UPDATE, 11 Feb 2013....
The World Service Drama Archive has gone into the next phase (open beta testing). - now anyone with an interest can register; just go to:
http://worldservice.prototyping.bbc.co.uk/users/sign_up ; fill in the form and you're in.
One other notice: the 700 plays 1972-2006 are just a subset of the
total number of plays taken from two programme brands. The BBC
needs help finding and cataloguing them. If you can help, email worldservice-archive-prototype@bbc.co.uk .
POTW = Play Of The Week
TOTA = Theatre Of The Air.
The links did go straight to the online mp3 files but at the moment are disconnected. Visit the archive itself to check for announcements.
Acknowledgements to Austin Day in supplying the text and to Alison Deacon for doing the coding. ....
For more information on radio drama, see the Diversity Website main radio page
- click on the link or on the house sketch above.
Title | Author | Date | Comments | Theme | With |
The Beggars Opera | John Gay | 29/10/1972 | Author: John Gay. Starring: Millicent Martin, Angela Richards and Peter Gilmore. Producer: John Pitman. | POTW | Millicent Martin, Angela Richards & Peter Gilmore |
The Detour | Martin Walser | 15/07/1974 | Play of the week: The Detour. Written by Martin Walser. Produced by John Pitman. | TOTA | |
The Fishing Party | Peter Terson | 01/09/1974 | Play of the week: The Fishing Party, by Peter Terson. Starring Bill Owen, Douglas Blackwell, Mary Miller and Helen Worth. Produced by John Pitman. | TOTA | Bill Owen, Douglas Blackwell, Mary Miller & Helen Worth |
Helen and Edward and Henry | Rhys Adrian | 29/09/1974 | TOTA | ||
The Wild Duck | Henrik Ibsen | 03/11/1974 | Written by Henrik Ibsen. Translation by Michael Meyer. Adapted for radio by Stuart Griffiths. Cast: Norman Rodway, Neville Jason and Helen Worth. Produced by... | TOTA | Norman Rodway, Neville Jason & Helen Worth |
The Ruffian On The Stair | Joe Orton | 10/11/1974 | By Joe Orton. Cast: Catherine Parr, Peter Pacey and Hector Ross. Produced by John Pitman. | TOTA | Catherine Parr, Peter Pacey & Hector Ross |
The Lemmings | Bernard Kops | 24/11/1974 | Written for radio in 1963 by Bernard Kops. With Cyril Shaps, Miriam Carlin, Timothy Bateson. Produced by John Pitman. | TOTA | Cyril Shaps, Miriam Carlin, Timothy Bateson |
Arms and the Man | Elizabeth Proud | 15/12/1974 | Comedy by George Bernard Shaw. Adapted by Geoffrey Siegel. Cast: Alan Howard, Elizabeth Proud Edward de Souza and Felicity Kendall. Produced by John Pitman. | TOTA | Alan Howard, Elizabeth Proud Edward de Souza & Felicity Kendall |
The Farmers Wife | Eden Philpots | 12/01/1975 | By Eden Philpots. | TOTA | |
The Mighty Reservoy | Peter Terson | 02/02/1975 | By Peter Terson. Cast: Bernard Gallagher and Edward Wilson. | TOTA | Bernard Gallagher & Edward Wilson |
Much Ado About Nothing (1-2) | Shakespeare | 11/02/1975 | Much Ado About Nothing' by William Shakespeare. With Helen Mirren and Ian Holm. Produced by John Pitman. | TOTA | Helen Mirren & Ian Holm |
Much Ado About Nothing (2-2) | Shakespeare | 11/02/1975 | Much Ado About Nothing' by William Shakespeare. With Helen Mirren and Ian Holm. Produced by John Pitman. | TOTA | Helen Mirren & Ian Holm |
Juno And The Paycock | Sean O'Casey | 17/02/1975 | By Sean O'Casey. Cast: Kevin Flood, Pauline Delany, Jim Norton. | TOTA | Kevin Flood, Pauline Delany & Jim Norton |
The Widowing Of Mrs Holroyd | DH Lawrence | 23/02/1975 | TOTA | ||
The Amorous Prawn | Anthony Kimmins | 09/03/1975 | By Anthony Kimmins. | TOTA | |
Edward II | Christopher Marlowe | 16/03/1975 | By Christopher Marlowe. With Charles Kay. Adapted for radio and produced by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | Charles Kay |
Where Is This Here Building | Don Haworth | 23/03/1975 | Written by Don Howarth. | TOTA | |
Billy Budd | Herman Melville | 06/04/1975 | By Herman Melville; adapted for theatre by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman. | TOTA | |
The Servant | Robin Moore | 13/04/1975 | By Robin Moore. | TOTA | |
Play Mas | Mustapha Matura | 28/04/1975 | Unknown author. | TOTA | |
Hassan | James Elroy Flecker | 11/05/1975 | By James Elroy Flecker. | TOTA | |
No Quarter | Barry Bermange | 07/06/1975 | By Barry Bermange. | TOTA | |
The Wolf | Ferenc Molnár | 14/06/1975 | By Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár. | TOTA | |
A Month In The Country | Ivan Turgenev | 21/06/1975 | By Ivan Turgenev. | POTW | |
Curtmantle | Christopher Fry | 10/07/1975 | TOTA | ||
Lysistrata | Aristophanes | 19/07/1975 | By Aristophanes. Translated by Patrick Dickenson. Directed by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | |
Hold My Hand Soldier | Clive Exton | 20/07/1975 | By Clive Exton. | TOTA | |
The Day After The Fair | Frank Harvey | 03/08/1975 | By Frank Harvey. Cast: Julie Hallam and Penelope Lee. | TOTA | Julie Hallam & Penelope Lee |
Straight Up | Sid Cheatle | 21/08/1975 | By Sid Cheatle. | TOTA | |
A Voyage Round My Father | John Mortimer | 12/10/1975 | By John Mortimer. | TOTA | |
The Happy Haven | John Arden | 16/10/1975 | By John Arden. | TOTA | |
The Winslow Boy | Terence Rattigan | 27/11/1975 | By Sir Terence Rattigan. Starring Stephen Murray. Produced by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | Stephen Murray |
The Changeling | Thomas Middleton | 28/11/1975 | By Thomas Middleton and William Rowley. Cast: Barry Foster and Sharon Deuce. | TOTA | Barry Foster & Sharon Deuce |
Next Time Ill Sing To You | James Saunders | 04/12/1975 | TOTA | ||
The Fall And Redemption Of Man | John Burns | 10/12/1975 | John Burns reworking of the Mediaeval English mystery plays, adapted for sound by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | |
Inherit The Wind | Jerome and Robert E Lee Lawrence | 14/12/1975 | By Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes Trial (the "Monkey" Trial), which resulted in John T.... | TOTA | |
Animal Farm | George Orwell | 26/01/1976 | By George Orwell. | TOTA | |
As Time Goes By | Mustafa Matura | 15/02/1976 | By Mustafa Matura, with Stefan Kalipha. | TOTA | |
Spring Awakening | Frank Wedekind | 22/02/1976 | By Frank Wedekind. | TOTA | |
Enter A Free Man | Tom Stoppard | 27/03/1976 | By Tom Stoppard, with Cyril Shaps as George Riley. | TOTA | Cyril Shaps |
Play It Again, Sam | Woody Allen | 04/04/1976 | By Woody Allen. | TOTA | |
Mr Fox And Mr First | Fay Weldon | 11/04/1976 | Play for radio by Fay Weldon. | TOTA | |
The Owl And The Pussycat | Bill Manhoff | 14/04/1976 | By Bill Manhoff. | TOTA | |
The Man | Mel Dinelli | 25/04/1976 | TOTA | Ruth Dunning, Peter Markiner | |
London Assurance | Dion Boucicault | 29/04/1976 | The Victorian comedy 'London Assurance' by Dion Boucicault. Adaptation by Ronald Eyre. | TOTA | |
Family And A Fortune | Ivy Compton-Burnett | 05/05/1976 | By Ivy Compton-Burnett. | TOTA | |
The Aspern Papers | Henry James | 23/05/1976 | By Henry James. Adaptation by Mary Hope Allen. With Peter Jeffrey and Sylvia Coleridge. | TOTA | Peter Jeffrey & Sylvia Coleridge |
Savages | Christopher Hampton | 01/06/1976 | By Christopher Hampton. Based on an incident in the early 1960s which involved the slaughter of the Cintas Tribe on one of their traditional feast days, the... | TOTA | |
Strip Jack Naked | Susan Hill | 06/06/1976 | Radio play by Susan Hill, with Gabriel Wolfe, Diana Bishop and Nigel Lambert. | TOTA | Gabriel Woolf, Diana Bishop & Nigel Lambert |
Mr Pim Passes By | AA Milne | 20/06/1976 | By A. A. Milne. Cast: Penelope Lee, Clifford Norgate and James Thomison. | TOTA | |
Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier | 04/07/1976 | By Daphne du Maurier. With Martin Jarvis and Anna Calder-Marshall. Directed by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | Martin Jarvis & Anna Calder-Marshall |
Blithe Spirit | Noel Coward | 08/08/1976 | Written by Noel Coward. Cast: Fenella Fielding, Gerald Flood and Irene Handle. Directed by John Pitman. | TOTA | Fenella Fielding, Gerald Flood & Irene Handle |
A Phoenix Too Frequent | Christopher Fry | 15/08/1976 | By Christopher Fry, with Alan Howard, Nerys Hughes and Prunella Scales. | TOTA | Alan Howard, Nerys Hughes & Prunella Scales |
Mortal Passion | George Mikes | 26/09/1976 | TOTA | Ramsay Williams, Tom Baker | |
Mandala (1-4) | Ronald Duncan | 06/10/1976 | A serial play in 4 parts based on the short story by Ronald Duncan. Produced and directed by Derek Hoddinott. | TOTA | |
Mandala (2-4) | Ronald Duncan | 07/10/1976 | A serial play in 4 parts based on the short story by Ronald Duncan. Produced and directed by Derek Hoddinott. | TOTA | |
The Fallen Idol | Graham Greene | 10/10/1976 | A film adaptation by Carol Reed, based on the short story 'The Basement Room', by Graham Greene. | TOTA | |
Mandala (3-4) | Ronald Duncan | 11/10/1976 | Part 3 of a serial play based on a short story by Ronald Duncan, directed by Derek Hoddinott. | TOTA | |
Mandala (4-4) | Ronald Duncan | 13/10/1976 | Part 4 of a serial play based on a short story by Ronald Duncan, directed by Derek Hoddinott. | TOTA | |
Hedda Gabler | Henrik Ibsen | 18/10/1976 | By Henrik Ibsen. Starring Dorothy Tutin and Peter Egan. Directed by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | Dorothy Tutin & Peter Egan |
The Man Of Destiny | GB Shaw | 21/10/1976 | By George Bernard Shaw. | TOTA | |
Therese Raquin | Emile Zola | 24/10/1976 | By Emile Zola. Directed by John Pitman. | TOTA | |
The Long And The Short And The Tall | Willis Hall | 21/11/1976 | By Willis Hall. | TOTA | |
Little Eyolf | Henrik Ibsen | 27/11/1976 | TOTA | ||
The Marrying Of Ann Leete | Harley Granville-Barker | 23/01/1977 | A comedy by Harley Granville-Barker. | TOTA | |
The Christian Brothers | Ron Blair | 05/02/1977 | By Ron Blair. | TOTA | |
The Summoning of Everyman | Anonymous | 10/02/1977 | A 15th century morality play by an anonymous writer. | TOTA | |
The Shifting Heart | Richard Beynon | 20/02/1977 | By Richard Beynon. | TOTA | |
Samantha Baby (1-5) The Edge Of Madness | Derek Hoddinott | 01/03/1977 | Written and directed by Derek Hoddinott. With Billie Whitelaw, Richard Pasco and Ruth Dunning. | TOTA | Billie Whitelaw, Richard Pasco & Ruth Dunning |
Im Talking About Jerusalem | Arnold Wesker | 13/03/1977 | By Arnold Wesker. Third play in the Wesker Trilogy. Directed by John Pitman. | TOTA | |
He Who Gets Slapped | Leonid Andreyev | 24/03/1977 | By Leonid Andreyev. | TOTA | |
Victoria Regina | Laurence Housman | 26/03/1977 | Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman. With Jane Wenham. Director: John Pitman. | TOTA | Jane Wenham |
Samantha Baby (2-5) A Good Happening | Derek Hoddinott | 31/03/1977 | Written and directed by Derek Hoddinott. With Billie Whitelaw, Richard Pasco and Ruth Dunning. | TOTA | Billie Whitelaw, Richard Pasco & Ruth Dunning |
Samantha Baby (3-5) Watersmeet | Derek Hoddinott | 01/04/1977 | TOTA | ||
The Signalmans Apprentice | Brian Phelan | 03/04/1977 | By Brian Phelan. | TOTA | |
Antigone | Jean Anouilh | 03/04/1977 | A tragedy by Jean Anouilh inspired by Greek mythology and the play of the same name (Antigone, by Sophocles) from the fifth century B.C. With Maurice Denham,... | TOTA | Maurice Denham |
Samantha Baby (4-5) The Barriers Of The Mind | John D Vincent | 05/04/1977 | Written and directed by Derek Hoddinott. Cast: Rosalind Adams, Christopher Saul, David Strong, Billie Whitelaw, Richard Pasco and Ruth Dunning. | TOTA | Rosalind Adams, Christopher Saul, David Strong, Billie Whitelaw, Richard Pasco & Ruth Dunning |
Samantha Baby (5-5) No More Laughing, No More Crying | Derek Hoddinott | 07/04/1977 | Written and directed by Derek Hoddinott. With Billie Whitelaw, Richard Pasco and Ruth Dunning. | TOTA | Billie Whitelaw, Richard Pasco & Ruth Dunning |
Treats | Christopher Hampton | 13/05/1977 | Treats by Christopher Hampton. Starring George Cole, Sarah Badel and Julian Glover. Director: Dickon Reed. | TOTA | George Cole, Sarah Badel & Julian Glover |
The Scouncing Stoop | Simon Raven | 21/05/1977 | By Simon Raven. | TOTA | |
Dear Love | Robert Browning | 29/06/1977 | Director Dickon Reed introduces the love story based on the poems and letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, by Jerome Kilty. Starring Jill Balkan... | TOTA | Jill Balkan |
The Erpingham Camp | Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni | 04/07/1977 | By Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni, a celebrated Venetian playwright. Directed by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | |
City Sugar | Stephen Poliakoff | 10/07/1977 | Written by Stephen Poliakoff. Starring Julie Cullington, Michael Feast and John Shrapnel. Adapted and directed by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | Julie Cullington, Michael Feast & John Shrapnel |
A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg | Peter Nichols | 21/07/1977 | TOTA | ||
Oedipus Rex | Sophocles | 23/07/1977 | By Sophocles. Starring Michael Jayston, David King, Maurice Denham and Mary Wimbush. Produced and directed by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | Michael Jayston, David King, Maurice Denham & Mary Wimbush |
Waiting For Godot | Samuel Beckett | 29/07/1977 | POTW | ||
Saturday, Sunday, Monday | Eduardo de Filippo | 22/08/1977 | By Eduardo De Filippo. | TOTA | |
A Room With A View | EM Forster | 25/08/1977 | By Edward Morgan Forster. | TOTA | Ysanne Churchman, Rosalind Ayres, Johm Hollis, Pauline Letts, Jack May |
This Happy Breed | Noel Coward | 30/08/1977 | Written by Noel Coward, adapted for radio by Barry Campbell. With Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins, Patsy Rowlands and June Whitfield. Directed by Derek Hoddinott. | TOTA | Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins, Patsy Rowlands & June Whitfield |
The Picture Of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | 27/09/1977 | The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Adapted by John Osbourne. Starring Patrick Ryecart and David March. Director: Gordon House. | TOTA | Patrick Ryecart & David March |
Servant Of Two Masters | Joe Orton | 14/10/1977 | By Joe Orton. | TOTA | |
The Circle | WS Maugham | 03/11/1977 | By Somerset Maugham. With Christopher Cazenove, Michael Aldridge and Rosalind Ayres. Directed by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | Christopher Cazenove, Michael Aldridge & Rosalind Ayres |
The Heart Of A Dog | Mikhail Bulgakov | 11/11/1977 | Adapted from Mikhail Bulgakov's original story. Starring Robert Lang and John Horris. | TOTA | Robert Lang & John Horris |
Heil Caesar | John Bowen | 16/11/1977 | Written by John Bowen. Starring Martin Jarvis, Michael Aldridge, Jack May and David Buck. Adpated, produced and directed by Dickon Reed. | POTW | Martin Jarvis, Michael Aldridge, Jack May & David Buck |
The Freedom Of The City | Brian Friel | 18/11/1977 | Brian Friel's play 'The Freedom of the City' concerns the shooting of three civil rights marchers by British troops in Londonderry, 1970. || | TOTA | |
Absent Friends | Alan Ayckbourn | 24/11/1977 | TOTA | ||
The Cranes Are Flying | Victor Rozov | 25/11/1977 | By Victor Rozov. | TOTA | |
Bodies | James Saunders | 01/12/1977 | Joss Ackland in 'Bodies', by James Saunders. | TOTA | |
The Fire That Consumes | Henry Millon de Montherlan | 03/01/1978 | By Henry Millon de Montherlant, a French writer of essays and novels. | TOTA | |
The Lady From The Sea | Henrik Ibsen | 13/01/1978 | By Henrik Ibsen. Starring Anna Calder-Marshall and Joss Ackland. Directed by Dickon Reed. | TOTA | Anna Calder-Marshall & Joss Ackland |
Private Lives | Noel Coward | 17/01/1978 | Written by Noel Coward. BBC World Service Drama Production. Directed by Derek Hoddinott. | POTW | |
Long Days Journey Into Night - part 2 | Eugene O'Neill | 14/02/1978 | By Eugene O'Neill, adapted for radio by Barry Campbell. | POTW | |
Long Days Journey Into Night - part 1 | Eugene O'Neill | 14/02/1978 | By Eugene O'Neill, adapted for radio by Barry Campbell. | POTW | |
The Ambitious Statesman | John Crown | 28/02/1978 | By John Crown. | TOTA | |
The Roses Of Eyam | Don Taylor | 14/03/1978 | By Don Taylor. | POTW | |
Chatzky | Alexandr Griboyedov | 28/03/1978 | Also called, "wit works well". By Alexandr Griboyedov | TOTA | |
Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekhov | 31/03/1978 | Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. Starring Peter Jeffrey and Sara Kestelman. Director: Dickon Reed. | POTW | Peter Jeffrey & Sara Kestelman |
A Thurber Carnival | James Thurber | 07/04/1978 | Based on a selection of writings by James Thurber. Music by Don Elliot and arranged for this production by Benard Shaw. Adapted and directed by Gordon House. | POTW | |
Becket | Jean Anouilh | 25/04/1978 | Play Of The Week: Becket by Jean Anouilh. Translated by Lucien Hill. Starring Ian Holm and Jeremy Irons. Director: Gordon House. | POTW | Ian Holm & Jeremy Irons |
The Old Man And The Sea | Ernest Hemingway | 10/05/1978 | Written by Ernest Hemingway in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952 . Directed by Derek Hoddinott. | POTW | |
Dartmoor Court Martial | Peter King | 11/05/1978 | POTW | ||
The Visit | Friedrich Durrenmatt | 16/05/1978 | By Friedrich Durrenmatt. Adapted for radio by Colin Davis. With Cyril Shaps and Brenda Jeffer. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Cyril Shaps & Brenda Jeffer |
Hobsons Choice | Harold Brighouse | 23/05/1978 | Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse. Starring Paul Hardwick and Sheila Reid. Director: Dickon Reed. | POTW | Paul Hardwick & Sheila Reid |
A Passage To India | EM Forster | 07/06/1978 | From the novel by E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj. | POTW | |
The Plough And The Stars | Sean O'Casey | 19/06/1978 | The Plough And The Stars by Sean O'Casey. Starring Niall Buggy and Roisin Donaghy. Director: Dickon Reed. | POTW | Niall Buggy & Roisin Donaghy |
The Constant Wife | Gordon House | 06/07/1978 | The Constant Wife by William Somerset Maugham. Starring Elizabeth Bell and Michael Deacon. Director: Gordon House. | POTW | Elizabeth Bell & Michael Deacon |
In Praise Of Love | Gordon House | 06/07/1978 | In Praise Of Love by Terence Rattigan. Starring Rosemary Leach and Paul Eddington. Director: Gordon House. | POTW | Rosemary Leach & Paul Eddington |
German Skerries | Robert Holman | 11/07/1978 | German Skerries' by Robert Holman. Starring Tony McEwan and Vicky Ireland. Adapted and directed by Dickon Reed. | POTW | Tony McEwan & Vicky Ireland |
Access To The Children | Derek Hoddinott | 26/07/1978 | Access To The Children by William Trevor. Starring Jennie Linden and George Cole. Director: Derek Hoddinott. | POTW | Jennie Linden & George Cole |
The Kreutzer Sonata | Leo Tolstoy | 27/07/1978 | Written by Leo Tolstoy. Translated and adapted for radio by Peter Farago. Starring David Suchet. | POTW | David Suchet |
The Gazebo | Alec Coppel | 06/08/1978 | POTW | ||
Bingo | Edward Bond | 16/08/1978 | Bingo - written by Edward Bond. Starring Stephen Murray and Robert Lang. Adapted and directed by Dickon Reed. | POTW | Stephen Murray & Robert Lang |
Tarantara | Ian Taylor | 03/09/1978 | By Ian Taylor. With John Rowe and Steven Thorn. | POTW | John Rowe & Steven Thorne |
The Road To Ruin | Thomas Holcroft | 24/10/1978 | By Thomas Holcroft. | TOTA | |
Richard II | Shakespeare | 27/10/1978 | By William Shakespeare. Adapted for radio by Gordon House. | POTW | |
We All Come To It In The End | Don Haworth | 30/10/1978 | By Don Howarth. With Richard O'Callaghan, Patricia Hayes, Paul Hardwick and Lesley Sands. | POTW | Richard O'Callaghan, Patricia Hayes, Paul Hardwick & Lesley Sands |
Close The Coalhouse Door | Alan Plater | 17/11/1978 | The life and times of a mining family. By Alan Plater and Alex Glasgow. | TOTA | |
Disorderly Women | John Bowen | 30/11/1978 | By John Bowen. | POTW | |
Nightschool | Harold Pinter | 01/12/1978 | Written by Harold Pinter. With Peter Pacey, Freddie Jones, Catherine Parr and Betty Hardy. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Peter Pacey, Freddie Jones, Catherine Parr & Betty Hardy |
Mixed Doubles An Entertainment on Marriage | Various | 04/12/1978 | "A Man's Best Friend" by James Saunders; "Norma," by Alun Owen; "Permanence," by Fay Weldon; "Countdown," by Alan Ayckbourn; "The Silver Wedding," by John... | POTW | |
Act Of Justice | Albert Camus | 12/12/1978 | By Albert Camus. | POTW | |
The Witch | John Masefield | 02/01/1979 | By John Masefield. | POTW | |
Hello And Goodbye | Athol Fugard | 05/01/1979 | POTW | Ben Kingsley | |
Unman Wittering And Zigo | Giles Cooper | 13/01/1979 | By Giles Cooper. | POTW | |
Professional Foul | Gordon House | 18/01/1979 | Professional Foul written and adapted for radio by Tom Stoppard. Staring Peter Barkworth and John Shrapnel. Director: Gordon House. | POTW | Peter Barkworth & John Shrapnel |
The Actress And The Bishop | Stewart Parker | 21/01/1979 | By Stewart Parker. | POTW | |
Gammer Gurtons Needle | Anonymous | 01/02/1979 | By anonymous writer, Gammer Gurton's Needle is one of the earliest comedies written in the English language. It is thought to have been produced in 1533. | POTW | |
All For Love | John Dryden | 08/02/1979 | Written by John Dryden. Adapted by Walter Hall. Starring June Tobin, Maurice Denham, Petra Davis. Directed by Dickon Reed. | POTW | June Tobin, Maurice Denham, Petra Davis |
Two Stars For Comfort | John Mortimer | 11/02/1979 | By John Mortimer. | POTW | |
The Biko Inquest | Madeline Southerby | 16/02/1979 | Drama based on events in South Africa during November and December 1977 following the death of Steve Biko. Adapted by Madeline Southerby. Directed by Dickon... | POTW | |
Alice | Dennis Potter | 21/02/1979 | Written by Dennis Potter. Starring George Baker, Richard Bebb Heather Bell. Adapted and directed for BBC World Service by Derek Hoddinott. | POTW | George Baker, Richard Bebb Heather Bell |
The Master Builder | Henrik Ibsen | 19/03/1979 | Written by Henrik Ibsen. Translated and adapted by Michael Meyer. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | |
Winners | Brian Friel | 23/03/1979 | POTW | Mary Wimbush | |
Forget-Me-Not Lane | Peter Nichols | 14/05/1979 | Written by Peter Nichols. Adapted by Colin Davis and Gordon House. Starring Richard Briars, Christopher Benjamin. | POTW | Richard Briars, Christopher Benjamin |
Brides Are Not For Burning | Dina Mehta | 01/06/1979 | Written by Dina Mehta; Directed by Dickon Reed. Winning entry in the BBC International Playwriting Competition. | POTW | |
The Noble Romans - Episode 1 | Shakespeare | 04/06/1979 | William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra. Adapted for radio by Dickon Reed. | POTW | |
The Noble Romans - Episode 2 | Shakespeare | 07/06/1979 | William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra, adapted for radio by Dickon Reed. | POTW | |
The Noble Romans - Episode 3 | Shakespeare | 11/06/1979 | William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra, adapted for radio by Dickon Reed. | POTW | |
The Noble Romans - Episode 4 | Shakespeare | 14/06/1979 | The Play Of The Week, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra, adapted for Radio by Dickon Reed. | POTW | |
The Noble Romans - Episode 5 | Shakespeare | 19/06/1979 | William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra, adapted for Radio by Dickon Reed. | POTW | |
The Noble Romans - Episode 6 | Shakespeare | 21/06/1979 | William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra, adapted for radio by Dickon Reed. | POTW | |
The Jail Diary Of Albie Sachs | David Edgar | 29/06/1979 | Written by David Edgar; Starring Simon Callow, Jeffery Matthews; Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Simon Callow, Jeffery Matthews |
Trelawny Of The Wells | Arthur Wing Pinero | 21/07/1979 | POTW | ||
Time And The Conways | Richard Wigmore | 18/09/1979 | Written by J. B. Priestley. Adapted for radio by Richard Wigmore. Strarring Petra Davies, John Quayle. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Petra Davies, John Quayle |
This programme has no title | Robin Morne | 29/09/1979 | `Enemy` by Robin Morne, adapted by` Patricia Maze | POTW | |
The Importance Of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | 17/10/1979 | Written by Oscar Wilde. With Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Clyde, Liza Goddard and Patricia Brake. Adapted and directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Clyde, Liza Goddard & Patricia Brake |
Dimetos | Athol Fugard | 11/01/1980 | DIMETOS BY ATHOL FUGARD | POTW | |
Oedipus | Ted Hughes | 28/01/1980 | Modern English version by Ted Hughes. With Edward Hardwicke and Sian Phillips. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Dickon Reed. | POTW | Edward Hardwicke & Sian Phillips |
The Mortification | Barry Bermange | 25/02/1980 | BY BARRY BERMANGE, WITH CYRIL SHAPS, HUGH DIXON, DAVID MARCH AND JOHN FORGHAM | POTW | Cyril Shaps, Hugh Dixon, David March & John Forgham |
Woyzeck | Georg Büchner | 09/05/1980 | POTW | ||
Waste | Harley Granville Barker | 16/05/1980 | Written by Harley Granville-Barker. Adapted by Richard Wigmore. With Joss Ackland, Marcia Warren and Cheryl Campbell. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Joss Ackland, Marcia Warren & Cheryl Campbell |
Flare Path | Terence Rattigan | 16/06/1980 | Author: Terence Rattigan Adapted for radio by Patricia Maze | POTW | |
Alterations | Michael Abbensetts | 03/07/1980 | POTW | ||
The Imaginary Invalid | Moliére | 14/07/1980 | By Moliere, AKA Jean-Baptiste Poquelin; play in 3 acts, first performed 1673; originally included dance and musical interludes by French composer... | POTW | |
When We Dead Awaken | Henrik Ibsen | 20/07/1980 | Written by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Michael Meyer and adapted by Richard Wigmore. Starring Anna Massey and Patrick Magee. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Anna Massey & Patrick Magee |
The Deep Blue Sea | Terence Rattigan | 29/07/1980 | AUTHOR: TERENCE RATTIGAN ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY MANNING WILSON | POTW | |
The Merchant Of Venice | Richard Wigmore | 11/08/1980 | ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY RICHARD WIGMORE | POTW | |
Owners | Caryl Churchill | 09/09/1980 | Playwright: Caryl Churchill With Anna Massey, Steven Thorne and Nigel Anthony. | POTW | Anna Massey, Steven Thorne & Nigel Anthony |
Lady Windermeres Fan | Oscar Wilde | 04/11/1980 | Written by Oscar Wilde. Starring Rosalind Shanks, Martin Jarvis, Isabelle Dean and John Moffat. Directed for the BBC World Service by Christopher Venning. | POTW | Rosalind Shanks, Martin Jarvis, Isabelle Dean & John Moffat |
Happy Birthday Wanda June | Kurt Vonnegut | 17/11/1980 | Playwright: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. With Ed Bishop and Joanna Sheldon. | POTW | Ed Bishop & Joanna Sheldon |
Toad Of Toad Hall | AA Milne | 21/11/1980 | BY A.A. MILNE ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY GORDON HOUSE | POTW | |
Traitor | Dennis Potter | 02/12/1980 | Written by Dennis Potter; Adapted for radio by Derek Hoddinott. Starring Denholm Elliott and Ian Ogilvy. | POTW | Denholm Elliott & Ian Ogilvy |
Abeland And Heloise | Ronald Millar | 11/02/1981 | POTW | ||
The Seven Year Itch | Martin Williamson | 25/02/1981 | ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY MARTIN WILLIAMSON; DIRECTED BY GORDON HOUSE | POTW | |
Murder In The Cathedral | TS Eliot | 23/03/1981 | BY T.S. ELLIOT | POTW | |
Murder In The Cathedral | TS Eliot | 26/03/1981 | BY T.S. ELLIOT | POTW | |
A Colliers Friday Night | DH Lawrence | 26/03/1981 | Written by D.H Lawrence. Adapted for radio by Rosemary Grave. Directed by Dickon Reed. | POTW | |
Duet For One | Tom Kempinski | 27/03/1981 | Written by Tom Kempinski, adapted by Madelaine Sotherby. With Elizabeth Bell and Cyril Schapps. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Elizabeth Bell & Cyril Shaps |
The Ballad Of Cock Lane | David Buck | 16/04/1981 | Playwright: David Buck Starring Elizabeth Proud as Libby, Maurice Reeves as Douglas, Steven Thorne and David March also appear. The playwright himself also... | POTW | Elizabeth Proud, Maurice Reeves, Steven Thorne & David March |
Total Eclipse | Christopher Hampton | 19/05/1981 | BY CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON, WITH MICHAEL FEAST, JOHN SHRAPNEL | POTW | |
Lady Chatterleys Lover | Derek Hoddinott | 28/05/1981 | Written by D. H Lawrence. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Derek Hoddinott. | POTW | |
For Services Rendered | WS Maugham | 25/06/1981 | Written by William Somerset Maugham. Adapted for radio by Geoffrey Siegal. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | |
Silas Marner | George Eliot | 20/08/1981 | POTW | ||
Captain Swing | Peter Whelan | 03/09/1981 | CAPTAIN SWING BY PETER WHELAN | POTW | |
The Mortification | Barry Bermange | 04/09/1981 | BY BARRY BERMANGE, WITH CYRIL SHAPS, HUGH DIXON, DAVID MARCH AND JOHN FORGHAM | POTW | Cyril Shaps, Hugh Dixon, David March & John Forgham |
The Physicists | Friedrich Durrenmatt | 17/11/1981 | BY FRIEDRICH DURRENMATT | POTW | |
Charleys Aunt | Brandon Thomas | 24/11/1981 | Written by Brandon Thomas. Dramatised for radio by David Buck. With Michael Cochrane, Jeremy Clyde and Tim Pigott-Smith. BBC World Service Drama production,… | POTW | Michael Cochrane, Jeremy Clyde & Tim Pigott-Smith |
An Evening With Queen Victoria | Katrina Hendrey | 30/11/1981 | WITH PRUNELLA SCALES AS QUEEN VICTORIA | POTW | Prunella Scales |
The Government Inspector | Nikolai Gogol | 09/12/1981 | A satirical play by Nikolai Gogol. | POTW | |
Towards the End Of The Morning | Michael Frayn | 09/02/1982 | Written by Michael Frayn; Dramatised by Geoffery and Matthews; With Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayers, Trevor Martin. Directed by Dickon Reed. | POTW | Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayers, Trevor Martin |
Six Sundays In January | Arnold Wesker | 05/04/1982 | Written by Arnold Wesker. With Miriam Margolyes, Stacey Tendeter, Edward de Souza. Directed for BBC World Service Drama by Dickon Reed. | POTW | Miriam Margolyes, Stacey Tendeter, Edward de Souza |
The Suicide | Manning Wilson | 28/04/1982 | BY NIKOLAI EARDMAN: ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY MANNING WILSON | POTW | |
A Moment In Time | HE Bates | 09/05/1982 | POTW | ||
A Trip To Scarborough | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 11/06/1982 | BY RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN | POTW | |
Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde | RL Stevenson | 11/07/1982 | Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Adapted for radio by Don McCorkindale. Starring Nicky Henson, Charles Kay, Charles Gray and Reginald Marsh. BBC World... | POTW | |
Just What The Doctor Ordered - The National Health | Peter Nichols | 03/08/1982 | BY PETER NICHOLS | POTW | |
Candida | GB Shaw | 12/08/1982 | BY BERNARD SHAW | POTW | |
Brief Encounter | Noel Coward | 19/08/1982 | Written by Noel Coward. With Ian Holm and Cheryl Campbell. Adapted for radio by Walter Hall. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Dickon Reed. | POTW | Ian Holm & Cheryl Campbell |
Meriel The Ghost Girl | David Halliwell | 15/10/1982 | By David Halliwell | POTW | |
The Recruiting Officer | George Farquhar | 22/10/1982 | BY GEORGE FARQUHAR | POTW | |
Scenes From Family Life | Barry Bemange | 07/11/1982 | By Barry Bemange | POTW | |
Dangerous Corner | JB Priestley | 29/11/1982 | By J.B Priestly | POTW | |
Crystal And Fox | Brian Friel | 24/01/1983 | POTW | ||
Alfie | Bill Norton | 30/01/1983 | BY BILL NORTON | POTW | |
Jamaica Inn | Daphne du Maurier | 26/02/1983 | Written by Daphne Du Maurier. Dramatised for radio by Barry Campbell. Starring Maureen O'Brien, Adrian Egan and Peter Marinka. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Maureen O'Brien, Adrian Egan & Peter Marinka |
The Assassin | Jean-Paul Sartre | 25/04/1983 | By JEAN-PAUL SARTRE | POTW | |
Luther | John Osborne | 17/05/1983 | By John Osbourne; Adapted for radio and Directed by Walter Acosta | POTW | |
Hay Fever | Noel Coward | 25/08/1983 | Written by Noel Coward. Adapted for radio by Colin Hayden Evans. With Dorothy Tutin, Bernard Hepton, Kate Kendall and Michael Cochrane. BBC World Service... | POTW | Dorothy Tutin, Bernard Hepton, Kate Kendall & Michael Cochrane |
Summer | Hugh Leonard | 06/10/1983 | BY HUGH LEONARD | POTW | |
The Bald Prima Donna | Eugene Ionesco | 15/10/1983 | BY EUGENE IONESCO | POTW | |
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | 17/10/1983 | Written by Tom Stoppard. With Nigel Anthony and Nicky Hanson. BBC World Service Drama production. Adapted for radio and directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Nigel Anthony & Nicky Hanson |
Keep The Aspidistra Flying | George Orwell | 09/11/1983 | POTW | ||
Twelfth Night | Shakespeare | 15/11/1983 | BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | POTW | |
Mourning Becomes Electra - Episode 1 | Eugene O'Neil | 05/02/1984 | Written by Eugene O'Neill. Adapted for radio by Patricia Maze. With Betsy Blair, Kim Braden, Kerry Shale. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | Betsy Blair, Kim Braden, Kerry Shale |
Mourning Becomes Electra - Episode 2 | Eugene O'Neil | 07/02/1984 | Written by Eugene O'Neill. Adapted for radio by Patricia Maze. With Betsy Blair, Kim Braden, Kerry Shale. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | Betsy Blair, Kim Braden, Kerry Shale |
Mourning Becomes Electra - Episode 3 | Eugene O'Neil | 15/02/1984 | Written by Eugene O'Neill. Adapted for radio by Patricia Maze. With Betsy Blair, Kim Braden, Kerry Shale. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | Betsy Blair, Kim Braden, Kerry Shale |
Mourning Becomes Electra - Episode 4 | Eugene O'Neil | 19/02/1984 | Written by Eugene O'Neill. Adapted for radio by Patricia Maze. With Betsy Blair, Kim Braden, Kerry Shale. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | Betsy Blair, Kim Braden, Kerry Shale |
Mourning Becomes Electra - Episode 5 | Eugene O'Neil | 22/02/1984 | Written by Eugene O'Neill. Adapted for radio by Patricia Maze. With Betsy Blair, Kim Braden, Kerry Shale. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | Betsy Blair, Kim Braden, Kerry Shale |
A London Life | Henry James | 20/03/1984 | Adapted from the novel by Henry James. Staring Liza Ross, Zoë Wanamaker , Stuart Milligan and Colin Starkey. Directed for BBC World Service Drama by Martin... | POTW | Liza Ross, Zoe Wanamaker , Stuart Milligan & Colin Starkey |
The Duena | RB Sheridan | 01/05/1984 | By Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with music by Thomas Linley arranged by Bernard Shaw. | POTW | |
Richard III (1-2) | Shakespeare | 01/05/1984 | POTW | ||
The Marriage Of Figaro | de Beaumarchais | 18/05/1984 | By Beaumarchais. Translated by John Wood, abridged and adapted by Richard Wigmore. With Brian Deacon, Henry Stamper, Kim Braden. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Brian Deacon, Henry Stamper, Kim Braden |
Richard III (2-2) | Shakespeare | 19/05/1984 | Written by William Shakespeare. Dramatised by Anthony Vivis. With Simon Callow, David March, Anna Calder-Marshall. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Simon Callow, David March, Anna Calder-Marshall |
Philadelphia, Here I Come! | Brian Friel | 01/06/1984 | Written and adapted by Brian Friel. With Michael McKnight, Pauline Delaney, James Berwick, Fiona Victory and Alan McNaughton. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Michael McKnight, Pauline Delaney, James Berwick, Fiona Victory & Alan McNaughton |
In Two Minds | David Mercer | 12/06/1984 | Written by David Mercer. With Patty Love. Adapted for radio and directed by Walter Acosta. BBC World Service Drama production. | POTW | Patty Love |
Volpone | Ben Jonson | 14/06/1984 | Written by Ben Jonson. With Timothy Bateson, Colin Starkey, Cyril Shaps. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | Timothy Bateson, Colin Starkey, Cyril Shaps |
The Dragon | Yevgeny Schwartz | 21/06/1984 | Written by Yevgeny Schwartz. With Colin Starkey, Timothy Bateson, Clive Panto and Peter Woodfall. BBC World Service Drama production, adapted and directed by... | POTW | Colin Starkey, Timothy Bateson, Clive Panto & Peter Woodfall |
Happy Lies | Cecil Philip Taylor | 22/06/1984 | Written by Cecil Philip Taylor. With Susan Sheridan, Elizabeth Lindsey, Rosalind Adams. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Dickon Reed. || | POTW | Susan Sheridan, Elizabeth Lindsey, Rosalind Adams |
The Second Mrs Tanqueray | Arthur Wing Pinero | 25/06/1984 | Written by Arthur Wing Pinero, adapted for radio by Manning Wilson. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | |
The Old Country | Alan Bennett | 30/06/1984 | POTW | ||
Caligula | Albert Camus | 30/06/1984 | Written by Albert Camus. Translated Stuart Gilbert and adapted for radion by Brett Usher. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | |
When We Are Married | Martin Williamson | 30/06/1984 | Written by J. B Priestly, adapted by Lynn McVeron. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Martin Williamson. | POTW | |
An Inspector Calls | JB Priestley | 25/07/1984 | By J. B. Priestley. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | |
A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens | 15/08/1984 | By Charles Dickens. Abridged and performed by Brian D. Barnes. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Brian D Barnes |
Love Games | Arthur Schnitzler | 20/08/1984 | Written by Arthur Schnitzler. With Anton Lesser. Directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | |
A Dolls House | Henrik Ibsen | 24/08/1984 | Written by Henrik Ibsen. Adapted by Martin Williamson. With Martin Jarvis, John Hollis. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | Martin Williamson With Martin Jarvis, John Hollis |
The Fire Raisers | Max Frisch | 29/08/1984 | By Max Frisch, adapted by Walter Hall. With Arnold Diamond. Directed for BBC World Service Drama by Martin Williamson. | POTW | Arnold Diamond |
Seasons Greetings | Alan Ayckbourn | 27/09/1984 | Written by Alan Ayckbourn. Adapted for radio by Richard Wigmore. With Peter Vaughan, Maggie McCarthy, Jennifer Piercy. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Peter Vaughan, Maggie McCarthy, Jennifer Piercy |
More Out Than In | Bernard Kops | 23/10/1984 | Written by Bernard Kops. Adapted for radio by Gregory Evans. With Ian Holm. BBC World Service drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Ian Holm |
The Third Person | Henry James | 26/11/1984 | Written by Henry James. Dramatised for radio by Naomi Capon. With Joan Hickson and Katherine Parr. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Joan Hickson & Katherine Parr |
The Memorandum | Vaclav Havel | 03/01/1985 | POTW | ||
The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | 25/02/1985 | By Anton Chekhov. Translated by Ronald Hingley. Adapted for radio and directed by Walter Acosta. With Billie Whitelaw, Robert Lang, Charles Kay, Karen... | POTW | With Billie Whitelaw, Robert Lang, Charles Kay |
Miss Julie | August Strindberg | 19/05/1985 | By August Stringberg; Directed by Walter Acosta | POTW | |
The Grass Is Greener | Hugh and Margaret Williams | 06/07/1985 | By Hugh and Margaret Williams; Directed by Enyd Williams | POTW | |
All That Fall | Samuel Beckett | 07/01/1986 | Celebrating the 80th birthday of Samuel Beckett. Starring Dennis Hawthorne. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed Ivan Helmer | POTW | Dennis Hawthorne |
Enemy Of The People | Henrik Ibsen | 08/01/1986 | By Henrik Ibsen, Translated from Norwegian by Michael Mare. Starring Michael Williams, John Moffatt, Geeta Stockman, Ronald Herdman. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Michael Williams, John Moffatt, Geeta Stockman, Ronald Herdman |
For King And Country | John Wilson | 21/01/1986 | Written by John Wilson. With David Threlfall and David Timson. Adapted for radio by Geoffrey Siegel. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon... | POTW | David Threlfall & David Timson |
For Birds, For Dreams | Richard Lord | 04/02/1986 | Written by Richard Lord. Starring Helen Horton, William Hope and William Roberts. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | Helen Horton, William Hope & William Roberts |
Mrs Warrens Profession | GB Shaw | 26/02/1986 | By George Bernard Shaw. With Anna Massey, Kim Braden, Frederick Jaeger, Timothy Bateson, Anthony Daniels and George Parsons. Technical Presentation by Chris... | POTW | Anna Massey, Kim Braden, Frederick Jaeger, Timothy Bateson, Anthony Daniels & George Parsons |
Abigails Party | Mike Leigh | 02/03/1986 | By Mike Leigh, with Brenda Blethin. | POTW | Brenda Blethin |
Housman | Gabriel Woolf | 22/03/1986 | POTW | Gabriel Woolf, Ronald Herdman | |
The Seagull | Anton Chekhov | 20/05/1986 | Written by Anton Chekhov. This version is written for radio by Thomas Kilroy. With Anna Massey and Alan Rickman. Directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Anna Massey & Alan Rickman |
Dragon | Don Haworth | 12/06/1986 | By Don Hawworth; Directed by Gordon House | POTW | |
Six Characters In Search Of An Author | Luigi Pirandello | 14/06/1986 | By Luigi Pirandello; Adapted for radio by Barry Campbell; Directed by Walter Acosta | POTW | |
King Lear (1-2) | Shakespeare | 28/06/1986 | By William Shakespeare; with Trevor Howard; Adapted for radio by Brett Usher; Directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | Trevor Howard |
King Lear (2-2) | Shakespeare | 30/06/1986 | By William Shakespeare; with Trevor Howard; Adapted for radio by Brett Usher; Directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | Trevor Howard |
221B | Arthur Conan Doyle | 11/07/1986 | Written by M. J Read. Adapted for radio from the Sherlock Holmes Stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Starring Nigel Stock and Christopher Scott. BBC World... | POTW | Nigel Stock & Christopher Scott |
Black Snow | Brian Wright | 30/07/1986 | Translated by Micheal Glenny, dramatised and performed by Brian Wright | POTW | |
Still Life | Emily Mann | 01/09/1986 | BY EMILY MANN, ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY WALTER ACOSTA | POTW | |
Kipling | Brian Clark | 22/10/1986 | POTW | Alec McCowen, Edward de Souza | |
Revenge | Alexander Fredro | 05/11/1986 | By Alexander Fredro; Starring Nigel Lambert; Directed by Gordon House | POTW | Nigel Lambert |
Lear | Edward Bond | 12/11/1986 | PLAY BY EDWARD BOND, ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY WALTER ACOSTA | POTW | |
Events On A Hotel Terrace | Alan Ayckbourn | 17/11/1986 | By Alan Ayckbourn; Starring Robin Hereford; Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Robin Hereford |
A Game Of Golf | Alan Ayckbourn | 22/11/1986 | By Alan Ayckbourn; Starring Robin Hereford; Directed by Gordon House | POTW | Robin Hereford |
A Pageant | Alan Ayckbourn | 26/11/1986 | By Alan Ayckbourn; Starring Robin Hereford; Directed by Gordon House | POTW | Robin Hereford |
Lear | Edward Bond | 28/11/1986 | PLAY BY EDWARD BOND, ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY WALTER ACOSTA | POTW | |
Love In The Mist | Alan Ayckbourn | 29/11/1986 | By Alan Ayckbourn; Starring Robin Hereford; Directed by Gordon House | POTW | Robin Hereford |
Dear Brutus | JM Barrie | 03/02/1987 | POTW | ||
An Ideal Husband | Oscar Wilde | 10/02/1987 | Written by Oscar Wilde. Adapted for radio by Walter Hall. With Geraldine McEwan, Michael Cochrane, Melinda Walker, Margot Boyd. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Geraldine McEwan, Michael Cochrane, Melinda Walker, Margot Boyd |
The Company Forgives A Moment Of Madness | Rodolfo Santana | 23/03/1987 | Written by Rodolfo Santana. With Gemma Jones and Jonathan Oliver. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | Gemma Jones & Jonathan Oliver |
The Curve | Tankred Dorst | 31/03/1987 | Written by Tankred Dorst. With James Aubrey, Bernard Hepton and David Collings. Translated from the German by James L Rosenberg. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | James Aubrey, Bernard Hepton & David Collings |
How He Lied To Her Husband | GB Shaw | 12/04/1987 | Written by George Bernard Shaw. With Mark Straker, Bernard Hepton. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | Mark Straker, Bernard Hepton |
The Enemy Within | Brian Friel | 25/04/1987 | BY BRIAN FRIEL, ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY DENNIS HAWTHORNE | POTW | |
What Every Woman Knows | JM Barrie | 02/05/1987 | Author: J.M. Barrie | POTW | |
What Every Woman Knows | JM Barrie | 04/05/1987 | Author: J.M. Barrie PART 2 | POTW | |
Cross Purpose | Albert Camus | 10/05/1987 | By Albert Camus, TRANSLATED BY STUART GILBERT | POTW | |
Camwood On The Leaves | Wole Soyinka | 16/05/1987 | Written by Wole Soyinka. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | |
Topokana Martyrs Day | Jonathan Falla | 06/06/1987 | By Jonathan Falla; with Maggie McCarthy; Directed by David Hitchinson | POTW | Maggie McCarthy |
Confederacy Of Dunces (2-2) | John Kennedy Toole | 06/06/1987 | Adapted, narrated and performed by Kerry Shale from the novel written by John Kennedy Toole. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Kerry Shale |
Confederacy Of Dunces (1-2) | John Kennedy Toole | 06/06/1987 | POTW | ||
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest | Bob Sherman | 13/06/1987 | Dale Wasserman's stage adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel. Adapted for radio by M. J. Reed. With Bob Sherman and Margaret Robertson. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Bob Sherman & Margaret Robertson |
Chance Visitor | Alexaya Bousov | 29/06/1987 | BY ALEXAYA BOUSOV - TRANSLATED BY ARIADNAY NIKOLAIOV | POTW | |
The Lion In Winter | James Goldman | 29/06/1987 | By James Goldman, with Edward de Sousa and Pauline Letts | POTW | Edward de Sousa & Pauline Letts |
Sherlocks Last Case (part 1) | Charles Marowitz | 03/08/1987 | Written and adapted for radio by Charles Marowitz. Starring Dinsdale Landon and John Moffatt. Directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | Dinsdale Landon & John Moffatt |
Sherlocks Last Case (part 2) | Charles Marowitz | 05/08/1987 | POTW | Dinsdale Landon & John Moffatt | |
Tartuffe | Christopher Hampton | 03/09/1987 | BY MOLIERE, TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON. ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY BARRY CAMBELL | POTW | |
The Visit | William Trevor | 02/10/1987 | BY WILLIAM TREVOR. DIRECTED BY GORDON HOUSE | GT | |
Quartermaines Terms | Simon Gray | 31/10/1987 | BY SIMON GRAY, ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY RICHARD WIGMORE | POTW | |
Androcles And The Lion | GB Shaw | 05/11/1987 | By George Bernard Shaw. | TOTA | |
Early Days | David Storey | 13/11/1987 | Playwright: David Storey; starring Maurice Denham | POTW | Maurice Denham |
Collaborators | John Mortimer | 26/11/1987 | BY JOHN MORTIMER | POTW | |
Chicken Soup With Barley (Part 1 of 2) | Arnold Wesker | 14/12/1987 | Playwright: Arnold Wesker; Adapted for radio in two parts by Walter Acosta; With Rosemary Martin and David Swift. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Rosemary Martin & David Swift |
Chicken Soup With Barley (Part 2 of 2) | Arnold Wesker | 16/12/1987 | Playwright: Arnold Wesker; adapted for radio in two parts by Walter Acosta, with Rosemary Martin and David Swift. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Rosemary Martin & David Swift |
Daisy Pulls It Off | Denise Deegan | 17/12/1987 | By Denise Deegan, adapted for radio by Elizabeth Lindsey | POTW | |
Romeo and Juliet (1-2) | Shakespeare | 08/02/1988 | POTW | Katharine Schlesinger & Dominic Guard | |
Intimate Exchanges | Alan Ayckbourn | 09/02/1988 | Intimate Exchanges, written by Alan Ayckbourn is a series of plays revolving around the same central character. This programme features extracts from each... | POTW | |
Alberts Bridge by Tom Stoppard | Tom Stoppard | 09/02/1988 | Play Of The Week present 'Albert's Bridge' by Tom Stoppard. Starring Paul Copley. Director: David Hitchinson. | POTW | Paul Copley |
Remebrance | Unknown | 13/02/1988 | AUTHOR: UNKNOWN | POTW | |
Romeo and Juliet (2-2) | Shakespeare | 14/02/1988 | Written by William Shakespeare. With Katharine Schlesinger and Dominic Guard. Adapted by Brett Usher. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David... | POTW | Katharine Schlesinger & Dominic Guard |
From The Lion Rock | Carey Harrison | 01/03/1988 | BY CAREY HARRISON, WITH JOSS AKLAND AND JOHN SHRAPNEL | POTW | Joss Ackland & John Shrapnel |
The Woodlanders (Part 3) | Thomas Hardy | 01/05/1988 | POTW | ||
The Woodlanders (part 4) | Thomas Hardy | 01/05/1988 | By Thomas Hardy. Dramatised for radio by Gregory Evans. With Peter Vaughan, Helena Breck, David Collings and Maureen O'Brien. BBC World Service Drama… | POTW | Peter Vaughan, Helena Breck, David Collings & Maureen O'Brien |
Peter Pan | Micheline Wandor | 03/05/1988 | ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY MICHELINE WANDLE | POTW | |
The Elephant Man | Bernard Pomerance | 02/06/1988 | Written by Bernard Pomerance. Starring Gerard Murphy, Jeremy Clyde, Anna Massey and Charles Kay. BBC World Service Drama production directed by David... | POTW | Gerard Murphy, Jeremy Clyde, Anna Massey & Charles Kay |
Educating Rita | Willy Russell | 30/06/1988 | BY WILLY RUSSELL, ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY MICHAEL BARTLETT. | POTW | |
Kirnons Kingdom | David Edgecombe | 02/07/1988 | Written and adapted for radio by David Edgecombe, with Rudolph Walker as Howard Kirnon and directed by Jill Graham | POTW | Rudolph Walker |
The Woodlanders (part 1) | Thomas Hardy | 14/07/1988 | By Thomas Hardy. Dramatised for radio by Gregory Evans. With Peter Vaughan, Helena Breck, David Collings and Maureen O'Brien. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Peter Vaughan, Helena Breck, David Collings & Maureen O'Brien |
Jacques And His Master | Milan Kundera | 16/07/1988 | POTW | Alan Bennett, Richard Derrington | |
Home | David Storey | 25/07/1988 | BY DAVID STOREY | POTW | |
The Woodlanders (part 2) | Thomas Hardy | 26/07/1988 | By Thomas Hardy. Dramatised for radio by Gregory Evans. With Peter Vaughan, Helena Breck, David Collings and Maureen O'Brien. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Peter Vaughan, Helena Breck, David Collings & Maureen O'Brien |
The Tempest (part 1-2) | Shakespeare | 01/08/1988 | BBC World Theatre presents 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare, starring Sir John Gielgud as Propero. Also featuring Sam Dastor, Bernard Hepton, Karen Ascoe... | POTW | John Gielgud, Sam Dastor, Bernard Hepton, Karen Ascoe |
The Tempest (part 2-2) | Shakespeare | 01/08/1988 | BBC World Theatre presents 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare, starring Sir John Gielgud as Propero. Also featuring Sam Dastor, Bernard Hepton, Karen Ascoe... | POTW | John Gielgud, Sam Dastor, Bernard Hepton, Karen Ascoe |
The Heart Of A Dog | Mikhail Bulgakov | 15/09/1988 | Author: Mikhail Bulgakov; translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny, dramatised for radio by Brian Wright, featuring Andrew Sachs | POTW | Andrew Sachs |
Events At Drimaghleen | William Trevor | 06/10/1988 | GT | TP McKenna, Sarah Badel | |
The Thought Of Lydia | Frederic Raphael | 14/10/1988 | Written by Frederic Raphael. Directed by Walter Acosta. | POTW | |
Against The Wind | Mario Vargas Llosa | 17/11/1988 | Playwright: Mario Vargas Llosa. Directed by Walter Acosta | GT | |
The Ultimate Invention | Don Haworth | 14/12/1988 | Written by Don Haworth. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | |
Moliere-the Union Of Hypocrites | Moliére | 15/01/1989 | POTW | ||
The Countess Cathleen | WB Yeats | 22/01/1989 | Written by W. B Yeats. Adpated for radio by Dennis Hawthorne. Starring Kate Binchy, James Ellis and Dennis Hawthorne. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Kate Binchy, James Ellis & Dennis Hawthorne |
Hindle Wakes | Stanley Houghton | 08/03/1989 | Written by Stanley Houghton, adapted for radio by Penny Lester. Starring Reginald Marsh, Irene Sutcliffe, Catherine Holbert, Stephen Tompkinson. BBC World... | POTW | Reginald Marsh, Irene Sutcliffe, Catherine Holbert, Stephen Tompkinson |
Science Fiction | Robert Ferguson | 10/03/1989 | BY ROBERT FERGUSON | POTW | |
Appointment With Venus (2-4) | Jerrard Tickell | 19/04/1989 | POTW | ||
Appointment With Venus (1-4) | Jerrard Tickell | 19/04/1989 | Written by Jerrard Tickell. Dramatised for radio by Michael Bartlett. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | |
Appointment With Venus (3-4) | Jerrard Tickell | 19/04/1989 | Written by Jerrard Tickell. Dramatised for radio by Michael Bartlett. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | |
The Devils General | Carl Zuckmayer | 19/04/1989 | Written by German playwright Carl Zuckmayer. Starring John Moffatt, William Roberts and T. P. McKenna. BBC World Service drama production, adapted and… | POTW | John Moffatt, William Roberts & TP McKenna |
Separation | Tom Kempinski | 27/04/1989 | By Tom Kempinski, with Richard Griffiths as Joe, directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | |
Truckin Maggie | Diane Nigh | 07/05/1989 | By Diane Nigh. Directed by Gordon House | POTW | |
Major Barbara | GB Shaw | 18/05/1989 | By George Bernard Shaw, adapted for radio by Pat Trueman, with Maurice Denham | POTW | Maurice Denham |
Green Forms | Alan Bennett | 01/07/1989 | With Jean Boht and Rosemary Leach. Directed by David Hitchinson. By Alan Bennett | POTW | |
Henry V (2-2) | Shakespeare | 18/07/1989 | Playwright: William Shakespeare. Adapted by Brett Usher; starring David Schofield and Michael Bryant. | POTW | David Schofield & Michael Bryant |
Henry V (1-2) | Shakespeare | 18/07/1989 | Playwright: William Shakespeare. Adapted by Brett Usher; starring David Schofield and Michael Bryant. | POTW | David Schofield & Michael Bryant |
Watch On The Rhine | Lillian Hellman | 23/08/1989 | POTW | ||
Redevelopment | James Saunders | 06/09/1989 | Playwright: Vatslav Havel; radio version by James Saunders | POTW | |
Mad For The Love Of Old Balconies | David Cregan | 24/09/1989 | What Happened With St. George' is a radio play by || David Cregan. The cast includes Ian Holm, Kate Harper, Peter Davison || and Kenneth Cranham among others.... | GT | Ian Holm, Kate Harper, Peter Davison & Kenneth Cranham |
Automatic Pilot | Unknown | 17/10/1989 | Playwright: Unknown | POTW | |
Singing The Dream Of Kalland | Andrew J Boyle | 01/11/1989 | Playwright: Andrew J. Boyle. With Freddie Jones, Anna Massey and Michael Kitchen; directed by Michael Hitchinson | POTW | Freddie Jones, Anna Massey & Michael Kitchen |
Qed | Thomas Humphreys | 07/11/1989 | Playwright: Thomas Humphreys. Starring John Moffat as the Prisoner and Louis Mahoney as the Visitor; directed by Walter Acosta | POTW | John Moffat & Louis Mahoney |
Rupert Brooke | Mark Payton | 22/11/1989 | Written by and starring Mark Payton. This is a radio version of his stage show about the life and works of the poet Rupert Brooke. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Mark Payton |
By The Pool | Stewart Conn | 12/12/1989 | Playwright: Stewart Conn | POTW | |
Three Sisters - Part 1 | Anton Chekhov | 25/01/1990 | A play by Anton Chekhov, translated by Michael Frayn and adapted for radio by Walter Acosta. With Anna Calder-Marshall, Julie Christie and Amanda Root. | POTW | Anna Calder-Marshall, Julie Christie & Amanda Root |
Three Sisters - Part 2 | Anton Chekhov | 25/01/1990 | A play by Anton Chekhov, translated by Michael Frayn and adapted for radio by Walter Acosta. With Anna Calder-Marshall, Julie Christie and Amanda Root. | POTW | Anna Calder-Marshall, Julie Christie & Amanda Root |
My Dear Friend Charlotte Bronte (2-2) | Charlotte Bronte | 19/02/1990 | Adapted for radio in two parts from 'The Life of Charlotte Bronte' by Elizabeth Gaskell. Abridged and performed by Delia Paton. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Delia Paton |
My Dear Friend Charlotte Bronte (1-2) | Charlotte Bronte | 19/02/1990 | Adapted for radio in two parts from 'The Life of Charlotte Bronte' by Elizabeth Gaskell. Abridged and performed by Delia Paton. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Delia Paton |
The Horses Mouth | Joyce Cary | 18/04/1990 | Playwright: Joyce Cary; dramatised for radio in three parts by William Ingram, with Freddie Jones. | POTW | Freddie Jones |
The Horses Mouth | Joyce Cary | 27/04/1990 | Playwright: Joyce Cary; dramatised for radio in three parts by William Ingram, with Freddie Jones. | POTW | Freddie Jones |
Mr And Mrs Nobody | Keith Waterhouse | 02/05/1990 | POTW | ||
Aliens | Gregory Evans | 21/05/1990 | Dramatised by Gregory Evans; Directed by Gordon House | POTW | |
The Horses Mouth | Joyce Cary | 23/05/1990 | Playwright: Joyce Cary; dramatised for radio in three parts by William Ingram, with Freddie Jones. | POTW | Freddie Jones |
Saint Joan | GB Shaw | 24/06/1990 | Written by George Bernard Shaw. Adapted for radio by Pat Truman. Starring Bernard Hepton, Cheryl Campbell, John Moffatt, Reginald Marsh and David March. BBC... | POTW | Bernard Hepton, Cheryl Campbell, John Moffatt, Reginald Marsh & David March |
The Beaux Stratagem (1-2) | George Farquhar | 20/07/1990 | By George Farquhar. Adapted by Martin Reid. With Nicholas Le Prevost, Shaun Baker, Samantha Bond. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary... | POTW | Nicholas Le Prevost, Shaun Baker, Samantha Bond |
The Beaux Stratagem (2-2) | George Farquhar | 22/07/1990 | By George Farquhar. Adapted by Martin Reid. With Nicholas Le Prevost, Shaun Baker, Samantha Bond. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary... | POTW | Nicholas Le Prevost, Shaun Baker, Samantha Bond |
Old Times | Harold Pinter | 28/07/1990 | Written by Harold Pinter. Starring Dorothy Tutin, Robert Lang and Yvonne Bryceland. World Service Drama Production to coincide with Pinter's 60th Birthday.... | POTW | Dorothy Tutin, Robert Lang & Yvonne Bryceland |
The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui | Berto Breght | 28/09/1990 | By Berto Breght | POTW | |
Ice Cream | Caryl Churchill | 14/11/1990 | POTW | ||
The Life Of Galileo | Bertolt Brecht | 07/12/1990 | Written by Bertolt Brecht. Translated by Charles Laughton. Adapted for radio by Martin Esslin. BBC World Service Drama production directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | |
Kafkas Dick | Alan Bennett | 10/12/1990 | Playwright: Alan Bennett; adapted for radio by Gregory Evans, directed by Graham House | POTW | |
City Lovers | Gregory Evans | 10/12/1990 | BY NADINE GARDINER. DRAMATISED BY GREGORY EVANS | POTW | |
The White Carnation | RC Sherriff | 10/12/1990 | Written by R. C. Sherriff. Adapted for radio by Penny Lester. Starring Philip Voss. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Philip Voss |
The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader | CS Lewis | 20/12/1990 | Author: C.S. Lewis. Directed by David Hitchinson | POTW | |
Bujak And The Strong Force | Gregory Evans | 20/12/1990 | Dramatised by Gregory Evans; Directed by Gordon House | POTW | |
The Incredible Samuel Pepys | Samuel Pepys | 02/01/1991 | Adapted by David Butler and Christopher Dennis. Sound balance by Euan Semple. Directed by Jill Graham | POTW | |
The Chekhov Vaudeville | Michael Frayn | 09/01/1991 | Chekhov's one act plays including 'The Proposal' and 'On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco'. Translated and adapted by Michael Frayn. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | |
Where The Lovemaking Does Go On | Roy Kendall | 12/02/1991 | POTW | Nigel Anthony, Emily Richard | |
Billy Liar | Keith Waterhouse | 25/02/1991 | By Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, adapted for radio by Michael Bartlett, with Mark Drury as Billy. (NOT Mr And Mrs Nobody) | POTW | Mark Drury |
Affair | Bill Morrison | 01/03/1991 | BY BILL MORRISON | POTW | |
The Physicists | Friedrich Durrenmatt | 04/03/1991 | Written by Friedrich Durrenmatt. Translated by James Kirkup. Starring Nicholas Grace, Jonathan Cecil and John Shrapnel. Adapted and directed for BBC World... | POTW | Nicholas Grace, Jonathan Cecil & John Shrapnel |
Under The Rainbow | Stephen Dunstone | 15/03/1991 | Written by Stephen Dunstone. With Bill Patterson, Cyril Shaps, John Hollis, Jenny Funnell and Alice Arnold. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | Bill Patterson, Cyril Shaps, John Hollis, Jenny Funnell & Alice Arnold |
Appointment With Venus (4-4) | Jerrard Tickell | 19/04/1991 | Written by Jerrard Tickell. Dramatised for radio by Michael Bartlett. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | |
Amongst Barbarians | Michael Wall | 03/05/1991 | Written by Michael Wall. With Kathy Burke. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Kathy Burke |
Dealing With Clair | Martin Crimp | 15/05/1991 | POTW | Bob Peck | |
Top Girls | Caryl Churchill | 10/06/1991 | Written by Caryl Churchill. World Service Drama production of the stage play. Produced by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | |
The Black Prince | Iris Murdoch | 24/06/1991 | BY IRIS MURDOCH. | POTW | |
The Black Prince | Iris Murdoch | 24/06/1991 | BY IRIS MURDOCH | POTW | |
Night And Day | Tom Stoppard | 25/06/1991 | By Tom Stoppard. Directed by Gordon House | POTW | |
Night And Day | Tom Stoppard | 25/06/1991 | By Tom Stoppard. Directed by Gordon House | POTW | |
Brecht, Laughton And Hiroshima | Unknown | 28/06/1991 | Introduction to the play 'The Life Of Galileo'. This short programme explores the affect of the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima on the play and... | POTW | |
The Martin Prize | Eugene and Emile Augier Labiche | 23/07/1991 | By Eugene Labiche and Emile Augier. Adapted for radio by Kenneth McLeish. Starring Nicholas Farrell, Alfred Molina and Edward de Souza. Directed for BBC... | POTW | Nicholas Farrell, Alfred Molina & Edward de Souza |
Women Of Troy | Euripides | 04/08/1991 | Written by Euripides. Translated and adapted for radio by Kenneth McLeish. BBC World Service Drama Production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | |
How I Got That Story | Amlin Gray | 04/09/1991 | POTW | ||
The Secret Rapture | David Hare | 06/09/1991 | By David Hare, adapted by Christopher Venning. Directed by Gordon House. With Anna Calder-Marshall, Penelope Wilton and Ian Holm | POTW | Anna Calder-Marshall, Penelope Wilton & Ian Holm |
Dark Star | Nigel Bowden | 16/09/1991 | Play about the war poet Wilfred Owen. Devised, written and performed by Nigel Bowden. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Nigel Bowden |
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman | Laurence Sterne | 20/09/1991 | Written by Laurence Sterne. Dramatised by Stephen Oxley who also plays all the parts. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Stephen Oxley |
84 Charing Cross Road | Helene Hanff | 23/09/1991 | Written By Helene Hanff. Adapted by James Roose-Evans. With Frank Finlay and Miriam Carlin. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Frank Finlay & Miriam Carlin |
Peer Gynt (1-2) | Henrik Ibsen | 17/10/1991 | Written by Henrik Ibsen. With Robert Lindsay and Geraldine McEwan. Translated and adapted for radio by Kenneth McLeish. Directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Robert Lindsay & Geraldine McEwan |
Peer Gynt (2-2) | Henrik Ibsen | 17/10/1991 | Written by Henrik Ibsen. With Robert Lindsay and Geraldine McEwan. Translated and adapted for radio by Kenneth McLeish. Directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Robert Lindsay & Geraldine McEwan |
The Winter Wife | Claire Tomalin | 07/11/1991 | By Claire Tomalin. Explores the friendship between Katherine Mansfield and her companion Ida Constance Baker. With Phoebe Nicholls and Brenda Blethyn. BBC... | POTW | Phoebe Nicholls & Brenda Blethyn |
What Happened With St George? | Rose Tremain | 20/11/1991 | GT | ||
Amadeus | Peter Shaffer | 03/12/1991 | Playwright: Peter Shaffer. Adapted for radio by Martin Reed; directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Alec McCowen & Alex Jennings |
Ubu Roi | Alfred Jarry | 10/12/1991 | POTW | ||
Happy Birthdays Diana Ney | Diane Ney | 17/12/1991 | Two plays: ‘Tell Truth; and ‘Pilgrims’ by Diane Ney. | POTW | |
Lost For Words | Ken Blakeson | 21/12/1991 | BY KEN BLAKESON, DIRECTED BY GORDON HOUSE | POTW | |
Wild Strawberries | Angela Thirkell | 24/12/1991 | By Angela Thirkell, adapted by Nick McCartey. Directed by Gordon House | POTW | |
Wild Strawberries | Angela Thirkell | 24/12/1991 | By Angela Thirkell, adapted by Nick McCartey. Directed by Gordon House | POTW | |
Music And Silence | Rose Tremain | 17/01/1992 | GT | Timothy West | |
Butterflies Dont Count | Wally K Daly | 29/01/1992 | Drama written by Wally K. Daly. Starring Kevin Whately, Reginal Marsh, Tony Haygarth and T. P. McKenna. Directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Kevin Whately, Reginal Marsh, Tony Haygarth & TP McKenna |
Faith Healer | Brian Friel | 07/02/1992 | BY BRIAN FRIEL | POTW | |
Blood Wedding | Federico Garcia Lorca | 17/02/1992 | By Federico GarcÃÂa Lorca; Directed byu Walter Acosta | POTW | |
Supper Of Ashes | Benjamin Kuras | 24/02/1992 | POTW | John Castle | |
Letters Alone | Jack Klaff | 20/03/1992 | Written and performed by Jack Klaff. | POTW | |
Man Of The Moment | Alan Ayckbourn | 30/03/1992 | By Alan Ayckbourn, with Peter Vaughan, Jon Strickland, Lia Williams, Alice Arnold. Directed by Gordon House | POTW | Peter Vaughan, Jon Strickland, Lia Williams, Alice Arnold |
Exchange | Michael Frayn | 15/04/1992 | Written by Yuri Trifonov. Translated by Michael Frayn, adapted for radio by Martin Jarvis. Starring Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Martin Jarvis & Rosalind Ayres |
Virgin Vows | Jan Aleksander Fredro | 16/04/1992 | BY THE 19TH CENTUARY PLAYWRIGHT ALEXANDER THREDRO (?) | POTW | |
The Return Of AJ Raffles | Graham Greene | 07/05/1992 | Written by Graham Greene. With Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane. Adapted for radio and directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Jeremy Clyde & Michael Cochrane |
The Wild Duck - Part 2 of 2 | Henrik Ibsen | 24/06/1992 | Written by Henrik Ibsen. Translated by Peter Hall and Inga-Stina Ewbank, adapted by Richard Wigmore. With Richard O'Callaghan, Tim Pigott-Smith and Maurice... | POTW | Richard O'Callaghan, Tim Pigott-Smith |
Marvellous Party | Jon Wynne-Tyson | 28/06/1992 | Written and adapted for radio by Jon Wynne-Tyson. Starring Dorothy Tutin, Stanley Baxter and Peter Whitman. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | Dorothy Tutin, Stanley Baxter & Peter Whitman |
Phoenix | David Storey | 08/07/1992 | BY DAVID STOREY. ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY ANDREW BRANCH | POTW | |
Double Cross Part 1 The Bracken Play - London | Thomas Kilroy | 30/07/1992 | Written by Thomas Kilroy. Stephen Rae, Liza Sadovy and Alan Corduna. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Stephen Rae, Liza Sadovy & Alan Corduna |
Ivanov | Anton Chekhov | 10/08/1992 | BY ANTON CHEKHOV. IN A VERSION BY RONARLD HARWOOD | POTW | |
French Without Tears | Terence Rattigan | 24/08/1992 | By Terence Rattigan. Adapted by Penny Lester. Directed by David Hitchinson. With Jenny Funnel, John Hudson, Mark Payton, Melanie Hudson, Jeremy Sinden. | POTW | Jenny Funnel, John Hudson, Mark Payton, Melanie Hudson, Jeremy Sinden |
The Wild Duck - Part 1 of 2 | Henrik Ibsen | 28/08/1992 | Written by Henrik Ibsen. Translated by Peter Hall and Inga-Stina Ewbank, adapted by Richard Wigmore. With Richard O'Callaghan, Tim Pigott-Smith and Maurice... | POTW | Richard O'Callaghan, Tim Pigott-Smith |
The Royal Hunt Of The Sun | Peter Shaffer | 16/09/1992 | POTW | Norman Rodway, Bob Peck | |
Double Cross Part 2 The Joyce Play - Berlin | Thomas Kilroy | 25/09/1992 | Written by Thomas Kilroy. Stephen Rae, Liza Sadovy and Alan Corduna. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Stephen Rae, Liza Sadovy & Alan Corduna |
As You Like It (Part One) | Shakespeare | 01/10/1992 | By William Shakespeare. With Samantha Bond, Robert Glenister, Jenny Funnell, Daniel Massey, David Yelland, Steve Hodson. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Samantha Bond, Robert Glenister, Jenny Funnell, Daniel Massey, David Yelland, Steve Hodson |
As You Like It (Part Two) | Shakespeare | 01/10/1992 | By William Shakespeare. With Samantha Bond, Robert Glenister, Jenny Funnell, Daniel Massey, David Yelland, Steve Hodson. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Samantha Bond, Robert Glenister, Jenny Funnell, Daniel Massey, David Yelland, Steve Hodson |
The Enormous Radio | Gregory Evans | 10/11/1992 | Dramatised by Gregory Evans; Directed by Hilary Norrish | POTW | |
Zuleika Dobson | Max Beerbohm | 03/12/1992 | A satire of undergraduate life at Oxford. Written by Max Beerbohm. Dramatised by Michael Barry. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | |
Across Oka | Robert Holman | 05/12/1992 | BY ROBERT HOLMAN. DIRECTED GORDON HOUSE | POTW | |
Sakuntala | Kalidasa | 13/01/1993 | BBC World Service drama prodcution of the Sanskrit play, Sakuntala, written by Kalidasa. Translated by Michael Coulson and directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | |
Hayavadana | Girish Karnad | 16/01/1993 | BY GIRISH KARNAD. ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY GORDON HOUSE | POTW | |
In Their Element | Unknown | 23/01/1993 | FIRE | POTW | |
A Wing And A Prayer | Sue Limb | 24/01/1993 | POTW | Sian Phillips | |
A Night Out | Harold Pinter | 01/03/1993 | Playwright: Harold Pinter. With Sheila Hancock (Mrs. Stokes), Jonathan Moore (Albert Stokes) and Brenda Blethyn (The Girl). BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Sheila Hancock, Jonathan Moore & Brenda Blethyn |
Venus And Adonis | Shakespeare | 03/04/1993 | By William Shakespeare. Starring Susan Fleetwood, Michael Maloney and Norman Rodway. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Susan Fleetwood, Michael Maloney & Norman Rodway |
Marlowes Diaries | Roy Kendall | 05/04/1993 | Written by Roy Kendall. With Anton Lesser, Jeremy Northam and Philip Voss. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Anton Lesser, Jeremy Northam & Philip Voss |
The Tragical History Of The Life And Death Of Dr Faustus | Christopher Marlowe | 16/04/1993 | BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE. ADAPTED FOR RADIO AND DIRECTED BY HILARY NORRISH | POTW | |
Doctor Faustus | Christopher Marlowe | 16/04/1993 | By Christopher Marlowe. With Donald Sumpter, Norman Rodway, David Holt and Carl Johnson. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Donald Sumpter, Norman Rodway, David Holt & Carl Johnson |
You May Leave, The Show Is Over | Andrew Verster | 11/05/1993 | Playwright: Andrew Verster. With Rowena Cooper as Gwendolen and Claire Benedict as Mavis. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Rowena Cooper & Claire Benedic |
A Shaft Of Sunlight | Abhijat Josh | 15/05/1993 | Playwright: Abhijat Joshi Directed by David Hitchinson | POTW | |
Henry And Dorthie | Gerald Phillipson | 17/05/1993 | Playwright: Gerald Phillipson With Rosemary Harris as Dorthie; directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Rosemary Harris |
On The Other Side | Stanislav Stratiev | 22/05/1993 | Written by Stanislav Stratiev. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | |
Horse On The Stairs | Vince Kalcineye (sp) | 27/05/1993 | Starring Mary Wimbush as Vera and Bernard Hepton as Mac; BBC World Service Drama production directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Mary Wimbush & Bernard Hepton |
Lord Arthur Saviles Crime | Oscar Wilde | 14/06/1993 | Playwright: Oscar Wilde. Adapted from the story and performed by Brian D. Barnes. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by Jill Graham. | POTW | Brian D Barnes |
That Summer | David Edgar | 23/06/1993 | Playwright: David Edgar Adapted for radio by David Edgar; with Eleanor David and directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Eleanor David |
Dylan Thomas - Return Journey | Dylan Thomas | 12/07/1993 | BY DYLAN THOMAS ADAPTED FOR RADIO AND PEFORMED BY BOB KINGDOM (?) | POTW | Bob Kingdom |
Behold A Clown | Angela Sewell | 18/07/1993 | POTW | David March | |
Noah | Andre Obey | 27/07/1993 | A modern view of the biblical story written by Andre Obey. Starring Richard Briers and Rosemary Leach. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David... | POTW | Richard Briers & Rosemary Leach |
Death And The Maiden | Ariel Dorfman | 04/08/1993 | Playwright: Ariel Dorfman. With Juliet Stevenson, Bill Patterson and John Shrapnel. Directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Juliet Stevenson, Bill Patterson & John Shrapnel |
Cover Her Face (Part 4) | Neville Teller | 08/08/1993 | Written by P.D James. Dramatised by Neville Teller; Starring Robin Ellis, Sian Phillips, Hugh Grant and Beattie Edney. Directed by Matthew Walters. | POTW | Robin Ellis, Sian Phillips, Hugh Grant & Beattie Edney |
Cover Her Face (Part 1) | Neville Teller | 08/08/1993 | Written by P.D James. Dramatised by Neville Teller; Starring Robin Ellis, Sian Phillips, Hugh Grant and Beattie Edney. Directed by Matthew Walters. | POTW | Robin Ellis, Sian Phillips, Hugh Grant & Beattie Edney |
Cover Her Face (Part 3) | Neville Teller | 08/08/1993 | Written by P.D James. Dramatised by Neville Teller; Starring Robin Ellis, Sian Phillips, Hugh Grant and Beattie Edney. Directed by Matthew Walters. | POTW | Robin Ellis, Sian Phillips, Hugh Grant & Beattie Edney |
Cover Her Face (Part 2) | Neville Teller | 10/08/1993 | Written by P.D James. Dramatised by Neville Teller; Starring Robin Ellis, Sian Phillips, Hugh Grant and Beattie Edney. Directed by Matthew Walters. | POTW | Robin Ellis, Sian Phillips, Hugh Grant & Beattie Edney |
The Unbearable Bassington | Patricia Hooker | 11/08/1993 | BY SAKI DRAMATISED FOR RADIO BY PATRICIA HOOKER | POTW | |
Night Mother | Marsha Norman | 20/08/1993 | Playwright: Marsha Norman With Sharon Gless; directed by Gordon House | POTW | Sharon Gless |
In Their Element | Unknown | 23/08/1993 | EARTH | POTW | |
The Real Thing | Tom Stoppard | 13/09/1993 | Playwright: Tom Stoppard Adapted for radio by Gordon House; with Clive Francis and Emily Richard, also features Ewan McGregor, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Clive Francis & Emily Richard |
The Woods | David Mamet | 25/10/1993 | Playwright: David Mamet With Robert Bowman; adapted for radio and directed by Hilary Norrish | POTW | |
Our Town | Thornton Wilder | 26/10/1993 | Playwright: Thornton Wilder. With William Roberts, Liza Ross, Garrick Hagon, Barbara Barnes. BBC World Service Drama prodcution, directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | William Roberts, Liza Ross, Garrick Hagon, Barbara Barnes |
An Englishman Abroad | Alan Bennett | 29/10/1993 | Playwright: Alan Bennett With Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton; adapted for radio and directed by Hilary Norrish | POTW | Michael Gambon & Penelope Wilton |
The Ladys Not For Burning | Christopher Fry | 02/11/1993 | Author: Christopher Fry With Michael Maloney and Amanda Root; directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Michael Maloney & Amanda Root |
Jarvis Frayn Too | Michael Frayn | 16/11/1993 | Written by Michael Frayn. Starring Martin Jarvis. Produced by Pete Atkin. | POTW | Martin Jarvis |
Rules Of Engagement | Gordon House | 24/11/1993 | Written by Stephen Dunstone. BBC World Service Drama production. Director: Gordon House. | POTW | |
Dr Strangelove - Part Two | Peter George | 29/11/1993 | POTW | Kerry Shale, William Hootkins | |
The School For Husbands | Moliere | 05/12/1993 | Written by Moliere and adapted by Noel Clarke. Starring Martin Jarvis and Catherine Schlesinger. BBC World Service Drama production directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Martin Jarvis & Catherine Schlesinger |
After The Lions | Ronald Harwood | 15/12/1993 | Written by Ronald Harwood. Adapted for radio by John Foley. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | |
Aimee | Guy Hibbert | 20/12/1993 | BY GUY HIBBERT | POTW | |
Caring | David Storey | 22/12/1993 | Author: David Storey With Dame Maggie Smith and Timothy West; directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Maggie Smith & Timothy West |
Caring- David Storey | David Storey | 06/01/1994 | By David Storey. | POTW | |
Stages | David Storey | 06/01/1994 | Written by David Storey. Starring Alan Bates, Gabrielle Lloyd, Marjorie Yates and Rosemary Martin. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary... | POTW | Alan Bates, Gabrielle Lloyd, Marjorie Yates & Rosemary Martin |
Mr McNamara | William Trevor | 20/01/1994 | Reading of "Mr McNamara" by William Trevor. | POTW | |
Real Estate | Louise Page | 21/01/1994 | Written by Louise Page. Starring Lesley Manville, Bill Paterson, Lee Montague and Rowena Cooper. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Lesley Manville, Bill Paterson, Lee Montague & Rowena Cooper |
Siggie And Carl | Jack Klaff | 25/01/1994 | By Jack Klaff. Directed by Gordon House. With David Swift and Jack Klaff, Margaret John, Rachel Atkins, Gareth Armstrong. | POTW | David Swift & Jack Klaff, Margaret John, Rachel Atkins, Gareth Armstrong |
Music To Measure | Unknown | 30/01/1994 | POTW | ||
Make And Break | Michael Frayn | 28/03/1994 | Playwright: Michael Frayn. Adapted for radio by Martin Jarvis, also starring Martin Jarvis. Directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Martin Jarvis |
The Puritan | Unknown | 29/03/1994 | Playwright: unknown contemporary of William Shakespeare The play is attributed to W.S, though most shy away from attributing it to William Shakespeare, and... | POTW | |
Lone Star | John D Vincent | 06/04/1994 | Written by James McLure. Starring Kerry Shale, David Jarvis and Peter Whitman. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Kerry Shale, David Jarvis & Peter Whitman |
A Midsummer Nights Dream (1-2) | Shakespeare | 16/04/1994 | Playwright: William Shakespeare. With George Harris, Claire Benedict and Adrian Lester. BBC World Service Drama production. Adapted and directed by Hilary... | POTW | George Harris, Claire Benedict & Adrian Lester |
A Midsummer Nights Dream | Shakespeare | 25/04/1994 | By William Shakespeare. | POTW | |
A Midsummer Nights Dream Part 2 | Shakespeare | 26/04/1994 | By William Shakespeare. | POTW | |
A Midsummer Nights Dream (2-2) | Shakespeare | 26/04/1994 | Playwright: William Shakespeare. With George Harris, Claire Benedict and Adrian Lester. BBC World Service Drama production. Adapted and directed by Hilary... | POTW | George Harris, Claire Benedict & Adrian Lester |
The Empress Wu, The Concubine Wang | Carey Harrison | 28/04/1994 | "The Empress Wu, The Concubine Wang" a play for radio by Carey Harrison. With Geraldine McEwan and Daniel Massey. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Geraldine McEwan & Daniel Massey |
Last Post | Unknown | 02/05/1994 | POTW | ||
Racing Demon (part 1) | David Hare | 02/05/1994 | Written by David Hare. Adapted for radio by Richard Wigmore. Starring Oliver Ford Davis and Paul McGann. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by… | POTW | Oliver Ford Davis & Paul McGann |
The Lady From The Sea | Henrik Ibsen | 04/05/1994 | Author: Henrik Ibsen. Translated by Michael Meyer. With Saskia Reeves and Oliver Ford Davis; adapted for BBC World Service radio and directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Saskia Reeves & Oliver Ford Davis |
Blithe Spirit | Noel Coward | 09/05/1994 | Written by Noel Coward. With James Fleet, Sian Thomas, Amanda Redman and Marcia Warren. Adapted for radio by Nick Pitt. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | James Fleet, Sian Thomas, Amanda Redman & Marcia Warren |
Blithe Spirit | Noel Coward | 09/05/1994 | Written by Noel Coward. With James Fleet, Sian Thomas, Amanda Redman and Marcia Warren. Adapted for radio by Nick Pitt. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | James Fleet, Sian Thomas, Amanda Redman & Marcia Warren |
Racing Demon (part 2) | David Hare | 12/05/1994 | Written by David Hare. Adapted for radio by Richard Wigmore. Starring Oliver Ford Davis and Paul McGann. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | Oliver Ford Davis & Paul McGann |
Persona | Terrence Shank | 21/05/1994 | Written by Terrence Shank. With Sandra Duncan. The play is drawn from the writings of Canadian novelist Margaret Laurence. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Sandra Duncan |
The Widowing Of Mrs Holroyd | DH Lawrence | 22/05/1994 | Written by D.H. Lawrence. BBC World Service Drama Production. Directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | |
No Bed For Bacon | Caryl Brahms | 25/05/1994 | Authors: Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon Narrated by John Moffat, dramatised for radio by Patricia Hooker; directed by Gordon House. | POTW | John Moffat |
With Great Pleasure | Unknown | 18/06/1994 | POTW | ||
With Great Pleasure | Unknown | 18/06/1994 | DR SHEILA CASSIDY. Imagery, cadence and things unseen in poetry | POTW | |
With Great Pleasure | Maeve Binchy | 21/06/1994 | MAEVE BINCHY | POTW | |
Podium Power | Unknown | 26/06/1994 | The conductor of an orchestra: the pivot around which musical performance has revolved, and now an endangered species? | POTW | |
The Revengers Comedies (Part Two) | Alan Ayckbourn | 01/07/1994 | Playwright: Alan Ayckbourn With Leah Williams, John Strickland and Barbara Flynn; directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Leah Williams, John Strickland & Barbara Flynn |
The Revengers Comedies (Part One) | Alan Ayckbourn | 01/07/1994 | Playwright: Alan Ayckbourn. With Leah Williams, John Strickland and Barbara Flynn; directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Leah Williams, John Strickland & Barbara Flynn |
The Uncreated Light | Unknown | 03/07/1994 | POTW | Edward Petherbridge | |
Sky | John D Vincent | 13/07/1994 | Author: Connie Gault. With Barbara Barnes, David Jarvis. Liza Ross and Buffy Davis as the narrator; BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David… | POTW | Barbara Barnes, David Jarvis, Liza Ross & Buffy Davis |
With Great Pleasure | Liz Lochhead | 14/07/1994 | LIZ LOCHHEAD | POTW | |
Bliss | Peter Carey | 15/07/1994 | Written by Peter Carey. With David Swift, Sian Thomas David Joy and Lucy Joy. Adapted for radio by Caroline Ross-Pirie and is a BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | David Swift, Sian Thomas David Joy & Lucy Joy |
Bliss | Peter Carey | 15/07/1994 | Written by Peter Carey. With David Swift, Sian Thomas David Joy and Lucy Joy. Adapted for radio by Caroline Ross-Pirie and is a BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | David Swift, Sian Thomas David Joy & Lucy Joy |
Dangerous Corner | JB Priestley | 24/07/1994 | POTW | ||
The Mikado Game | Sandra Clark | 01/09/1994 | Author: Melih Cevdet Anday From a Turkish translation by Nermin Menemencioglu: with Bill Patterson and Sandra Clarke, adapted for radio and directed by... | POTW | Bill Patterson & Sandra Clarke |
Time And The Conways | JB Priestley | 07/09/1994 | BY J. B. PRIESTLEY. ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY SUE WILSON | POTW | |
The Lulu Plays - Earth Spirit | Frank Wedekind | 15/09/1994 | By Frank Wedekind, Translated by Steven Spender and adapted by Mark Ravenhill. With Sally Dexter, Jonathan Cullen, Donald Sumpter and Gavin Muir. BBC World... | POTW | Sally Dexter, Jonathan Cullen, Donald Sumpter & Gavin Muir |
The Lulu Plays - Pandoras Box | Frank Wedekind | 17/09/1994 | By Frank Wedekind, Translated by Steven Spender and adapted by Mark Ravenhill. With Sally Dexter, Jonathan Cullen, Donald Sumpter. BBC World Service... | POTW | Sally Dexter, Jonathan Cullen, Donald Sumpter & Gavin Muir |
Eleemosynary | Lee Blessing | 21/09/1994 | Author: Lee Blessing Adapted for radio by William Roberts; directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | |
Brighton Beach Memoirs | Neil Simon | 06/10/1994 | Playwright: Neil Simon. With Valerie Harper as Kate and Jonathan Silverman as Stanley; Co-production between the BBC World Service and Los Angeles Theatre... | POTW | Valerie Harper & Jonathan Silverman |
Brighton Beach Memoirs | Neil Simon | 06/10/1994 | Playwright: Neil Simon. With Valerie Harper as Kate and Jonathan Silverman as Stanley; Co-production between the BBC World Service and Los Angeles Theatre... | POTW | Valerie Harper & Jonathan Silverman |
Entertaining Strangers | David Edgar | 13/10/1994 | Written and adapted for radio in two parts by David Edgar With Elizabeth Bell; directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Elizabeth Bell |
Entertaining Strangers | David Edgar | 13/10/1994 | POTW | ||
Three Hotels | Jon Robin Baitz | 14/10/1994 | Author: Jon Robin Baitz Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | |
Come Good Rain | George Seremba | 23/10/1994 | An autobiographical story written by, and starring Ugandan writer George Seremba. BBC World Service Drama Production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | |
The Woman Who Laughed | Joyce Carol Oates | 28/10/1994 | Author: Joyce Carol Oates With Kaitlin Hopkins; directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Kaitlin Hopkins |
The Empress Wu, The Concubine Wang | Carey Harrison | 28/10/1994 | Playwright: Carey Harrison A play for radio with Geraldine McEwan and Daniel Massey; original music by Matthew Scott and directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Geraldine McEwan & Daniel Massey |
Blood Games At The Coliseum | Adam Pernak | 03/11/1994 | Written and adapted for radio by Adam Pernak. With Charlotte Coleman, Matilda Ziegler and Michael Tudor Barnes. Directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Charlotte Coleman, Matilda Ziegler & Michael Tudor Barnes |
Blood Games At The Coliseum | Adam Pernak | 03/11/1994 | Written and adapted for radio by Adam Pernak. With Charlotte Coleman, Matilda Ziegler and Michael Tudor Barnes. Directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Charlotte Coleman, Matilda Ziegler & Michael Tudor Barnes |
Head And Shoulders | F Scott Fitzgerald | 08/11/1994 | Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | |
The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (Part 1) | RL Stevenson | 15/11/1994 | By Robert Louis Stevenson. Dramatised by Nick McCarthy. Starring Nigel Anthony, Michael Maloney and Derek Waring. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Nigel Anthony, Michael Maloney & Derek Waring |
The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (Part 2) | RL Stevenson | 16/11/1994 | POTW | ||
A Thurber Carnival | James Thurber | 18/11/1994 | BY AMERICAN HUMORIST JAMES THURBER DIRECTED BY GORDON HOUSE | POTW | |
The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (Part 3) | RL Stevenson | 19/11/1994 | By Robert Louis Stevenson. Dramatised by Nick McCarthy. Starring Nigel Anthony, Michael Maloney and Derek Waring. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | Nigel Anthony, Michael Maloney & Derek Waring |
The Oresteia | Aeschylus | 01/12/1994 | By Aeschylus. | POTW | |
Entertaining Strangers | David Edgar | 09/12/1994 | Written and adapted for radio in two parts by David Edgar With Elizabeth Bell, David Calder and Sophie Eldridge; directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | Elizabeth Bell, David Calder & Sophie Eldridge |
Entertaining Strangers | David Edgar | 09/12/1994 | By David Edgar. | POTW | |
Oresteia | Aeschylus | 19/12/1994 | By Aeschylus. | POTW | |
The Revengers Comedies | Aeschylus | 19/12/1994 | Author: Aeschylus Translated by Frederick Raphael and Kenneth McLeish; directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | |
Half The Picture | Richard Norton Taylor | 27/01/1995 | SCENES DRAWN FROM THE SCOT ARMS TO IRAQ ENQUIRY BY RICHARD NORTON TAYLOR AND JOHN MCGRATH DIRECTED BY HILARY NORRISH | POTW | |
The School For Wives | Moliere | 02/02/1995 | POTW | Richard Briars, Adam Godley | |
Laughter In The Shadow Of The Trees | James Prideaux | 03/02/1995 | Written by James Prideaux. With John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller and Elizabeth Bell. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by John Theocaris. | POTW | John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller & Elizabeth Bell |
Banishing Lucifer | Hattie Naylor | 09/03/1995 | Presenter: Unknown | GT | |
Too Clever By Half | Alexander Ostrovsky | 15/03/1995 | Written by Alexander Ostrovsky. Translated by Rodney Ackland. Starring Tom Hollander, Ann Mitchell, Derek Waring. Directed for BBC World Service by Hilary... | POTW | Tom Hollander, Ann Mitchell, Derek Waring |
Gertrud | Hjalmar Soderberg | 17/03/1995 | Written by Hjalmar Söderberg. Starring Samantha Bond. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Samantha Bond |
Charley Tango | David Lan | 23/03/1995 | Written by David Lan. Featuring David Antribus and David Calder. Directed by Jeremy Mortimer | POTW | David Antribus & David Calder |
Sugar Hill Blues | Kevin Hood | 24/03/1995 | Playwright: Kevin Hood. Directed by Hilary Norrish | POTW | |
Sugar Hill Blues | Kevin Hood | 24/03/1995 | By Kevin Hook. | POTW | |
Cathedral | Unknown | 09/04/1995 | GT | ||
Some Americans Abroad | Richard Nelson | 11/04/1995 | BY RICHARD NELSON DIRECTED BY GORDON HOUSE | POTW | |
Generations | Brian Wright | 22/04/1995 | BY BRIAN WRIGHT (?) DIRECTED BY DAVID HITCHINSON | POTW | |
Waste | Harley Granville Barker | 25/04/1995 | BY HARLEY GRANVILLE BARKER DIRECTED BY DAVID HITCHINSON | POTW | |
Waste | Harley Granville Barker | 25/04/1995 | POTW | ||
The Oresteia | Aeschylus | 25/05/1995 | Author: Aeschylus. Translated by Frederick Raphael and Kenneth McLeish. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Hilary Norrish. | POTW | |
Toys In The Attic | Lillian Hellman | 25/05/1995 | Written by Lillian Hellman. Adapted for radio by Garrick Hagon. Connie Booth, Stacey Jefferson, Jay Benedict, Liza Ross, Rico Ross, Garrick Hagon, Ian... | POTW | Connie Booth, Stacey Jefferson, Jay Benedict, Liza Ross, Rico Ross, Garrick Hagon |
Time Of My Life | Alan Ayckbourn | 01/06/1995 | Playwright: Alan Ayckbourn. With Richard Briers and Hannah Gordon. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Richard Briers & Hannah Gordon |
The Queen And The Rebels | Ugo Betti | 13/07/1995 | Author: Ugo Betti. Adapted for radio by John Foley from a translation by Henry Reed; directed by Marian Nancarrow. | POTW | |
Who Was Emily Davison? | Rose Tremain | 17/07/1995 | Written by Rose Tremain. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | |
Once In A Lifetime (Part 1) - California Here We Come | Moss and George S Kaufman Hart | 24/07/1995 | Playwrights: Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Adapted for radio in two parts by Martin Reed and starring Colin Stinton and Buffy Davis. BBC World Service… | POTW | Colin Stinton & Buffy Davis |
Once In A Lifetime (part 2) - Gingermann Orchids | Moss and George S Kaufman Hart | 26/07/1995 | Playwrights: Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Adapted for radio in two parts by Martin Reed and starring Colin Stinton and Buffy Davis. BBC World Service... | POTW | Colin Stinton & Buffy Davis |
Last Supper | Herbert Kaufman | 01/09/1995 | Author: Herbert Kaufman With Geoffrey Whitehead as the narrator; directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Geoffrey Whitehead |
Backstroke In A Crowded Pool | Jane Coles | 01/09/1995 | POTW | ||
Arms And The Man | GB Shaw | 08/09/1995 | Radio adaption of George Bernard Shaw's play. | POTW | |
The Towers Of Trebizond | Rose Macauley | 08/09/1995 | Author: Rose Macauley Starring Rohan McCullough; directed by Gordon House. | POTW | |
The Lady Of The Camelias | Alexandre Dumas | 21/09/1995 | Author: Alexandre Dumas (fils) Translated and adapted for radio by Mark Ravenhill; with Caroline Strong and Roger May, directed by Andrew Barnes. | POTW | Caroline Strong & Roger May |
The Lark | Jean Anouilh | 26/09/1995 | Playwright: Jean Anouilh Translated by Christopher Fry; adapted for radio by Helena Osborne and starring Emma Fielding as Joan of Arc; directed by David... | POTW | Emma Fielding |
Journeys End | RC Sherriff | 07/10/1995 | Author: R.C. Sherriff. Adapted for radio by John Foley. Starring Toby Stephens and James Lawrenson. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by David... | POTW | Toby Stephens & James Lawrenson |
Future Past | Andrew Verster | 13/10/1995 | With Janet Suzman, Rowena Cooper Tessa Worsley and Nigel Anthony. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Janet Suzman, Rowena Cooper Tessa Worsley & Nigel Anthony |
The Wizard Of Oz (Part 2 of 3) | L Frank Baum | 30/10/1995 | Written by L. Frank Baum. Dramatised by Marcy Kahan. Starring Barbara Barnes, Patrick Barlow, Bradley Lavelle and Maureen Lipman. Directed by Sally Avens. | POTW | Barbara Barnes, Patrick Barlow, Bradley Lavelle & Maureen Lipman |
The Wizard Of Oz (Part 1 of 3) | L Frank Baum | 30/10/1995 | Written by L. Frank Baum. Dramatised by Marcy Kahan. Starring Barbara Barnes, Patrick Barlow, Bradley Lavelle and Maureen Lipman. Directed by Sally Avens. | POTW | Barbara Barnes, Patrick Barlow, Bradley Lavelle & Maureen Lipman |
My Enemy My Friend | Margaret Berty (sp) | 02/11/1995 | POTW | Saeed Jaffrey, Renu Setna | |
A Visit To The Villa | Brian Glanville | 06/11/1995 | Written and adapted for radio by Brian Glanville. With Sir John Gielgud, Stuart Milligan and Samantha Bond. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | John Gielgud, Stuart Milligan & Samantha Bond |
Lake No Bottom | Michael Weller | 08/11/1995 | Written by Michael Weller. Adapted for radio by Kerry Shale. With William Hope and Lorelei King. BBC World Service Drama production directed by David... | POTW | William Hope & Lorelei King |
The Wizard Of Oz (Part 3 of 3) | L Frank Baum | 14/11/1995 | Written by L. Frank Baum. Dramatised by Marcy Kahan. Starring Barbara Barnes, Patrick Barlow, Bradley Lavelle, Kerry Shale and Maureen Lipman. Directed by... | POTW | Barbara Barnes, Patrick Barlow, Bradley Lavelle & Maureen Lipman |
A Visitation | Don Haworth | 30/11/1995 | Author: Don Haworth With Samuel West; directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Samuel West |
Drama playwrighting competition and Puzzles | Katie Parisi | 03/12/1995 | Feature on BBC World Service Drama Playwriting Competition Author: Katie Parisi. | POTW | |
Crossing The Equator | Jane Coles | 14/12/1995 | Written and adapted for radio by Jane Coles. With Paul Copley, Maggie Steed and Victoria Hamilton. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Andrew... | POTW | Paul Copley, Maggie Steed & Victoria Hamilton |
Jordan | Anna Reynolds | 20/01/1996 | Jordan. Unknown reader. | POTW | |
Making It Better | James Saunders | 21/01/1996 | By James Saunders. Directed by Andrew Barnes. With Bill Nighy, Stella Gonnet, Nicholas Bolton. | POTW | Bill Nighy, Stella Gonnet, Nicholas Bolton |
Ananda Sananda | Tanika Gupta | 08/02/1996 | POTW | ||
A Safety Match | WW Jacobs | 23/02/1996 | By W.W. Jacobs, dramatised for radio by Olwen Wymark. With Emma Fielding and John Hartley. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by Lucy Hackney. | POTW | Emma Fielding & John Hartley |
Ties | Katie Campbell | 29/02/1996 | By Katie Campbell. | POTW | |
Valley Song | Athol Fugard | 18/03/1996 | Author: Athol Fugard Starring Athol Fugard and Esmeralda Bihl; directed by Christopher Venning. | POTW | Athol Fugard & Esmeralda Bihl |
The Moon Hunter | Peter Tinniswood | 19/03/1996 | Author: Peter Tinniswood With Peter Jeffrey; directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Peter Jeffrey |
Lightbulbs | Alex Jones | 01/04/1996 | Unspecified author. | POTW | |
The Angel Of Islington | Alex Mermikides | 09/04/1996 | Written by Alex Mermikides. Starring Alec McCowan and Elaine Claxton. Directed by Janet Whittaker. | POTW | Alec McCowan & Elaine Claxton |
A Sea Chance | Julian Ploughman | 11/04/1996 | By Julian Ploughman. | POTW | |
The White Devil | John Webster | 13/04/1996 | Author: John Webster. Adapted for radio by Peter Thompson. Starring Anton Lesser and Helen Baxendale. BBC World Service drama production, directed by Lucy... | POTW | Anton Lesser & Helen Baxendale |
Passionate Playing | Helen Kluger | 16/04/1996 | Author: Helen Kluger With Simon Bright, Nigel Anthony and Gillian Bevan; directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Simon Bright, Nigel Anthony & Gillian Bevan |
In The Sweet Bye and Bye | Donald Driver | 26/04/1996 | POTW | ||
Othello | John Foley | 21/05/1996 | Playwright: William Shakespeare Adapted in two parts for radio by John Foley. With Art Malik; directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Art Malik |
The Promise | Aleksei Arbuzov | 23/05/1996 | Author: Alexei Arbuzov Translated by Ariadne Nicolaeff; with Toby Stevens, directed by Lucy Hackney. | POTW | Toby Stevens |
The Promise | Alexia Butusov | 23/05/1996 | The Promise by Alexia Butusov. Starring Toby Stephens, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Federay Holmes. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Lucy Hackney. | POTW | Toby Stephens, Julian Rhind-Tutt & Federay Holmes |
My Beautiful Cash and Carry | Mohammed Azar | 31/05/1996 | My Beautiful Cash & Carry, Launderette & Assorted Confectionary. By Mohammed Azar. Directed by Peter Kavanagh. | POTW | |
Agamemnons Children | Euripides | 06/06/1996 | Part 1: Elektra and Orestes Written by Euripides. | POTW | |
The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | 24/06/1996 | Author: Anton Chekhov Translated by Michael Frayn. Starring Dame Dorothy Tutin and Norman Rodway. Directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Dorothy Tutin & Norman Rodway |
Othello | John Foley | 27/06/1996 | Playwright: William Shakespeare Adapted in two parts for radio by John Foley. With Art Malik; directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | Art Malik |
Othello | Shakespeare | 27/06/1996 | Othello by William Shakespeare. unknown reader. | POTW | |
The Truman Capote Talkshow | Truman Capote | 02/07/1996 | Author: Bob Kingdom Written and performed by Bob Kingdom, with Steve Crossley and others. Directed by Tim Gebbels. | POTW | Bob Kingdom, Steve Crossley |
The Piano Tuners Wives | William Trevor | 10/07/1996 | POTW | ||
Kiss Of The Spider Woman | Manuel Puig | 16/07/1996 | By Manuel Puig. With Lorcan Cranitch and Jonathan Firth. Directed by Andrew Barnes. | POTW | Lorcan Cranitch & Jonathan Firth |
Kingdom Come | Roy Kendall | 25/07/1996 | Author: Roy Kendall With Alex Grant as Michael Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Penelope Wilton, Nigel Anthony and Russell Dixon; directed by Gordon... | POTW | Alex Grant, Penelope Wilton, Nigel Anthony & Russell Dixon |
Kingdom Come | Roy Kendall | 27/07/1996 | BY ROY KENDALL DIRECTED BY GORDON HOUSE | POTW | |
A Walk In The Bois De Boulogne | Carey Harrison | 01/08/1996 | A Walk In The Bois De Boulogne by Carey Harrison. With Joss Ackland as Sir Edmund Ganley and John Shrapnel as the narrator Steven Arnold. BBC World Service... | POTW | Joss Ackland & John Shrapnel |
Broken Glass (1-2) | Arthur Miller | 03/08/1996 | Author: Arthur Miller. Adapted for radio and directed by David Thacker. With Henry Goodman, Margot Lester and Ken Stott. BBC World Service Drama production. | POTW | Henry Goodman, Margot Lester & Ken Stott |
Broken Glass (2-2) | Arthur Miller | 05/08/1996 | Author: Arthur Miller. Adapted for radio and directed by David Thacker; with Henry Goodman, Margot Lester and Ken Stott. BBC World Service Drama production. | POTW | Henry Goodman, Margot Lester & Ken Stott |
Brenda And Dennis See The World | Stephen Dunstone | 04/09/1996 | Written by Stephen Dunstone. With Theresa Gallagher, Michael Maloney and Timothy West. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Theresa Gallagher, Michael Maloney & Timothy West |
Pictures At Departure | Stephanie McCarthy | 25/09/1996 | By Stephanie McCarthy. | POTW | |
Pictures At Departure | Stephanie McCarthy | 04/10/1996 | Written by Stephanie McCarthy. With Mary Wimbush. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Lucy Hackney. | POTW | Mary Wimbush |
Ashes To Ashes | Harold Pinter | 11/11/1996 | POTW | ||
Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi | 14/11/1996 | By Carlo Collodi. | POTW | |
Anna On Anna | Gordon House | 10/12/1996 | Author: Adrian Mitchell A radio play for voice and piano: directed by Gordon House. The play is based on British poet Anna Wickham, who is played by Illona... | POTW | |
Wonderful Tennessee | Brian Friel | 13/01/1997 | BY BRIAN FRIEL ADAPTED FOR RADIO BY RICHARD WIGMORE, DIRECTED BY GORDON HOUSE | POTW | |
Richard II (2-2) | Shakespeare | 25/01/1997 | Written by William Shakespeare. Adapted for radio by Peter Thompson. With Tim McInnerny. BBC World Service Drama Production, directed by Lucy Hackney. | POTW | Tim McInnerny |
Richard II (1-2) | Shakespeare | 25/01/1997 | Written by William Shakespeare. Adapted for radio by Peter Thompson. With Tim McInnerny. BBC World Service Drama Production, directed by Lucy Hackney. | POTW | Tim McInnerny |
Look Back In Anger | John Osborne | 27/01/1997 | Author: John Osborne. Adapted for radio by John Foley. Starring Douglas Hodge and Tara Fitzgerald. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David... | POTW | Douglas Hodge & Tara Fitzgerald |
Global Shake-out | Unknown | 26/02/1997 | Presenter unknown. From the Moloko, or main square of Mexico City, a report looking at the political drama being played out which could either end in... | POTW | |
The Importance Of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | 05/03/1997 | Playwright: Oscar Wilde. Directed by David Hitchinson; starring Elizabeth Spriggs, Tom Hollander and Nathaniel Parker. BBC World Service Drama production. | POTW | Elizabeth Spriggs, Tom Hollander & Nathaniel Parker |
Srebrenica | Nicholas Kent | 06/03/1997 | Edited and adapted by Nicholas Kent. Introduced by John Tidmarsh. Produced by Jocelyn Boxall. | POTW | |
The Little Clay Cart | King Shudraka | 14/03/1997 | POTW | ||
A Very Rare Bird Indeed | Peter Tinniswood | 17/03/1997 | Written by Peter Tinniswood. Starring Judi Dench, John Moffat and Peter Jeffrey. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Judi Dench, John Moffat & Peter Jeffrey |
Antigone | Jean Anouilh | 03/04/1997 | The tragedy play 'Antigone' by Jean Anouilh, inspired by the play written by Sophocles in the 5th century BC. Translated by Lewis Galantiere. Starring Helen... | POTW | |
Aman | Unknown | 18/04/1997 | Story of a Somali girl. | POTW | |
Aman | Unknown | 18/04/1997 | The story of a Somali girl. | POTW | |
Anna Karenina - Part 1 | Leo Tolstoy | 05/06/1997 | POTW | Theresa Gallagher & Toby Stephens | |
Anna Karenina - Part 2 | Leo Tolstoy | 05/06/1997 | Written by Leo Tolstoy. Dramatised by Ed Thomason. Starring Theresa Gallagher and Toby Stephens. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David... | POTW | Theresa Gallagher & Toby Stephens |
Voices On The Wind | Tanika Gupta | 05/06/1997 | BY TANIKA GUPTA DIRECTED BY GORDON HOUSE | POTW | |
Anna Karenina - Part 3 | Leo Tolstoy | 05/06/1997 | Written by Leo Tolstoy. Dramatised by Ed Thomason. Starring Theresa Gallagher and Toby Stephens. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David... | POTW | Theresa Gallagher & Toby Stephens |
Anna Karenina - Part 4 | Leo Tolstoy | 05/06/1997 | Written by Leo Tolstoy. Dramatised by Ed Thomason. Starring Theresa Gallagher and Toby Stephens. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David... | POTW | Theresa Gallagher & Toby Stephens |
The Monkey King | Timothy Mo | 12/06/1997 | By Timothy Mo. | POTW | |
Way Upstream | Alan Ayckbourn | 13/06/1997 | Written by Alan Ayckbourn. With Neil Pearson, Samantha Bond. Directed for BBC World Service Drama by Gordon House. | POTW | Samantha Bond |
A Lapse In Behaviour | Timothy Daly | 25/06/1997 | HOSTED BY ANTHONY MINGELLA | POTW | |
Mourning Dove | Emil Sher | 25/06/1997 | A PLAY BASED ON THE LATIMER CASE OF EUTHANASIA WRITTEN BY EMILE SHARE (?) | POTW | |
Girlfriends | Mark Tully | 30/07/1997 | BY MARK TULLY; SET IN INDIA | POTW | |
Spoonface Steinberg | Lee Hall | 18/08/1997 | Written by Lee Hall. Directed by Kate Rowland. Starring Becky Simpson. BBC Radio Drama production, originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as part of the 'God's... | POTW | Becky Simpson |
People Are Living There | Athol Fugard | 20/08/1997 | BY ATHOL FUGARD DIRECTED BY ANDY JORDON | POTW | |
Mosquitos | Steven Webster | 01/09/1997 | Mosquitos by Steven Webster | POTW | |
Hair Of The Dog | Leslie Davis | 24/09/1997 | POTW | Brenda Blethyn | |
Looking For Mr Big | Stephen Dunstone | 24/09/1997 | Written by Stephen Dunstone. With Mike McCabe, Abigail Doherty, Theresa Gallagher, Christopher Wright. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon... | POTW | Mike McCabe, Abigail Doherty, Theresa Gallagher, Christopher Wright |
The Broken Pitcher | Unknown | 24/11/1997 | POTW | ||
The Speculator | Stephen Wyatt | 03/12/1997 | Written by Honoré de Balzac. Translated and adapted by Stephen Wyatt. Starring Martin Jarvis, Emily Raymond and Emily Richard. Directed for BBC World... | POTW | Martin Jarvis, Emily Raymond & Emily Richard |
Prophetess Of Exeter | Lucy Gough | 13/12/1997 | Playwright: Lucy Gough. Originally entitled 'Joanna' and referring to a prophet the playwright is related to, this play was written as part of the... | POTW | |
Salzburg In London | Marcy Kahan | 08/02/1998 | By Marcy KAHAN. Directed by Gordon House. With Tara Hugo. Esther Salzburg, a screenplay writer, escapes noisy New York for the promised peace and quiet of an... | POTW | Tara Hugo |
Henry IV Part 1 (2-2) | Shakespeare | 09/02/1998 | BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Starring Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Jonathan Keeble, Prunella Scales and Timothy West. Adapted and directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Jonathan Keeble, Prunella Scales & Timothy West |
Your Ashen Hair Shulamit | Bernard Copse | 10/02/1998 | Written by Bernard Copse. Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman and David de Keyser. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Tracy-Ann Oberman & David de Keyser |
In The Hollowing Circle & Going For Mook | (sp) Todorovich | 14/02/1998 | Entries for the World Service International Playwriting Competition. | POTW | |
The Death Of Che Guevara | Micheal Bourdages | 25/03/1998 | BY MICHEAL BOURDAGES. DIRECTED BY ANDY JORDAN | POTW | |
A Night In May | AB Hoshua (sp) | 23/04/1998 | POTW | Jack Klaff, Rachel Atkins | |
Death Catches The Hunter | Biyi Bandele | 17/06/1998 | BY BIYI BANDELE | POTW | |
What Makes Sammy Run? (1-2) | Budd Schulberg | 07/07/1998 | Written by Budd Schulberg. Dramatised for radio by Kerry Shale. With Henry Goodman. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Henry Goodman |
What Makes Sammy Run? (2-2) | Budd Schulberg | 07/07/1998 | Written by Budd Schulberg. Dramatised for radio by Kerry Shale. With Henry Goodman. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Henry Goodman |
An Inspector Calls | JB Priestley | 01/08/1998 | Author: J. B. Priestley. | POTW | |
Dead White Males | David Williamson | 05/08/1998 | Written by David Williamson. Adapted for radio by John Foley. Starring Nigel Anthony. Directed for BBC World Service by Gordon House. | POTW | Nigel Anthony |
Geometry In Venice | Michael Mackenzie | 09/08/1998 | By Michael Mackenzie; Adapted by Richard Widmore; Starring David Jarvis; Directed by Gordon House | POTW | David Jarvis |
Growing Old Disgracefully | Olwen Wymark | 28/08/1998 | Written by Olwen Wymark. Starring John Rowe, Dorothy Tutin and Hugh Quashie. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | John Rowe, Dorothy Tutin & Hugh Quashie |
La Nona | Anonymous | 01/09/1998 | Written by Roberto Cossa. With Liz Smith, Brian Croucher, Christopher Fairbank and John Roe. Directed for the BBC World Service by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | Liz Smith, Brian Croucher, Christopher Fairbank & John Roe |
Growing Old Disgracefully | Olwen Wymark | 28/09/1998 | By Olwen Wymark. Ex-pat Dorey is 60 and recently widowed. She returns home to England from Ghana to be near her family, but it is not quite as simple as it... | POTW | |
Pygmalion | GB Shaw | 28/09/1998 | POTW | ||
Casual Slaughters | Perry Pontac | 06/10/1998 | Presenter: Perry Pontac. | POTW | |
Mr Percy And The Prophet | Wilkie Collins | 07/10/1998 | By Wilkie Collins; Starring Ronald Pickup, Jonathan Firth; Directed by Rosalynd Ward | POTW | Ronald Pickup, Jonathan Firth |
Pygmalion | GB Shaw | 19/10/1998 | Author: George Bernard Shaw. Starring: Martin Jarvis. | POTW | Martin Jarvis |
The Cyclist | Unknown | 12/11/1998 | POTW | ||
The Spectre Bridegroom | Diane Nigh | 28/11/1998 | Written by Diane Nigh. Based on a story by Washington Irving. Starring Tim Pigott-Smith, Sarah-Jane Holm and Derek Walmsley. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Tim Pigott-Smith, Sarah-Jane Holm & Derek Walmsley |
The Brutality Of Fact | Keith Reddin | 08/12/1998 | Written by Keith Reddin. Starring Barbara Barnes, Helen Horton. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | Barbara Barnes, Helen Horton |
The Earthquake Girl | Katie Hims | 07/01/1999 | By Katie Hims. | POTW | |
Henry IV Part 1 (1-2) | Shakespeare | 22/01/1999 | BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Starring Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Jonathan Keeble, Prunella Scales and Timothy West. BBC World Service Drama Production. Adapted... | POTW | Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Jonathan Keeble, Prunella Scales & Timothy West |
The Power Of The Dog | Ellen Dryden | 28/01/1999 | By Ellen Dryden. | POTW | |
Playing Sinatra | Bernard Kops | 22/02/1999 | POTW | ||
Henry IV Part 2 (1-2) | Shakespeare | 23/02/1999 | BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Starring Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Jonathan Keeble, Prunella Scales and Timothy West. Adapted and directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Jonathan Keeble, Prunella Scales & Timothy West |
Henry IV Part 2 (2-2) | Shakespeare | 26/02/1999 | BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Starring Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Jonathan Keeble, Prunella Scales and Timothy West. Adapted and directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Jonathan Keeble, Prunella Scales & Timothy West |
The Lady Vanishes | Ethel Lina White | 15/04/1999 | DRAMATISATION OF 'THE WHEEL SPINS' BY ETHEL WHITE | POTW | |
Harvest | Nina Wadia | 19/05/1999 | Author: Manjula Padmanabhan. Starring: Nina Wadia. | POTW | |
A Farewell To Arms | Ernest Hemingway | 01/07/1999 | BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY. DRAMATISED FOR RADIO BY CHRIS FALON | POTW | |
A Farewell To Arms | Ernest Hemingway | 01/07/1999 | BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY. DRAMATISED FOR RADIO BY CHRIS FALON | POTW | |
The Uncertainty Principle | Marcy Kahan | 28/07/1999 | By Marcy Kahan. With Clive Swift and Barbara Barnes. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Clive Swift & Barbara Barnes |
The Sorrows Of Young Werther | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | 12/08/1999 | By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | POTW | |
Tell Me Again | Paul Keens-Douglas | 25/08/1999 | By Paul Keens-Douglas. Performed by Paul Keens-Douglas; directed for the BBC World Service by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | Paul Keens-Douglas |
Mistificator | Irina and (sp) Petrova | 09/11/1999 | POTW | ||
Ernesto Panza | Ernesto Panza | 15/11/1999 | Ernesto Panza | POTW | |
Sibling Rivalry | Emil Sher | 24/11/1999 | Performance of Sibling Rivalry, author unknown. | POTW | |
Born To Be Wilde | Oscar Wilde | 02/12/1999 | Written and performed by James Walker. This is a play that looks at Oscar Wilde through the eyes of his son Vyvyan Holland. Directed for BBC World Service by... | POTW | |
Alpha | Mike Walker | 16/12/1999 | Performance of Alpha written by Mike Walker. With David Calder, John Moffatt and Sarah-Jane Holm. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | David Calder, John Moffatt & Sarah-Jane Holm |
The Eternal Bubble | Tanika Gupta | 06/01/2000 | POTW | ||
The Memory Of Water | Shelagh Stephenson | 31/01/2000 | By Shelagh Stephenson. With Linda Bassett, Lesley Manville, Elizabeth Berrington and Elizabeth Bell. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Rosalynd... | POTW | Linda Bassett, Lesley Manville, Elizabeth Berrington & Elizabeth Bell |
Sitting In Limbo | Dawn and Judy Hepburn Penso | 17/02/2000 | By Dawn Penso and Judy Hepburn. Starring Laverne Archer and Angela Winter. Two women from two different social and economic classes find themselves locked up... | POTW | Laverne Archer & Angela Winter |
What Now, Now That We Are Dead? | Mohammad Hanif | 18/02/2000 | Written by Mohammad Hanif. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | |
Diving Bell And The Butterfly | Jean-Dominique Bauby | 14/03/2000 | Author: Jean-Dominique Bauby. | POTW | |
Sweet Talk | Michael Abbensetts | 03/04/2000 | POTW | Felix Dexter | |
Design For Murder | Noel Coward | 21/04/2000 | A Noel Coward murder mystery written by Marcy Kahan. With Malcolm Sinclair and Eleanor Bron. Directed by Ned Chaillet. | POTW | Malcolm Sinclair & Eleanor Bron |
Just Me and Mama and Listening to Elizabeth | Mohamed Sheriff | 16/05/2000 | Play 1: ‘Just Me and Mama’ by Mohamed Sheriff a playwright from Sierra Leone. Directed by David Stead. Play 2: ‘Listening To Elizabeth’ by Lazarus... | POTW | |
Duchess Of Malfi | John Webster | 31/05/2000 | Duchess Of Malfi by John Webster. | POTW | |
The Duchess Of Malfi (part 2) | John Webster | 31/05/2000 | Author: John Webster. | POTW | |
Bel Ami | Guy de Maupassant | 22/06/2000 | Written by Guy de Maupassant. Dramatised for radio by Neville Teller. Directed for BBC World Service by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | |
The Colonel Bird | Hristo Boytchev | 28/06/2000 | Author: Hristo Boytchev | POTW | |
Joyful And Triumphant | Robert Lord | 10/07/2000 | By Robert Lord. Adapted for radio by Richard Wigmore. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | |
A Noise In The Night | Efua Abbam | 18/07/2000 | Author: Efua Abbam. | POTW | |
Things We Do For Love | Alan Ayckbourn | 19/07/2000 | [Tape stretch] | POTW | |
Bel-Ami | Guy de Maupassant | 27/07/2000 | By Guy de Maupassant. | POTW | |
Two Thousand Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer | 24/09/2000 | By Geoffrey Chaucer. | POTW | |
Lady Windermeres Fan | Oscar Wilde | 19/10/2000 | Written by Oscar Wilde. Dramatised for radio by Micheline Wandor. With Eleanor Tremain, David Calder, Jonathan Cake, Isla Blair. Directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Eleanor Tremain, David Calder, Jonathan Cake, Isla Blair |
Home Life | Brant Mowry | 08/11/2000 | Author: Brant Mowry. | POTW | |
Konfidenz | Ariel Dorfman | 23/11/2000 | Written by Ariel Dorfman. With Anton Lesser and Luisa Bradshaw-White. Directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | Anton Lesser & Luisa Bradshaw-White |
Ghosts | Henrik Ibsen | 27/11/2000 | Ghosts, a play by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Doug Lucie from a translation by Margaretha Danbolt Simons. Penelope Wilton and Paul Rees, Michael Elphick.... | POTW | Penelope Wilton & Paul Rees, Michael Elphick |
The Anatomy Of Dr Ruysch | Hilary Bell | 13/12/2000 | BY HILARY BELL | POTW | |
A Choral Tragedy | Diane Ney | 01/01/2001 | Ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is transferred to 1920s Hollywood. Written by Diane Ney. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | |
Mahatma versus Gandhi | Ajit Dalvi | 11/01/2001 | Written by Ajit Dalvi. Adapted for radio by Balwant Bhaneja. Starring Nina Wadia, Jamila Massey. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | Nina Wadia, Jamila Massey |
The Clothes Of Nakedness (part 1) | Benjamin Kwakye | 29/01/2001 | Author: Benjamin Kwakye. | POTW | |
The Clothes Of Nakedness | Benjamin Kwakye | 29/01/2001 | POTW | ||
The Island | Athol Fugard | 01/02/2001 | Written by South African playwright Athol Fugard. With John Kani and Winston Shona. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Andy Jordan. Play is... | POTW | John Kani & Winston Shona |
The Joy Luck Club | Susan Kim | 13/02/2001 | The Joy Luck Club written by Susan Kim, adapted from the novel by Amy Tan. BBC World Service Drama Radio production. Directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | |
The Island | Athol Fugard | 28/02/2001 | Written by Athol Fugard. Drama set in Robben Island Prison. Directed by Andy Jordan. | POTW | |
African Compilation | Unknown | 21/03/2001 | Two prize winning plays originally produced by the African Service. | POTW | |
You Can See The Moon | Andrew Neil | 03/04/2001 | By Andrew Neil. | POTW | |
Morphic Resonance | Katherine Burger | 24/05/2001 | Written by Katherine Burger. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | |
A Choral Tragedy | Diane Nye (sp) | 03/07/2001 | Performance of "A Choral Tragedy". Author: unknown. | POTW | Elizabeth Bell |
The Day Of The Triffids (1 of 2) | John Wyndham | 17/07/2001 | Written by John Wyndham. Dramatised for radio by Lance Dan. Directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | |
The Day Of The Triffids (1 of 2) | John Wyndham | 20/08/2001 | POTW | ||
The Day Of The Triffids (2 of 2) | John Wyndham | 20/08/2001 | Written by John Wyndham. Dramatised for radio by Lance Dan. Directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | |
The Day Of The Triffids (2 of 2) | John Wyndham | 29/08/2001 | Written by John Wyndham. Dramatised for radio by Lance Dan. Directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | |
Once Upon A Time in Wonguk | Loong Mai Hong | 25/09/2001 | A discussion of "Once Upon A Time in Wonguk" by Loong Mai Hong with the director and the translator of the play, Tang Shu Win. Followed by the radio drama.... | POTW | |
Blood | Philip Braithwaite | 03/11/2001 | Written by Philip Braithwaite. Directed by Rosalynd Ward. | POTW | |
Knocking (interview Only) | David Eliot | 08/11/2001 | Interview with David Eliot, author of the play 'Knocking'. | POTW | |
Grace | Doug Lucie | 07/12/2001 | Grace' written by Doug Lucie. Starring Alun Armstrong and Penelope Wilton. Directed by Janet Whitaker. | POTW | Alun Armstrong & Penelope Wilton |
Rising Fish Prayer | Adam May | 16/12/2001 | Winner of the 1997 Asialink playwriting competition. Written by by Adam May. Directed by Janet Whitaker. | POTW | |
Workshop Negative | Com Mhlanga | 01/01/2002 | Author: Com Mhlanga. | POTW | |
Omega | Mike Walker | 28/01/2002 | Written by Mike Walker. With David Calder, Philip Voss, Penelope Wilton. Directed for BBC World Service by Gordon House. | POTW | David Calder, Philip Voss, Penelope Wilton |
Oedipus Rex | Socrates | 16/03/2002 | Translation by Don Taylor | POTW | Michael Maloney, Elizabeth Bell, Ronald Pickup |
Vested Interest | Emil Sher | 16/03/2002 | Written by Emil Sher. BBC World Service Drama and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation co-production, directed by Marion Nancarrow. | POTW | |
Cyanide At 5 Oclock | Pavel Kahout | 12/04/2002 | Written by Pavel Kahout. The author of a novel about the Holocaust is visited by a fan, but there is more to the visit than meets the eye. With Harriet... | POTW | |
Sundiata | DT Niane | 20/04/2002 | Written By: D. T. Niane. Directed by John Theocharis. | POTW | |
The Guide | RK Narayan | 11/05/2002 | Author: R.K. Narayan. Directed by David Hitchinson. | POTW | |
Hannah And Hanna | Unknown | 14/05/2002 | Having escaped from Kosovo, Hanna, 16 meets Hannah, 16, from Margate. An unlikely friendship develops when they find that music is a common bond between them... | POTW | |
African Performance Compilation - A God Takes His Revenge and Before the Rain Comes | Unknown | 29/06/2002 | Two winning plays from the BBC African Performance season. 'A God Takes His Revenge' and 'Before the Rain Comes' both directed by Penny Boreham. | POTW | |
Runt | Michael Phillip Edwards | 03/08/2002 | Written and performed by Michael Phillip Edwards. Directed by Marion Nancarrow. | POTW | |
Mrs Warrens Profession | GB Shaw | 29/08/2002 | Written by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Marion Nancarrow. BBC World Service Drama production. Introduced by Jenni Murray. | POTW | |
Neuromancer (Episode 1) | William Gibson | 08/09/2002 | POTW | ||
Neuromancer (Episode 2) | William Gibson | 15/09/2002 | From the novel by William Gibson. Dramatised for radio by Mike Walker. With Owen McCarthy, James Laurenson, John Shrapnel. BBC World Service Drama... | POTW | Owen McCarthy, James Laurenson, John Shrapnel |
Alfie Elkins And His Little Life | Bill Naughton | 18/10/2002 | Written by Bill Naughton. With Nick Moran and Kevin Whately. CSA Telltapes production for BBC World Service, directed by Dirk Maggs. | POTW | Nick Moran & Kevin Whately |
The World Is Smaller | Gordon House | 08/12/2002 | A celebrtaion of World Service drama from the Cafe Royal in London. Presenter: Gordon House. | POTW | |
The World Is Smaller | Gordon House | 14/12/2002 | Celebration of 70 years of BBC World Service drama. Featuring recordings from the archives and live performances. Presented by Gordon House. | POTW | |
Arabian Nights | Dominic Cooke | 21/12/2002 | Adapted for radio by Dominic Cooke. Directed for BBC World Service by Marion Nancarrow. | POTW | |
Someone Somewhere - Seeing America | Pat Davis | 11/01/2003 | Drama documentary written by Pat Davis. | POTW | |
The Ministry Of Performing Arts And Crafts (2-2) | Mustapha Matura | 25/01/2003 | Written by Mustapha Matura. Directed by Penny Boreham. | POTW | |
The Ministry Of Performing Arts & Crafts (1-2) | Mustapha Matura | 25/01/2003 | Written by Mustapha Matura. Directed by Penny Boreham. | POTW | |
Drop Dead Gorgeous | Marcy Kahan | 01/02/2003 | POTW | ||
Dramascape Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp | Neville Teller | 24/05/2003 | Dramatised by Neville Teller. Music soundtrack by Paul Oakenfold. | POTW | |
The Darker Face Of The Earth (Part 1 only) | Rita Dove | 23/08/2003 | Written by Rita Dove. Directed by Marion Nancarrow. | POTW | |
The Darker Face of the Earth | Rita Dove | 23/08/2003 | Rita Dove's Pulitzer Prize-winning play is performed to mark the International Day of Remembrance of Slave Abolition. BBC World Service Drama production,... | POTW | |
An American Werewolf In London (2-2) | John Landis | 13/09/2003 | Part 2 of the play. Adapted from the film script by John Landis. Starring Jenny Agutter and Brian Glover. An Audio Movies Ltd production. Adapted, written... | POTW | Jenny Agutter & Brian Glover |
An American Werewolf In London (1-2) | John Landis | 13/09/2003 | First part of the play. Adapted from the film script by John Landis. Starring Jenny Agutter and Brian Glover. An Audio Movies Ltd production. Adapted,... | POTW | Jenny Agutter & Brian Glover |
Bintis Party | Eddie Ogembo | 15/11/2003 | Written by Eddie Ogembo. Starring Ray Shell, Adjoa Andoh, Gbemi Ikumelo, Louis Mahoney and Jimmy Akingbola. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by... | POTW | Ray Shell, Adjoa Andoh, Gbemi Ikumelo, Louis Mahoney & Jimmy Akingbola |
I Have Before me a Remarkable Document given to me by a Young Lady from Rwanda | Sonja Linden | 23/11/2003 | By Sonja Linden. BBC World Service production directed by Rishi Sankar. | POTW | |
Loyal Women | Unknown | 10/01/2004 | Loyal Women is tough, uncompromising theatre about the world within the paramilitary organisation, the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Freedom... | POTW | |
Speaking Well Of The Dead | Israel Horovitz | 25/04/2004 | Willa wants to speak about her father's death in the World Trade Centre on September 11th 2001. With Jill Rayburgh and Lily Rabe. Written by by Israel... | POTW | Jill Rayburgh & Lily Rabe |
The Duel (2) by Anton Chekhov | Anton Chekhov | 27/04/2004 | POTW | ||
The Duel (2) by Anton Chekhov | Anton Chekhov | 27/04/2004 | POTW | ||
Tatums Tale | Bolaji Odofin | 01/05/2004 | Tatum's Tale by Bolaji Odofin, directed by Paul Bakibinga. | POTW | |
Tatums Tale | Bolaji Odofin | 01/05/2004 | Tatum's Tale by Bolaji Odofin, directed by Paul Bakibinga. | POTW | |
The Duel (1) by Anton Chekhov | Anton Chekhov | 17/07/2004 | Written by Anton Chekhov. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by Marion Nancarrow. | POTW | |
The Duel (1) by Anton Chekhov | Anton Chekhov | 17/07/2004 | Written by Anton Chekhov. BBC World Service Drama production. Directed by Marion Nancarrow. | POTW | |
Ebola Attack | John Fletcher | 28/09/2004 | Starring: Jude Akuwudike, Janice Acquah, Maynard Eziashi, Chuck Iwuji. Directed by Virginia Crompton. | POTW | Jude Akuwudike, Janice Acquah, Maynard Eziashi, Chuck Iwuji |
Ebola Attack | John Fletcher | 28/09/2004 | Starring: Jude Akuwudike, Janice Acquah, Maynard Eziashi, Chuck Iwuji. Directed by Virginia Crompton. | POTW | Jude Akuwudike, Janice Acquah, Maynard Eziashi, Chuck Iwuji |
Roman Fever - Something Unspoken | Edith Wharton | 13/11/2004 | Two plays: (1) 'Roman Fever' by Edith Wharton. (2) 'Something Unspoken' by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Marion Nancarrow. | POTW | |
Roman Fever - Something Unspoken | Edith Wharton | 13/11/2004 | Two plays: (1) 'Roman Fever' by Edith Wharton. (2) 'Something Unspoken' by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Marion Nancarrow. | POTW | |
Miss Morisons Ghosts | Ian Curteis | 17/11/2004 | Written by Ian Curteis. Starring Patrica Hodge, Robert Hardy and Juliet Stevenson. Directed by Dirk Maggs. | POTW | Patrica Hodge, Robert Hardy & Juliet Stevenson |
Miss Morisons Ghosts | Ian Curteis | 17/11/2004 | Written by Ian Curteis. Starring Patrica Hodge, Robert Hardy and Juliet Stevenson. Directed by Dirk Maggs. | POTW | Patrica Hodge, Robert Hardy & Juliet Stevenson |
The Lifeblood | Maxwell Glyn | 20/11/2004 | Drama about Mary Stuart, Mary Queen of Scots. Written by Glyn Maxwell. Directed by Susan Roberts. | POTW | |
The Lifeblood | Maxwell Glyn | 20/11/2004 | Drama about Mary Stuart, Mary Queen of Scots. Written by Glyn Maxwell. Directed by Susan Roberts. | POTW | |
The Shadow Of A Gunman - Part 2 | Sean O'Casey | 11/12/2004 | Shadow Of A Gunman' a powerful piece from the Irish dramatist, Sean O'Casey. Directed by Rishi Sankar. | POTW | |
The Shadow Of A Gunman - Part 2 | Sean O'Casey | 11/12/2004 | Shadow Of A Gunman' a powerful piece from the Irish dramatist, Sean O'Casey. Directed by Rishi Sankar. | POTW | |
Exclude Me | Judith Johnson | 17/12/2004 | Written By: Judith Johnson. | POTW | |
Exclude Me | Judith Johnson | 17/12/2004 | Written By: Judith Johnson. | POTW | |
A Little Piece Of Earth | Maxwell Glyn | 01/01/2005 | Glyn Maxwell links contributions from Yoko Ono, Shirin Neshrat, Tim Smit and Vayu Naidu. Produced by Rishi Sankar and Marion Nancarrow. | POTW | Yoko Ono, Shirin Neshrat, Tim Smit & Vayu Naidu |
A Little Piece Of Earth | Maxwell Glyn | 01/01/2005 | Glyn Maxwell links contributions from Yoko Ono, Shirin Neshrat, Tim Smit and Vayu Naidu. Produced by Rishi Sankar and Marion Nancarrow. | POTW | Yoko Ono, Shirin Neshrat, Tim Smit & Vayu Naidu |
Ipi Zombie | Brett Bailey | 12/03/2005 | POTW | ||
Six Degrees Of Separation | John Guare | 21/05/2005 | Written by John Guare. Starring: Elizabeth Mcgovern, Stuart Milligan. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Rishi Sankar. | POTW | Elizabeth Mcgovern, Stuart Milligan |
The Virtuous Burglar | Dario Fo | 02/07/2005 | Written by Dario Fo. Adapted by Steven Canning. Translated by Joseph Farrell. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Rishi Sankar. | POTW | |
Lysistrata | Aristophanes | 24/09/2005 | Lysistrata' a Greek comedy, written in 411 BC by Aristophanes. BBC World Service Drama production, directed by Kristine Landon-Smith. | POTW | |
African Performance Beguiled & Waiting For Baba | Bode Asiyanbiyi | 29/10/2005 | Two plays from BBC African Performance season. (1) Beguiled. Written by: Bode Asiyanbiyi. Directed by Jenny Horrocks || (2) Waiting For Baba. Written by Audu... | POTW | |
Nuremberg | Richard Norton-Taylor | 15/11/2005 | Performance of "Nuremberg". Play compiled from the transcripts of the Nuremburg Trials after World War II. BBC World Service Radio Drama, directed by David... | POTW | |
Much Ado About Nothing (1-2) | Shakespeare | 03/12/2005 | Written by William Shakespeare. Play is introduced by a discussion about the play with theatre director Tamara Harvey, actor Clive Swift and theatre critic... | POTW | Clive Swift |
Much Ado About Nothing (2-2) | Shakespeare | 10/12/2005 | Written by William Shakespeare. Play is introduced by a discussion about the play with Declan Donnellan, actor Clive Swift and theatre critic Charles... | POTW | Clive Swift |
Truckin Maggie | Diane Ney | 21/01/2006 | By Diane Ney. With Bill Bailey and Anton Lesser. BBC World Service production directed by Gordon House. | POTW | Bill Bailey & Anton Lesser |
Sagila | Sibusiso Mamba | 06/03/2006 | Swazi murder mystery drama. Written by Sibusiso Mamba. Directed by Anne Edyvean. | POTW |