway by Michael Wall (1946-1991). Adapted by Lizzie Slater.
Since
the age of ten, Gail has been running away. First to France with a
schoolfriend, then as a teenager to Greece and India. Her "capitalist
pig" father, Charles, just cant understand, but somehow it only
makes their love more bittersweet....
Director
Peter Kavanagh
Charles:
Jim Carter
Gail
(aged 10): Rebecca Cullum
Gail
(aged 18): Charlotte Coleman
Gail
(aged 45): Maureen O'Brien
Marek:
Henry Goodman
Calderwood/Marsh:
Jonathan Adams
Susan:
Melinda Walker
Indian
Man: Peter Gunn
JulielEsther:
Siriol Jenkins
Rob/Sam/Ace:
Matthew Morgan
Sophie:
Alison Reid
Repeated
from 27th July 1992
15th
May 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Seven Foot with a Wooden Leg by Peter King
(1921-2010) Dramatised by Gerry Jones (1931-2005).
Director
Martin Jenkins
David:
Matthew Morgan
Trent:
Gerald James
Claire:
Emma Fielding
Jill:
Siriol Jenkins
Christine:
Rachel Atkins
David's
Mam: Elizabeth Morgan
David's
Dad: Richard Dames
Wendy:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Ted:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Vicky:
Ruth Jones
Grant:
John Baddeley
Mr
Roderick: Keith Drinkel
Repeated
on 18th June 1994
15th
May 1993
23.30
:
Dracula
by Bram Stoker. Dramatised by Nick McCarty.
6
of 7: The six companions determine to root out the evil Count.
Please
see 10th April 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Van
Helsing: Finlay Welsh
Arthur:
Crawford Logan
Renfield:
David McKail
Old
Billy: Ronald Aitken
Billington:
Raymond Ross
Pensniff/Griggs:
John Shedden
Adams:
Tom Smith
Ep7:22/5/93
16th
May 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: My Son, My Son by Howard Spring. Dramatised By: Stan
Barstow.
1
of 5: 1882: two families.
Director
Kay Patrick
William
Essex: Ronald Pickup
Essex
as a child: James Higgins
Essex
as a boy: David Holt
Dermot:
Stuart Organ
Mrs
O'Riorden: Eva Stuart
Mr
O'Riorden: Sean Barrett
Mr
Moscrop: John Baddeley
Eustace
Oliver: John Fleming
Sheila:
Sandra James-Young
Ackroyd:
David Thorpe
Nellie:
Alison Reid
Flynn:
Ronald Herdman
Summerway:
Jonathan Adams
Little
boy: Rhys Watson
Actors
in later episodes- please see the episode entry date below.
Ep2:23/5/93
Ep3:30/5/93 Ep4:6/6/93 Ep5:13/6/93
All
episodes repeated five days later.
17th
May 1993:
14.00
:
The
Other Side of the Hill: It's a Long Way from Talavera by Peter
Luke.
The
Duke of Wellington and his Peninsular campaign.
Music
by Tom Eastwood, performed by Paul Archibald, Richard Benjafield,
Adrian Brett, Charles Dickie, Bill Worrell and Simon Wynberg
Director
Glyn Dearman
Wellington.:
Michael Pennington
Major
Napier: John Moffatt
Capt
Harry Smith: Dominic Rickhards
Juanita:
Siriol Jenkins
Julian
Sanchez: Philip Sully
Madre
Soledad: June Tobin
Major
Somerset: Christopher Good
Capt
Gordon: David Bannerman
Cpl
Prickett: Ronald Herdman
Rifleman
Doubleday: Clarence Smith
Rifleman
Jackman/Capt Freer: Mark Straker
Rifleman
Palmer/Miguelin: Neil Roberts
Rifleman
West: Eric Allan
Capt
Kincaid: Terence Edmond
Capt
Soula/Lt Cardo: Alan Barker
Gen
Crawford/Gen Menacho/Surtees: Brett Usher
Lt
O'Malley/Capt Costello: Andrew Wincott
Gen
Packenham/Ono: Colin McFarlane
Victoria:
Emma Fielding
Lady
Wellington: Melanie Hudson
Sister
Rosario: Theresa Streatfeild
[(Part
two: The Long Road to Waterloo, next Monday 24/5/93) ]
First
broadcast on 28th September 1991.
Also
broadcast on BBC7 in 2008
17th
May 1993:
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Governor's Consort by Peter Tinniswood.
Lady
Edith is sailing with her husband to a South Atlantic island of which
he is about to become Governor.
The
Band: Michael Haslam, Judith Herbert and Kevin Street
Director
Enyd Williams
Lady
Edith: Mary Wimbush
Sir
Wilfred: John Moffatt
Dr
Spofforth: Bernard Hepton
Captain
Mac Whirler: Stephen Thorne
Delgado:
Keith Drinkel
The
Chief Engineer: Matthew Morgan
The
First Officer: James Telfer
Tarleton:
Jonatham Adams
Repeated
21st March 1994
Also
broadcast on BBC7 in 2005, 2007, 2008
18th
May 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: A Romance by Craig Warner.
There
is an art to writing badly, and Graham could use the money. But can
he overcome his artistic pretensions and get his writing career on
the move?
Director
Richard Wortley
Graham:
Michael Maloney
Jane:
Kristin Milward
The
Actress: Oona Beeson
19th
May 1993
12.25-13.00
:
The
Age of Innocence: by Edith Wharton. Dramatised by Christopher
Reason.
6
of 6: Newland finds his secret assignation with Ellen replaced with
something more formal and final.
Please
see 14th April 1993 above.
No
actors additional to those in episode one.
20th
May 1993
14.00
:
The
Christening Robe by Aileen La Tourette.
Clarissa
is not the typical mother-in-law: she's glamorous, an expert in
aerobics and has a toy boy in tow. All of which makes her
daughter-in-law even more jealous.
Director
Jane Morgan
Clarissa:
Maureen O'Bnen
Harriet:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Gran:
Pauline Letts
John:
Steve Hodson
Abbess:
Jill Graham
Georgina:
Jillie Meers
George:
Andrew Wincott
Harvey:
Matthew Morgan
Geoffrey:
Matthew Sim
Maud:
Jane Dolamore
Guests:
Keith Drinkel, Sandra James-Young
Repeated
25th April 1194
22nd
May 1993
14.30-16.00
:
Playhouse:
The New Party by Martyn Wade.
In
the early 1930s, Oswald Mosley and his friend Harold Nicolson
joined forces to launch a political party which they hoped would
resolve the country s economic and financial problems. But Mosley's
extreme views were to jeopardise both their political and personal
alliance ..
Director
Cherry Cookson
Harold
Nicolson: Christopher Cazenove
Oswald
Mosley: Roger Allam
Vita:
Kate Buffery
Cimmie:
Joanna David
Christopher:
Alan Barker
Beaverbrook:
Paul Maxwell
Strachey:
Brett Usher
Cheyney:
Eric Allan
Young:
Charles Millham
Salmon:
Mark Straker
Sarfatti:
Ann Windsor
First
broadcast 10th August 1992
22nd
May 1993:
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Amarok by Peter Francis Browne.
Set
in the early 18th century, the story of Amarok, an Eskimo, who was
discovered drifting in his kayak off the north-east coast of
Scotland. Some days later he died of a common cold. But what if he
had survived?
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Amarok:
Bill Wallis
Fraser:
Iain Cuthbertson
Margot:
Juliet Prew
Henry:
David Bannerman
Siko:
Ingrid Wiseman
Mrs
Cotterill: Phyllida Nash
Croker:
Bob Docherty
Roberts:
John Church
McGill:
James Telfer
[There
are uncertainties about the base story but you can see the kayak in
Aberdeen Museum - object ABDUA:6013].
22nd
May 1993
23.30
:
Dracula
by Bram Stoker. Dramatised by Nick McCarty.
7
of 7: Renfield's confession points the way to Dracula's lairs.
Please
see 10th April 1994 above.
Actors
additional to episode one:
Van
Helsing: Finlay Welsh
Renfield:
David McKall
Arthur:
Crawford Logan
Harker:
Bernard Holley
Agent:
Andrew Conlan
Captain
Multine: Michael Elder
23rd
May 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: My Son, My Son by Howard Spring. Dramatised By: Stan
Barstow.
2
of 5: Essex has now married Nellie and their life together, based on
his need for money, is joyless. He clings to his plans for his son
Oliver, and as he and Dermot become more and more successful, he
blinds himself to his sons faults.
Please
see 16th May 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Maevea
as a child: Sophie Green
Maevea
as a girl: Melinda Walker
Olivera
as a child: Sam Wise
Olivera
as a boy: James Cohen
Rory
as a child: Ben Guy
Rory
as a boy: Adam Morley
Daisy:
Sunny Ormonde
Donnelly:
Keith Drinkel
Sam
Sawle: Danny Schiller
Judas:
Michael Goldie
Mary
Latter: Jillie Meers
Ep3:30/5/93
Ep4:6/6/93 Ep5:13/6/93
24th
May 1993
14.00
:
The
Other Side of the Hill: The Long Road to Waterloo by Peter Luke.
The
Peninsular Wars and the progress of the Duke of Wellington after the
Battle of Badajoz to the Battle of Waterloo.
Director
Glyn Dearman
Wellington:
Michael Pennington
Major
Napier: John Moffatt
Capt
Harry Smith: Dominic Rickhards
Juanita:
Siriol Jenkins
Julian
Sanchez: Philip Sully
Madre
Soledad: June Tobin
Goya:
David March
Major
Somerset: Christopher Good
Capt
Gordon: David Bannerman
Cpl
Prickett: Ronald Herdman
Rifleman
Doubleday: Clarence Smith
Rifleman
Jackman/Capt Freer: Mark Straker
Rifleman
Palmer: Neil Roberts
Rifleman
West: Eric Allan
Capt
Kincaid: Terence Edmond
Capt
Soula/Lt CardojCapt: Alan Barker
Gen
Skerrett/ColPonsonby: Brett Usher
Capt
Costello: Andrew Wincott
Jenny
Cochrane: Susan Sheridan
Gen
Packenham/Gen Vandeleur: Colin McFarlane
Victoria:
Emma Fielding
Harriette
Wilson: Melanie Hudson
Sister
Rosario/Fanny: Theresa Streatfeild
Gen
Scovell/Orellana: Charles Millham
First
broadcast on 29th September 1991
[A
sequel to The Other Side of the Hill: It's a Long Way from Talavera
broadcast on 17th May 1993 at 14.00]
24th
May 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Jumping the Rug by Michael Crompton.
The
silence after Isabel ran away is finally shattered when she returns
home to confront her dying mother. [Concerns child abuse].
Pianist
Bernard Robertson
Director
Michael Fox
Isabel:
Geraldine Alexander
Ruth:
Julia Ford
Mother:
Joan Campion
Father:
Edward Peel
Clive:
Malcolm Raeburn
First
broadcast 1st July 1991.
[Geraldine
Alexander and Edward Peel were also in the stage play in 1989 at the
Almeida Theatre]
25th
May 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Other Creatures by Nicholas McInerny.
Tallulah's
problems come to a head when her best friend Rosie starts to speak.
Because Rosie is an elephant....
Director
Alison Hindell
Tallulah:
Ella Hood
Montgomery:
Michael Povey
Rosie:
Souad Faress
26th
May 1993
12.25
:
The
False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey dramatised by Geoffrey M
Matthews .
1
of 5: Dentist Walter Baranov is reluctant to accompany Lydia, his
actress wife, to Hollywood, especially now that Alma has come into
his life .
Director
Matthew Walters
Walter:
Ronald Pickup
Lydia:
Fiona Fullerton
Alma:
Oona Beeson
Capt
Turner: Barry J Gordon
Jack:
Steve Hodson
Kathy:
Sandra James-Young
Baranov/George:
John Baddeley
Vanderbilt/Jasper:
John Fleming
Actors
in later episodes- please refer to the episode broadcast date.
Ep2:2/6/93
Ep3:9/6/93 Ep4:16/6/93 Ep5:23/6/93
All
episodes repeated five days later.
26th
May 1993;
14.00
:
Wild
Hops by Sally Worboyes.
1
of 4: In 1959, in the hop fields of Kent, the Jacksons join other
East End families for what they discover will be the last season hops
are picked by hand. Will this be the end of Laura Jackson 's affair
with the owner of the farm?
Producer
Philip Martin
Jack:
George Innes
Laura:
Ellle Haddington
Liz:
Liz Smith
Bert:
Gerry Hinks
Kay:
Melanie Revill
Robert:
Alan Devereux
Marjorie:
Patricia Gallimore
Terry:
Richard Pearce
Zacchi:
Sam Barriscale
Terry's
Mom/Milly: Judy Bennett
Raymond/Brian:
Richard Allenson
Mrs
Brown: Joyce Gibbs
Janet:
Georgia Greeph
Actors
in later episodes and their first episode:
Zacchi:
Sam Barriscale(2)
Fisherman:
Ralph Lawton(2)
Georgie:
Simon Carter(3)
Frank:
David Vann(4)
Ep2:2/6/93
Ep3:9/6/93 Ep4:16/6/93
Series
repeated commencing 4/1/97.
27th
May 1993
14.00
:
Hero
by Roderick Graham (1934-2015).
Barry
Parker , an ex-Army Corporal, is to receive an award for bravery,
having killed two terrorists and captured another while on active
duty. But why does "Barry the Brave", as the Press have
dubbed him, appear to be such a reluctant hero?
Director
Tracey Neale
Barry:
David Richard-Fox
Jill:
Jane Whittenshaw
Tony:
Matthew Morgan
Lesley:
Ruth Lass
Elsie:
Ann Windsor
Stan
: John Fleming
Captain
Osborne: Steve Hodson
Geoff:
Gary Todd
29th
May 1993
12.25-13.00
:
Ukridge
by P G Wodehouse. Adapted by Julian Dutton.
Ukridge
always has a grand money-spinning design to hand.
1:
The Accident Syndicate
Producer
Sarah Smith
Ukridge:
Griff Rhys Jones
Corky:
Robert Bathurst
Tupper:
Adam Godley
Beamish:
Simon Godley
Madeline:
Rebecca Front
Teddy:
Julian Dutton
Series
first broadcast commencing 21st December 1992. Episode 2 first
broadcast 28/12/92 repeated 6th June 1993. For episodes 3-6 see
weekly from 4th January 1993 above.
29th
May 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Opening Up by Jeremy Paul.
This
is not a morbid story. Nobody dies. At least not yet. I'm here to
tell you the tale of a patient and his surgeon, the virtuoso of the
gastrointestinal unit.
Director:
Matthew Walters
Roche:
Daniel Massey
Neteky-Burden:
Oliver Ford Davies
Francesca:
Sasha Paul
Heather:
Amanda Garwood
Hardisty:
Gordon Reid
Vellacott:
Peter Penry Jones
Colin:
Jonathan Adams
Alex:
Matthew Morgan
Ann:
Melinda Walker
Moira:
Joanna Wake
Nina:
Michelle Joseph
Lucy:
Siriol Jenkins
Repeated
from 24th August 1992
29th
May 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Victory by Guy Meredith.
Postwar
Germany: Langley, a young English officer, has been posted to
organise the coal industry in a remote area. Before the war Erdmann,
who is in charge of the mine, was a distinguished scientist. It
becomes apparent that Langley's mission is actually more to do with
Erdmann's past than his present.
Director
Cherry Cookson
Erdmann:
Ian Holm
Langley:
Nathaniel Parker
Quinn:
Kenneth Cranham
Ilse:
Susie Brann
Also
with Julian Rhind Tutt
Repeated
13th August 1994
29th
May 1993
23.30:
Winston
in Europe by Peter Tinniswood.
1:
Don't Gush, Nancy. Father wants to move again. He's had enough of
England. You can't get decent Eccles cakes here any longer.
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Nancy:
Shirley Dixon
Father:
Maurice Denham
Rosie:
Liz Goulding
William:
Christian Rodska
Winston:
Bill Wallis
This
program ran for several series called Winston or
Winston...(something), all written by Peter Tinniswood. This was the
first episode in 1993. Further episodes were broadcast during 1993 on
5/6, 12/6, 19/6, 26/6, 3/7.
30th
May 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: My Son, My Son by Howard Spring. Dramatised By: Stan
Barstow.
3
of 5: Maeve is now a huge success in the theatre and Essex is tempted
to write a play for her.
Song:
Kay Patrick
Please
see 16th May 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Mam:
Melinda Walker
Maggie:
Kate Binchy
Livia:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Oliver:
Richard Willis
Rory:
Matthew Morgan
Headmaster:
Philip Anthony
Wertheim:
Steve Hodson
Annie:
Jill Graham
Ep4:6/6/93
Ep5:13/6/93
31st
May 1993
14.00
:
The
Legend of Robin Hood by John Fletcher.
Robin
Hood - from May Day revels in Sherwood to crusading battles in the
Holy Land.
Music:
Vie Gammon
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Robin
Hood: John Nettles
Little
John: Gerry Hinks
Sheriff
of Nottingham: Norman Rodway
Friar
Tuck: Michael Tudor Barnes
Will
Scarlett: Peter Meakin
Maid
Marian: Carolyn Backhouse
Alice:
Tamsin Greig
Wormley:
Jonathan Wyatt
Guy
of Gisbome: Struan Rodger
Tom:
John Meakin
Liza:
Bethan Ganjavi
Other
parts played by: Richard Mitchley, Pat Quayle, David Holt
First
broadcast 18th April 1992
31st
May 1993:
19.20
:
The
Monday Play: The Secret Life by Harley Granville Barker. Adapted by
Giles Croft
Against
a backdrop of political intrigue in the years following the First
World War, Evan Strowde 's love for Joan Westbury is re-awakened.
But should he sacrifice public service for personal happiness?
Pianist
Mary Nash
Directed
by Giles Croft
(Radio
production in association with the Royal National Theatre)
Stephen
Serocold: James Laurenson
Evan
Strowde: Ronald Pickup
Eleanor
Strowde: Rowena Cooper
Joan
Westbury: Brenda Blethyn
Lady
Peckham: Rosemary Martin
Oliver
Gauntlett: Jo Stone-Fewings
Mr
Kittredge: Manning Redwood
Susan
Kittredge: Helen McCrory
Dorothy
Gauntlett: Rachel Atkins
Sir
Leslie Heriot: John Baddeley
Lord
Aumbermere: Barry J Gordon
Sir
Geoffrey Salomons: Steve Hodson
Repeated
on 10th December 1995
1st
June 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Where Bluebells Grew by Sally Worboyes.
A
day in the life of two women in a psychiatric hospital, both
"haunted" by the voices of their dead relatives.
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Mrs
White-Jones: Pauline Letts
Emma:
Tilly Vosburgh
George's
Ghost: Norman Bird
Twin
Ghost: Oona Beeson
Ellen:
Jillie Meers
Nurse:
David Holt
1st
June 1993
18.30
:
The
Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters. Dramatised by Bert Coules
(The
Chronicles of Brother Cadfael).
1
of 5: Casualties of War:
It
is winter 1139 and amid a civil war Brother Cadfael sets out to find
a missing boy and his sister....
Producer
Phil Clarke
Narrator:
Michael Hordern
Cadfael:
Philip Madoc
Hugh:
Douglas Hodge
Olivier:
Raad Rawi
Ermina:
Moira Buffini
Ives:
Dean Magri
Leonard:
Leonard Fenton
Elyas:
Crispin Letts
Also
with John Church, David Holt,
Jonathan
Tafler, Eric Allan, Ann Windsor and Julian Rhind-Tutt
Actors
in later episodes:
Boterel:
Andrew Wincott(2)
Button:
Eric Allan(3)
Porter:
Steve Hodson(3)
Le
Gaucher: Peter Laird(4)
Also
with John Fleming(2), Kate Binchey(2), Steve Hodson(4). Jonathan
Adams(4), Axeman/Sergeant: Peter Gunn(5)
Music
by Peter Salem(3),
Ep2:8/6/93
Ep3: Ep4:22/6/93 Ep5:29/6/93
Series
first broadcast commencing 22/10/1992
2nd
June 1993
12.25
:
The
False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey dramatised by Geoffrey M
Matthews
2
of 5: Walter has resolved to leave his wife and wonders whether he
could learn from the example of his fellow dentist, Dr Crippen.
Please
see 26th May 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Livy:
Gary Waldhorn
Marj:
Lorelei King
Poppy:
Susie Mann
Capt
Rostron: Jonathan Adams
Barbara:
Teresa Gallagher
Paul:
James Telfer
Bert/
Steward: John Webb
3rd
June 1993
14.00
:
Disguised
as Dr Koch by Martin Worth.
Robert
Koch was one of the greatest bacteriologists of the 19th century, but
at the height of his success he fell in love with a 17-year-old girl.
His love brought him happiness, but at what cost?
Director
Janet Whitaker
Robert
Koch: Norman Rodway
Hedwig
Freiberg: Claire Skinner
Lucy
Farron: Rachel Atkins
Julian
Shaw: Keith Drinkel
Emmy
Koch: Jill Graham
Eduard
P??fuhl: Steve Hodson
Emil
Behring: Dominic Letts
Mrs
Kaliski: Helen Horton
Koch,
aged 16: Julian Rhind-Tutt
5th
June 1993
12.25
:
Ukridge
by P G Wodehouse. Adapted by Julian Dutton
2
of 6: The Debut of Battling Bikon. This week Ukridge seizes on the
boxing ring as the way to make his fortune, when he becomes the
manager of an enormous pugilistic sailor.
Producer
Sarah Smith
Ukridge:
Griff Rhys Jones
Also
with Robert Bathurst, Simon Godley Adam Godley, Rebecca Front,
Dougal Lee and Julian Dutton
Ep3:4/1/93
Ep4:11/1/93 Ep5:18/1/93 Ep6:25/1/93. then Repeats from Ep1:29/5/93.
(Episode
one of the first run was on 21st December 1992, Ep2 was 28/12/92)
Series
then repeated commencing 29th May 1993
5th
June 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Who Killed Palomino Molero? by Mario Vargas Llosa. Translated and
dramatised by: Bronwen Phizackerly.
This
adult crime story, set in Peru in 1954, turns up the underbelly of
class and corruption in a community dominated by the military.
Director:
Ned Chaillet
Musician:
Mia Soteriou
Lieutenant
Siva: Charles Simpson
Sgt
Utuma: Ray Fearon
Colonel
Mindreau: Steve Hodson
Alicia:
Melanie Hudson
Lieutenant
Dufo: Jonathan Tafler
Dona
Asunta: Linda Marlowe
Dona
Adriana: Jo Kendall
Also
with John Bull, Gordon Reid, Nicholas Murchie, Jonathan Adams, Mia
Soteriou
First
broadcast 8th June 1992.
5th
June 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Doppelganger by J C W Brook.
A
doppelganger is your other self - your legendary dark brother who
wishes to take your place in this world. For Adam and Jane, some
eerie coincidences turn the myth into nightmarish reality.
Music:
Paddy Kingsland of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Director
Ian Cotterell
Beth
Harris: Elizabeth Lindsay
Sarah
Steadman: Penelope Lee
Adam
Oxton: Nigel Anthony
Jane
Oxton: Emily Richard
The
Woman: Mary Wimbush
The
Man: Jack May
Ralph
Steadman: Geoffrey Collins
First
broadcast 1st January 1977, repeated 5th June 1977
6th
June 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: My Son, My Son by Howard Spring. Dramatised By: Stan
Barstow.
4
of 5: The rivalry between father and son for Livia Vaynol has now
created a seemingly unbridgeable gulf between them.
Please
see 16th May 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Maeve:
Mellnda Walker
Livia:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Olivier:
Richard Willis
Rory:
Matthew Morgan
Wertheim:
Steve Hodson
Annie:
Jill Graham
Sam
Sawle: Danny Schiller
Officer:
John Webb
Pogson:
John Holt
Ep5:13/6/93
7th
June 1993
14.00
:
The
Ballad of Johnny Reece by Nick Fisher.
In
1958 Johnny is an idealistic young man working on the land. But by
1987 he is steeped in family life and haunted by disillusion, having
over-stretched his ambition.
Director
Richard Wortley
Johnny
Reece: Mark Straker
Mary:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Pat:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Clare:
Clare Travers-Deacon
Ally:
Paul Gregory
Stevie:
Matthew Morgan
Trev:
John Webb
Marie:
Joanna Wake
Birdman:
Matthew Sim
Carrie:
Melanie Hudson
Sam:
Eric Allan
Brian:
Neil Roberts
Elmslow:
Terence Edmond
Stan:
Keith Drinkel
Graham:
Peter Penry Jones
Repeated
from 5th September 1992
7th
June 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Gaveston by Colin Haydn Evans.
What
was the true nature of the execution of Edward II's favourite, Piers
Gaveston ? Drawing on long-standing oral traditions, here is a very
different interpretation of events from those of Marlowe and written
history.
Director
Nigel Bryant
Piers
Gaveston: Struan Rodger
Edward
II: David Robb
Queen
Margaret: Diana Quick
Isabella:
Moir Leslie
Lancaster:
Norman Rodway
Warwick:
Roger Hume
Archbishop
Winchelsea: Peter Jeffrey
Father
Hugh: Steve Hodson
Idonie
de Leybourne: Meg Wynn Owen
Idonie's
Mother: Mary Wimbush
Alice:
Daphne Neville
Thomas
Lott: Gerry Hinks
Robin
of Barnesdale: Peter Meakin
Assassin:
Andy Hockley
Repeated
on 30th April 1994
8th
June 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Writing to Rose by Frank Dunne.
Tom's
hand is in plaster so his landlady, a Polish widow, is helping him to
write a letter of proposal. Tom has been waiting for Rose for 30
years. At last her mother has died and she is free to marry.
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Celina:
Joanna Kanska
Tom:
Sean Barrett
Also
broadcast on BBC World Service in 1994
10th
June 1993
14.00
:
Here
Be Dragons by Stewart Love.
Frank
James has been a dedicated old-fashioned teacher all his life, but
educational changes make him redundant and he becomes apprehensive,
aimless, lost and bewildered. He begins to question the value of his
life's work.
Director
Pam Brighton
Frank:
Mark Mulholland
Robert:
Tim Loane
Mary:
Stella McCusker
Phyllis:
Paula McFetridge
Reporter:
Brenda Winter
Repeated
on 3rd October 1994 and 25th March 1996
10th
June 1993
23.00
:
Two
Way Cut by Peter Turnbull. Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
1
of 4: Discovering a corpse early one morning on Glasgow's Maryhill
Road is not out of the ordinary - but the one PC Hamilton finds is
very different.
Director
Hamish Wilson
DS
Sussock: Jake D'Arcy
WPC
Elka Willems: Eliza Langland
DC
Montgomery: Frank Gallagher
DI
Donoghue: Crawford Logan
Dean/
PC Abernethy: Andrew Conlan
Mrs
Douglas: Joyce Falconer
Mrs
Reynolds/Jean Kay: Rebecca Hawking
PC
Hamilton: Martin McCardie
Mrs
McIntyre: Edith Ruddick
Dr
Reynolds: Gerard Slevin
Louise:
Anne Marie Timoney
Cast
in later episodes- please see the relevant episode date below.
Ep2:17/6/93
Ep3:24/6/93 Ep4:1/7/93
Series
repeated commencing 26th November 1994
12th
June 1993
12.25
:
Ukridge
by P G Wodehouse.
Episode
3. Repeated from 4th January 1993- please see above.
12th
June 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers. Dramatised by: Michelene Wandor.
Whose
body has appeared in a bath in Battersea, and where is the body of
Sir Reuben Levy? Lord Peter Wimsey investigates...
Director:
Vanessa Whitburn
Lord
Peter Wimsey: Gary Bond
Bunter:
John Cater
Mr
Parker: Roger Rowland
Sr
Julian Freke: Michael Graham Cox
The
Duchess of Denver: Veda Warwick
Mr
Thipps: Kim Durham
Dr
Grimbold/Waller: Kim Durham
Milligan/
Insp Sugg/ Duke of Denver: Terry Molloy
Mr
Crimplesham / Foreman/ Sexton: Christopher Benjamin
Sir
Reuben Levy/ Graves/ Coroner: Geoff Serle
Freddie
Arbuthnot/Cummings: Tim Brierley
Gladys
Horrocks/Lady Levy: Charlotte Martin
Mr
Piggott: Alex Jones
First
broadcast 26th December 1987 then repeated on 6th August 1988 and 6th
April 1992.
12th
June 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night at the Movies: Double Indemnity by James M Cain. Dramatised
By: John Fletcher.
"I'm
an insurance salesman, I sell this guy some insurance. Then one hot
afternoon, I find myself in bed with his wife. We murder him."
Original
music by Barrington Pheloung Director Andy Jordan
Walter
Huff: Frederic Forrest
Lola:
Molly Ringwald
Phyllis:
Theresa Russell
George
Keyes: John Wood
Nirdlinger:
Michael Drew
Norton:
John Guerrasio
Jackson:
John Baddeley
Nettie:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Sachetti:
Roger May
Repeated
4th March 1995.
13th
June 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: My Son, My Son by Howard Spring. Dramatised By: Stan
Barstow.
5
of 5: The story reaches its inevitable climax.
Please
see 16th May 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Oliver:
Richard Willis
Rory:
Matthew Morgan
Annie:
Jill Graham
Moggie:
Kate Binchy
Mary
Latter: Jillie Meers
Judas:
Michael Goldie
Neuibiggin:
Keith Drinkel
Father
Farrell: James Telfer
Guy
Langdale: Steve Hodson
Sergeant:
John Church
14th
June 1993
14.00
:
Kitty
Wilkinson by David Pownall.
Liverpool
at the time of the cholera epidemic (1832). The life and work of the
woman who was hailed as a "saint".
Songs
by Maddy Prior
Director
Martin Jenkins
Kitty:
Maureen O'Brien
Tom,
her husband: Keith Drinkel
John,
her son: Peter Gunn
Mam:
Kate Binchy
Dr
O'Lera: Robert Glenister
Dr
Faraday: John Rowe
Helen
Faraday: Helena Breck
Anne:
Melanie Hudson
Hannah:
Melanie Hudson
Dierdre:
Veronica Quilligan
Mary:
Veronica Quilligan
Kathleen:
Siubban Reid
Jessy:
Joanna Wake
First
broadcast 30th May 1992
[Kitty
lived 1786-1860]
14th
June 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Stop the Children's Laughter by Henry Livings.
Returning
from Australia, Timothy Turner finds his only relatives hostile. They
are fostering pauper children on their Saddleworth farm. But
something is wrong and Timothy is doggedly determined to unearth the
truth.
Director
David Hunter
Timothy
Turner: David Holt
Meg
Turner: Elizabeth Spriggs
Cornelius
Turner: Barrie Rutter
Jack
Bell: Paul Copley
Mrs
Kettering: Freda Dowie
Isabel:
Kate O'Regan
Jonty:
Steven Maden
Mrs
Dunkerly/Bella: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Letitia:
Rachel Atkins
Constable:
Philip Anthony-
Emden:
John Baddeley
Comic/Sergeant:
Henry Livings
Maid
Molly/Woman: Jill Graham
Pianist/Singer:
Robin Walker
Repeated
on 25th June 1994
15th
June 1993
14.00
:
Thirty-Minute
Theatre: Barnstaple by Neil McKay.
Marion
is haunted by lies in this bitter-sweet comedy. Driven by grief, she
undertakes a journey which will force a confrontation with the truth.
Director
Susan Hogg
Marion:
Gwen Taylor
Jufe:
Alison Steadman
Paul:
Wayne Foskett
16th
June 1993
12.25
:
The
False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey dramatised by Geoffrey M
Matthews .
4
of 5: Walter and Alma think they have committed the perfect murder.
Please
see 26th May 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Livy:
Gary Waldhorn
Marj:
Lorelei King
Barbara:
Teresa Gallagher
Paul:
James Telfer
Capt
Rostron: Jonathan Adams
Finch:
David Holt
Saxon:
Keith Drinkel
Doctor:
John Evitts
Ep5:23/6/93
17th
June 1993
14.00:
Dark
Bells, Green Days by Florence Percy.
Edith
is elderly and forgetful and Vivien, her daughter, tries to stimulate
her memory by showing her mementoes of the past. But when some
letters from Vivien's missing daughter are discovered, their
relationship seems threatened and a mystery has to be solved.
Director
Sue Wilson
Vivien:
Nicola Pagett
Edith:
Pauline Letts
Cathy:
Lois Burgess
Doctor/
Joan: Jill Graham
Derby:
John Fleming
Repeated
2nd May 1994
17th
June 1993
23.00:
Two
Way Cut by Peter Turnbull. Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
2
of 4: A headless body without a speck of blood on it has Glasgow's P
Division cops puzzled - and who was the strange figure that PC
Hamilton saw running along by the canal?
Please
see 10th June 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
DC
King: Robert Carlyle
Biddulph:
Michael Elder
Man
on Waste Ground: Gilbert Martin
DCI
Findlater: Alec Monteath
PC
Wanless: Paul Morrow
Michelle:
Daniela Nardini
Mrs
Dewey: Caroline Paterson
Kilroy/Stein:
Robert Trotter
Ep3:24/6/93
Ep4:1/7/93
19th
June 1993
12.25:
Ukridge
by PG Wodehouse. 4: Ukridge's Dog College. Repeated from 11th
January 1993, please see above.
19th
June 1993
14.30:
Playhouse:
Deborah's Daughter by Pam Gems (1925-2011).
A
romance is played out on the battlefield of third world politics and
first world interests. Deborah Pedersen , a rich oil widow, visits a
north African state to make a donation for development. Colonel
Hassan is about to initiate a coup. In the ensuing chaos, Deborah
finds it hard to know if she is an honoured guest or a hostage.
Director
Sue Dunderdale
Producer
Claire Grove
Deborah
Pedersen: Prunella Scales
Stephanie
Pedersen: Federay Holmes
Rhoda
Wiggins: Elizabeth Spriggs
Eric
Bellairs: Keith Drinkel
David
Delavigne: Julian Rhind Tutt
Hassan
Sa'id: Raad Rawi
Ali
Madur/Arabic Advisor: Adam Hussein
First
broadcast 30th Noveber 1992
19th
June 1993
19.50-21.20:
Saturday
Night at the Movies: The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain
(1892-1977). Dramatised by Shaun McKenna.
When
Frank Chambers takes a job at Nick's roadside joint, it's not for the
money but for the shapely Cora.
Music:
Andy Sheppard and Steve Lodder Director Andy Jordan
Cora:
Myriam Cyr
Frank
Chambers: William Hope
Nick
Papadakis: Andy Lucas
Katz:
Peter Whitman
Sackett:
Steve Hodson
The
Cop: Gavan O'Herlihy
Kennedy:
James Telfer
Nurse:
Pippa Hinchley
Customer:
Anthony Donovan
Repeated
1st April 1995
20th
June 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch (1919-1999). Dramatised by:
Richard Crane.
1
of 4: Vanished Pantomimes
Charles
Arrowby, celebrated actor, writer and director, has retired from his
London world and come to the sea to become a hermit and draft his
memoirs. But the past will not let him rest...
Cellist:
Peter Esswood
Music:
Elizabeth Parker
Director:
Faynia Williams
Charles:
John Wood
Hartley:
Joyce Redman
Landlord:
Jonathan Adams
Local
1: John Evitts
Local
2: Steve Hodson
Local
3: John Baddeley
Rosina:
Sian Phillips
Lizzie:
Tamara Ustinov
Peregrine:
T.P. McKenna
Gilbert:
Peter Kelly
dement:
Jill Graham
Young
Charles: David Holt
Young
James: Sam Crane
James:
Terrence Hardiman
Young
Hartley: Rachel Atkins
Actors
in later episodes:
James:
Terrence Hardiman(2)
Ben:
Keith Drinkel(2)
Titus:
Sean Gascoine(3)
Chuffey
the Dog: David Holt(3)
Neighbour:
Kate Binchy(4)
Indian
Doctor: Bhasker(4)
Clement:
Jill Graham(4)
Ep2:27/6/93
Ep3:4/7/93 Ep4:11/7/93
All
episodes repeated five days later.
21st
June 1993
14.00
:
The
Lucky One by Lucy Ching. Dramatised By: Rosemary Davis.
Canton,
1945. Lucy, a young blind girl, is hidden away because of the ancient
belief that blindness is a punishment for the sins of the ancestors.
Then, by chance, she hears a radio broadcast....
Director
Tracey Neale
Miss
Schaeffer: Alison Reid
Mrs
Honicutt: Gudrun Ure
Ah
Wor: Elizabeth Kelly
Younger
Brother: Nicholas Shelton
Father:
Christopher Scott
Mother:
Meunda Walker
Lucy
as Narrator: Tessa Worsley
Elder
brother: Matthew Sim
Second
sister: Daisy Heath
Lucy:
Annie Roddam
Ah
Luk: Jill Lidstone
Mrs
Chan: Joanna Wake
Doctor:
Nicholas Murchie
Third
Uncle: Peter Penry Jones
Grandmother:
Barbara Atkinson
Po
Yuk: Anna Brooks Kasteel
First
broadcast 9th May 1992
21st
June 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Shape of the Table by David Edgar.
Pavel
Prus has been a novelist, a bricklayer and a window cleaner. He is
now in jail as a dissident. Suddenly, in 1989, he is asked to
participate in real political power.
Director
Hilary Nonish
(A
BBC World Service production)
Prus:
Karl Johnson
Josef
Lutz: Peter Vaughan
Michael
Kaplan: Oliver Ford-Davies
Petr
Vladislav: Jeremy Northam
Victoria
Brodskaya: Jenny Howe
Madame
Rousova: Jill Graham
Spassov:
John Church
Andrei
Zietek: Jonathan Tafler
Monica
Freie: Siriol Jenkins
Jan
Matkovic: David Holt
Jan
Milev: Eric Allan
Also
broadcast by BBC World Service in 1992
[There
was a later production in 2009 by Peter Leslie Wild]
21st
June 1993
23.00:
You
Heard it Here First: Up the Garden Path by Sue Limb
1:
New Year, Old Problems
Producer
Jonathan James-Moore
Izzy:
Imelda Staunton
Maria:
Marty Cruikshank
Michael:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Dick:
Mike Grady
Gioyn:
Sion Probert
This
program "Up the Garden Path" ran for several series. This
was the first episode in 1993. Further episodes were broadcast during
1993 on 28/6, 5/7, 12/7, 19/7, 26/7, 17/11, 24/11, 1/12, 8/12, 15/12,
22/12.
22nd
June 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Cat's Whiskers by Alice Thomas Ellis (1932-2005).
The
day begins with preparations for pheasant shooting- he is fumbling
about getting ready, while she is quietly frying breakfast and
packing lunches. But it ends with shot being extracted in the sitting
room....
Director
Michael Fox
With
Anna Massey and Philip Madoc.
23rd
June 1993
12.25
:
The
False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey dramatised by Geoffrey M
Matthews .
5
of 5: Walter has been shot. Alma no longer loves him. Did they murder
his wife for nothing?
Please
see 26th May 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Livy:
Gary Waldhorn
Marj:
Lorelei King
Barbara:
Teresa Gallagher
Paul:
James Telfer
Finch:
David Holt
Capt
Rostron: Jonathan Adams
Saxon:
Keith Drinkel
Steward:
John Webb
23rd
June 1993
14.00
:
Safe
in Our Hands by Colin Douglas.
1
of 4: 1949-1955: We Are Making a New World
The
history of the National Health Service, seen through the lives of two
generations of Edinburgh doctors.
Director
Patrick Rayner
Lennie:
Paul Young
Burton-Smith:
John Bett
Ratho:
David McKail
Bridie:
Iain Agnew
Yu???
MacGrigor: John Ramage
Lauder:
Sandy Neilson
Larimer:
Robin Thomson
Miss
Cuthbertson: Sheila Donald
Margaret:
Monica Gibb
Sandy:
Wendy Seager
Actors
in later episodes- please see date of relevant episode.
[Adapted
by the author from his novel Sickness and Health.]
Ep2:30/6/93
Ep3:7/7/93 Ep4:14/7/93
24th
June 1993
14.00
:
Made
In Heaven by Julia Stoneham.
"If
his parents thought hers odd.... going off like that, soon as the
register was signed ... they didn't say.... not at the time, they
didn't...."
Music
composed by Nigel Hess
Musicians
Skaiia Kanga and Chris Lacey Director Tracey Neale
The
Storyteller: Barbara Jefford
Hettie:
Rachel Lewis
Jack:
Dominic Taylor
Eilee:
Heather Williams
Charlie:
Jack Hulland
Rose:
June Barrie
George:
Bill Wallis
Mrs
Wilbraham: Caroline Hunt
The
Vicar: Alan Coveney
Henry:
Christian Rodska
Village
Woman: Marilyn Le Conte
Vilage
Girl: Caroline Swift
24th
June 1993
23.00
:
Two
Way Cut by Peter Turnbull. Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
3
of 4: Why was accountant Samuel Lurinsky murdered in such a
spectacular fashion?
Please
see 10th June 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Chi
Chu: Sedhar Chozam
WPC/Sister:
Joyce Deans
Fire
Officer: Gilbert Martin
Dr
Munro/PC Wanless: Paul Morrow
Ep4:1/7/93
26th
June 1993
12.25
:
Ukridge
by P G Wodehouse.
5:
The Return of Battling Billson
Repeated
from 18/1/93 - please see above.
26th
June 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Eden Must Go by Martin Worth.
Cambridge
in 1945, when the majority of students were men who had fought in the
war and had learnt to grow up quickly.
Director:
Jane Morgan
Stephen
Pym: Charles Simpson
Alan
Wicks: Keith Drinkel
Alister
Gray: Andrew Wincott
Nevil
Hadley: Mark Straker
Ivor
Rossiter: David Learner
Elizabeth
Noble: Victoria Carling
Dr
Noble: Terence Edmond
Mrs
Noble: Ann Windsor
Paul
Darcy: Brett Usher
Dawkins:
Ronald Herdman
Ted
Baines: Matthew Long
Amanda
Baines: Siriol Jenkins
Headmaster/Jack
Balderton: Eric Allan
Markham/Rupert:
Nicholas Murchie
Repeated
from 27th April 1992
26th
June 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night at the Movies: Mildred Pierce by James M Cain. Dramatised by
John Fletcher.
1931.
I lose my job, my home, my husband. But I've got a daughter. 1941.
I've got a dazzling career, huge mansion, glamorous new husband - but
I've lost the love of my daughter.
Music:
Elizabeth Parker
Director
Andy Jordan
Mildred
Pierce: Shelley Thompson
Monty
Beragon: Martin Jarvis
Veda
Pierce: Siriol Jenkins
Bert
Pierce: Ed Bishop
Ray
Pierce: Angela Shaftoe
Lucy
Gessler: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Watty
Burgan: James Telfer
Letty:
Eugenia Warren
Treviso:
John Baddeley
Ida:
Catherine Nix
Doctor:
Dominic Letts
Levinson:
Dominic Holt
28th
June 1993
14.00
:
The
San Rocco Mob by Bruce Stewart.
The
story of an English priest who is sent incognito to discover whether
a Franciscan monastery in Sicily has been taken over by the Mafia.
Director
Martin Jenkins
Anselmo:
James Laurenson
Carmelo:
Norman Bird
Gregorio:
David Timson
Bruno:
Eric Allan
Hilario:
Nigel Anthony
Groziella:
Joanna Myers
Claudia:
Siriol Jenkins
Milvia:
Adjoa Andoh
Padre
General/ Defence Attorney: Brett Usher
Ciccolini:
John Church
Tout/
Moroni: Peter Gunn
Magistrate:
Peter Penry Jones
4th
April 1992
28th
June 1993
19.20
:
The
Lady Chatterley Trial: Regina v Penguin Books Ltd. Compiled by Jack
Emery from the original transcript, and presented by Helena Kennedy.
October
20 1960 at the Old Bailey, Court No 1, saw the start of one of the
most important and controversial trials of the English legal system.
Was DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover just a dirty book or was it
literature? For some the verdict ushered in the permissive society.
Director
John Theocharis
Mr
Justice Byrne: Richard Vernon
Menyn
Griffith-Jones QC: John Shrapnel
Gerald
Gardiner QC: Frederick Treves
Jeremy
Hutchinson: John Rowe
Clerk
of the Court: Jack Emery
Graham
Hough: Denis Hall
Helen
Gardner: Margaret Courtenay
Joan
Bennett: Marcia King
Bishop
of Woolwich: Michael Kilgarriff
Rev
Hopkinson: Christopher Good
Richard
Hoggart: Terry Molloy
EM
Forster: Danny Schiller
Roy
Jenkins: Denis Lill
Dr
C J Hemming: David Neal
Norman
St john Stevas: Nicholas Gilbrook
Jack
Lambert: John Samson
Sir
Allen Lane: Norman Bird
Dilys
Powell: Susan Sheridan
John
Connell: John Church
Bernadine
A L Wall: Jane Slavin
29th
June 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: The Kings' Hostage by Diana Griffiths.
Held
in Sempringham Priory from the age of 17 months, Gwenllian, daughter
of the last Welsh Prince of Wales, finds her life wholly changed by
the arrival of the worldly Blanche.
Director
David Hunter
Gwenllian:
Sheila Allen
Blanche:
Nicola Goodchild
30th
June 1993
12.25-13.00
:
A
Perfect Spy by John le Carre. Adapted by Rene Basilico.
1
of 8: A dinner party in Vienna ... a perfect evening, until it is
interrupted by a telephone call that will profoundly affect the lives
of Magnus Pym, Counsellor at the British Embassy, and his wife Mary.
Music:Max
Harris
Producer
John Fawcett Wilson
Jack
Brotherhood: James Grout
Miss
Dubber: Brenda Bruce
Mary
Pym: Harriet Walter
Magnus
Pym: James Fox
Grant
Lederer: Vincent Marzello
Bee
Lederer/Georgie: Shelley Thompson
Herr
Oberst/Harry: Peter Birch
Frau
Dinkel: Aletta Lawson
Cudlove:
Frank Mills
Vi:
Fanny Carby
Daisy:
Pat Coombes
Medical
student/Fergus: James Telfer
For
actors in later episodes please refer to the episode date.
Ep2:7/7/93
Ep3:14/7/93 Ep4:21/7/93 Ep5:28/7/93 Ep6:4/8/93 Ep7:11/8/93
Ep8:18/8/93
Series
repeated commencing:27/9/94
30th
June 1993
14.00
:
Safe
in Our Hands by Colin Douglas.
2
of 4: 1963-1969: Victories of Science
Please
see 23rd June 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Scott:
Stuart McQuarrie
Max:
Finlay Welsh
Gus:
Andrew Wardlaw
Robbie:
Steven McNicoll
Jimmy
Jameson: Michael Elder
Mrs
Jameson: Muriel Romanes
Walton:
Robin Thomson
Jamie:
Ian Briggs
Margaret:
Monica Gibb
Theresa:
Sheilagh Hynd
Ep3:7/7/93
Ep4:14/7/93
1st
July 1993
14.00
:
This
Should Be My Wedding Day by Elizabeth Ryan.
Oxford
undergraduate and gardening enthusiast Megan falls in love with the
unsuitable Johnny. She is delighted to discover Johnny's father is a
TV gardening show personality, but Johnny grows jealous.
Director
Michael Fox
Megan:
Kate Paul
Johnny:
Jonathan Firth
Father:
Malcolm Hebden
Dorothy:
Jane Cox
Ella:
Jane Hazlegrove
TV
Host: Robert Whelan
Julia:
Rachel Bull
Mrs
Poole: Clare Beck
1st
July 1993
23.00
:
Two
Way Cut by Peter Turnbull. Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine.
4
of 4: Donoghue has enough evidence to arrest Stein - but he doesn't
appear to be in the city. Louise wants to make a statement.
Please
refer to 10th June 1993 above.
Actors
not in part one:
Mrs
Salisbury: Ginni Barlow
DC
King: Robert Carlyle
Chi
Chu: Sedhar Chozam
Barman:
Alec Monteath
PC
Wanless: Paul Morrow
Michelle:
Daniela Nardini
Spike:
Cathal Quinn
Mrs
Stein: Mary Ann Reid
3rd
July 1993
12.25
:
Ukridge
by P G Wodehouse. Adapted by Julian Dutton
6
of 6: Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner
Repeated
from 25th January 1993- please see above,
3rd
July 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Hereafter by Jonathan Myerson.
Parenthood,
death and the art of living
Director
Marilyn Imrie
Sam:
Douglas Hodge
Clare:
Marcella Riordan
Linda:
Barbara Leigh Hunt
Tanya:
Joanna Myers
Liz:
Gillian Bevan
Bert:
Stuart McGugan
Clare's
mother: Maggie Shelvin
Nurse:
Melanie Hudson
Ward
Sister: Gudrun Ure
Vanessa:
Theresa Streatfeild
Mrs
Reddington/ SCU Nurse: Joanna Wake
Eddie
Fentiman: Peter Penry Jones
Mr
Justice Storey: John Church
Voice:
Sean Arnold
Repeated
from 6th April 1992
3rd
July 1993
19.50-21.50:
Saturday
Night at the Movies: Night of the Hunter by David Grubb. Dramatised
by John Fletcher.
"The
Preacher wears black ... In his pocket he carries a great shining
steel knife." Two children are chased across rural America by a
terrifying killer.
Music:
Thomas Johnson and Stuart Gordon
Director
Andy Jordan
The
Preacher: Struan Rodger
John
Harper Jr: Tom Lawrence
Pearl
Harper: Angela Shaftoe
Ma
Cooper: Betsy Blair
John
Harper Snr: Pater Marinker
Willa
Harper: Catherine Nix
Ben
Harper: John Guerrasio
Icy
Spoon: June Barrie
Walt
Spoon: John Baddeley
Uncle
Birdie: Brian Greene
Ruby:
Pippa Hinchley
Miz
Cunningham: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Grocer:
John Telfer
Mary:
Jessie Brammer
Clary:
Abigail MacVean
Repeated
28th December 1994
5th
July 1993
14.00
:
Scarlet
on Black by Roger Danes.
Paris.
What is the link between the kidnap of Yvette Lalande and events in
Algeria thirty years ago?
Director
Glyn Dearman
Grosset:
David Calder
Corbillard:
Peter Jeffrey
Lenoir:
Alex Jennings
De
Beaugence: Charles Kay
Lesueur:
Natasha Pyne
Yvette
Lalande: Patti Holloway
Jeanne
Lalande: Gudrun Ure
Didier:
Nicholas Murchie
Pierre:
Jonathan Tafler
Davant:
Ronald Herdman
Tomasini:
Eric Allan
Marianne:
Siriol Jenkins
Ducrot:
Theresa Streatfield
Giresse:
Melanie Hudson
Laverdure:
Jonathan Adams
Charles:
Matthew Sim
Bernard:
Mark Straker
Mariol:
Peter Gunn
Repeated
from 8th February 1992
5th
July 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Fit to Be Tied by Marilyn Morris.
Four
women working in a cake shop and struggling to keep body and soul
together in a town that is falling apart.
Director:
Tony Cliff
Annie:
Jane Hollowood
Sally:
Maggie Fox
Carol:
Michelle Holmes
Michael:
David Fleeshman
Eileen:
Barbara Marten
Dean:
Malcolm Raeburn
Adrian:
Glyn Morrow
6th
July 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Disconnected by Anthony George.
An
unusual occurrence on a train put Peter's mobile phone at a premium.
But as the batteries fade, the voices on the line become more
ghostly.
Director
Nigel Bryant
Peter:
John Nettles
Nan:
Mary Wimbush
Grace:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Nancy:
Susan Maw
Simon:
Edward Long
Joe:
Richard Avery
Terry:
Peter Meakin
Repeated
from 12th May 1992
6th
July 1993
18.30
:
Galahad
at Blandings by P G Wodehouse, adapted by Richard Usbome
1
of 4: New York and After. The Ninth Earl of Emsworth returns from New
York to find that Lady Hermione means to marry him off. Meanwhile,
his brother Galahad is laying a plan to reunite two young lovers.
Narrated by Moray Watson.
Producer
Gareth Edwards
Galahad:
Ian Carmichael
Lord
Emsworth: Richard Vernon
Lady
Hermione: Elizabeth Spriggs
Egbert/Beach:
Harold Innocent
Wilfred:
Jonathan Cecil
Tipton:
Alan Marriott
Sandy:
Susannah Fellowes
Sam:
Simon Treves
Daphne:
Vivian Pickles
US
Policeman: Colin McFarlane
Actors
in later episodes:
Monica:
Moir Leslie(2)
Constable
Evans: Chris Emmett(2)
Monica:
Moir Leslie(3)
Huxley:
Richard Pearce(3)
Ep2:13/7/93
Ep3:20/7/93 Ep4:27/7/93
Series
first broadcast commencing 23/1/92
7th
July 1993
12.25
:
A
Perfect Spy by John le Carre. Adapted by Rene Basilico.
2
of 8: A distraught Mary Pym is under pressure to provide some clue as
to the whereabouts of her missing husband.
Please
see 30th June 1993 above.
Actors
not in first episode:
Axel:
Jack Klaf
Young
Magnus: Julian Rhind-Tutt
A
Lovely/Felicity: Teresa Gallagher
Herr
Olligner/Sandy: Paul Humpoletz
Nigel:
Royce Mills
Ep3:14/7/93
Ep4:21/7/93 Ep5:28/7/93 Ep6:4/8/93 Ep7:11/8/93 Ep8:18/8/93
7th
July 1993
14.00
:
Safe
in Our Hands by Colin Douglas.
3
of 4: 1969-1979: The Long Surprise
Please
see 23rd June 1993 above.
Actors
not in part one:
Scott:
Stuart McQuarrie
Robbie:
Steven McNicoll
Max:
Finlay Welsh
Gus:
Andrew Wardlaw
Jimmy
Jameson: Michael Elder
Mrs
Jameson: Muriel Romanes
Marks:
John Bett
Toby
Russell: Crawford Logan
Miss
Clapton: Carol Ann Crawford
Lorna:
Sybil Wintrope
Ep4:14/7/93
8th
July 1993
14.00
:
The
Final Whistle by Bernard Farrell
Danny
wakes up confused. He thought he was in hospital, recovering from a
heart attack, but now he's not so sure.
Director
John Penrose
Danny
Hegarty: Jim Reid
Mauro
Hegarty: Colette Proctor
Sharon:
Sian Quill
Danny's
Mother: Laurie Morton
Auntie
Lily: Pegg Monahan
Auntie
Alice: Daphne Carroll
Ellen:
Patricia Martin
Sister
Agnes: Barbara McCaughey
Da:
Breandan O Duill
Bill:
Brendan Cauldwell
Nurse
Ryan: Cathryn Brennan
Mike
Maguire: Jonathan White
Mr
Parkinson: Conor Farrington
Dr
Godfrey: Garvan McGrath
Young
Danny: Darren McHugh
Repeated
on 26th September 1994
(Originally
broadcast on Radio Telefis Eireann on 31st December 1991)
8th
July 1993
23.00:
Tales
from the Arabian Nights: Ghanim, the Thrall of Love. Adapted by Colin
Haydn Evans
To
save herself from the executioner's sword, Shahrazad beguiles the
king with a tale of love and betrayal - and a magic drum.
Music:
Sue Harris and Steafan Hannigan
Director
Nigel Bryant
The
King: Derek Jacobi
Shahrazad:
Carolyn Backhouse
Wazir:
Simon Carter
Ghanim:
Michael Lumsden
Leila:
Moir Leslie
Caliph:
Duncan Law
Rahil:
Mary Wimbush
Slave:
Richard O'Ryan
Old
Man: Geoffrey Banks
Repeated
on 8th April 1995
10th
July 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Fatherland by Murray Watts.
Josh
Mabhena is serving a life sentence for opposing apartheid. The news
of his release both thrills and terrifies his family.
Music:
Cleo Dorcas
Director
Jane Dauncey
Maki:
Natasha Williams
Reuben:
Gef Francis
Fritz:
Leo Wringer
Lefty:
Ewen Cummins
Mattea:
Cleo Dorcas
Peggy:
Jeillo Edwards
Freddie:
Eddie Thengani
Zulu:
Jabu Mbalo
Nunu:
Sibongile Nene
First
broadcast 2nd November 1992
[This
play was first listed for 14/9/92 but was not broadcast on that date.
It may be unrelated but there was a massacre in South Africa on
7/9/92 with 29 killed and over 200 injured resulting in negotiations
between de Klerk and Mandela.]
10th
July 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Snowfield by Chris Hawes.
George,
a dock worker in postwar Yorkshire, has his first story accepted by
Dorothy, a BBC radio producer. Its broadcast has a startling effect
on his life.
Director
Kate Rowland
Dorothy:
Celia Imrie
George:
Jason Isaacs
Elite:
Tracie Bennett
Heathcote:
Keith Woodason
Elbe's
Mum: Ann Rye
Dorothy's
Father: John Branwell
George's
Mum: Kathy Jameson
Halliwell:
Rod Arthur
George
as Boy: James Young
Wazzer:
Matthew Lightowler
Kenny:
Andrew Duggan
Repeated
on 2nd July 1994
11th
July 1993
22.15
:
Beau
Nash by Roderick Graham.
"The
King of Bath" was the name given to Beau Nash (1674-1761).
Princes and lords and ladies obeyed his word.
Director
Jane Morgan
Beau
Nash: Joss Ackland
Oliver
Goldsmith: Norman Rodway
Tutor:
Christopher Luscombe
Jack:
David Thorpe
Webster:
David Sinclair
Councillor:
John Webb
Duchess:
Jill Graham
Fanny:
Rachel Atkins
Sylvia:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Edward:
Keith Drinkel
Wood:
Dominic Letts
Quin:
Matthew Morgan
Juliana:
Jane Whittenshaw
12th
July 1993
14.00
:
An
Old-Fashioned Villain by Mike Harris.
Terry
Oldham is all set for celebrity on his release from prison. But has
he gone stir crazy?
Director
Matthew Walters
Terry
Oldham: Trevor Peacock
Beth:
Oona Beeson
Maureen:
Anne Jameson
Cliff:
John Church
Darren:
Matthew Sim
Kelly:
Melanie Hudson
Taylor:
Eric Allan
Wyllis:
Jonathan Tafler
Snape:
Keith Drinkel
Fairwell:
Terence Edmond
Sheila:
Theresa Streatfeild
Col:
Ronald Herdman
Repeated
from 11th April 1992
12th
July 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Willis Is Barking by Tina Pepler.
Willis
is a secret Martian.... The story of her encounters with mortgages,
homelessness and morris dancing.
Music:
John Telfer
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Willis:
Maureen O'Brien
Arnold:
Christian Rodska
Hilda:
June Barrie
Kissme
Kirk: Ed Bishop
Holy
Joe: John Telfer
Spocket:
Siriol Jenkins
Comic:
Bill Wallis
Bismark:
Steve Hodson
Cricketer:
John Baddeley
Shopper:
Jennifer Scott-Malden
Little
boy: Laurie Drew
Repeated
on 12th June 1995
13th
July 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: The Battle for Hairpin Twelve by Michael Duke.
If
things are on schedule, today is a rest day in the Tour de France, as
the best cyclists in the world prepare for the assault on the Col
d'lzoard.
A
hillside campsite where a motley band of cycling fans await the
arrival of their heroes.
Director
Patrick Rayner
Jack:
Stuart McQuarrie
Lucy:
Lucinda Baillie
Eddy:
Nils Den Hertog
Florence:
Ann-Louise Ross
Finney/Best
Man: Gordon Munro
Repeated
on 19th July 1994
14th
July 1993
12.25-13.00
:
A
Perfect Spy by John le Carre. Adapted by Rene Basilico.
3
of 8: Magnus Pym was very much Jack Brotherhood 's man. Like a son to
him, according to Bo Brammel. So who better to search for the missing
spy than the man who recruited him into the service?
Please
see 30th June 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Tom:
Robbie Gill
Bo
Brammel: John Nettleton
Nigel:
Royce Mills
Hick:
Malcolm Tierney
Sir
Kenneth Sefton Boyd: Michael Cochrane
Young
Magnus: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Kate:
Natasha Pyne
Professor/Bodkins:
Paul Humpoletz
A
Lovely/Sarak: Teresa Gallagher
Michael:
David Thorpe
Inspector
Bellows: John Evitts
Stegwold:
Richard Pearce
Ep4:21/7/93
Ep5:28/7/93 Ep6:4/8/93 Ep7:11/8/93 Ep8:18/8/93
14th
July 1993
14.00
:
Safe
in Our Hands by Colin Douglas.
4
of 4: 1982-1989: The Health You Can Afford
Please
see 23rd June 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Scott:
Stuart McQuarrie
Gus:
Andrew Wardlaw
Max:
Finlay Welsh
Toby
Russell: Crawford Logan
David
Pitsligo: Allan Sharpe
Jimmy
Jameson: Michael Elder
Mrs
Jameson: Muriel Romanes
Walster:
Alasdair McCrone
Theresa:
Sheilagh Hynd
Rachel:
Sybil Wintrope
Laurence:
Gerard Gray-O'Brien
Hunter:
Hilary Neville
15th
July 1993
14.00
:
Rediscovering
Leo by John Harrison.
A
journalist discovers far more than she had expected.
Piano
Matthew Scott
Director
Kay Patrick
Composer:
Paul Scofield
Journalist:
Samantha Bond
Repeated
6th February 1995
15th
July 1993
23.00
:
Tales
from the Arabian Nights: The Ebony Horse. Adapted By: Colin Haydn
Evans.
The
Ebony Horse. "It is but a small creature, mane of cedar and
ebony heart, yet it is all things to any man that would mount its
back in flight."
Music:
Sue Hams and Steafan Hannigan Director Nigel Bryant
The
King: Derek Jacobi
Shahrazad:
Carolyn Backhouse
Kamar:
James Telfer
The
Sage: Roger Hume
Shams:
Teresa Gallagher
Kamar's
father: John Baddeley
Repeated
on 15th April 1995
17th
July 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Colony by John Rooney.
The
west of Ireland. The Germans love it, the locals think they are
gaining jobs- but what are they losing?
Music:
Neil Martin
Director
Pam Brighton
Kurt:
Brendan Gleeson
Connor:
George Shane
Helga:
Lynn Cahill
Tom:
Tim Loane
Father:
Trevor Moore
Mother:
Marie Jones
Hans:
Niall Cusack
Mary:
Linda Wray
Clare:
Anita Reeves
Pat:
Gerry McGrath
First
broadcast 23rd November 1992
17th
July 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Right Result by Peter R. Simpkin.
When
a black youth dies in a violent incident, investigations uncover a
pervasive racism in the police ranks. Peter R Simpkin 's drama asks
if justice can be served in the face of prejudice.
Director:
Ned Chaillet
Supt
Samuel Conway: Malcolm Rennie
Det
Sgt Stone: Brian Croucher
PC
Andy York: Ade Sapara
Chief
Supt Edward Turner: Paul Shane
Supt
Charles Reeves: Michael Melia
Mrs
Fairwater: Mona Hammond
Norman
Driver: Ray Lonnen
Cuthbert
Norville: Oscar James
Ashley
Lee: Malcolm Kaye
Tristan
White: Don Gilet
PC
Cooper: Michael Onslow
Sally
Fields: Vivienne Rochester
John
Rouse: Andrew Wincott
Danial:
Gary Lawrence
Robins
QC: Steve Hodson
Barry:
James Telfer
Judge:
John Evitts
Asst
Commissioner Hinckly: John Fleming
Rob:
John Webb
18th
July 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Alexander by David Wade.
1
of 6:The King's Son. Which sees the birth of Alexander and friction
between King Philip of Macedon and Queen Olympias.
Music:
Wilfredo Acosta.
Director:
Glyn Dearman.
Achilles:
Barry Foster
Patroklos:
Simon Ward
King
Philip: Brian Cox
Queen
Olympias: Geraldine James
Young
Alexander: Sam Crane
Antipatros:
David March
Demosthenes:
Malcolm Sinclair
Lysimachos:
Keith Drinkel
Young
Hephaistim: Gary King
Aristander/Anteas:
Barry J Gordon
Artabazus:
Philip Anthony
Kleitos/Demeratos:
John Evitts
Leonidas:
John Webb
Pausanias/Agathon:
James Telfer
Menapis/Aeschines:
David Thorpe
Helhnike:
Patti Holloway
Barsine:
Oona Beeson
Clotho:
Rachel Atkins
Lachesis:
Jill Graham
Atropos:
Diana Payan
Actors
in later episodes: please refer to the broadcast date as given below.
Ep2:25/7/93
Ep3:1/8/93 Ep4:8/8/93 Ep5:15/8/93 Ep6:22/8/93
All
episodes repeated five days later.
19th
July 1993
14.00
:
The
British Bulldog By Christopher Denys.
The
war in Europe is over and the regulars in The Wellington are planning
how to celebrate the peace. It all turns out not quite as they
expected.
Director
Tony Cliff
Mrs
Chadwick: Judith Barker
Dora:
Julie Corrigan
Mrs
Ryder: Ann Rye
Harry:
Paul Broughton
Jim:
Brian Southwood
Arnie
Badger: Ray Mort
Gardener:
Geoffrey Banks
Wally:
Alan Sykes
Jackie:
Robin Polley
Benny:
Brian Trueman
Muriel
Chadwick: Jenny Luckraft
Repeated
from 22nd February 1992
19th
July 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Concert of Europe by Michael Duke
The
rise of nationalism in Europe. A group of young British professional
singers travel to Marseilles to take part in a European harmony
festival, with distinctly unharmonious consequences. The singers are
united only against their ambitious but ineffectual chorusmaster.
Singers:
Jeni Bern (soprano), Raphael Rojas (tenor). Dennis Haggerty (tenor).
Pianist
Michael Lester-Cribb
Director
Patrick Rayner
Carl:
Mark Straker
Clark:
Finlay Welsh
Hazel:
Fiona Francis
Philip:
Kenneth Glenaan
Colin:
Melvin Whitfield
Gabby:
Fenella Kerr
Dominique:
Vari Sylvester
Wilf:
John Ramage
20th
July 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: When I Was Nine.... by Max Hillman.
The
unreliable memoirs of Albert Butter., as recalled by Peter Sallis
with promptings by Sam Crane. Written by Max Hillman.
Director
John Tydeman
Recalled
By: Peter Sallis
Also
with: Sam Crane.
21st
July 1993
12.25-13.00
:
A
Perfect Spy by John le Carre. Adapted by Rene Basilico.
4
of 8: "If you ever need a bed for the night, don't forget Uncle
Syd." That was Magnus Pym's advice to his son. Jack Brotherhood
needs a very different kind of help from Syd Lemon.
Please
see 30th June 1993 above
Actors
not in episode one:
Rick:
Malcolm Tierney
Syd
Lemon: John Cater
Peggy
Wentworth: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Young
Magnus: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Nigel:
Royce Mills
Bo
Brammel: John Nettleton
Kate:
Natasha Pyne
Tom:
Robbie Gill
Bert:
George Sweeney
Alf:
Michael Onslow
Agent:
Philip Anthony
Dornev:
Barry J Gordon
Ep5:28/7/93
Ep6:4/8/93 Ep7:11/8/93 Ep8:18/8/93
21st
July 1993
14.00
:
Bright
as a Lamp, Simple as a Ring by Catherine Czerkawska
Through
Amnesty International, Joanna writes to Raoul, imprisoned in Chile.
He never replies - but what will happen when he is released?
Director
Marilyn Imrie
Joanna:
Jenny Howe
Raoul:
Tom Wilkinson
Shirley:
Eva Haddon
Chris:
Richard Tate
Lucy:
Emma Bunton
Emma:
Kelda Holmes
Sam:
Sebastian Brennan
Kate:
Barbara Atkinson
Celia:
Tara Oominick
Ariel:
Nicholas Gatt
Celia's
Mother: Pauline Letts
Amnesty
Official: Joe Dunlop
First
broadcast on 9th May 1990
22nd
July 1993
14.00
:
The
Betrayer by C M Williams and
The
Last Seed by C M Williams
[Two
plays, one author, one director, one cast, each member with two
roles]
In
1492 a ship called the Santa Maria sailed from the old world to the
new. The cargo of destruction and disappointment which she carried
back, and the price of survival for those who rode in her.
Director
Heather Goodman
Aretio/Mother:
Cecilia Noble
Caonabo/Brayau/Neville:
Clarence Smith
Mopi/Leeman/Dek:
Victor Romero Evans
Jubuti/Roy:
David Harewood
Akuchi/Carmen:
Suzanne Packer
22nd
July 1993:
23.00
:
Tales
from the Arabian Nights: The Three Suitors. Adapted By: Colin Haydn
Evans.
Jamilla's
ruse to free her lover from gaol involves a carpenter, a magistrate,
a bogus camel-cleaner ... and a wardrobe.
Music:Sue
Harris and Steafan Hannigan
Director
Nigel Bryant
The
King: Derek Jacobi
Shahrazad:
Carolyn Backhouse
Jamilla:
Rachel Atkins
Hassan:
William Chubb
Faris:
Geoffrey Banks
Gaoler:
Michael Mears
Magistrate:
Philip Anthony
Carpenter:
John Baddeley
Shahrazad's
Father: Simon Carter
Repeated
on 22nd April 1995
24th
July 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Dramatised by Penny Leicester
Two
itinerant workers who struggle to sustain their dream in the golden
valleys of California.
Director
Richard Wortley
George:
Peter Whitman
Lennie:
Kerry Shale
Candy:
Harry Towb
Slim:
James Aubrey
Crooks:
Colin McFarlane
Curley:
Nicholas Murchie
Curley's
wife: Roberta Sausville
Carlson:
David Holt
Whit:
Matthew Morgan
Boss:
Eric Allan
First
broadcast on 9th November 1992
24th
July 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Deep Purple by Ted Allbeury.
London
in the mid 1980s. The fates of a Secret Intelligence Service officer,
a Russian defector and a prostitute are all inextricably linked.
Pianist:
David Chilton
Director:
Tracey Neale
Eddie:
Michael Melia
Jacqui:
Louise Germaine
Tony:
Steve Hodson
David:
Dominic Letts
Yahmin:
Sandor Eles
Gardner:
John Hollis
Foxy:
Brian Croucher
Belinsky:
Neville Jason
Mason:
Philip Anthony
Shaw:
John Fleming
Vera
Pollard: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Sir
Arthur: Colin Pinney
Mary:
Teresa Gallagher
Senior
Probation Officer: Jillie Meers
Harris:
James Taylor
Also
with John Evitts, Michael Onslow, Gareth Armstrong, Julian
Rhind-Tutt, Oona Beeson
25th
July 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Alexander by David Wade.
1
of 6: “I
Am Also Alexander". Alexander is used as a pawn in the war
between his parents, and is educated by Aristotle.
Please
see 18th July 1993 above. Actors not in the first episode:
Alexander:
Michael Maloney
Hephaistion:
Alex Jennings
Young
Hephaistion: Gary King
Aristotle:
John Moffatt
Ptolemy:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Philotas:
Michael Onslow
Ep3:1/8/93
Ep4:8/8/93 Ep5:15/8/93 Ep6:22/8/93
25th
July 1993:
22.15
:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Musgrave Ritual by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised By: Peter MacKie
Holmes
recalls one of his earliest cases, involving a 17th-century ritual in
a noble family.
Director
Enyd Williams
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Reginald
Musgrave: Robert Daws
Brunton:
David Bannerman
Rachel:
Eluned Jones
Sgt
Harriss: Michael Kilgarrift
First
broadcast 5th February 1992
26th
July 1993
14.00
:
Hay
Fever by Noel Coward.
The
Bliss family are ultra-bohemian and have "weekends". This
time they have each invited a guest without telling one another.
Result: mayhem!
With
an introduction by Sheridan Morley.
Director:
Leslie Lawton
Judith
Bliss: Judi Dench
David
Bliss: Michael Williams
Richard
Greatham: Geofrey Palmer
Myra
Arundel: Celia Imrie
Jackie
Coryton: Patricia Brake
Sandy
Tyrell: Christopher Blake
Simon
Bliss: Patrick Pearson
Sorel
Bliss: Alison Reid
Clara:
Patricia Hayes
First
broadcast on 26th July 1992
26th
July 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Straw by Melissa Murray.
The
pressures of working in the Health Service weigh heavily on
husband-and-wife GPs David and Eleanor. Their marriage is under
strain, but ironically it is David's success rather than failure that
proves to be the final straw.
Director
Cherry Cookson
David:
Stephen Moore
Rosie:
Maureen Beattie
Dick:
Christopher Godwin
Gina:
Teresa Gallagher
Iona:
Sian Jenkins
Grace:
Jill Graham
Brian:
John Webb
Also
with Jillie Meers, Philip Anthon , David Holt, John Fleming and
Pauline Yates
Repeated
on 3rd September 1994
27th
July 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Lazy Brien by Gregory Motton.
Brien,
too lazy to walk the length of himself, allows his goat to eat him,
with surprising results.
Director
Eoin O'Callaghan
Narrated
by Kevin Flood.
Lazy
Brien: Gerard McSorley
Ma:
Margaret D'Arcy
Fat
Sumpter: Sheelagh O'Kane
Goat:
Brigid Erin Bates
The
Farmer: Joe McPartland
Tourist
1: Sean Caffrey
Tourist
2: Amanda Maguire
28th
July 1993
12.25-13.00
:
A
Perfect Spy by John le Carre. Adapted by Rene Basilico.
5
of 8: A surprise revelation has Jack Brotherhood backtracking to
Magnus Pym 's National Service days. And "Mr Canterbury"
recalls an unexpected reunion with an old friend....
Please
see 30th June 1993 above.
Actors
not in first episode:
Axel:
Jack Klaf
Major
Membury: Frederick Jaeger
Sabina:
Edita Brychta
Young
Magnus: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Mrs
Membury: Patricia Garwood
Kate:
Natasha Pyne
Nicholson
:: Steve Hodson
Kaufmann:
Christopher Rowe
Czech
refugee: Peter Majer
Ep6:4/8/93
Ep7:11/8/93 Ep8:18/8/93
28th
July 1993
14.00
:
Prisoners
and Captives: The Garden Girls by Jacqueline Holborough.
An
open prison in high summer -where fresh air and gardening are a poor
substitute for real freedom.
Director
Marilyn Imrie
Bins:
Beverley Hills
Aggie:
Pauline Letts
Jock:
Maggie McCarthy
Mary:
Maureen O'Brien
Dog:
Sophie Thompson
Repeated
27th July 1994
29th
July 1993
14.00
:
The
Life Class by Harry Quinn and Colin Douglas.
Heather
and Fraser meet for the first time outside school in the
out-patients' clinic of their local hospital. Over the next year of
treatment, Heather gently teaches Fraser to cope with the reality he
has been trying so hard to avoid....
Director
Hamish Wilson
Fraser:
Tom Smith
Heather:
Wendy Seager
Nurse:
Monica Gibb
Receptionist/Secretary/Patient:
Mamie Stirling
Teacherl
/Doclor: Finlay McLean
Repeated
1st May 1995
Further
repeated 22nd November 1997
[Wendy
Seager won the 1994 Sony Award for Best Radio Actress for this
performance.]
29th
July 1993
23.00
:
Tales
from the Arabian Nights: The Ninth Pedestal. Adapted by Colin Haydn
Evans
A
prince inherits eight priceless statues. But the ninth is missing,
and will equal the value of all the others, and more besides...
Music:
Sue Harris and Steafan Hannigan
Director
Nigel Bryant
King:
Derek Jacobi
Shahrazad:
Carolyn Backhouse
Prince
Zain: James Telfer
Moubarak:
John Baddeley
Genie:
Steve Hodson
Maysun:
Teresa Gallagher
Repeated
29th April 1995
31st
July 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Invitation to the Waltz, by Rosamond Lehmann. Dramatised by Michael
Voysey
Olivia
has accepted an invitation to her first dance. But now she realises
what she has let herself in for....
Music:
Mike Steer
Director
Jane Morgan
Olivia:
Angela Pleasence
Kate:
Marian Diamond
James:
Rusty Livingstone
Mrs
Curtis: Monica Grey
Mr
Curtis: Robert Trotter
Uncle
Oswald: Patrick Troughton
Lace
Girl: Karen Archer
Reginald:
David Timson
Marigold
-: Valerie Sarruf
Lady
Spencer: Maxine Audley
Rolo:
Simon Cadell
Archie:
Michael Cochrane
Etty:
Joanna Dunham
Tony
Herriot: Martin Jarvis
Dolly:
Suzan Farmer
Maurice:
David Ashtord
Peter
Jenkin: Tom Wilkinson
George:
Peter Wickham
Timothy
Masters: Eric Allan
Sir
John Spencer: Peter Williams
First
broadcast 24th June 1978
First
repeated 25th November 1979
Also
see next entry below for a sequel.
31st
July 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Weather in the Streets, By Rosamond Lehmann,
dramatised By: Elspeth Sandys
Part
1 of 2: An affair with a married man: the secrecy, the acceptance of
half a life - how can one settle for that?
Music:
Mike Steer
Director
Jane Morgan
Olivia:
Angela Pleasence
Rollo:
Simon Cadell
Etty:
Rosalind Ayres
George:
Peter Wickham
Lady
Mary: Lolly Cockerell
Sir
John: John Franklyn Robbins
Anna:
Susan Engel
Simon:
Jonathan Newth
Colin:
Sylvester Morand
Also
with Bruce Purchase, Philip Fox and Michael McStay and also cast
members of "Invitation to the Waltz"- see above entry on
same date.
PART
TWO broadcast 2nd August 1993 at 19.45.
Additional
cast in Part 2:
Ivor
Craig: Tom Wilkinson
Mr
Tredeaven: Peter Baldwin
Also
with Fred Bryant, Brain Carroll, Eva Stuart, Gregory De Polnay and
Roger Hammond
First
broadcast (also in two parts) on 16th and 23rd June 1979, both parts
repeated 2 days later..
[A
production by Hattie Naylor was broadcast in Classic Serial in 2002]
1st
August 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Alexander by David Wade.
3
of 6: Preparation of the Sacrifice. Alexander proves his manhood.
Philip plans to remarry.
Please
see 18th July 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Alexander:
Michael Maloney
Hephaistion:
Alex Jennings
Antipatros:
David March
Demosthenes/Kalas:
Malcolm Sinclair
Pamenim:
John Rye
Ptolemy:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Philotas:
Michael Onslow
Simmias/Demades:
John Evitts
Attalos:
John Baddeley
The
Pythia: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Ep4:8/8/93
Ep5:15/8/93 Ep6:22/8/93
1st
August 1993
22.15
:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Reigate Squires by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised By: Robert Forrest.
Burglary
and violent death among the Surrey gentry.
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Patrick Rayner
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Ispector
Forrester: Peter Davison
Mr
Cunningham: Roger Hammond
Alec
Cunningham: Struan Rodger
Acton:
Terence Edmond
First
broadcast 12th February 1992
2nd
August 1993
14.00
:
Yaxley's
Cat by Robert Westall.(1929-1993).
Nothing
in Sepp Yaxley 's cottage had been touched since the day he ...
disappeared. Not even the Wellingtons by the door. For Rose and her
children, a perfect place for a holiday adventure. Until the cat
turned up.
Director
Nigel Bryant
Rose:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Jane:
Susan Mann
Tim:
Richard Pearce
Vicar:
Jonathan Wyatt
Miss
Yaxley: Patience Tomlinson
Nathan
Gotobed: Peter Tuddenham
Jack
Sydenham: Graham Howes
Shopkeeper/Doctor:
Jo Kendall
First
broadcast 31st October 1992
[Robert
Westall didn't 'discover' cats until he married in 1958 and he and
his wife,
Jean,
started to keep them. . . he found them so enigmatic.]
2nd
August 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Weather in the Streets
by
Rosamond Lehmann, Part 2- please see 31st July 1993 above.
2nd
August 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: A Prisoner of Dragons by Angela Lanyon.
Sally's
life at home with her single mother is not at all happy. But for an
under-educated eleven-year old she writes very accomplished fairy
stories.
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Sally:
Laura Hawkridge
Karen:
Carolyn Backhouse
Ms
Bostock: Carol Jahme
Gary:
Luke Robertson
Simm:
Tom Robertson
Louise:
Anna Semple
Mrs
Williams: Kate Binchy
3rd
August 1993
18.30
:
Charity
Ends at Home by Colin Watson. Dramatised by Christopher Denys.
1
of 6: Dark deeds in the world of small-town animal charities starts
with an inquest.
Director
Tony Cliff
Purbright:
John Rowe
Sgt
Malley/Palgrove: Robin Polley
Mrs
Hallam: Tricia Wilcock
Love:
Paul Downing
Dr
Fergusson/Booker: Russell Dixon
Lucilla
Teatime: Ann Rye
Mortimer
Hive: Geoffrey Banks
Helen:
Kathryn Hunt
Chubb:
Graham Roberts
Mrs
Palgrove: Rosemary Chamney
For
actors in later episodes please see the broadcast date as below.
Ep2:10/8/93
Ep3:17/8/93 Ep4:24/8/93 Ep5:31/8/93 Ep6:7/9/93
First
broadcast 20th February 1992
[A
"Flaxborough Chronicle" story]
4th
August 1993
12.25-13.00
:
A
Perfect Spy by John le Carre. Adapted by Rene Basilico.
6
of 8: Jack Brotherhood continues with his investigations, picking his
way through the past life of the missing Magnus Pym.
Please
see 30th June 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Magnus
Pym: James Fox
Axel:
Jack Klaff
Rick:
Malcolm Tierney
Belinda:
Sally Grace
Young
Magnus: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Paul:
Gareth Armstrong
Lucy:
Rebecca Cullum
Professor:
John Carlin
Chairman:
Colin Pinney
Colonel:
Dominic Letts
Wedding
guest: Jilly Meers
Czech
border guard: Gertan Klauber
Czech
security officer: Peter Majer
Nigel:
Royce Mills
Bo
Brammel: John Nettleton
Frankel:
Alexei Jawdokimov
Ep7:11/8/93
Ep8:18/8/93
4th
August 1993
14.00
:
The
Way South by Jacqueline Holborough.
Jo,
imprisoned for 14 years and now on hunger strike.
Director
Marilyn Imrie
Jo:
Lynn Farleigh
Casey:
Marlene Sidaway
Liam:
Colum Convey
Adam:
David Goudge
Prisoners
played by John Bull, Paul Downing, Ben Onwukwe and Dale Rapley
First
broadcast 24th March 1991
5th
August 1993
14.00
:
The
Funny Side of Love by David Stafford.
Showbiz,
eternal triangles and the Eurovision song contest. One wet British
August...
The
boys in the band: Trevor Allan Davies (Piano), Bobby Worth (Drums),
David Stafford (Bass guitar)
Director
Marilyn Imrie
June
Knight: Deborah Findlay
Gary
Knight: Neil McCaul
Charlie:
Stephen Ley
Jelly:
Geoffrey Durham
Donna:
Jill Graham
Damien:
John Webb
Kayla:
Oona Beeson
Janusc:
Trevor Allan Davies
Comic/Attendant:
Steve Hodson
Repeated
9th May 1994
5th
August 1993
23.00
:
Tales
from the Arabian Nights: Homza's Dance. Adapted By: Colin Haydn
Evans
A
hunt for a lost arrow leads prince Ahmed into a magical adventure of
sorcery and transformation.
Music:
Sue Harris and Steafan Hannigan
Director
Nigel Bryant
The
King: Derek Jacobi
Shahrazad:
Carolyn Backhouse
Ahmed:
James Telfer
PeriBanou:
Rachel Atkins
Sultan:
Philip Anthony
Sorceress:
Mary Wimbush
Hussein:
Steve Hodson
7th
August 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Diplomatic Wives by Louise Page.
When
Christine, a "diplomatic wife", is offered a career
opportunity of her own, she has a hard choice to make.
Director
Marilyn Imrie
Chris
Melbourne: Janet Maw
John
Melbourne: James Wilby
Libby
Webster: Maureen O'Brien
Kit
Melbourne: Henry Power
First
broadcast 21st September 1992
7th
August 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Judas Kiss by Shirley Cooklin
With
Ruth's husband facing prison for fraud, a chance meeting with her
childhood friend Eva seems a lifeline from the past, but secret
jealousies and prison conspiracies make a deadly mixture.
Director:
Ned Chaillet
Ruth
Fellowes: Brenda Blethyn
Eva
Schaft: Morag Hood
Marilyn:
Holly Aird
Hal
Schaft: Ollver Cotton
Bill
Quinn: Steve Hodson
Joe
O'Dowd: Dominic Letts
Alex
Reeder: David King
Brian
Fellowes: Peter Penry Jones
George:
John Hartley
Freddie:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Holt:
Michael Onslow
Police
officer: Terence Edmond
Sandra:
Pauline Yates
Irishman:
James Telfer
Harley
Johnson: Barry J Gordon
Judge:
Colin Pinney
Mick
Saunders: Gareth Armstrong
Screw:
Melvyn Bedford
Con:
Chris Gascoigne
Repeated
on 23rd July 1994
8th
August 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Alexander by David Wade.
4
of 6:
4:
The Road to Gordium. Alexander becomes King of Macedon and sets out
to conquer the world..
Please
see 18th July 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Alexander:
Michael Maloney
Hephaistion:
Alex Jennings
Darius:
Charles Kay
Antipatros:
David March
Phdotas:
Michael Onslow
Harpalos:
Dominic Letts
Perdikkas:
Mark Straker
Nabarzanes/Menmon:
John Baddeley
Charidemos:
Jonathan Adams
Queen
of Karia/The Pythia: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Ep5:15/8/93
Ep6:22/8/93
8th
August 1993
22.15
:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Crooked Man by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised by Bert Coules
An
officer of the Royal Mallows is found dead.
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Patrick Rayner
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Henry
Wood: Brian Blessed
Major
Murphy: James Greene
Colonel
Barclay: Terence Edmond
Nancy
Barclay: Ann Windsor
Anne
Morrison: Christabelle Dilks
Jane:
Joanna Myers
Peter:
Nigel Carrington
Barman:
Andrew Wincott
Rebel:
Amerjit Deu
First
broadcast 7th October 1992
9th
August 1993
14.00
:
The
Facts Speak for Themselves by Mark Leech.
A
thumbprint is all that stands between prison and freedom for Robert
Holland, but can his barrister find an explanation that will satisfy
the jury?
Director
Ned Chaillet
Michael
Hamilton: Struan Rodger
Robert
Holland: Larry Dann
Enyd
Davies: Meg Davies
Alan
McDonald: Steve Hodson
Valerie
Palmer: Kate Binchy
James
Langley: Keith Drinkel
Judge
McGee: Eric Allan
Paul
Bates: Matthew Morgan
Ericjonesll:
Philip Anthony
DavidLogan:
Nicholas Murchie
Clerk
of Court: John Webb
Prison
Officer: Jonathan Tafler
Police
dispatch: Melanie Hudson
First
broadcast 7th November 1992
9th
August 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: All the Way to the Empire Room by Tom Paulin.
The
Anglo-Irish Conference of 1921 was meant to solve the Irish problem
once for all. The outcome was the partition of Ireland ...
Music
composed and played by Neil Martin
Director
Pam Brighton
David
Lloyd George: Karl Johnson
Michael
Collins: Sean McGinley
Winston
Churchill: Stanley Townsend
Arthur
Griffith: Owen Roe
Erskine
Childers: Robert O'Mahoney
Frances
Stevenson: Eileen Pollock
Lady
Hazel Lavery: Susan Slot
Sir
James Craig: Ian McElhinney
Sir
John Lavery: Dan Gordon
Announcer:
Paula McFetridge
Repeated
on 5th February 1994
10th
August 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: It's Better to Travel by Marianne Carey
Finding
the right recipe for romance. Lizzie slaves in the kitchen to spice
up her marriage to stick-in-the-mud Ron.
Director
Patrick Rayner
Lizzie:
Grace Glover
Ron:
Andy Gray
Repeated
from 11th August 1992
10th
August 1993
18.30
:
Charity
Ends at Home by Colin Watson. Dramatised by Christopher Denys.
2
of 6: Mortimer Hive begins a new career and reflects on an old one.
Please
see 3rd August 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Mr
Clay: Peter Wheeler
Palgrove:
Robin Polley
Lintz:
Dave Bond
Fry:
Chris Hargreaves
Ep3:17/8/93
Ep4:24/8/93 Ep5:31/8/93 Ep6:7/9/93
11th
August 1993
12.25
:
A
Perfect Spy by John le Carre. Adapted by Rene Basilico.
7
of 8: Mr Canterbury's career in the Service continues to prosper, his
every step up the promotional ladder encouraged and "engineered"
by Axel.
Please
see 30th June 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Axel:
Jack Klaf
Rick:
Malcolm Tierney
Sabina:
Edita Brychta
Wexler:
David Healy
Carver:
Kerry Shale
Bo
Brammel: John Nettleton
Nigel:
Royce Mills
Kate:
Natasha Pyne
American
party guests: Brian Greene
American
party guests: Vivienne Rochester
Ep8:18/8/93
11th
August 1993
14.00
:
Cheap
in August by Graham Greene. Dramatised by Elizabeth Troop
Bored
with her marriage to an American professor, an Englishwoman escapes
to the Caribbean on holiday. Searching for romance, she is led
towards a most unexpected attraction.
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
waiters/Crew cut boys: Paul Gregory, Steven Harrold
Jamaican
maid: Victoria Carling
First
broadcast 25/11/87
Repeated:
25/6/1988 and 2/6/1991
[Sony
Radio Award winner for Best Dramatisation 1988]
12th
August 1993
14.00
:
Of
Myths and Men by Anthony George.
There's
nothing like a relaxing holiday in the sun to forget problems back
home - but then Barbra starts to see things and Ken begins to hear
voices....
Director
Rosemary Watts
The
Voice -: Richard Avery
Ken:
Jonathan Wyatt
Barbra:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Danny:
Richard Pearce
Theo:
Andy Hockley
Magfa:
Mia Soteriou
Sheila:
Nicolette McKenzie
Les:
David Holt
Gary:
Peter Wynne-Willson
Repeated
8th August 1994
12th
August 1993
23.00
:
Tales
from the Arabian Nights: The Hunchback. Adapted By: Colin Haydn Evans
Few
accidents are as bizarre as those that befell the eccentric cast of
Shahrazad's tale of the hunchback.
Music:
Sue Harris and Steafan Hannigan
Director
Nigel Bryant
King:
Derek Jacobi
Shahrazad:
Carolyn Backhouse
Tailor:
Harry Landis
Tailor's
wife: Maria Charles
Doctor's
wife: Mary Wimbush
Doctor:
Philip Anthony
Seamstress:
Kate Binchy
Christian:
John Baddeley
Watchman:
Jonathan Owen
Magistrate:
Maurice Denham
Hunchback:
Tania Ison
14th
August 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Other People's Lives by Marilyn Morris
A
woman makes awful discoveries about family and friends when she's
laid up with a broken leg and can't escape them.
Director
Tony Cliff
Sally:
Emily Richard
Andrew:
Steve Hodson
Gail:
Susan Tracy
Kate:
Kathryn Hunt
Brian:
Malcolm Raeburn
Elaine:
Diane Whitley
First
broadcast 27th May 1991
14th
August 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Bell by Vincent MacInerney.
James
Ellis is Detective Inspector Crust on the trail of one of the bridge
bells saved during the sinking of the Titanic. Tarrant, a psychotic
criminal, is also determined to lay his hands on it.
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
D
I Crust: James Ellis
Elizabeth:
Teresa Gallagher
Tarrant:
Eric Allan
Fr
Kennedy: Peter Caffrey
Minty:
Bill Monks
Mrs
Moran: June Barrie
Dicky
Bird: William Eedle
Eileen:
Sue Jenkins
Gringod:
Gerry Hinks
Mitz:
Melinda Walker
Jim
Rawson: Sion Probert
George:
Derek Hicks
15th
August 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Alexander by David Wade.
5
of 6: The Hunt of the God King. Alexander pursues Darius, conquers
Egypt and falls in love with Barsine.
Please
refer to 18th July 1993 above.
Actors
who did not appear in the first episode:
Alexander:
Michael Maloney
Hephaistion:
Alex Jennings
Darius:
Charles Kay
Parmenion:
John Rye
Philip:
Sean Barrett
Ptolemy:
Julian Rhind-Tun
Philotas:
Michael Onslow
Pertakkas:
Mark Straker
Eumenes:
James Telfer
Simmias:
John Evitts
Barsine:
Teresa Gallagher
Sisygambis:
Diana Payan
Thais:
Rachel Atkins
The
Eunuch: Richard Pearce
Ep6:22/8/93
15th
August 1993
15:30-16:00.
Tolstoy
- At War and Peace. compiled by Michael Bakewell.
1
of 7: When Did I Begin to Be?
Please
refer to first episode broadcast in 1993, Episode 7. at 6th January
1993 above.
Actors
who did not appear in episode seven:
Young
Tolstoy: Nicholas Farrell
Aunt
Toinette: Elizabeth Kelly
Natasha
Rostov: Petra Markham
Nicholas
Rostov: David Goudge
Prince
Andrei: Nigel Carrington
Prince
Bolkonsky: Peter Penry Jones
Blind
story teller: John Baddeley
Ep2:22/8/93
Ep3:29/8/93 Ep4:5/9/93 Ep5:12/9/93 Ep6:19/9/93 Ep7:26/9/93
15th
August 1993
22.15
:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Resident Patient by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. Dramatised by Peter Ling
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Enyd Williams
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Dr
Trevelyan: Clarence Smith
Alfred
Blessington: Robert Lang
Count
Orlovsky: David Kossoff
Stefan
Orlovsky: George Winter
Inspector
Banner: Eric Allan
Maria:
Adjoa Andoh
Lady
of the Night: Siriol Jenkins
First
broadcast 14/10/92
Also
broadcast on BBC7 in 2008
16th
August 1993
14.00
:
Tiger!
Tiger! by Alfred Bester. Dramatised by Ivan Benbrook.
Gulliver
Foyle survives abandonment in space to create vengeful havoc...
Music:
Gary Yershon
Director:
Andy Jordan
Gully
Foyle: Alun Armstrong
Joseph:
Tony Church
Jisbella
McQueen: Lesley Manville
Robin
Wednesday: Siobhan Redmond
Olivia
Presteign: Miranda Richardson
Presteign:
Andrew Hilton
Saul
Dagenham: Brett Usher
Regis
Sheffield: Christopher Ashley
Cpt
Y'ang Yeovil: Steve Hodson
Sigurd/Robot:
John Telfer
Harley
Baker: Terence Edmond
Forrest/Bunny:
Davld Bannerman
Moira:
Petra Markham
Sgt
Logan: Eric Allan
Repeated
from 14th September 1991
16th
August 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: A Woman of Judah by Ronald Frame.
In
a small town in Dorset in the 1930s, a young lawyer finds himself
defending the doctor's wife on a charge of scandalous behaviour.
Director
Patrick Rayner
Pendlebury:
Peter Barkworth
Pendlebury's
younger self: James Telfer
Mrs
Davies: Ruth Gemmel
Dr
Davies: Dominic Letts
Lettice:
Rachel Atkins
Mr
Botterel: John Baddeley
Mr
Fishlock: Philip Anthony
Mr
Gilbey: Colin Pinney
Maid:
Teresa Gallagher
Hoyle:
David Thorpe
Eldrich:
Michael Onslow
Repeated
20th August 1994
17th
August 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: The Lore of the Barnacle by Nest Entwistle.
Pete
sells seashells in a loud voice. The new mayor urges him to enter the
"prestigious" town crier competition.
Director
Richard Wortley
Pete,
the Shellman: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Gerda,
the Donkey Girl: Alice Arnold
Demosthenes:
Steve Hodson
The
Mayor: Philip Anthony
Ice
Cream Woman: Diana Payan
Boatman:
Michael Onslow
Punch
and Judy Man: John Evitts
17th
August 1993
18.30
:
Charity
Ends at Home by Colin Watson. Dramatised by Christopher Denys.
3
of 6: Body number two turns up, head down in a wishing well.
Please
see 3rd August 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Fly:
Chris Hargreaves
Pook:
Peter Rylands
Helen:
Kathryn Hunt
Ep4:24/8/93
Ep5:31/8/93 Ep6:7/9/93
18th
August 1993
12.25-13.00
:
A
Perfect Spy by John le Carre. Adapted by Rene Basilico.
8
of 8: The secrets within his secret life have been stripped away one
by one, and at last Magnus Pym , a "perfect spy", is free.
Please
see 30th June 1993 above.
Actors
not in part one:
Bo
Brammel: John Nettleton
Nigel:
Royce Mills
Kate:
Natasha Pyne
Domey:
Barry J Gordon
Police
Superintendent/Mountjoy: Sean Arnold
First
Soldier: Paterson Joseph
Second
Soldier: Desmond Askew
Sergeant:
Sean Baker
18th
August 1993
14.00
:
Excuse
My Dust by Ayshe Raif.
1932
- Dorothy Parker holds court at the Algonquin Hotel. Meanwhile her
dog, Robinson, gives the inside story.
Director
Claire Grove
Robinson,
the dog: Mike McShane
Dorothy
Parker: Kate Harper
John
Clayton: Eric Loren
Mildred:
Diana Payan
Gloria:
Jill Graham
Fred:
James Telfer
Peggy:
Mia Soteriou
Bernie:
Steven Crossley
Reporter:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Repeated
20th July 1994
19th
August 1993
14.00
:
A
Red Car in the Fountain by Philip Corker.
Inspector
George Wright, a man with a rational answer to everything, confronts
a mystery which doesn't seem to have any answers.
Director
Andy Jordan
Insp
George Wright: David Ryall
Mary
Wright: Diana Coupland
Foster:
Christian Rodska
Jean:
Polly March
Margaret:
Judy Holt
Police
Chief: Brett Usher
Carol:
Melanie Hudson
TV
Reporter: David Beames
Driver:
Anthony Donovan
PC/Mr
Barnes: Neil Roberts
Newsreader:
Judith Sidney
Repeated
from 30th April 1992
19th
August 1993
23.00
:
Tales
from the Arabian Nights: The Dream of Baba Abdullah. Adapted By:
Colin Haydn Evans.
In
a last attempt to save her life, Shahrazad invites the king not
merely to hear the final story but to enter it with her - or return
alone.
Music:
Sue Harris and Steafan Hannigan Director Nigel Bryant
The
King: Derek Jacobi
Shahrazad:
Carolyn Backhouse
Baba
Abdullah: Daniel Strauss
Dervish:
Geoffrey Banks
21st
August 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Mermaid Sandwich by Phil Willmott.
Henry
creates children's books featuring Molly the Mermaid, but when a
real-life woman emerges from the sea, she threatens his relationship
with his friend and business partner, Mark.
Director
Richard Wortley
Henry:
Andrew Wincott
Mark:
Charles Simpson
Caroline:
Emma Fielding
Sophie:
Joanna Myers
Storyteller:
Tessa Worsley
Repeated
from 17th August 1992
21st
August 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Death Against the Odds by Michael McStay
Two
murders in one night cause Coleman and Astor to lose some sleep and
long for the days when sheep-rustling was the worst crime on their
patch.
Director:
Jane Morgan
Inspector
Coleman: Stephen Thorne
Sergeant
Astor: Joe Dunlop
PC
Young: Peter Gunn
Sir
Harry Kelso: James Warwick
Lady
Penelope Kelso: Phyllis Logan
Margaret
Coleman: Diana Bishop
Dr
Calderside: Pauline Yates
Superintendent
Macauley: John Fleming
Nancy
Farrell: Elaine Collins
Annette
Grainger: Morag Hood
Mr
Cooper: John Webb
21st
August 1993
23.30:
Boogie
Up the River by Mark Wallington
Mark
Wallington and his mongrel Boogie set off to find the true source of
the Thames.
1
of 6: I'll See You on Tower Pier at Eleven.
Producer
Caroline Leddy
Narrator/Mark
Wallington: Timothy Spall
Jennifer
Conway: Carla Menoonca
Michael:
Gary Parker
PA:
Ainslie Foster
Fiddy:
Jon Glover
Dorio/Boat
guide: Mark Straker
Pensioner:
John Church
Douglas:
David Holt
Marsha:
Melanie Hudson
Mrs
Matheson: Ann Windsor
Boogie:
Ronald Herdman
Actors
in later episodes- please see the episode broadcast date below.
Ep2:28/8/93
Ep3:4/9/93 Ep4:11/9/93 Ep5:18/9/93 Ep6:25/9/93
Series
first broadcast commencing 17th December 1992
First
episode broadcast in 1993 was Episode 4 on 7th January 1993- see
above.
22nd
August 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Alexander by David Wade.
6
of 6: Alexander confronts treachery, conquers India and reaches the
end of the span allotted by the fates. ,
Please
see 18th July 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Alexander:
Michael Maloney
Hephaistion:
Alex Jennings
Ptolemy:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Philotas:
Michael Onslow
Perdikkas:
Mark Straker
Bagoas:
Matthew Sim
Aristander:
Philip Anthony
Krateros:
David Thorpe
Simmas/Kleitos:
John Evitts
Kalas:
Malcolm Sinclair
Kallisthenes:
Jonathan Adams
Oxyartes:
John Hollis
Kalanos/Ambhi:
Renu Setna
Page:
James Telfer
The
Fates: Rachel Atkins, Jill Graham, Diana Payan
22nd
August 1993
15:30-16:00.
Tolstoy
- At War and Peace. Compiled by Michael Bakewell.
2
of 7: The Hero of My Tale Is Truth.
Please
see the first episode broadcast in 1993, episode 7, on 6th January
1993, above.
Actors
not in episode seven:
Young
Tolstoy: Nicholas Farrell
Marya
Tolstoy: Mellnda Walker
Pierre:
Alan Barker
Prince
Andrei: Nigel Carrington
Nicholas
Rostov: David Goudge
Nekrasov:
Peter Penry Jones
General
Wolf: Garrard Green
Turgenev:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Paneyev:
John Baddeley
Ep3:29/8/93
Ep4:5/9/93 Ep5:12/9/93 Ep6:19/9/93 Ep7:26/9/93
23rd
August 1993
14.00
:
Charlie
Muffin by Brian Freemantle. Dramatised by: Geoffrey M Matthews.
Charlie's
own department is out to get him and so is the KGB. One way or
another Charlie is determined to come out of it alive and rich.
Director:
Matthew Walters
Charlie:
Philip Jackson
Kalenin:
Sandor Eles
Willoughby:
Peter Howell
Gunther:
David Learner
Snare:
Andrew Branch
Harrisson:
Stephen Rashbrook
Alexei
Berenkov: Peter Woodthorpe
Janet:
Marcia King
Wilberforce:
Manning Wilson
Cuthbertson:
Barrie Cookson
Ruttgers:
Don Fellows
Keys:
John Church
Brayley:
Richard Durden
Edith:
Jennifer Piercey
First
broadcast on 5th July 1986.
Repeated
7th July 1986, 24th August 1991.
23rd
August 1993
19.35-21.45:
The
Monday Play: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, dramatised from the 23,000
page trial transcripts by Peter Goodchild
Twenty-five
years ago, the streets of Chicago erupted into violent confrontation
between police and demonstrators. There followed one of the most
bizarre trials in American legal history.
American
producer Susan Albert Lowenberg
Directed
by Martin Jenkins and John Theocharis
A
BBC/Los Angeles Theatre Works/WFMT Coproduction
Judge
Hoffman: George Murdoch
Thomas
Foran: Gary Houston
Richard
Schultz: Tom Amandes
William
Kunstler: Mike Nussbaum
Leonard
Weinglass: Jeff Still
Bobby
Seale: E Milton Wheeler
Tom
Hayden: Kevin Gudahl
David
Dellinger: Tony Mockus
Abbte
Hoffman: David Schwimmer
Allen
Ginsberg: Richard Fire
Pierson/Frapolly:
Andrew White
Mayor
Daley/Marshall: George Czarnecki
Deputy
Mayor Stahl: Ron West
Kristi
King/Linda Morse: Christine Dunford
Mrs
Peterson / Clerk: Peggy Roeder
Spectators:
Brian McChristian, Chet Grissom, Michael Quaintance, Jonathan F
McClain, Dayna Worland, Carl Coash, Tangy Harper
In
addition to actors playing the parts, also the real voices of:
Lawyers:
Thomas Foran and William Kunstler
Defendants:
David Dellinger, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale
Juror:
Jean Fritz
Historian:
John Schultz
Journalist:
Studs Terkel
Witness:
Allen Ginsberg
Also
Margie Fritz-Birch
Repeated
19th December 1994
[Recorded
in the studios of WFMT Chicago. ]
24th
August 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: The Sun Sessions by Thomas McLaughlin.
Peter
is a privileged young student who yearns to walk on the wild side....
Saw
music played by Henry Dagg
Director
Pam Brighton
Jeanie:
Jacqueline Magowan
Peter:
Michael Gregory
Finn:
Tim Loane
Fruitse?er:
B J Hogg
Preacher:
John Hewitt
Peter's
Mother: Maureen Dow
Sammy
Elvis: Thomas McLaughlin
25th
August 1993
12.25
:
Men
Of Intelligence by Peter Kerry.
1
of 6: The Defector. London 1960.
Ballet
dancer Jan Petrowski wants to defect. MI5 wants to help him, MI6
wants to send him back. Kate Phillips, translator for the MI5/MI6
liaison department, hasn't the faintest idea what she should do.
Smiley's People was never like this....
Producer
Lissa Evans
Kate:
Harriet Thorpe
Sir
Stephen: John Wells
Sir
Donald: Donald Pickering
Michael:
Douglas Hodge
Edward:
William Vandyck
The
Interrogator: Gordon Reid
Jan
Petrowski: Christopher Rozycki
Actors
in later episodes and the episode they first appeared in:
Simon:
David Holt(2)
Lucinda:
Maria Gough(2)
Schulz/Weber:
John Church(3)
Solly:
Peter Kerry(3)
German
spyl driver: David Holt(4)
Dopey:
Jo Unwin(4)
Doc:
Keith Drinkel(4)
Pilot/electrician:
John Fleming(4)
Harold
Wiison/Landlord: Alistair McGowan(5)
Mrs
Beck: Jill Graham(5)
George
Burton: James Grout(6)
Madam:
Linda Polan(6)
Ep2:1/9/93
Ep3:8/9/93 Ep4:15/9/93 Ep5:22/9/93 Ep6:29/9/93
25th
August 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Years is Pearl by Sheila Goff.
On
board the Azure Dolphin.
Producer
David Hunter
Douglas:
James Grout
Sam:
James Greene
Vivien:
Sheila Reid
Jack:
Ivor Roberts
Neil:
Jamie Garven
Ken:
William Ingram
Rhona:
Lawmary Champion
Eileen:
Stevie Parry
Repeated
6th July 1994
26th
August 1993
14.00
:
Ring
of Roses by Nick Stafford.
1665.
Plague sweeps London, and three feisty women live by their wits in
the city.
Director
Claire Grove
Martha:
Mona Hammond
Sarah:
Adjoa Andoh
Frances:
Linda Dobell
Percy:
Steve Hodson
Duchamp:
David Holt
Rebecca:
Melanie Hudson
Vincent:
Terence Edmond
Kate:
Jill Graham
Employer:
Jillie Meers
Thomas:
Jonathan Adams
Jabez:
Matthew Morgan
Saul
Smith: James Telfer
Poor
Relief Officer: John Fleming
Repeated
17th April 1995
26th
August 1993
23.00
:
Murder
on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. Dramatised By: Michael
Bakewell
1
of 5: The passengers are all assembled, but one of them is destined
not to complete the journey....
Pianist
Michael Haslam
Director
Enyd Williams
Hercule
Poirot: John Moffatt
Monsieur
Bouc: Andre Maranne
Mr
Ratchett: Joss Ackland
Princess
Dragomiroff: Sian Phillips
Mrs
Hubbard: Sylvia Syms
Miss
Debenham: Francesca Annis
Masterman:
Desmond Llewelyn
Pierre
Michel: Frank Windsor
Also
with with Kevork Malikyan and Vic Tablian
Actors
in later episodes and the episode they first appeared in:
MacQueen:
James Telfer(2)
Dr
Constantine: Peter Polycarpou(2)
Miss
Ohlsson: Kate Binchy (3)
Count
Andrenyi: David Thorpe(3)
Countess
Andrenyi: Siriol Jenkins(3)
Colonel
Arbuthnot: Stephen Hodson(3)
Hardman:
John Church(3)
Foscarelli:
Frank Coda(4)
Fraulein
Schmidt: Linda Polan(4)
Ep2:2/9/93
Ep3:9/9/93 Ep4:16/9/93 Ep5:23/9/93
Series
was first broadcast commencing 28/12/92
First
episode broadcast in 1993 was Episode 5 on 1st January 1993.
28th
August 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
At Sea on Inya Lake by Guy Slater.
Ben,
a successful journalist, returns to Burma to search not just for a
story but for his past.
Music
Anthea Gomez
Director
Sue Wilson
Ben:
Ralph Fiennes
Sally
Win Maung: Samantha Bond
Ted:
Philip Anthony
Anna/Sando:
Jill Graham
Philip:
Kenneth Gilbert
Simon/Bo
Zan: David Holt
Tin
Oo/Driver: Richard Rees
Min
Sein/Narrator: John Webb
Ko
Kyin/Officer: Kwong Loke
Repeated
from 14th Deceber 1992
28th
August 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Battle of San Remo by Royce Ryton.
Italy,
1888: for Queen Victoria's eldest child Vicky the fight is on -for
her husband's life and Europe.
Director
Enyd Williams
Vicky:
Anna Massey
Fritz:
John Baddeley
Moretta:
Oona Beeson
Bertie:
John Hartley
Willy:
James Telfer
Sandro:
David Thorpe
Count
Seckendorf: John Evitts
Countess
Bruhl: Pauline Yates
Sir
Morell Mackenzie: Gordon Reid
Dr
Gerhardt: Peter Wickham
Dr
Schmidt: Stephen Hodson
Dr
Brinkman: Barry J Gordon
Repeated
on 8th October 1994
28th
August 1993
23.30
:
Boogie
Up the River by Mark Wallington
2
of 6: Sonning. I'll Definitely Meet You in Sonning. Mark and his
mongrel Boogie come face-to-face with a colourful assortment of river
dwellers - engine-powered and otherwise.
Please
see 21st August 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Lock
keeper: Terence Edmond
Kevin:
Rod Smith
Rita/Christine
Jill Graham
Graveyard
woman: Ann Windsor
Delia
Smith/Sandra: Melinda Walker
Cruiser
man: John Fleming
Landlord
John: John Church
Fisherman:
Jonathan Adams
Ep3:4/9/93
Ep4:11/9/93 Ep5:18/9/93 Ep6:25/9/93
29th
August 1993
14.30-15.30:
Classic
Serial: Tono-Bungay by H G Wells. Dramatised by Nigel Gearing.
1
of 3: George's childhood in idyllic Kent is brought to an abrupt
halt.
Director
Claire Grove
George:
Paul Keating
Uncle
Teddy: James Laurenson
Aunt
Susan: Diane Bull
Mrs
Ponderevo: Anny Tobin
Lady
Drew: Pauline Yates
Beatrice:
Oona Beeson
Archie:
Sam Crane
Uncle
Nicodemus: David Cann
Miss
Fison: Jillie Meers
Mrs
Mackridge: Diana Payan
Rabbits:
John Evitts
Miss
SomerviUe: Rachel Atkins
Jeremiah:
David Thwaites
Ruck:
Colin Pinney
Actors
in later episodes:
George:
Neil Dudgeon(2)
Marion:
Jacquetta May(2)
College
registrar: Steve Hodson(2)
Mr
Ramboat: James Taylor(2)
Smithie:
Vivienne Rochester(2)
Sidney/Captain:
James Telfer(2)
Effie/Nurse:
Geraldine Fitzgerald(2)
Beatrice:
Clare Holman(3)
Cotkope:
Steve Hodson(3)
Lady
Osprey: Jillie Meers(3)
Part
2:5/9/93 Part 3:12/9/93
All
episodes repeated five days later
29th
August 1993
15.30
:
Tolstoy
- At War and Peace, by Tolstoy, Compiled by Michael Bakewell
3
of 7: Artificial Nightingales
Director
Rosemary Hart
Count
Leo Tolstoy: Norman Rodway
Young
Tolstoy: Nicholas Farrell
Sasha
Tolstoy: Alice Arnold
Sergei
Tolstoy: Alan Barker
Marya
Tolstoy: Melinda Walker
Turgenev:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Alexandrine:
Rosalie Crutchley
Fet:
David King
Masha:
Victoria Carling
Nekrasov:
Peter Penry Jones
Countess:
Elizabeth Kelly
Prince
Andrei: Nigel Carrington
Reader:
John Rowe
First
broadcast 9th December 1992
30th
August 1993
14.00
:
A
Fake's Progress by Shaun Prendergast.
A
musical. The life of Justin de Villeneuve.
Music
Justin de Villeneuve, Martin Christy, Hal Lindes and Mark Thwaite
Director
Adrian Bean
Justin
de Villneuve: Roger Daltrey
Twiggy:
Sophie Lawrence
Himself:
Shaun Prendergast
Glyn/TV
presenter/ViBan: John Church
Barbara
Thorburn/Sue Woods/Jan: Jane Dolamore
Ken
Russell/Bernie Ecclestone/Nigel Dempster: Keith Drinkel
Joe
Shomfield/Chef: John Fleming
Johnny
Carson/Dr Rock/Uncle Gilbert: Peter Penry Jones
Tim
Hardin/Vidal Sassoon/Tommy Roberts: David Learner
KY
Gordon/Kevin: Matthew Sim
Sophisticated
lady/Judy: Melinda Walker
Schoolgirl/Model:
Kerry Ann White
Twiggy's
mum/Air stewardess: Ann Windsor
Repeated
from 29th August 1992
30th
August 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.
Original
music: Laurie Scott Baker
Director:
Jane Dauncey
Benedick:
Michael Maloney
Beatrice:
Clare Holman
Don
Pedro: Stephen Thorne
Donjohn:
David Bradley
Claudio:
Michael Sheen
Hero:
Nicola Goodchild
Leonato:
Ivor Roberts
Antonio:
Islwyn Morris
Balthasar:
Gwyn Vaughan Jones
Conrade:
Gareth Owen
Borachio:
Brendan Charleson
Friar
Francis: Tony Leader
Dogberry:
Gerald James
Verges:
Ray Llewellyn
Margaret:
Ruth Jones
Ursula:
Lawmary Champion
Sexton
/ Watchman: Rhodri Hugh
Watchman:
Simon Harris
30th
August 1993
23.00
:
You
Heard it Here First: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas
Adams.
Series
1, Episode 1.
The
earth is unexpectedly destroyed and the great hitch-hike begins.
Special
effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Paddy Kingsland)
Technical
assistance from Alick Hale-Monro, Lisa Braun and Colin-Duff
Producer:
Simon Brett
Book:
Peter Jones
Arthur
Dent: Simon Jones
Ford
Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern
Prosser
and Vogan Captain: Bill Wallis
Lady
Cynthia Fitzmelon: Jo Kendall
Barman:
David Gooderson
For
actors in later episodes please see the relevant date.
Ep2:6/9/93
Ep3:13/9/93 Ep4:20/9/93 Ep5:27/9/93 Ep6:4/10/93
The
first series was first broadcast commencing 8/3/1978.
The
several series have been repeated multiple times.
The
first series of six episodes has been named "Primary Phase".
The first 12 episodes were named "Fit the First",
"...Second" etc.
31st
August 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: One of the Family by Zoe Fairbairns adapted by John
Petherbridge.
Emily,
a 14-year-old would-be novelist, tells of what happens when Taffy, a
Welsh Border puppy, erupts into the family home.
Director
Glyn Dearman
Contributors
Taffy:
Nathaniel Parker
Emily
Sara: Jane Derrick
Hazel:
Bernadette Windsor
Maureen:
Julie Meers
Alec:
Vincent Brimble
Liz:
Bonnie Hurren
Vet:
Barry J Gordon
31st
August 1993
18.30
:
Charity
Ends at Home by Colin Watson. Dramatised by Christopher Denys.
5
of 6: Inspector Purbright calls on his old friend Lucilla Teatime.
Please
see 3rd August 1993- see above.
Ep6:7/9/93
1st
September 1993
14.00-14.47:
Overspill
by Rupert Mallin.
A
bacon factory worker falls in love with a student who teaches her a
lesson about clashing beliefs.
Director
Richard Wortley
Heather:
Siriol Jenkins
Billy:
Stephen Tompkinson
Grandad:
John Church
M
arie: Jennifer Piercey
Tom:
Eric Allen
Lee:
Diana Bishop
Shirley:
Kate Binchy
Mike:
Peter Gunn
Managing
Director: Jonathan Adams
Foreman:
Jonathan Tafler
Teacher:
Maithew Sim
Narrators:
Brett Usher, John Rye
2nd
September 1993
14.00
:
Return
Ticket by Vince Foxall.
Jack,
an OAP and steam train enthusiast, meets Pat, a street-wise teenager
at a 60s dance.
Director
Sue Wilson
Jack:
Peter Vaughan
Pat:
Tilly Vosburgh
Grace:
Gudrun Ure
Kaz:
Penny Layden
Ray:
John Hollis
Jean:
Elizabeth Kelly
Joan:
Ann Windsor
DJ:
Nicholas Murchie
Barmaid:
Melanie Hudson
Repeated
from 21st May 1992
4th
September 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Key to My Father's House by Leslie Stewart.
When
Saddam Hussein's missiles fall on Jerusalem, the son of a British
father and an Arab mother has to decide where his loyalties lie.
Director
Philip Martin
George:
Ken Colley
Hannah:
Francesca Brill
Jamal:
Adam Hussein
Hannah:
Judy Bennett
George's
mother: Gillian Goodman
George's
father: Roger Hume
Ben's
mother: Susan Mansell
Gerry:
Dominic Taylor
Dr
Subhi: Graham Padden
Repeated
from 2/3/1992
4th
September 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Ripples by Maggie Allen.
A
man searches for the truth about his daughter's death.
Director
Ned Chaillet
Leonard
Martin: Kenneth Haigh
Janie
Southern: Mary Wimbush
DS
Luscombe: Albert Welling
Suzanne
Martin: Victoria Carling
Suzanne
(as child): Jessica Hodson
Stephen
Martin: Nick Dunning
Stephen
(as child): Sam Crane
Paul:
Crispin Letts
Jake:
Gareth Armstrong
Michael
Laszlo: James Telfer
Helena:
Lucy Aston
Marion
Martin: Claire Neilson
Gail:
Vivienne Rochester
Mrs
Proudfoot: Marianne Morley
Claire:
Teresa Gallagher
Terry:
Michael Onslow
Repeated
on 9th July 1994
4th
September 1993
23.30
:
Boogie
up the River by Mark Wallington.
3
of 6: See You Outside Boots in Oxford. Where is the enigmatic
Jennifer?
Please
see 21st August 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Jennifer
Conway: Carla Mendonca
PA:
Ainslie Foster
Lock
keeper: Terence Edmond
Delia
Smith/Betty: Melinda Walker
Dorchester
lady: Jill Graham
Dorchester
man: Ronald Herdmen
Cox:
Jonathan Tafler
Ep4:11/9/93
Ep5:18/9/93 Ep6:25/9/93
5th
September 1993
15.30
:
Tolstoy-At
War and Peace, Compiled by Michael Bakewell from Tolstoy's writings
and the words of his family and friends.
4
of 7: In Love ... as Never Before
Director
Rosemary Hart
Count
Leo Tolstoy: Norman Rodway
Sofya:
Anna Massey
Tanya
Behrs: Emma Relding
Sergei
Tolstoy: Alw Barker
Lyubav
Behrs: Elizabeth Kelly
Levin:
David Collings
Kitty:
Melinda Walker
Natasha
Rostov: Petra Markham
Daragon:
Peter Penry Jones
Reader:
John Rowe
First
broadcast 16/12/1992
6th
September 1993
14.00
:
Road
to Munich by Douglas Livingstone.
It's
nearly 40 years since Roy last saw Mickey Batty and he'd have been
happy never to see him again. They're both on their way to the
October bierfest, though with very different reasons for going and
with different ideas of having a good time.
Director
Jane Morgan
Mickey:
Nicky Henson
Roy:
David Collings
Herman:
John Fleming
Greta:
Pauline Letts
jean:
Anne Carroll
Vilma:
Sheila Reid
Young
Mickey: Ross Livingstone
Young
Roy: Matthew Sim
Young
Jean: Federay Holmes
Also
with Jonathan Adams, Jill Graham, Melanie Hudson, Peter Penry Jones,
Nicholas Murchie, Jonathan Tafler, Julian Rhind Tutt and Ann Windsor.
Repeated
from 12th September 1992
6th
September 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: New Routes by Peter Terson.
Freddie
takes a winter let on a cottage in the Lake District.
Director
Philip Martin
Freddie:
Simon Carter
Diggory:
David Streames
Pete:
Peter Meakin
Kate:
Jackie Smith-Wood
Nell:
Hedli Niklaus
MacFinon/
Vicar: Roger Hume
Megan:
Marian Kemmer
Tricia/
Mavis: Susan Hannah
6th
September 1993
23.00
:
You
Heard it Here First: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Based on
the book by Douglas Adams.
Series
1, Episode 2: Arthur Dent faces a hopeless choice.
Producer
Geoffrey Perkins
Please
see 30th August 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Martin:
Stephen Moore
Zaphod
Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey
Trillion:
Susan Sheridan
Vogon
Captain: Bill Wallis
Vogon
Guard/ Computer: David Tate
Computer:
David Tate
Ep3:13/9/93
Ep4:20/9/93 Ep5:27/9/93 Ep6:4/10/93
7th
September 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Have a Nice Day By Rod Beacham.
Simon
returns from holiday and finds everything at work, from personnel to
paperwork, is different.
Director
Matthew Walters
Simon:
Brian Miller
Erica/Jean:
Kate Binchy
Security
man: David Learner
Norman/Bobby:
Peter Gunn
Helen/Mother:
Theresa Streatfeild
Milsom:
Rod Beacham
Repeated
from 14th April 1992
7th
September 1993
18.30
:
Charity
Ends at Home by Colin Watson. Dramatised by Christopher Denys.
6
of 6: Mortimer Hive enters the lion's den.
Please
see 3rd August 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Pook:
Peter Rylands
Doreen:
Tricia Wilcock
Jacinda:
Kathryn Hunt
Mr
day: Peter Wheeler
Fry:
Chris Hargreaves
8th
September 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Six Napoloeons by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised By: Bert Coules
All
over London plaster busts of Bonaparte are being smashed. The work of
a lunatic, perhaps. Or is there method in the madness?
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Patrick Rayner
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Lestrade:
Donald Gee
Lucretia:
Federay Holmes
Inspector:
Eric Allan
Harker:
Peter Penry Jones
Beppo:
James Telfer
Brown/Gelder:
David Holt
Venucci/Harding:
John Church
Pietro/Stock:
Matthew Morgan
Hudson/Sandeford:
John Fleming
Repeated
on 26th April 1995
9th
September 1993
10.00
:
Cautionary
Tales from the French Countryside: The Magic Potion by Judy Leather.
Alcoholic
Melvin works as a barman in a fashionable English pub in Normandy. If
only he can mix the right cocktail, all his dreams will come true.
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Eve:
Ingrio Wessler
Melvin:
Steve Hodson
Jack:
Christian Rodska
Stall
holder: Francoise La Gaillarde
9th
Septeber 1993
14.00
:
Gilbert
and George Go to Seaview by Andy Rashleigh.
Two
elderly brothers try to mend an old feud with a special holiday, and
spread a little happiness on the way.
Director
Tony Cliff
Gilbert:
Leonard Fenton
George:
John Hollis
Eric:
Russell Dixon
Brian:
John Griffin
Doris:
Judith Davis
Karen:
Kathryn Hunt
11th
September 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
A Cruel Madness by Colin Thubron.
A
nightmare quest begins when Daniel Pashley recognises a woman in the
mental hospital where he teaches as a doctor.
Director
John Theocharis
Pashley:
Robert Glenister
Sophia:
Harriet Walter
McQuitty:
Jonathan Adams
Nisbet:
Keith Drinkel
Orgill:
David Bannerman
Psychiatrist:
Peter Penry Jones
Mother:
Joanna Wake
Compere:
Mark Straker
Patient:
Terence Edmond
Boy:
Neil Roberts
Repeated
from 18th May 1992
11th
September 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Contraband by John Fletcher.
Pursuing
smugglers down the Ridgeway, a troop of hussars are drawn into a dark
and deadly plot.
Music
Martin Allcock and Simon Nicol
Director
Nigel Bryant
Captain
Reynolds: John Nettles
Ibanda:
Adjoa Andoh
Sergeant:
Stephen Tomlin
Lukins:
Jonathan Wyatt
Bown:
David Holt
Viggars:
David Stevens
Jack:
Richard Pearce
Anna:
Janet Dale
Lord
Shelborne: Roger Hume
Macendrick:
John Telfer
Also
with Gerry Hinks, Judy Bridgland, Andy Hockley, Simon Carter and
Jonathan Milton
Repeated
on 16th July 1994
11th
September 1993
23.30
:
Boogie
up the River by Mark Wallington ,
4
of 6: A Curry at Kelmscot.
Repeated
from 7th January 1993 - please see above.
12th
September 1993
15.30
:
Tolstoy
- At War and Peace compiled by Michael Bakewell from Tolstoy's
writings and the words of his family and friends. 5 of 7: Clinging to
the Branch
Director
Rosemary Hart
Count
Leo Tolstoy: Norman Rodway
Sofya
Tolstoy: Anna Massey
Tatyana
Tolstoy: Victoria Carling
Sergei
Tolstoy: Alan Barker
Tanya
Behrs: Emma Fielding
Illya
Tolstoy: David Collings
Turgenev:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Anna
Karenina: Alice Arnold
Tchaikovsky:
Peter Penry Jones
Reader:
John Rowe
13th
September 1993
14.00-15.30:
Larry
the Lamb by Peter Thomson based on stories by Franz Kafka.
When
Larry turns up at an audition saying he's a hunger artist, Johnny
Johnson forgets the talking dog and knows he's struck gold.
Director:
Jane Morgan
Larry:
Samuel West
Johnny
Johnson: Barry Foster
Mary:
Carolyn Backhouse
June:
Alice Arnold
Beeder
Barkng: James Grout
Alphonse:
Matthew Sim
Also
with Keith Drinkel, Terence Edmond, Peter Gunn, David Learner,
Matthew Morgan, Alison Reid, Theresa Streatfeild, Melinda Walker,
John Webb
Repeated
from 16th November 1992
13th
September 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Change by Mike Dorrell.
1850:
Catherine rejects marriage in favour of religion. But when she is
powerfully attracted to a Mormon preacher who comes to her village,
she learns about the doctrine of polygamy.
Violin
Iolo Jones
Director:
Jane Dauncey
Maplin:
Brian Hibbard
Catherine:
Helen Griffin
Ruth:
Menna Trussler
Ifan:
Huw Ceredig
Peg:
Julia Dearden
Pritchard:
Mike Povey
Palmyra:
Valerie Colgan
William:
William Roberts
David:
Gary Llewellyn
Huw:
Winston Evans
Iaon:
Stephen Attwell
Repeated
10th September 1994
13th
September 1993
23.00
:
You
Heard It Here First: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas
Adams.
Series
1, Episode 3: Arthur Dent and his companions face a missile attack.
Producer
Geoffrey Perkins
Please
see 30th August 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Slartibartfast:
Richard Vernon
Marvin:
Stephen Moore
Zaphod
Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey
Trillian:
Susan Sheridan
Computer:
David Tate
Ep4:20/9/93
Ep5:27/9/93 Ep6:4/10/93
14th
September 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: In Kittiwake by Ted Walker.
A
boy in a fishing boat off the coast of Sussex at night.
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Jim:
Peter Whitman
Betty:
Sara Parkland
Pierce:
Anthony Jackson
Barry:
David Thorpe
Jimmy:
Tom Lawrence
15th
September 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Three Students. By Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised By: Denys Hawthorne.
Holmes
has to save the honour of an Oxbridge college.
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Enyd Williams
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Hilton
Soames: Denys Hawthorne
Bannister:
Desmond Llewelyn
Gilchrist:
Michael Onslow
Daulat
Ras: David Thorpe
Miles
McOaren: Matthew Morgan
Repeated
3rd May 1995
16th
September 1993
10.00
:
Cautionary
Tales from the French Countryside: The Magic Roundabout. by Judy
Leather.
The
hopes and illusions of the British who have settled in France.
Jack
takes advantage of his fellow Brits when it comes to playing the
property market.
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Jack:
Christian Rodska
Phil:
Nigel Anthony
Eve:
Ingrid Wessler
Danny:
Bill Wallis
Melvin:
Steve Hodson
16th
September 1993
14.00
:
The
Paradise Machine by Paul Thain.
Mary
Godwin is employed to oversee the launch of a virtual reality product
system.
Director
Andy Jordan
Mary
Godwin: Elizabeth Mansfield
Amy
Godwin: Miranda Thain
Arnie
Goldhom: William Hope
Patrick
Cunningham: Jonathan Adams
Werner
Gallwitz: Vincent Grass
Marcel
Corbier: Pavel Douglas
Dr
Cole: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Michael
Adam: Michael Drew
Reg
Marmaduke: Alan Moore
Melvin:
John Telfer
Marilyn
Monroe: Debbie Arnold
Repeated
on 28th July 1994
18th
September 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Birth Machine by Elizabeth Baines.
Zelda's
labour is to be induced by a wonderful new machine. As things go
wrong, Zelda's imagination takes over.
Director:
Michael Fox
Zelda:
Barbara Marten
Roland:
Robert Pickavance
Prof
Quirk: David Fleeshman
Mother:
Sue Jenkins
Father:
John Branwell
Houseman:
Bryan Reynolds
Nursing
Sister: Clare Beck
Hilary:
Jane Hazelgrove
Rick:
Mark Chatterton
Arleen:
Kathryn Hunt
Staff
Nurse: Kay Purcell
Child
Zelda: Laura Medforth
Annie:
Natalie Casey
Charlie:
Robert Curley
Repeated
from 17th February 1992
18th
September 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: A Park in St Petersburg by John Antrobus.
Director
Adrian Bean
Peter
Pratt: John Gordon Sinclair
Olga:
Joanna Kanska
George:
Nigel Anthony
Admiral:
Hilary Minster
Wendy:
Hetty Baynes
Aeroflot
ManlFarouk: John Baddeley
Receptionist/Waiter/Stranger:
Steve Hodson
Ivan/Inmate:
Dominic Letts
Aeroflot
woman/young girl: Teresa Gallagher
Frank:
John Antrobus
Repeated
on 17th September 1994
18th
September 1993
23.30
:
Boogie
up the River by Mark Wallington.
Episode
5 - Repeated from 14th January 1993 - please see above.
19th
September 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: The Barchester Chronicles: The Small House at Allington by
Anthony Trollope. Dramatised by Martyn Wade.
1
of 4: Lily Dale, is the impoverished niece of the squire of
Allington. She is loved by Johnny Eames, yet rejects him in favour of
Adolphus Crosbie.
Director
Cherry Cookson
Adolphus
Crosbie: Alex Jennings
Lily
Dale: Julia Ford
John
Eames: Jamie Glover
Squire
Dale: Richard Vernon
Mrs
Oak/ Mrs Dale: Brenda Blethyn
Bell
Dale: Lesley Sharp
Bernard
Dale: Jeremy Clyde
Dr
Crofts: Dominic Letts
Mrs
Roper: Diana Payan
Amelia
Roper: Rachel Atkins
Joseph
Cradell: David Thorpe
Lupex:
Steve Hodson
Mrs
Lupex: Jillie Meers
Miss
Spruce/Lady de Courcy: Lala Lloyd
Jemima:
Pauline Yates
Actors
in later episodes:
Lord
de Guest: John Evitts(2)
Lord
de Courcy/ Vicar: Philip Anthony(2)
Lady
Alexandrine: Geraldine Fitzgerald(2)
Ep2:26/9/93
Ep3:3/10/93 Ep4:10/10/93
All
episodes were repeated five days later.
Also
repeated commencing 20th July 1997
19th
September 1993
15.30
:
Tolstoy
- At War and Peace. Compiled by Michael Bakewell from Tolstoy's
writings.
6
of 7: My Unhappy Family
Director
Rosemary Hart
Count
Leo Tolstoy: Norman Rodway
Sofya
Tolstoy: Anna Massey
Sasha
Tolstoy: Alice Arnold
Ilya
Tolstoy: David Collings
Leon
Tolstoy: Dwid Goudge
Alexandrine:
Rosalie Crutchley
Fet:
David King
Chertkov:
Nigel Carrington
Pozdnyshev:
Nicholas Farrell
Anne
Seuron: Melinda Walker
Reader:
John Rowe
Repeated
from 30th December 1992.
20th
September 1993
14.00
:
The
Pledge (1958) by Friedrich Durrenmatt (1921-1990).
Repeated
from 25th January 1993 - please see above.
20th
September 1993
19.45
:
The
Soldier Moves by Mike McGrath.
Mona
falls in love with a black British Army officer serving in Ulster.
She contrives to meet at her uncle's cottage, but the suicide of a
local girl intervenes.
Director
Michael Fox
Major
Oliver Miyatti: Hugh Quarshie
Mona:
Claudia McNulty
Lt
Ian Keogh: Lorcan Cranitch
Lt
Hugh Cassidy: Simon Treves
Emilia:
Kathryn Hunt
Benice:
Deborah McAndrew
20th
September 1993
23.00
:
You
Heard it Here First: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Based
on the book by Douglas Adams.
Series
1, Episode 4: It has been revealed to Arthur Dent that the earth has
been built by the Magratheans and run by mice.
Please
see 30th August 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
Slartibartfast:
Richard Vernon
Ford
Prefect and Deep Thought: Geoffrey McGivern
Zaphod
Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey
Trillian:
Susan Sheridan
Majikthise
and Cheer leader: Jonathan Adams
Vroomfondle/Shooty:
James Broadbent
First
Computer Programmer/ Bang-Bang/ PA Voice: Ray Hassett
Second
Computer Programmer/ Archive Voice: Jeremy Browne
Frankie
Mouse: Peter Hawkins
Benjy
Mouse: David Tate
Ep5:27/9/93
Ep6:4/10/93
21st
September 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Whatever It Takes by Tracey Ashton.
With
parents who can't remember her name, Grace finds life in a wardrobe
preferable to life in the outside world.
Director
Kate Rowland
Grace:
Jacqueline Defferary
Jane:
Denise Black
Carol:
Margaret Robertson
George:
John Guerrasio
22nd
September 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Golden Pince-Nez by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle, Dramatised By: Peter Ling.
Too
many cigarettes help Holmes to expose an act of devastating cruelty
and betrayal.
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Enyd Williams
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Professor
Coram: Maurice Denham
The
Strange Lady: Maureen O'Brien
Inspector
Hopkins: Andrew Wincott
Mrs
Marker: Linda Polan
Susan
Tarlton: Federay Holmes
Constable
Langdon: James Telfer
Repeated
on 6th July 1996
23rd
September 1993
10.00
:
Cautionary
Tales from the French Countryside: The Magic Spectre by Judy Leather.
Danny,
a British ex-mercenary, identifies a badly burnt young French girl
with Joan of Arc.
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Danny:
Bill Wallis
Joanne:
Nathalie Koska
Phil:
Nigel Anthony
Eve:
Ingrid Wessler
Jack:
Christian Rodska
Viv:
Melinda Walker
23rd
September 1993
14.00
:
Betrayers
by Rib Davis.
Esteban
is granted a temporary visa to stay in Britain. When it expires he
must choose between returning to face death or staying as an illegal
immigrant.
Director
Philip Martin
Esteban:
Michael Maloney
Beatrice:
Anna Capaldi
Mike:
Michael Hadley
Ewart/O'Brien:
Graham Padden
Omar:
Adam Hussein
Ahmed:
Marcus Fernando
Luis/Interrogator:
Eliud Porras
Shirley:
Sunny Ormonde
25th
September 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
A Bit of Berlin by Howard Wakeling.
Has
Berlin changed with the collapse of the Wall?
Director
Janet Whitaker
Vic
Wits: James Grout
Barbara
Willis: Rowena Cooper
Mark/Young
Vic: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Janet:
Federay Holmes
Dieter:
Walter van Dyk
Anna:
Maggie McCarthy
Old
Man: Heinz Bernard
Bobby:
Nicholas Murchie
Herbert:
David Holt
Repeated
from 28th September 1992
25th
September 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: One Day at a Time
by
Anna Clemence Mews
A
compulsive gambler is just as much an addict as the drug-taker or
alcoholic; and their families are often the last to know.
Director:
Shaun MacLoughlin
Clive:
David Bannerman
Emily:
Carolyn Backhouse
Ian/Frank:
Bill Wallis
Miles:
Steve Hodson
Gilly:
Melinda Walker
Nurse:
Ingrid Wiseman
Mrs
Berkinshaw: June Barrie
Robin/Jimmie:
Christian Rodska
Repeated
on 30th July 1994
25th
September 1993.
23.30
:
Boogie
up the River by Mark Wallington
6
of 6. Repeated from 21/1/1993- please see above.
26th
September 1993
15.30
:
Tolstoy
- At War and Peace, Compiled by Michael Bakewell.
7
of 7: They are Tearing Me to Pieces.
Repeated
from 6/1/1993- please see above.
27th
September 1993
14.00
:
The
Glamour by Christopher Priest.
Repeated
from 12th April 1993 - Please see above.
27th
September 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Rejoice by David Howard.
When
Jack bumps into Tod, an ex-army buddy from the Falklands War, it
seems to be a coincidence. But is it? And what exactly is the
well-paid job that Tod offers him in his "organisation"?
Director
Richard Wortley
Jack
Baxter: Peter Gunn
Carole
Baxter: Tilly Vosburgh
PeterBaxter:
James Beattie
Tod
Warren: Neil Dudgeon
Kevin:
Gareth Armstrong
27th
September 1993
23.00
:
You
Heard it Here First: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Written
by Douglas Adams, with the assistance of John Lloyd.
Series
1, Episode 5: Arthur Dent and his companions have been cornered by
two humane cops who, nevertheless, have left them in a certain death
situation.
Producer
Geoffrey Perkins
Please
see 30th August 1993 above.
Actors
not in the first episode:
Garkbit/Zarquon:
Anthony Sharp
Compere:
Roy Hudd
Zaphod
Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey
Trillion:
Susan Sheridan
Martin:
Stephen Moore
Ep6:4/10/93
28th
September 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: The Daughter of the Sea by David Calcutt.
Adapted
from traditional sources
A
seal leaves the ocean and turns into a woman. Ishmael falls
hopelessly in love. She agrees to marry him - on one condition...
Seal-woman's
song by Sue Harris
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Old
Woman: Mary Wimbush
Girl:
Susan Mann
Ishmael:
Stephen Tomlin
Seal-woman:
Moir Leslie
Noah:
Jonathan Wyatt
Jacob:
Gerry Hinks
29th
September 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Three-Quarter. by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. Dramatised By: Roger Danes.
On
the eve of the Oxford v Cambridge rugby football match, a vital
player disappears.
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Director
Patrick Rayner
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Dr
Armstrong: Peter Jeffrey
Overton:
Robert Portal
Lord
Mount-James: Peter Howell
Staunton:
Matthew Morgan
Clerk:
Siriol Jenkins
Porter:
Philip Anthony
Hewitt:
Steve Hodson
Repeated
13th July 1996
[Genome
incorrectly lists this episode as "The Missing Time-Quarter"-
corrected above.]
[The
character name Hewitt was obtained by listening to the end credits]
[A
Holmes rarity- the other BBC radio production was by David Davis (6
May 1955). There was also a silent 1923 film.]
30th
September 1993
10.00
:
Naked
Nuns (1975) by Colin Watson (1920-1983). Dramatised by Christopher
Denys.
Part
1 of 6.
Is
someone white-slaving nuns? If they're nude how do you know they're
members of an order?
Director
Tony Cliff
Inspector
Purbright: John Rowe
Sergeant
Love: Paul Downing
Mrs
Hatch: Patricia Wilcock
Baxter/Pook:
Peter Rylands
Mrs
Spain: Judith Davies
Lucy
Teatime: Ann Rye
Councillor
Crispin: Finetime Fontayne
Amis:
Daniel Coll
Hatch:
Harry Kirkham
Chubb:
Geoffrey Banks
Tudor:
David Fleeshman
Cast
in later episodes and their first episode:
Joxy:
Robin Polley(3)
Julian:
Michael Duggan(3)
Bernard:
Joseph Alessi(3)
Peg:
Kathryn Hunt(4)
Beryl:
Sally Whittaker(4)
Hyacinth:
Cathryn Hunt(5)
Janice:
Sally Whittaker(5)
Part2:7/10/93
Part3:14/10/93 Part4:21/10/93 Part5:28/10/93 Part6:4/11/93
[In
America the book title was "Six Nuns and a Shotgun"]
[Inspector
Purbright began his Radio 4 adventures on 9/10/71 with the play "Bump
in the night"]
[On
TV, Inspector Purbright appeared in "Murder most English"]
30th
September 1993
14.00
:
A
Great Gulf Fixed by Jonathan Myerson.
"There
aren't any villains on the Padmore, just bored kids without jobs
turning into thugs...."
Director
Alison Hindell
Geoff:
Richard Elfyn
Willis:
Brian Hibbard
Old:
Brendan Charleson
Donna:
Cecilia Noble
Russell:
Ronan Vibert
Jamal:
Treva Etienne
Radley:
Erica Eirian
Cavin:
Simon Ludders
Tez:
Clarence Smith
Chief
Super: Andrew Neil
Marty:
George Bascombe
Ben:
Ashley Walters
Gavin's
Mum: Lawmary Champion
Qasim:
Lyndam Gregory
Repeated
10th October 1994 and 20th July 1995.
30th
September 1993:
23.00
:
Soho
Nights by Bernard Kops.
Part
1 of 5: 1956. In the big world is the Suez crisis, but Simon is
about to run away to Soho.
Director
Alan Drury
Simon:
Ronan Vibert
Victor:
Patrick Toomey
Sarah:
Federay Holmes
Ivka:
Fenella Fielding
Roy:
John Watts
Louis:
David Bannerman
Imogen:
Melinda Walker
Tom:
Steve Hodson
Yankyl:
Jeffrey Segal
Boston:
Chris Gilbert
Lily:
Anne Beach
Leonard:
Johathan Adams
Also
with Peter Acre
Actors
in later parts and their first episode:
Dolores:
Kate Binchy(2)
Werner:
John Watts(3)
Bailiff:
Ian Ratcliffe(4)
Part2:7/10/93
Part3:14/10/93 Part4:21/10/93 Part5:28/10/93
2nd
October 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Gondal by Martyn Wade.
The
life of Emily Bronte and Gondal, her epic fantasy world set on a
Pacific island from which the ideas for Wuthering Heights evolved.
Music:
Elizabeth Parker
Director
Cherry Cookson
Augusta:
Diana Quick
Emily:
Janet Maw
Lord
Eldred: John Rowe
Fernando:
Nathaniel Parker
Alfred:
Clive Francis
Tabitha:
Linda Polan
Also
with With John Webb, Jillie Meers and Siriol Jenkins
[The
Gondal of Anne and Emily was placed in the North Pacific and is
unrelated to the real Indian Gondal. The prose has gone, only poems
and scraps remain
2nd
October 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Will and Testament by Bill Lyons.
A
moderately unhappily married couple, and a girl fed up with looking
after a sick mother - what on earth can a hit-man want with them?
Director
Jane Morgan
Hit
man: Leslie Grantham
Derek:
Steve Hodson
Sandra:
Frances Jeater
Sophie:
Sarah-Jane Holm
Will
Lavender: Keith Drinkel
Repeated
6th August 1994
4th
October 1993
14.00
:
Roland's
Afterlife by Frederick Bradnum (1920-2001).
Roland's
search for salvation leads to some strange encounters.
Director
Glyn Dearman
Roland:
Derek Fowlds
Lorraine:
Melinda Walker
HidR(?):
Sheila Hancock
Guy:
Richard Vernon
Leonoski:
David March
Nerdieff:
Robert Eddison
Sir
Fingle Cameron: Henry Stamper
Canon
Clutterbuck: Eric Allen
Dr
Shaw: Irene Sutcliffe
Truscott:
Alan Barker
The
Bishop: Peter Penry Jones
Mrs
Denbigh: Ann Windsor
Cordoba:
Andrew Wincott
Empoli:
Colin McFarlane
Edgehill:
Fraser Kerr
Bas-Rhinc(?):
Brett Usher
Lola:
Joanna Myers
Woman:
Theresa Streatfeild
Repeated
from 25th January 1992
4th
October 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Holus Bolus by Steve Walker.
Graham
Baffner offers Mr Placketts the opportunity not to be himself.
Music:
Neil Brand
Director
Eoin O'Callaghan
Baffner:
Richard E Grant
Mme
Cherepovets etc: Irene Sutcliffe
Placketts:
Peter Woodthorpe
Cherepovets:
Harry Towb
Ossert
Chinery: Hugh Ross
Carol:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Cruttendon
etc: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Parisienne
etc: Oona Beeson
Giles
etc: James Telfer
Smolensk
etc: Barry J Gordon
Melnikov:
John Baddeley
Maxie:
John Evitts
[Holus
Bolus = all at once]
4th
October 1993
23.00
:
You
Heard it Here First: The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by
Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.
Series
1, Episode 6 (of 6 episodes). Will the Ultimate Question be
discovered? (The answer is 42.)
Producer
Geoffrey Perkins
Please
see 30th August 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Zaphod
Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey
Trillian:
Susan Sheridan
Marvin:
Stephen Moore
Captain
of the 'B' Ark: David Jason
Number
One/Management Consultant: Jonathan Cecil
Number
Two/Hairdresser: Aubrey Woods
The
Marketing Girl: Beth Porter
5th
October 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: The Footsie Put by Jess Curtis.
Rosie
has a flutter on the Stock Exchange. The race is on to win the
jackpot with the help of her gambling granny.
Director
Claire Grove
Rosie:
Siriol Jenkins
Jo:
Sandra James Young
Nan:
Sheila Burrell
Vicar:
Barry J Gordon
Coles:
Philip Anthony
Nigel:
David Thorpe
Luke:
Jullan Rhind-Tutt
Nora:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Peter
Bromley: Peter Bromley
6th
October 1993
12.25-13.00:
Any
Bloke by Gary Brown.
Series
1, Episode 1 of 6: Demand and Supply. Phil and Sarah have it all
worked out. He's a supply teacher, she stays at home with their
daughter Sophie. But if Sarah decides to accept the offer of an
exciting new job, changes will have to be made.
Producer:
Ann Jobson
Phil:
Jim Sweeney
Sarah:
Caroline Quentin
Fay:
Shirley Stelfox
Liam:
Steve Steen
Gerald:
Lloyd Peters
Gavin:
Paul Clarkson
Sophie:
Nadine Ballantyne
Tai
Ch'i Instructor/ Tracey's Dad: Jim Barclay
Mrs
Grainger: Jilly Meers
Kath:
Rachel Atkins
Actors
in later parts and their first appearance:
Edna:
Yvonne Edgell(2)
Brenda:
Toni Palmer(2)
Carol:
Melanie Hudson(2)
Stacey/Melanie:
Kim Barry(2)
Martha:
Rebecca Front(3)
Sam:
Ben Brown(3)
Ray:
Gary Brown(5)
Doctor:
Tony Hawks(6)
Lisa
Forman: Geraldine Fitzgerald(6)
Also
with Mark Straker(3), David Thorpe(5)
Ep2:13/10/93
Ep3:20/10/93 Ep4:27/10/93 Ep5:3/11/93 Ep6:10/11/93
[Series
1 repeated commencing 30/9/1995]
[Series
2 commenced 12/7/1995 and was repeated commencing 13/1/98]
6th
October 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Abbey Grange by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised By: Robert Forrest.
Who
killed Sir Eustace Brackenstall , one of the richest men in Kent?
Holmes finds the answer in the bottom of a bottle of wine.
Violinist:
Leonard Friedman
Director
Patrick Rayner
Holmes:
Chve Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Lady
Brackenstall: Penny Downie
Insp
Hopkins: Andrew Wincott
Sir
Eustace: Steve Hodson
Theresa:
Kate Binchy
Croker/Old
Randall: Philip Anthony
His
sons: Nicholas Murchie
His
sons: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Repeated
20th July 1996
7th
October 1993
14.00
:
The
Mysterious Mansion by Honore de Balzac. Dramatised by Peter Mackie.
The
grisly tale that lies behind the ruin of La Grande Breteche.
Director
David Hunter
Balzac:
David Calder
Jean:
Dorien Thomas
Faillard:
Dillwyn Owen
Mde
Faillard: Tessa Gearing
Gendarme/Gorenflot:
Christopher Grimes
Rosalie:
Marilyn Le Conte
DeMerret:
Nigel Carrington
Mde
de Merret: Manon Edwards
Duvivier:
Alan Towner
Repeated
10th June 1994
9th
October 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Whale Music by Anthony Minghella (1954-2008).
Caroline,
pregnant by one of her two boyfriends, escapes to her seaside
birthplace, taking a room in Stella's flat. Then Fran, an old
schoolfriend, comes back into her life and Kate arrives with D, her
young pupil and lover.
Songs
by Anthony Minghella, arranged by Barrington Pheloung
Director
Vanessa Whitburn
BBC
Birmingham
Caroline:
Juliet Stevenson
Stella:
Jill Gascoine
Kate:
Alison Steadman
Fran:
Theresa Streatfield
D:
Anna Lindup
Sheilagh
O'Brien: Pauline Letts
Nurse/Waitress:
Jane Leonard
Veronica/
Mrs Fitzgerald: Jenny Funnell
Staff
Nurse: Natasha Pyne
Vocalist:
Sarah Jane Morris
First
broadcast 21/10/1985, repeated 27/10/85
[Juliet
Stevenson appeared in a number of Minghella's plays and films.]
9th
October 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Whee'oss by R E T Lamb.
Every
May Day in Padstow, Cornwall, the hobby-horses dance again through
the streets.
Director
Shaun MacLoughlin
Lois:
Carolyn Backhouse
Rick:
Charles Simpson
Lyn:
Jenny Funnel
Benj:
Richard Pearce
Mum:
June Barrie
Colin:
Christian Rodska
Gail:
Judy Laister
Also
with Sophie Goodchild and Sam Bond
9th
October 1993
23.30
:
Deadlock
by Sara Paretsky
Part
2 of 6, repeated from 4th February 1993, please see above.
11th
October 1993
14.00
:
Touching
the Rock by John M Hull. Dramatised by Jane Coles.
An
account of the experience of blindness.
Piano:
Stuart Hutchinson.
Director
Matthew Walters.
John:
Denis Lill
Marilyn:
Rosalind Thomas
Mother:
Madge Ryan
Father:
Jonathan Adams
Thomas/Sue:
Sue Sheridan
Lizzie/Alice:
Melinda Walker
Alec:
John Fleming
David:
Michael Roberts
Creswell:
John Webb
Thug/
Whistler: David Holt
Fairy-tale
reader: Siriol Jenkins
First
broadcast 24/10/1992
[There
was also a tv program with the same title, same subject, broadcast
in 1991, produced by Michael Burke and Maggie Sutcliffe]
11th
October 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Independent Voice by Gary Mitchell.
The
situation in Belfast and the efforts of two idealistic young men to
set up a community newspaper.
Director
Pam Brighton
Ken
Carter: Tim Loane
Larry
Simpson: Dan Gordon
Betty
Simpson: Eileen Pollock
Alan:
Simon Magill
Angela:
Paula McFetridge
Bobby
Mac: Lalor Roddy
Lisa:
Emma Jordan
Mr
Harris: Mark Mulholland
Davy:
Bj Hogg
Mrs
White: Maureen Dow
Simon:
Michael Gregory
Policeman:
John Hewitt
Kyle
Simpson: Michael Lyons
Repeated
on 23rd May 1994
12th
October 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Glass by Tim Jackson.
Relationships
are fragile ... like glass. Julie should know.
Director
Vanessa Whitburn
Julie:
Julia Hills
Terry:
Kim Durham
Elsie:
Jillie Meers
Sally:
Beverley Hills
Gill:
Rachel Lindsay
Grandma:
Gillian Goodman
Grandad/Doctor:
Roger Hume
Desmond/
Spanish Doctor: George Rossi
Spanish
Waiter/American Doctor/ Uncle Jack: Terry Molloy
13th
October 1993
14.00
:
The
Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Second Stain by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised By: Bert Coules.
The
loss of a letter vital to the security of the country brings a visit
to Baker Street from the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary.
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Enyd Williams
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Prime
Minister: David March
Right
Hon Trelawney Hope, MP: Jeremy Clyde
Lady
Hilda Trelawney Hope: Sabina Franklyn
Mrs
Hudson: Joan Matheson
Inspector
Lestrade: Donald Gee
Eduardo
Lucas: Keith Drinkel
Mitton,
Lucas' valet: James Telfer
Annie
Baxter: Melanie Hudson
Mrs
Pringle: Jill Graham
Constable
Barrett: Matthew Morgan
Fenton,
the butler: John Fleming
Repeated
27th July 1996
14th
October 1993
14.00
:
The
Black Dolls by Eduardo Manet. Translated by David Zane Mairowitz.
Summer
1955: a young man moves to New York. Night after night in his rundown
apartment house a violin plays Ravel's Kaddish -the Jewish prayer for
the dead.
Director
Anne Edyvean
Narrator:
John Guerassio
Jacob:
Jonathan Tafler
Father:
John Baddeley
Father:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Helga:
Diana Payan
Ludwig:
Jonathan Adams
16th
October 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Allan's Horse by Marilyn Morris.
A
woman fighting with her sister-in-law for her brother's affections.
Director:
Tony Cliff
Allan:
Richard Pearce
Kathleen:
Barbara Marten
Louise:
Brionie Pritchard
Robert:
Stuart Richman
Mr
Payne: Peter Rylands
Mason:
Malcolm Raeburn
May
Banks: Jane Lowe
Repeated
from 7th September 1992
16th
October 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Holy Fool by Peter Roberts.
A
knight errant sails through a series of adventures. This is the story
of William Marshal.
Director
Nigel Bryant
John
d'Erlee: Michael Williams
William
Marshal: William Chubb
Henry
II: Garard Green
Henry
Fitz Henry: Christopher Scott
Richard
Lionheart: Martin Head
Also
with Francis Thomson, Susan Jeffrey, Tom Roberts, Simon Carter,
Graham Padden and Neal Foster
Repeated
on 1st October 1994.
[William
Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke died in 1219]
16th
October 1993
23.30
:
Deadlock
by Sara Paretsky
3
of 6 - repeated from 11th February 1993- please see above.
17th
October 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: On the Eve (1860) by Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883). Dramatised
by Michael Crompton.
Part
1 of 2: Who will Elena fall in love with?
Pianist
Pauline Alston
Singer
Rosamund Barker
Director
Michael Fox
Elena:
Amanda Root
Insarov:
Philip Franks
Shubin:
John Lloyd Fillingham
Bersyenev:
Mark Chatterton
Anna:
Jane Cox
Nikolai:
Russell Dixon
Uvar:
Alan Partington
Zoya:
Saskia Downes
Fedushka:
Keith Clifford
German
bully: Martin Oldfield
Also
with John Griffin and Stephen Tomlin
Part
2 on 24/10/93
Repeated
16 and 23/6/96
[Original
title Nakanune- the BBC do not acknowledge the translation used for
this drama.]
18th
October 1993
14.00
:
A
Season of Clear Shining by Nan Woodhouse.
A
Quaker and a Catholic try to reconcile their love and different
beliefs in the intolerant world of 17th-century England.
Director
Tony Cliff
Peg:
Kathryn Hunt
Nathaniel:
Neil Roberts
Margaret:
Ann Rye
George:
Russell Dixon
Priests:
David Frederickson and Neville Barber
Justices:
Gordon Rowe and Christopher Wilkinson
Repeated
from 10th October 1992
18th
October 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Lake by Ellen Dryden.
Childhood
memories and perhaps something a little more sinister continue to
draw Ben Wheeler back to a lake. When a child disappears his
obsession provokes suspicion.
Music:
Stephen Warbeck
Director
Ned Chaillet
Ben
Wheeler: James Aubrey
Isobel:
Karen Archer
Val:
Pauline Yates
Ruth:
Frances Jeater
Moonstone:
Teresa Gallagher
Chris:
Berry Woolgar
Jamie:
Nicholas Boulton
Rick:
David Thorpe
Rosie:
Isabelle Huet
Tom:
John Prendergast
Child's
voice: Hayley Thomas
Detective
Sergeant: Steve Hodson
Constable:
Angus Wright
Reporter:
Michael Onslow
Mother:
Rachel Atkins
Woman
at Lake: Lala Lloyd
Man
at Lake: James Taylor
Newsreader:
Lyndam Gregory
Repeated
on 24th September 1994
19th
October 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Clutch Control by Dot Rubin.
Mo
and Jack are doing driving lessons together. Mo is a liberated single
parent, Jack is a bit of a chauvinist. How will they cope with being
cooped up together for a week - and will it all be worth it
Director
Cherry Cookson
Mo:
Sherrie Hewson
Jack:
Alex Norton
Mike:
Dominic Letts
20th
October 1993
14.00-14.47:
Splendid
Isolation by Angela Turvey.
When
Caroline moves into her flat in Docklands it is the beginning of her
new-found independence, but her growing friendship with a cleaner
changes everything.
Cellist:
Judith Brydon
Director:
Claire Grove
Caroline:
Oona Beeson
Deborah:
Vivienne Rochester
Julia:
Pauline Yates
Rachel:
Joanna Mays
Luke:
Julian Rhind Tutt
21st
October 1993
14.00
:
Hair
of the Dog by Lesley Davies.
Amy's
husband finds himself in the arms of their glamorous next-door
neighbour. But why is Amy so calm?
Director
Cherry Cookson
Amy:
Brenda Blethyn
John:
David Horovitch
Susan:
Kate Buffery
Grandma:
Jill Graham
Mrs
Dursky: Diana Payan
Mr
Townsend: John Webb
Dr
Smith: Barry J Gordon
Children:
Gary King and Patrick Rosenfeld
23rd
October 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Anacaona by Michele Celeste.
Anacaona
is Queen of the peace-loving Tainos on the island of Haiti in 1503.
She has never known the curse of hatred, until the Spanish Army comes
looking for gold.
Music
Mia Soteriou.
Director
Michael Fox
Anacaona:
Mia Soteriou
Hugeymota:
Naomi Wirthner
Guaora:
Dhobi Oparei
Old
Maid: Isabelle Lucas
Maid:
Kay Purcell
Ovando:
Wyllie Longmore
Rodrigo:
James McMartin
Diego:
Malcolm Raeburn
Tona:
Joe Speare
Repeated
from 7th December 1992
23rd
October 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Dangerous Influences by Joe Dunlop.
When
the leader of a Christian cult begins recruiting in England, a TV
investigative reporter sees his chance for a scoop.
Director
Adnan Bean
Paul:
Bill Nighy
Kelly:
Caroline Strong
Todd:
Doug Bradley
Felipo/Eddie/Revivalist:
David Healy
Kristen/Nurse:
Hilary Derrett
Carol:
Nonie Kent
Nancy/Staff
Nurse: Teresa Gallagher
Julia:
Vivienne Rochester
Magda:
Lorelei King
Sally
Vicky: Oona Beeson
Mick/Official/Frankie:
Clive Hill
Builder:
Lyndam Gregory
Det
Sgt Shaw/Counsellor: Barry J Gordon
Repeated
15th October 1994
23rd
October 1993
23.30
:
Deadlock
by Sara Paretsky
4
of 6: Repeated from 18/2/1993- please see above.
24th
October 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: On the Eve (1860) by Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883). Dramatised
by Michael Crompton.
Part
2 of 2: Insarov's sudden disappearance is bewildering to Elena.
Part
1 was on 17th October 1993 - please see above.
Pianist
Pauline Alston
Director
Michael Fox
Elena:
Amanda Root
Insarov:
Philip Franks
Shubin:
John Lloyd Fillingham
Bersyenev:
Mark Chatterton
Anna:
Jane Cox
Nikolai:
Russell Dixon
Uvar:
Alan Partington
Zoya:
Saskia Downes
Fedushka:
Keith Clifford
Priest's
wife/Old woman: Ann Rye
Kurnatovski:
John Griffin
Renditch:
Martin Oldfield
Lupoyarov:
Stephen Tomlin
Repeated
23/6/96
25th
October 1993
14.00
:
Understanding
Women by Melissa Murray.
Naomi
Wall poisoned three members of her family and disappeared. A
researcher, working on a book about crimes committed by women,
becomes obsessed by the case.
Director
Cherry Cookson
Daphne:
Ann Amassey
Bollingham:
Gary Waldhorn
Ricky:
Siriol Jenkins
Harry:
Robert Glenister
Naomi!:
Elizabeth Kelly
Ann:
Anne Jameson
Val:
Theresa Streatfeild
Ben:
John Webb
Charles:
Peter Penry Jones
Janet:
Eva Stuart
Malcolm:
Robert Portal
Repeated
from 28th March 1992
25th
October 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Dark Messiah by Mike Harris
Kenya
1929: at a Methodist mission station tensions develop between the
missionaries and the Kikuyu people as the time for female ritual
circumcision draws near.
Director
Adrian Bean
Mary
Campbell: Gudrun Ure
William
Stevenson: John Church
Chief
Kabut?: Don Warrington
Sarah:
Vivienne Rochester
Reverendjohnstone:
George Harris
Benjamin
Mbugwa: Sidney Cole
Grandmother:
Jeillo Edwards
Virginia:
Pauline Yates
Kikuyu
mother: Heather Emmanuel
Joseph
Kang'ethe: Colin McFarlane
Indian
lawyer: Lyndam Gregory
Policeman:
David Thorpe
District
Officer: James Taylor
26th
October 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Let Me Help by Tony Mulholland.
Patricia
breaks down on the motorway. Timothy offers help. The simple
ingredients of a terrible dilemma.
Director
Nigel Bryant
Patricia:
Lucy Tregear
Graham:
Crawford Logan
Timothy:
Gerry Hinks
Jennifer:
Kathryn Hurlbutt
Magda:
Gillian Goodman
26th
October 1993
18.30
Crampton
Hodnet by Barbara Pym. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
1
of 6: repeated from 25th March 1993- please see above.
27th
October 1993
14.00
:
The
Best That Money Can Buy by Ronnie Smith.
Pianist
Michael Haslam
Director
Enyd Williams
Yvonne:
Frances Jeater
Doug
Hendrix: Bob Sherman
Det
Insp Tommy Lambert: John Baddeley
Hal
Weissen: Ed Bishop
Ronnie
Banks: James Taylor
Jacko:
Stephen Hodson
Sir
George Spiers: Colin Pinney
Chief
Supt Bray: Philip Anthony
Detective
Schuk: Dominic Letts
Det
Sgt Bowdrey: David Thorpe
Doc
Carson: John Evitts
Ratso
Reece: Gareth Armstrong
Weissen's
secretary: Teresa Gallagher
Repeated
on 20th April 1994
28th
October 1993
14.00
:
Becoming
Carmen by Arnold Evans.
Nesta
thinks romance only happens in books until she meets a real opera
star and is thrust into the limelight herself.
Director
Alison Hindell
Nesta:
Victoria Pluckneh
Gareth:
Laurence Allan
Richard:
Andrew Wincott
Joanna:
Lesley Rooney
Sir
Lawrence: Stephen Thorne
Receptionist:
Geraint Morgan
30th
October 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Operation Lightning Pegasus by Alick Rowe.
Repeated
from 30th January 1993.- please see above.
30th
October 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie. Dramatised by
Michael Bakewell.
When
a schoolgirl is found murdered at a Hallowe'en party, Ariadne Oliver
sends for her old friend Hercule Poirot.
Director:
Enyd Williams
Hercule
Poirot: John Moffatt
Ariadne
Oliver: Stephanie Cole
Judith
Butler: Alexandra Bastedo
Miranda
Butler: Sian Jenkins
Rowena
Drake: June Barry
Michael
Garfield: Gareth Armstrong
Spence:
James Taylor
Elspeth:
Auriol Smith
Miss
Whittaker: Amanda Murray
Miss
Emlyn: Petra Davies
Mrs
Leaman: Paula Jacobs
Mrs
Goodbody: Lala Lloyd
Mrs
Minden: Katherine Parr
Fullerton:
Colin Pinney
Mrs
Reynolds: Rachel Atkins
Leopold
Reynolds: Sam Crane
Joyce
Reynolds: Sophia Nemeth
Ann
Reynolds: Vivienne Rochester
Nicholas:
Nicholas Boulton
Desmond:
Peter Kenny
Repeated
4th November 1995.
31st
October 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles, Dramatised by
Fredenck Bradnum.
1
of 3: On a wild day in 1867 Charles Smithson sees a woman gazing out
to sea in Lyme Regis. Their lives are to become obsessively
intertwined.
Pianist
Mary Nash.
Soloist
Elizabeth Mansfield
Director
Janet Whitaker
Sarah
Woodruff: Amanda Redman
Charles
Smithson: David Threlfall
Writer:
Norman Rodway
Ernestina:
Teresa Gallagher
Sam
Farrow: Jason Flemyng
Mrs
Poulteney: Margaret Courtenay
Aunt
Tranter: Jill Graham
Mrs
Fairley: Jillie Meers
Doctor
Grogan: Steve Hodson
Mary:
Oona Beeson
Farmer/Aubrey:
Barry J Gordon
Actors
not in episode one:
Prostitute:
Tilly Vosburgh(2)
Ernest
Freeman: John Baddeley(2)
Rossetti:
Michael Cochrane(3)
Mrs
Endicott: Geraldine Fitzgerald(3)
Harry
Montague: John Fleming(3)
Betty-Anne:
Rachel Atkins(3)
Ep2:7/11/93
Ep3:14/11/93
Episodes
repeated five days later.
Also
Repeated commencing 5/7/96
1st
November 1993
14.00
:
The
Seven Per Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer, Dramatised by Denny
Martin Flinn.
Repeated
from 9th January 1993- please see above.
1st
November 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Seagull by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). Adapted by
Martyn Wade.
A
country estate in Russia.
Music:
specially composed by Elisabeth Parker - Radiophonic Workshop
Director
Cherry Cookson
Madame
Arkadina: Diana Quick
Trigorin:
Alex Jennings
Constantin:
Robert Glenister
Nina:
Helena Bonham Carter
Masha:
Kate Buffery
Dom:
Edward Petherbridge
Sorin:
Richard Pearson
Medvedenko:
Nicholas Boulton
Paulina:
Frances Jeater
Shamrayev:
Colin Pinney
Repeated
on BBC Radio 3 on 23rd February 1997
2nd
November 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: The Man in the Brown Coat by Alasdair Campbell.
Only
recently arrived on a remote Scottish island, Samuel and his wife
expect a few curious visitors to their home. But they haven't
bargained for the man in the brown coat.
Director
Marion Nancarrow
Samuel:
Peter Kelly
Man
in the Brown Coat: Roy Hanlon
Patrick/Agent:
Michael Deacon
Wife:
Geraldine Rtzgerald
John
Allan: Tom Cotcher
Also
broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1995
2nd
November 1993
18.30
Crampton
Hodnet by Barbara Pym. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
2
of 6: Repeated from 1/4/93- please see above.
3rd
November 1993
14.00
:
Black
Velvet by Tony Ramsay.
17th
century. When young Master Richard forces servant girl Annie to play
at being the mistress of Thoresby Hall, there are disastrously
claustrophobic consequences.
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Annie:
Rachel Atkins
Master
Richard: Richard Pearce
Uncle:
James Taylor
Cousin:
Christopher Scott
Repeated
13/9/95 and 21/3/98
4th
November 1993
14.00
:
James
Johnson's Story by Jolyon Maugham.
Undertaker
James Johnson gets regular custom when gunslinger Joe Moran is hired
to clean up Union City.
Director
David Hunter
James
Johnson: Garrick Hagon
Joe
Moran: James Aubrey
Katherine
Kincaid: Barbara Barnes
Elliot
Burr: David Healy
Everett
Beecher: Peter Whitman
Hurricane
Williams: Sidney Cole
Shotgun
Collins: John Evitts
Madame
Mustache: Jill Graham
Marcus
Muller: David Holt
Kid
Muller: Teresa Gallagher
Gunter
Muller: Julian Rhind Tutt
Repeated
17th October 1994
6th
Noveber 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Canterville Ghost (1887) by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Dramatised
By: Nick McCarty.
Hiram
B Otis has bought Cantervilie Chase and is going to move his family
into this wonderful old English country house.
Director
Hamish Wilson
Sir
Simon: Edward Petherbridge
Mrs
Otis: Gywneth Guthrie
Stars:
Mary Riggans
Stripes:
Eileen McCallum
Hiram
B Otis: Angus MacInnes
Virginia:
Anne-Marie Zola
Washington:
Paul Birchard
Lord
Bilton/Rev Dampier/Policeman: John Buick
Cheshire/Servant:
Anthony Cochrane
Mrs
Umney/Lady Kenelm: Rose McBain
Lord
Canterville/Stationmaster: Raymond Ross
Mary/Lady
Sinclair: Pene Herman Smith
Annie/Lady
Cheshire: Au Walton
Repeated
from 31st December 1992
6th
November 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Sympathy for the Devil by Angus Graham Campbell.
Eton:
Schoolboy J.K. Stephen was a sporting hero there during the 1870s.
But a modern-day Etonian becomes convinced that J.K.S. and his
friend, Prince Edward, Duke of Clarence, committed the Jack the
Ripper murders.
Director:
Richard Wortley
J.K.
Stephen: Nicholas Boulton
Prince
Edward: Jonathan Cullen
Michael
Ryder: Dominic Letts
Casper
Bowring: Oliver Milburn
Roland
Bowring: Geoffrey Whitehead
Julia
Bowring: Frances Jeater
Luke
Ashley: Daniel Philpott
Mr
Ashley: Brian Miller
Mrs
Ashley: Jillie Meers
Sophie
van Hasen: Teresa Gallagher
George
van Hasen: Simon Treves
Nancy
van Hasen: Pauline Yates
Dr
Stanwell: Barry J. Gordon
Henry:
Ross Livingstone
Frank:
David Thorpe
Will:
Gareth Armstrong
Thomas:
James Telfer
J.K.S.'s
brother: Michael Onslow
[JKS
1859-1892 was tutor to Prince Albert Victor, son of Albert Edward,
Prince of Wales. JKS died in an institution following a head injury.]
[The
supposed link with the Ripper was only made in 1972 and was dismissed
by 1975.]
8th
November 1993
12.25-13.00:
Aumonier's
World: Where was Wych Street? by Stacy Aumonier (1887- 1928)
Dramatised by Martin Worth .
A
pub argument brings the world close to crisis.
Director
Matthew Walters
Aumonier:
John Baddeley
Gertrude:
Oona Beeson
Lows-Parlby:
Nicholas Boulton
Vermeer:
John Evitts
Meadows:
Barry J Gordon
Mrs
Dawes: Diana Payan
pyince??:
Lyndam Gregory
Orme:
Colin Pinney
Pengammon:
James Taylor
[The
short story Where was Wych Street appeared in "Miss Bracegirdle
and others", 1923]
[There
were two other productions, by Howard Rose in 1948 and a reading in
1955]
8th
November 1993
14.00
:
Gun
before Butter by Nicolas Freeling.
Repeated
from 16th January 1993- please see above.
8th
November 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The 50 Friends of Simon Goberschmitt by Robert
Paterson.
Mrs
Urquhart has a mystery lodger, a foreign gentleman who gets stacks of
mail from all round the world. For three other lodgers, Mr
Goberschmitt becomes an obsession.
Director
Patrick Rayner
Goberschmitt:
Crawford Logan
Mrs
Urquhart: Eileen McCallum
Alison:
Fiona Bell
Lynn:
Louise Ironside
Fiona:
Emma Currie
Raymond:
David Tennant
Walker:
James Bryce
Tutor:
Hilary Neville
John:
Gordon Munro
Brian:
James Murray
9th
November 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Cozzy's Last Stand
by
Ann Monks.
The
indomitable Cozzy will not be moved under any circumstances by the
pleadings of Mrs Lawrence from Housing.
Director
Kate Rowland
Cozy:
Freddie Jones
Mrs
Lawrence: Helen Atkinson Wood
Bill:
John Lloyd Fillingham
Demonstrator:
Martin Oldfield
9th
November 1993
18.30
:
Crampton
Hodnet: 3 of 6: A Glass of Sherry and a Beano.
Repeated
from 8th April 1993, please see above.
10th
November 1993
14.00
:
Foreign
Girls by Elaine Feinstein (1930-2019).
1
of 3: Immersed in her Cambridge life and preoccupied with her
divorce, Lena has almost forgotten her childhood friend, Katya. Then
an unexpected letter stirs up memories of their Jewish upbringing in
Leicester in the early 1970s.
Director
Marion Nancarrow
Katya:
Jenny Agutter
Lena:
Jennie Stoller
Dr
Kuperman: Leonard Fenton
Mrs
Kuperman: Doreen Mantle
Janos
Kessleman: Sandor Eles
Greta
Kessleman: Jill Graham
Graham:
David Barrass
Stefan:
David Thorpe
Joanie:
Elaine Claxton
Porter:
Colin Pinney
Miss
Bolt: Tina Gray
Undergrad:
Vivienne Rochester
Waiter:
Lyndham Gregory
Don:
Dominic Letts
Part2:17/11/93
Part3:24/11/93
Repeated
commencing 22/2/1997
11th
November 1993
10.00
:
Unofficial
Rosie by Alan McDonald.
Series
1, episode 1 of 6: Down These Mean Streets. Merseyside mother of two
Rosie Monaghan is 39 and redundant. So what is she going to do with
the rest of her life?
Music
composed by Peter Howell
Director
Tracey Neale
Rosie:
Paula Wilcox
Bob:
Dominic Grounsell
Carol:
Helen Roberts
Jerry:
Christopher Bramwell
Margie:
Elizabeth Estensen
Mike:
Steve Hodson
Andrew
Stephenson: Kim Wall
No
further entries for this multi-series storyline will follow below for
1993.
Ep2:18/11/93
Ep3:25/11/93 Ep4:2/12/93 Ep5:9/12/93 Ep6:16/12/93
There
were several following series.
This
first series was repeated commencing 16/10/95
11th
November 1993
14.00
:
After
You've Gone by Annie Caulfield.
The
story of Layton and Johnstone who topped variety bills in the 1920s
and 30s now almost forgotten.
Director
Anne Edyvean
Clarence
Johnstone: Lenny Henry
Turner
Layton: Clarke Peters
Raymonde
Sandler: Rachel Joyce
Emma-Lee
Layton: Shezwae Powell
Albert
Sandler: Steve Hodson
Jamaican
soldier: Sidney Cole
Comedian:
Barry J Gordon
Page:
Michael Onslow
Repeated
26th May 1994
13th
November 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
For King and Country by John Wilson.
Passchendaele,.1917:
Private Hamp, accused of desertion in the face of the enemy, is to
appear before a court-martial. If found guilty he will be sentenced
to death.
Mouth
organ: Harry Pitch
Director
Martin Jenkins
Contributors
Private
Arthur Hamp: Peter Gunn
2nd
Lieutenant Hargreaves: Kim Wall
Lieutenant
Tom Webb: Crawford Logan
Corporal:
Ken Cumberlidge
Guard:
Ian Michie
President
of the Court-Martial: John Samson
Captain
Prescott: Geoffrey Whitehead
Lt
at the Court-Martial: Dominic Rickhards
Padre:
David Timson
Lieutenant
Midgley: Phillp Sully
Captain
Fraser: Michael Graham Cox
Repeated
from 12th November 1988
13th
November 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Crippen
Repeated
from 1st May 1993 - please see above.
15th
November 1993
12.25-13.00
:
Aumonier's
World: A Source of Irritation (1918). by Stacy Aumonier (1877-1928).
Dramatised by Martin Worth.
A
Suffolk farm hand is snatched away from his turnips to the trenches
of the First World War.
Director
Matthew Walters
Aumonier:
John Baddeley
Sam:
Colin Pinney
Aggie:
Oona Beeson
Schutz:
Dominic Letts
Haussman:
James Taylor
Jennings:
Michael Onslow
Baines:
David Thorpe
Bradshaw:
Barry J Gordon
15th
November 1993
14.00
:
The
Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson. Dramatised by Frederick
Bradnum.
Repeated
from 2nd January 1993- please see above.
15th
November 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Of Rats and Men by Richard Bean.
Experimental
psychology labs. A psychologist ends his work with rats and designs
an experiment which recreates the social dynamics of the holocaust.
Director
Andy Jordan
Professor:
Garrick Hagon
Dr
Pearce: Anton Lesser
Joe
Franklin: Peter Whitman
Shelley
Pearce: Teresa Gallagher
Principle:
Vincent Marzello
Mary
Barton: Gillian Eaton
Narrator:
Lewis Hancock
Repeated
on 21st January 1995
16th
November 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Mrs Danby's Destiny by Elizabeth Wainwright.
Susan
Danby came to horoscopes late in life, discovering Dorothea in a
magazine while on holiday. She found them amazingly accurate. When
her husband and best friend become rather intimate, who else can she
turn to?
Director
Marion Nancarrow
Susan
Danby: Pauline Yates
Julia:
Lynda Baron
Greg
Danby: James Taylor
16th
November 1993
18.30
:
Crampton
Hodnet by Barbara Pym.
4
of 6: Something of the Ridiculous.
Repeated
from 15th April 1993- please see above.
17th
November 1993
14.00
:
Foreign
Girls by Elaine Feinstein (1930-2019).
2
of 3: Lena discovers why Katya so wants to see her. And it's not an
altogether comfortable discovery.
Please
see 10th November 1993 above.
Actors
not in part one:
First
don: John Baddeley
Second
don: Malcolm Ward
Old
woman: Lala Lloyd
18th
November 1993
14.00
:
Good
Boy by Owen Roe.
Eugene's
mother dreamt of him becoming an accordionist, but his wife merely
wants him to be normal.
Music
performed by Rod McVeigh
Director
Pam Brighton
Eugene:
Owen Roe
Nora:
Michelle Forbes
Doctor:
Noelle Brown
Mother:
Rosemary Henderson
Father:
Des Cave
Prendergast:
Sean Campion
Uncle:
Dan Gordon
Auntie
Vera: Lynn Cahill
Repeated
on 12th October 1995
[Rod
McVeigh played accordion on the 2001 Paul Brady album "Oh What a
World". He played Hammond organ on various albums 1974-2005.]
20th
November 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
Young Coleridge by Martyn Wade.
Greta
Hall, Keswick, 16 September 1803. The events of one day in the life
of the poet Coleridge cause him to reflect on the professional and
personal disappointments of recent years.
Director
Cherry Cookson
Coleridge:
Tom Wilkinson
Southey:
Gary Bond
Sara:
Jennie Stoller
Hazlitt:
Christopher Good
Edith:
Narissa Knights
Mary
Lovell: Moir Leslie
Asra:
Amanda Murray
Mary
Evans: Elizabeth Rider
Man/Lovell:
Christopher Douglas
Schoolmaster/Landlord:
Brian Smith
Hartley:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Mrs
Fricker: Ellen McIntosh
Repeated
29th October 1984 and on 4th November 1984.
Also
broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2007, 2008
20th
November 1993
19.50-21.20:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Murder of the Maharajah (1980) by H R F Keating.
Dramatised by Neville Teller.
Bhopore,
India: 1930. The Maharajah plays one April Fool's joke too many.
Director
Matthew Walters
Schoolmaster:
Bhasker [Actor's full chosen name].
Maharajah:
Zia Mohyeddin
DSP
Howard: Sam Dastor
Dewan:
Renu Setna
Porgy:
Lyndham Gregory
Sir
Arthur: Philip Anthony
Michael:
Luke Beeson
Dolly:
Rachel Atkins
Elaine:
Sheila Mitchell
Judy:
Dona Beeson
Ram
Singh: Amerjit Deu
Frere:
Dominic Letts
Morton:
Barry J Gordon
Joe:
Steve Hodson
21st
November 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) by Zane Gray (1872-1939).
Dramatised by Ed Thomason.
1
of 3: Utah, 1871. Mormon rancher Jane Withersteen is resisting Elder
Tull 's attempts to take her and Cottonwoods for himself, when into
the picture rides the avenging angel Lassiter.
Music
by Trevor Allan Davies
Director
Adnan Bean
Jane
Withersteen: Shelley Thompson
Lassiter:
Stuart Milligan
Bishop
Dyer: Nigel Anthony
Elder
Tull: William Roberts
Bern
Venters: Dominic Letts
Bess:
Teresa Gallagher
Flouise
(?): Heather Emmanuel
Oldring:
Jack Klaff
Hester:
Jill Graham
Fay:
Oona Beeson
Jacky:
John Church
Judkins:
John Evitts
Jerry:
Keith Drinkel
Rourke:
Trevor Allan Davies
Blake:
Jonathan Adams
Actor
in later episodes:
Mrs
Hendry: Kate Binchy(2)
Ep2:28/11/93
Ep3:5/12/93
Each
episode was repeated five days later.
22nd
November 1993
12.25
:
Aumonier's
World: Freddie Finds Himself by Stacy Aumonier, Dramatised by Martin
Worth.
Freddie
Oppincott is the butt of his family until he suddenly finds his true
vocation.
Director
Matthew Walters
Aumonier:
John Baddeley
Freddie:
Jullan Rhind Tutt
Baron:
Sandor Eles
Countess:
Diana Payan
Olga:
Teresa Gallagher
Emma:
Oona Beeson
jam(?):
Rachel Atkins
22nd
November 1993
14.00
:
The
Back of the Tiger by Jack Gerson
Dallas
1963: in a downtown bar, Alec McBride learns the truth about the
President's murder. From then on he is a marked man.
Director:
Peter King
Alec
McBride: Martin Cochrane
Marinker:
Bob Sherman
Sonia
Sandrup: Gaye Baynes
Hayward:
Ed Bishop
Clyde
Anson: Bruce Boa
Billy
Sandrup: Stuart Milligan
Roselli:
Gary Waldhorn
Dorrie:
Nancy Gair
Schuyler:
Tom Hunsinger
Dorfmann:
Don Fellows
Senator
Newberry: Paul Maxwell
Repeated
15th and 17th March 1986.
22nd
November 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Royal Bed by Saunders Lewis (1893-1985). Adapted
and translated by Sion Eirian.
Abergwyngregyn
1230: Why does a royal princess risk the whole of Wales for one night
of passion?
Singers
Gwyn Vaughan Jones, Danny Grehem and Emlyn Gomer.
Director
Jane Dauncey
Llewelyn:
Hywel Bennett
Siwan:
Susan Fleetwood
William
de Braose: Adrienne O'Sullivan
Gwilym:
Patrick Brennan
(Original
play title "Siwan" (1956), also known in English as "The
King of England’s Daughter"(1960). Siwan is a
form of Joan, she was the daughter of King John of England and lived
1191-1237.)
23rd
November 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Rope Burn by Bruce Bedford.
Terry,
Sarah and Alan run an outdoor activity centre. An ideal setting for
an "accident" to take place ...
Music
by Stuart Gordon
Director
Andy Jordan
Contributors
Alan:
Robert Glenister
Sarah:
Marilyn Le Conte
Terry:
Alan Moore
Glenda:
Jane Whittenshaw
23rd
November 1993
18.30
:
Crampton
Hodnet by Barbara Pym.
5
of 6: The Beginning of the End
Repeated
from 22nd April 1993 - please see above.
24th
November 1993
14.00
:
Foreign
Girls by Elaine Feinstein (1930-2019).
3
of 3: Janos's funeral brings the two families together in a way
they've never been before.
Kaddish
read by Tony Rudolf
Please
see 10th November 1993 above.
Actors
not in part one:
Miklos
Vennady: Philip Sully
Minister/Guard:
Dominic Letts
Policeman:
Tom Bevan
[In
the usage above, Kaddish refers to a mourning prayer exalting God,
commencing "Yitgaddal veyitqaddash shmeh rabba"]
25th
November 1993
14.00
:
Michelle
and the Landlady by Caroline Forbes
A
young girl helps her landlady carry out an unusual last request made
by a recently deceased lodger.
Director
John Tydeman
Michelle:
Beverley Hills
Sylvia:
Rosemary Leach
Repeated
on 9th January 1995
27th
November 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Dramatised by John Tydeman
Repeated
from 1st January 1993 - please see above.
27th
November 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: The Levanter by Eric Ambler. Dramatised by James
Pettifer
Michael
Howell has rescued his family's firm from nationalisation by
co-operating with the new Syrian government. But can he avoid the
other political forces that are at work in the Middle East?
Director
Ned Chaillet
Michael
Howell: Raad Rawi
Salah
Ghaled: Adam Hussein
Teresa
Malandra: Oona Beeson
Dr
Hawa/Mr Hadaya: Nadim Sawalha
Issa:
Marc Zuber
Lewis
Prescott: Neville Jason
Melanie
Hammad: Souad Faress
Frank
Edwards: Malcolm Ward
Tewfiq:
Hamid Daryael
Touzani:
Lyndham Gregory
Israeli
officer/ Barley: Ofer Faragi
29th
November 1993
12.25
:
Aumonier's
World: Funeral March by Stacy Aumonier. Dramatised By: Martin Worth.
Mme
Vieninoff is mysterious, alluring and, above all, rich. But where
exactly does her money come from?
Director
Matthew Walters
Aumonier:
John Baddeley
Mme
Vieninoff: Fiona Fullerton
Denoyer:
Barry J Gordon
Sergei:
Dominic Letts
Pilau:
Philip Anthony
Yves:
Julian Rhindtutt
Taillandier:
Steve Hodson
[BBC
Genome listings show Aumoniers World as a series of four dramas on
Mondays commencing 8/11/93, plus one on Thursday 9/12/93 listed as
"last in the series". The stories were not connected and
are shown separately in this listing]
[John
Baddeley also performed readings of other short stories by Stacy
Aumonier].
29th
November 1993
14.00
:
Randle's
Scandals by Trevor Hoyle.
After
an accident in his Lagonda car, Lancashire comedian Frank Randle is
admitted to hospital for psychiatric observation. The play follows
sessions with his doctor which take Randle right back to his
childhood in Wigan.
Director:
Tony Cliff
Frank
Randle: Keith Clifford
Queenie:
Melissa Jane Sinden
Gus
Aubrey: Russell Dixon
Peggy:
Saskia Downes
Doctor:
Malcolm Raeburn
Rhoda
Hughes: Julie Corrigan
Arthur
Hughes: Richard Pattenden
Tommy:
Peter Groves
Brennan:
Alan Sykes
John
Capstack: John Branwell
H
Barnes, Esq: John Jardine
Magistrate:
Glyn Morrow
PC
Gray: Colin Meredith
Prosecuting
counsel: Michael Duggan
Irish
PC: James Quinn
Also
with Joseph Vickers, Paul Bray, Kelvin Fletcher
[Keith
Clifford won the 1993 Sony Radio Award for Best Actor for his
performance.]
Repeated
from 28th November 1992.
Also
broadcast on BBC7 in 2007, 2009
29th
November 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Sweet William by Peter Thomson.
A
father and son make a pilgrimage to Stratford, obsessed with finding
memorabilia of their beloved Shakespeare.
Director
Nigel Bryant
William:
Kim Wall
Samuel:
Brett Usher
Mrs
Freeman: Charlotte West-Oram
Mr
H: Christopher Scott
Talbot:
Jonathan Tafler
Also
With Simon Carter, Francis Thomson, Graham Colclough, Joyce Gibbs,
Graham Padden, Jonathan Wyatt and Patience Tomlinson
30th
November 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Miss Willmott's Ghost by Stewart Conn.
No
one knows about Miss Willmott - except Julia and her sister Clare.
Has the past returned to haunt them now that Clare lies deep in a
coma?
Singing
by pupils of St Margaret's School Edinburgh
Director:
Jocelyn Boxall
Miss
Willmott: Edith MacArthur
Julia:
Louise Ironside
Clare:
Helen Smith
Geoff:
Kenneth Glenaan
Mother:
Monica Gibb
Father:
David McKail
Teacher/Nurse:
Lucinda Baillie
Ballet
master/Doctor/Park keeper: Iain Agnew
30th
November 1993
18.30
:
Crampton
Hodnet: 6 of 6: The Right True End of Love
Repeated
from 29/4/93- please see above.
1st
December 1993
14.00
:
Wednesday
Afternoon Serial: The Crack
1
of 4: Friday by Tracy Aston.
Edith
and Albert are on the run - Edith from the Old Folks' Home and Albert
from his family and fast-approaching insanity. Having discovered
Albert talking to a dead body in the cathedral gardens, Edith takes
him away from the scene and under her wing.
Music
by Sense of Sound
Director
Kate Rowland
Edith:
Patricia Hayes
Albert:
Michael Angelis
Dawn:
Sunetra Sarker
Eddie:
Alan Igbon
George:
Tom Williamson
Nm
(?): Pauline Fleming
Dolly:
Ina Clough
Gusker
(?): Jake Abraham
Ep2:8/12/93
Ep3:15/12/93 Ep4:22/12/93
[The
four stories were linked but written by different authors]
2nd
December 1993
14.00
:
A
Second Summer by Elizabeth Wainwright.
Cecile
Clement escapes to Normandy for a breathing space from daughter
Sophie and the rigours of Paris.
Music
by Andy Price
Director
Marion Nancarrow
Cecile
Clement: Gwen Watford(1927-1994)
Alain
Mercier: David Calder
Sophie:
Joanna Myers
Augustine:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Mme
Cochet/Mme Hubert: Barbara Atkinson
M
Cochet/Husband: Philip Anthony
Son:
William Wortley
Repeated
4th April 1994
4th
December 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
London Assurance (1841) by Dion Boucicault [Dionysius Lardner "Dion"
Boucicault (Boursiquot) 1820-1890]. Adapted and directed by Sue
Wilson.
1840:
Sir Harcourt Courtly is preening himself for his conquest of Grace
Harkaway. But his son Charles, has his eye on the same prey.
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
Solomon
Isaacs: Peter Penry-Jones
Sir
Charles Crawford: Sir Michael Hordern
Stage
Manager: Ronald Herdman
Repeated
from 25th December 1991
[Play
originally titled Out of Town]
4th
December 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: My Cousin Rachel (1951) by Daphne du Maurier
(1907-1989). Dramatised by: Bryony Lavery.
Rachel
is the beautiful Countess Sangaletti, who marries Ambrose in Italy.
His letters home to his cousin Philip hint that he is being poisoned,
but when Rachel comes to England, Philip is torn between love and
suspicion.
Director:
Claire Grove
Rachel:
Francesca Annis
Philip:
Adam Godley
Ambrose:
Philip Voss
Kendall:
Terence Edmond
Rainaldi:
Malcolm Ward
Louise:
Oona Beeson
Miss
Pascoe: Rachel Atkins
Sam
Bates: David Shaw
Tamlyn:
Steve Jacobs
Mr
Couch: Giles King
Seecombe:
Will Coleman
Young
Philip: Alex Edyvean
Repeated
22nd October 1994
6th
December 1993
14.00
:
The
King's General(1946) Daphne du Maurier. Dramatised by Michelene
Wandor.
The
English Civil War. Honor Harris, crippled in a riding accident, yet
loved forever by Sir Richard Grenville, the King's General in the
West.
Director
Cherry Cookson
Honor:
Cathryn Harrison
Sir
Richard Grenville: Roger Allam
Matty:
Carolyn Pickles
Robin
Harris: Philip Sully
Gartred:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Young
Dick: Gary King
Older
Dick: David Thorpe
Jonathan
Rashleigh: Peter Penry Jones
Mary
Rashleigh: Sally Edwards
Lord
Robartes: Jonathan Adams
William
Rashleigh/Colonel: John Fleming
Repeated
from 12/12/92
[William
Rashleigh lived 1777-1855].
6th
December 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Les Blancs by Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965), completed
by Robert Nemiroff. Adapted by Heather Goodman.
Returning
home to an Africa in the midst of an anti-colonial war, Tshembe
Matoseh must make a choice. The question is, can liberation ever be
achieved without violent revolution?
Director:
Heather Goodman
Tshembe:
Leo Wringer
Abioseh:
Hugh Quarshie
Eric:
Osei Bentil
Peter:
Rudolph Walker
Charlie
Morris: Stuart Milligan
Major
Rice: Jack Klaff
Dr
DeKoven: Lyndam Gregory
Madame
Neilson: Lala Lloyd
Dr
Gotterling: Vivienne Rochester
[Lorraine
Hansbury inspired the song "Young, Gifted and Black"]
7th
December 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Pawnshop Blues by Mel Calman.
A
ventriloquist's doll, Bobby, and an argumentative saxophone share a
shelf in a pawnshop.
Music
by Ronnie Scott.
Director
Ned Chaillet
Babby:
Richard Griffiths
David
Marcus: Jack Klaff
Saxophone:
Ray Fearon
Ruth:
Meg Davies
Susan:
Sandra James-Young
Also
broadcast on BBC7 in 2004, 2006
7th
December 1993
18.30
:
Gentleman
and Ladies by Susan Hill.
1
of 5. Repeated from 7th January 1993- please see above.
8th
December 1993
14.00
:
Wednesday
Afternoon Serial: The Crack:- Saturday by Pat Anderson
Also
see note on The Crack for 1st December 1993 above.
Working
at the barber's, Carol's body clock is ticking, like a time bomb
waiting to go off. Her boyfriend's answering machine mocks her, and
God deserts her. Carol's life is about to change.
Music
by Sense of Sound
Director
Kate Rowland
Carol:
Cathy Tyson
Graham:
Phil Hearne
Alan:
Michael Christopher
Dawn:
Sunetra Sarker
Eddie:
Alan Igbon
Good
Good: Tom Williamson
Tony:
Jacob Abraham
Angela:
Paula Sims
9th
December 1993
14.00
:
Aumonier's
World: The Baby Grand by Stacy Aumonier. Dramatised by Brett Usher.
A
young girl struggles to study the piano amid her family's hostility
Piano
played by Oona Beeson.
Director
Matthew Walters
Gabril:
Trevor Peacock
Lena:
Oona Beeson
Winscomb:
John Baddeley
Sir
Robert: Brett Usher
Selma:
Elaine Claxton
Katie:
Rachel Atkins
Mischa:
Malcolm Ward
Paul:
Tom Bevan
Eric:
Harriet Usher
Repeated
28th November 1994.
11
December 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Dresser
Repeated
from 29th March 1993- please see above.
11th
December 1993
19.50
:
Saturday
Night Theatre: Merlin and Arthur on their Way to Glastonbury from
Deptford High Street (Not Forgetting Whatserface) by Nigel Baldwin.
Merlin's
magic has been a little less efficacious than he would have liked. As
far as he can tell, Arthur is stuck in Deptford in the 20th century
and Merlin needs him back in the Dark Ages to save the world.
Director
Richard Wortley
Merlin:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Tony:
Dexter Fletcher
Faynia:
Lesley Sharpe
Geoff:
Christopher Godwin
Arthur:
Neville Jason
Ragnel:
Tina Gray
Mick:
Paul Panting
Evelyn:
Vivienne Rochester
Trish:
Frances Jeater
12th
December 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis. Dramatised by Nick
McCarty.
1
of 2: Writer Nikos encounters Zorba and his life is never the same,
for this Greek hero says yes to every experience and adventure that
life has to offer.
Director
Philip Martin
Zorba:
Robert Stephens
Nikos:
Michael Maloney
Hortense:
Mary Wimbush
Mavrondoni:
Terry Molloy
Mimiko:
Dominic Taylor
Anagnosti:
Roger Hume
Andonis:
Peter Meakin
Mad
woman: Hedli Niklaus
Villa
girl: Judy Bennett
Part
2 on 19th December 1993.
Both
parts repeated five days later.
12th
December 1993
22.15
:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Greek Interpreter by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised by Gerry Jones.
Holmes
introduces Watson to his brother and is put in touch with one of his
most sinister cases.
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Enyd Williams
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Mycroft
Holmes: John Hartley
Mr
Melas: Peter Polycarpou
Inspector
Gregson: Ronald Herdman
Mr
Latimer: Peter Wickham
Laughing
man: Gordon Reid
Greek
man: Neil Roberts
Sophy:
Joanna Myers
Repeated
from 21st October 1992.
[A
rare Holmes title, just one other radio production, by Martyn C
Webster, broadcast 28/4/1983].
13th
December 1993
14.00
:
Quicksilver
by James Douglas.
When
a multinational opens a mercury soap plant in Donegal, the global
consequences become too awful to contemplate.
Director
Eoin O'Callaghan
Tony
Quinn: David Herlihy
Nikki
Fenton: Marcella Riordan
Ray
Youel: Joe Crilly
Al
Somers: Colin Carnegie
Imelda
Marr: Roma Tomelty
Cyril
Otomlo: Sidney Cole
Stephen
Grant: Kevin Flood
Liam
Perry: Gerry McGrath
Connie
Regan: Margaret D'Arcy
Father
Jimmy Blake: Dan Gordon
Repeated
from 26th September 1992
13th
December 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Joking Apart by Alan Ayckbourn
Set
in the garden of a couple's home, the play moves through the seasons
over a 12-year time span and focuses on the effect of generosity and
hospitality.
Director
Michael Fox
BBC
Manchester
Anthea:
Pam Ferris
Richard:
Malcolm Raeburn
Sven:
Nigel Anthony
Olive:
Pam Buckle
Hugh:
Peter Lidford
Louise:
Karen Drury
Brian:
John Branwell
Melody/Mandy/Mo/Debbie:
Robin Brunskill
Children:
Ellzabeth Lindsay
Repeated
from 9th February 1990
[A
comment that Alan Ayckbourn's plays dealt with unhappy marriages led
to this play about a couple who were not unhappily married.]
14th
December 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Maiden City Magic
by
Jack Houlahan.
Sometimes
we yearn for a magic wand to change our lives completely.
Music
Neil Martin
Director
Pam Brighton
Roberta:
Anna Healy
Hilary:
Maeve Connelly
Mother:
Stella McCusker
Father:
George Shane
Repeated
from 26th November 1991.
[Joint
third prizewinner at Prix Italia 1993]
14th
December 1993
18.30
:
Gentleman
and Ladies. 2 of 5.
Repeated
from 14th January 1993- see above.
15th
December 1993
14.00
:
Wednesday
Afternoon Serial: The Crack: Sunday by Stephen Butchard.
Joe
was a priest. Mary is his mother. Joe has taken work in a local
bookies and become the topic of local gossip. Even a murder on the
community's doorstep can't shift him from the spotlight.
Music
by Sense of Sound
Director
Kate Rowland
Mary:
Val Lilley
Joseph:
Michael Christopher
Edith:
Patricia Hayes
Tony:
Jacob Abraham
Angela:
Paula Sims
Carol:
Cathy Tyson
Michael:
Michael Angelis
George:
Tom Williamson
Dawn:
Sunetra Sarker
Other
parts played by members of the cast
16th
December 1993
14.00
:
Christmas
Eve Can Kill You.... by Marie Jones.
A
taxi-driver becomes an unwitting party to the Christmas traumas of
his assorted passengers.
Carols
sung by the choir of Lagan College Director Pam Brighton
Mockers:
Tim Loane
Myrtle:
Marie Jones
Mr
Dunne/Daniel Demonte: Dan Gordon
Julie:
Emma O'Neill
Mrs
Duffy: Barbara Adair
Deceiver:
Ian McElhinney
Mrs
Deceived: Paula McFetridge
Soldier:
Richard Orr
Repeated
on 12th December 1994
16th
December 1993
23.00
:
The
Comedians by Graham Green. Dramatised by Rene Basilico .
1
of 8: An August morning in the early 1960s ... and a Dutch cargo
ship, carrying a strangely ill-assorted group of passengers, is bound
for the troubled island of Haiti.
Producer
John Fawcett Wilson
Brown:
Michael Kitchen
Jones:
Michael Feast
Smith:
James Maxwell
Mrs
Smith: Helen Horton
Captain
Dekker: Hans Meyer
Purser:
Peter van Dissel
Baxter:
John Cater
Mr
Fernandez: John Webb
Steward:
David Carr
Ep2:23/12/94
Ep3:30/12/94 Ep4:6/1/94 Ep5:13/1/94 Ep6:20/1/94 Ep7:27/1/94
Ep8:3/2/94
Series
first broadcast commencing 9/12/92.
18th
December 1993
14.30
:
Playhouse:
The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie. Repeated from 3rd April 1993-
please see above.
19th
December 1993
14.30
:
Classic
Serial: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis. Dramatised by Nick
McCarty.
2
of 2: Zorba returns to Crete to find that Nikos has told the widow
Hortense that Zorba will marry her. Zorba avoids the problem by
hurling himself into the construction of a novel means of transport.
Please
see 12th December 1993 above.
Actors
not in part one:
Zacharias:
Roger Hume
Widow:
Marian Kemmer
Mourner:
Hedli Niklaus
Woman/Girl:
Judy Bennett
Father
Demetrios: Paul Webster
Girl:
Hilary Martin
Repeated
24/12/93.
19th
December 1993
22.15
:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Naval Treaty by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Dramatised By: David Ashton
Watson's
old schoolfriend faces certain ruin if a secret government document
cannot be found.
Violinist
Leonard Friedman
Director
Patrick Rayner
Holmes:
Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Percy
Phelps: Patrick Malahide
Annie:
Joanna Myers
Joseph:
Stephen Tompkinson
Lord
Holdhurst: Brett Usher
Insp
Forbes: David Bannerman
Tangey:
Norman Jones
Miss
Tangey: Petra Markham
Repeated
from 28th October 1992.
20th
December 1993
14.00-15.30:
Cinderella
by H J Byron. Adaptation and additional lyrics by Maurice Browning ,
Denis Martin and Reginald Woolley
"Pray
gather round the old log fire and listen one and all, to the tale of
Cinderella and her triumph at the ball."
Musical
arrangements by Geoffrey Brawn
Directors
Ian Cotterell and Christopher de Souza
Fairies:
Anne Jameson
Fairies:
Jane Leonard
Fairies:
Julia Sutton
Fairy
Queen: Patricia Routledge
Prime
Edgar Bergundi: Clifton Todd
Edmundo
Dandini: Alec Bregonzi
Mick
Buttons: David Learner
Baron
O'Leary: John Turner
Cinderella:
Ann Beach
Regan:
Dilys Laye
Chamberlain:
Edward de Souza
First
broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 25th December 1985.
20th
December 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: Daughters of Venice by Don Taylor.
18th-century
Venetian carnival: What happens to the girl musicians of the
Orphanage of the Pieta when they grow up and must leave the sheltered
world of the convent?
Violinist
Jean Bourgeois.
Directed
by Don Taylor
Vivaldi:
Norman Rodway
Madre:
Susan Fleetwood
Contessa:
Frances Barber
Maestra
Luciana: Caroline John
Perduta:
Daisy Guard
Prudmza/Lucietta:
Lucy Taylor
Pellegrina:
Erica Rossi
Paulina:
Juliet Ames-Lewis
Anna-Maria:
Eve Hopkins
Silvia:
Amanda Root
Governor:
James Taylor
Candida:
Rachel Atkins
Vandini:
Philip Anthony
Sister
Teresa: Kristin Milward
Milord:
Timothy Watson
Bodger:
Chris Emmett
Pazzo:
Bill Wallis
Grimaldo:
Gordon Gostelow
Repeated
19th November 1994
Also
broadcast on BBC7 in 2008, 2009
21st
December 1993
14.00
:
Thirty
Minute Theatre: Rustic Glee by Perry Pontac.
When
Lady Fransham is appointed to head the new Government Commission on
Poverty she invites Miss Blimes, a poor tenant farmer, for tea and a
chat.
Director
Richard Wortley
Lady
Fransham: Anna Massey
Miss
Bilmes: Samantha Bond
Humpage:
John Moffatt
21st
December 1993
18.30
:
Gentleman
and Ladies. 3 of 5. Repeated from 21/1/93- please see above.
21st
December 1993
14.00
:
Wednesday
Afternoon Serial: The Crack: Monday by Jeff Young.
Eddie,
alias "Edward the Confessor", is a petty thief and seller
of chocolates and bin bags. Separated from his wife and daughter, he
searches after recognition. There's been a murder in town and, if
nicking chocolates hasn't made him "someone", then maybe
his next confession will.
Music
by Sense of Sound
Director
Kate Rowland
Eddie:
Alan Igbon
Edith:
Patricia Hayes
Susan:
Constance Branche
Wife:
Paula Sims
Good
Good: Tom Williamson
Wally:
Phil Hearne
Dj:
Neil Anthony
Joseph:
Michael Christopher
[Sense
of Sound are a 40 strong "a capella" choir from Liverpool
23rd
December 1993
10.00
:
Jane
and Prudence by Barbara Pym. dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Sequel
to Crampton Hodnet (see 25/3/1993 above).
1
of 6: A Casserole of Hearts. Miss Doggett and her companion Jessie
Morrow are now settled in the country.
Producer
Sioned Wiliam
Jane
Cleveland: Penelope Wilton
Prudence
Bates: Rebecca Front
Miss
Doggett: Elizabeth Spriggs
Jessie
Morrow: Samantha Bond
Nicholas
Cleveland: Benjamin Whitrow
Fabian
Driver: Julian Glover
Mrs
Glaze: Ann Windsor
Flora
Cleveland: Cathy Sara
Father
Lomax: Geoffrey Mathews
Mrs
Crampton: Jillie Meers
Mrs
Mayhew: Hilda Schroder
Miss
Birkinshaw: Elizabeth Proud
Additional
cast in episode 2:
Miss
Clothier/Landlady: Joanna David
Miss
Trapnell/Mrs Arkwright: Elizabeth Proud
Geoffrey
Manifold: Christopher Scoular
Marilyn/Flora
Cleveland: Cathy Sara
Mr
Oliver: Glen Hugill
For
additional cast in episodes 3-6, see the appropriate episode date.
Ep2:30/12/93
Ep3:6/1/94 Ep4:13/1/94 Ep5:20/1/94 Ep6:27/1/94
The
series was repeated commencing 5/7/94
[There
was a further production directed by Chris Wallis in 10 episodes
commencing 26/5/2008]
23rd
December 1993
14.00
:
Death
of an Old Girl by Elizabeth Lemarchand. Dramatised by Brian Miller.
Inspector
Pollard and Detective Sergeant Toye team up to solve a murder.
Director
Enyd Williams
Insp
Tom Pollard: Michael Cochrane
Det
Sgt Toye: James Taylor
Helen
Renshaw: Jillie Meers
Anne
Cartmell: Becky Hindley
Madge
Thornton: Amanda Murray
Jane
Pollard: Frances Jeater
Beatrice
Baynes: Kathleen Helme
Clive
Torrance: Timothy Carlton
Margaret
West: Tina Gray
Mrs
Hink: Lala Lloyd
Also
with With Rachel Atkins, Vivienne Rochester, Oona Beeson, Teresa
Gallagher, Philip Anthony, Malcolm Ward, Peter Kenny, Colin Pinney
and Paul Panting.
Repeated
23rd January 1995
23rd
December 1993
23.00
:
The
Comedians by Graham Green. Dramatised by Rene Basilico .
2
of 8: Brown comes home to an unexpected reunion, and to the realities
of life in Haiti.
Please
see 16th December 1993 above.
Additional
actors, not in episode one:
Martha
Pineda: Tessa Wojtczak
Dr
Magiot: Rudolph Walker
Josephe:
Kenneth Gardnier
Petit
Pierre: Joseph Charles
British
Charge d'Affaires: Terrence Hardiman
25th
December 1993
14.30
:
Christmas
at the Ritz: Turkey Time (1931), a farce by Ben Travers (1886-1980).
Adapted by Martyn Read
The
Stoatts have invited family and friends to "Cobblers" for
Christmas.
Director
Sue Wilson
Edwin:
Desmond Barrit
David:
Michael Cochrane
Max:
Alex Jennings
Mrs
Gather: Elizabeth Spriggs
Ernestine:
Jill Graham
Rose:
Teresa Gallagher
Mrs
Pike: Jillie Meers
Westbourne:
Christopher Scott
Louise:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Meate:
Brian Miller
Florence:
Sunny Ormonde
Tuddall:
John Baddeley
Bats:
Jenny Funnell
Mabel:
Elizabeth Bell
Ronnie:
Nicholas Boulton
Hubert:
Gareth Armstrong
Repeated
20th December 1997
[The
published play is for 12 actors, 6m 6f]
[There
was a 1933 film made with the same title and a BBC 1970 tv movie
version]
25th
December 1993
19.00
:
The
Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.
Technical
presentation by Richard Beadsmoore, Rosamund Mason and Keith Graham.
Music
composed by Mia Soteriou
Music
performed by Tom Finucane, Liz Stanbridge and the composer
Directed
by Jeremy Mortimer
Petruchio:
Bob Peck
Katherina:
Cheryl Campbell
Baptista
Minola: Laurence Payne
Bianca:
Moir Leslie
Hortensio:
Douglas Hodge
Gremio:
Michael Deacon
Lucentio:
Stephen Tompkinson
Tranio:
Robert Glenister
Biondello:
Paul Copley
Grumio:
Christopher Fairbank
Pedant:
John Baddeley
Tailor:
Simon Cuff
Vincentio/Lord:
Anthony Jackson
Christopher
Sly/Curtis: William Simons
Page:
Richard Pearce
Hostess/Widow:
Linda Polan
also
with Stephen Rashbrook.
First
broadcast on radio 3 on 20/5/88, repeated on Radio 3 on 24/3/89
Also
broadcast on BBC7 in 2005.
[In
three broadcasts of the same production, BBC Genome allocates
different roles to different cast members. The above is the 1993
allocation plus Pearce and Polan who were omitted, then rechecked by
listening to the broadcast drama.]
26th
December 1993
14.30
:
A
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Music
by Christopher Whelen
Producer
Charles Lefeaux
Storyteller/Scrooge:
Ralph Richardson
Fred:
Bruce Beeby
Bob
Cratchit: Frederick Treves
Ghost
of Jacob Marley: John Ruddock
Ghost
of Christmas Past: Wilfred Carter
Ghost
of Christmas Present: Ralph Truman
Mrs
Cratchit: Mary Wimbush
Tiny
Tim: Sheila Grant
With
Eric Anderson, Rosemary Mason, Rosalind Shanks and Jo Manning Wilson
First
broadcast on BBC Home Service on 25th December 1965.
Repeated
20th December 1974.
[Producer
Ralph Lefeaux was an actor in the 1936 radio production.]
26th
December 1993
22.15-23.00:
The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem by Sir Arthus Conan
Doyle. Dramatised by: Bert Coules.
Holmes
prepares to meet his fate and his greatest adversary.
Violin
Leonard Friedman
Director
Enyd Williams
Sherlock
Holmes: Clive Merrison
Dr
Watson: Michael Williams
Professor
Moriarty: Michael Pennington
Colonel
Moran: Frederick Treves
Inspector
Patterson: Sean Arnold
Mrs
Collier: Ann Windsor
Sir
George: Norman Jones
Steiler:
Terence Edmond
Walmsley:
Alan Barker
Jenny:
Jane Whittenshaw
Jenkinson:
Richard Pearce.
First
broadcast 4th November 1992 and repeated - with revisions- 19th April
2001,
27th
December 1993
11.30
:
Murder
at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
1
of 5: Even the vicar detests a certain member of his flock. But
murder seems to be carrying things a bit far.
Director
Enyd Williams
Miss
Marple: June Whitfield
Rev
Leonard Clement: Francis Matthews
Griselda
Clement: Imelda Staunton
Dr
Haydock: Nigel Davenport
Colonel
Melchett: Richard Todd
Inspector
Slack: John Baddeley
Lettice
Protheroe: Rachel Atkins
Anne
Protheroe: Frances Jeater
Colonel
Protheroe: James Greene
Mrs
Lestrange: Jillie Meers
Gladys
Cram: Oona Beeson
Mrs
Price-Ridley: Margot Boyd
Miss
Wetherby: Joan Matheson
Mary:
Alice Arnold
Lawrence
Redding: James Telfer
Hawes:
David Thorpe
Dennis:
Nicholas Boulton
Raymond
West: Ian Masters
Hilda:
Lisa Howard
Nancy:
Vivienne Rochester
Mrs
Sadler: Tina Gray
Butler:
Lewis Jones
Police
Constable: Malcolm Ward
Police
Constable: Dominic Letts
Pt2:28/12/93
Pt3:29/12/93 Pt4:30/12/93 Pt5:31/12/93
27th
December 1993
19.45
:
The
Monday Play: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert
Louis Stevenson. Dramatised by Robert Forrest
Music
composed and played by David Dorward Director Patrick Rayner
Dr
Jekyll/Mr Hyde: Alexander Morton
Legion:
Tom Fleming
Lanyon:
Michael Elder
Utterson:
Ralph Riach
Enfield:
Tom Smith
Mary:
Lisa Grindall
Poole:
John Shedden
Lizzie:
Louise Ironside
Policeman:
David Tennant
Repeated
on 5th December 1994
28th
December 1993
14.00-15.30:
Christmas
at the Ritz: The Circle, by Somerset Maugham.
Arnold
Champiorn-Cheney, MP, is not proud of his mother, the outrageous Lady
Kitty, and now Elizabeth, his wife, has invited her to stay.
Director
Sue Wilson
Arnold
Champion-Cheney: Peter McQueen
Elizabeth:
Charlotte Attenborough
Clive
Champion-Cheney: Paul Daneman
Lady
Kitty: Elizabeth Spriggs
Lord
Porteous: Norman Rodway
Teddie
Luton: Gary Cady
Anna:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Butler:
John Evitts
29th
December 1993
14.00
:
Christmas
at the Ritz: On Approval (1926) by Frederick Lonsdale (1881-1954).
Set
in London and Scotland in the 20s. Living together- in the most
platonic manner - with the most disastrous results.
Director
Glyn Dearman
Maria
Wislack: Maria Aitken
Richard
Halton: John Standing
Helen
Hayle: Samantha Bond
Duke
of Bristol: Alex Jennings
[Also
filmed versions in 1930 and 1944, a tv movie in 1964 and another in
1982.]
30th
December 1993
14.00
:
Christmas
at the Ritz: The Vortex (1924) by Noel Coward (1899-1973).
Post
WW1 - Mother–young son–young
lover conflict and drug addiction.
Music
by William Davies
Director
Glyn Dearman
Florence
Lancaster: Elisabeth Sellars
Nicky
Lancaster: Martin Jarvis
Helen
Saville: Sarah Lawson
Tom
Veryan: Timothy Dalton
Bunty
Mainwaring: Kate Coleridge
Pauncefort
Quentin: Gerald Cross
Clara
Hibbert: Gudrun Ure
Bruce
Fairlight: Peter Woodthorpe
David
Lancaster: Peter Williams
Preston:
Madi Hedd
First
broadcast 9th and 15th June 1975
30th
December 1993
23.00
:
The
Comedians by Graham Green. Dramatised by Rene Basilico .
3
of 8: Following the arrest of Jones, Brown and Smith seek a
ministerial audience ... and encounter the sinister Tontons Macoute.
Please
see 16th December 1993 above.
Actors
not in episode one:
Concasseur(?):
Oscar James
Josephe:
Kenneth Gardnier
Ministre
des Affaires Etrangers: Burt Caesar
M.
Philipot: Leila Bertrand
Gendarme/Driver:
Paterson Joseph
Clerk/Child:
Danielle Allan
M.
Catherine: Valerie Murray
31st
December 1993
14.00-16.00:
Christmas
at the Ritz: The Good Companions (1929) by J.B. Priestley
(1894-1984). Dramatised by: Elizabeth Proud.
The
Dinky Doos, an ailing theatrical troupe, are discovered by Miss
Trant.
Music:
Malcolm McKee
Director:
Sue Wilson
Miss
Trant: Hannah Gordon
Jess
Oakroyd: Bernard Cribbins
Inigo
Jollifant: Christopher Scoular
Susie
Dean: Elizabeth Mansfield
Elsie
and Effie: Sunny Ormonde
Mrs
Joe/Mrs Tarvin: Jill Graham
Jerry
Jerringham: John Webb
Joby
Jackson: Gareth Armstrong
Jimmy
Nunn/Mr Gooch: John Baddeley
Moreton
Mitcham: John Hollis
Joe
Brundit: John Harwood
Lady
Partlit/Ethel: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Mr
Tarvin/Mortimer/Summers: Christopher Scott
Mrs
Tipstead/Mrs Oakroyd/Carrie Nunn: Jillie Meers
Hilary/Leonard:
Richard Pearce
Eric
Tipstead: David Bannerman
Fauntley:
Philip Anthony
Mr
Priestley: Dominic Letts
Rev
Chillingworth: John Evitts
Mrs
Mounder: Elizabeth Proud
Repeated
12th September 1994
Many thanks to Stephen Shaw for compiling this list, sorting out corrections and other supplementary information. Note that all of this has been done by hand - Ed.
(13 Apr 2020)
