Edward William Chaillet, III ( ; born 29 November 1944) is a

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producer and director, writer and journalist. Chaillet, American by birth, was born in Boston, Massachusetts but is a "native of Washington" according to ''

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''. He has lived in Britain since 1973. His newspaper career began at the ''

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'' in 1964, interrupted by service in the

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. He then lived in Europe, founded the Free State Theater company in Maryland, and studied at the

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and

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of both ...

. Chaillet moved to London in 1973 to work at ''

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'' for the editors Arthur Crook and

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1974–76. He was deputy drama critic (to Irving Wardle) for ''

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'' 1975–83. In 1983 he joined the BBC as Editor, Radio 3 Plays, before becoming a producer for

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Drama. At the same time (1983–86) he wrote drama criticism for '' The Wall Street Journal – Europe''. His radio programmes have received five ''

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'', and the ''

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for Fiction'' in 1997. In 2005 he was nominated by the Directors Guild of Great Britain for Outstanding Achievement in Radio. Between 2008 and 2012, Ned taught Radio and Microphone Technique at the

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(London). In 2013, working with Chris Wallis at Autolycus Productions, he completed the recording of

David Suchet Sir David Courtney Suchet''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' ( ; born 2 May 1946) is an English actor known for his work on British stage and television. He portrayed Edward Teller in the television serial '' Oppen ...

's single-voice reading of the entire Bible (

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, 2011) for CTVC.

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Natasha Pyne Natasha Pyne (born 9 July 1946) is an English actress who starred in ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1967 film), ''The Breaking of Bumbo'' (1970) and ''Father, Dear Father'' (1973). Early life Pyne was born in Crawley, Sussex on 9 July 1946. She i ...

, Jan Winters,

Bryan Pringle Bryan Pringle (19 January 1935 – 15 May 2002) was an English character actor who appeared for several decades in television, film and theatre productions. Life and career Born in Glascote, Tamworth, Staffordshire, he was brought up in the L ...

, Christopher Fairbank, Garard Green, Daniel Kodicek, Wayne Howard, Peter Howell,

Deborah Makepeace Deborah Makepeace (1957, Buckrose, Yorkshire, England – 2 February 1999, Bromley, London, England) was a British television, theater, and voiceover actress. Biography Prior to her acting career, she originally aspired to become a balleri ...

and Kim Wall , Tom tries to reach his wife in the

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spreads across Europe. ,

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Steve Hodson Steve Hodson (born Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, 5 November 1947) is a British actor who played the role of Steve Ross in ''Follyfoot''. Hodson was working as a civil servant in Bradford when he won a place at the Central School of Speech ...

Richard Griffiths Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. For his performance in the stage play '' The History Boys'', Griffiths won a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Drama Desk ...

, Melinda Walker,

Denis Lawson Denis Stamper Lawson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish actor and director. He is known for his roles as John Jarndyce in the BBC's adaptation of '' Bleak House'', as Gordon Urquhart in the film '' Local Hero'', as Retired DI Steve McAndr ...

Tim Reynolds Tim Reynolds (born 15 December 1957) is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as a lead guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. AllMusic critic MacKenzie Wilson has called Reynolds "an under-rated master". ...

Morag Hood Morag Hood (12 December 1942 – 5 October 2002) was a British actress who featured in numerous television programmes, stage productions, and audio presentations in the UK from the 1960s up to the late 1990s. Early life Hood was born in Gl ...

, Steven Harrold, Julie Berry and

John Holmstrom John Holmstrom (born 1954) is an American underground cartoonist and writer. He is best known for illustrating the covers of the Ramones albums ''Rocket to Russia'' and '' Road to Ruin'', as well as his characters Bosko and Joe (published in Sch ...

, A would-be adulterous affair consisting of meetings in a tea shop may be frustrating to George and Alice, but it is a matter of life or death to the Rum Baba and his friends on the cake shelf. ,

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, - id="Languages Spoken Here" , , ''Languages Spoken Here'' , , Colin Stinton, Emily Richard, Renny Krupinski, Jiri Hanak, Peter Craze, Steven Harrold, John Samson and Karen Archer , Michael believes he is doing a favour for the Polish émigré writer, Janusz, by translating his book. But whose cause is he serving? A morally ambiguous comedy.

Won a Giles Cooper Award in 1987 ,

, - id="Tickertape and V-Signs" , , ''Tickertape and V-Signs'' , , Brian Bovell and

Stephen Tompkinson Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in ''Chancer '' (1990), Damien Day in '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in '' Ballykissangel'' (1996– ...

, A black soldier returning from the

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finds himself the subject of racial taunts. ,

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(Recorded on 15 June 1988) , ''Hancock's Last Half Hour'' , , Richard Briers with

and Zelah Clarke ,

Tony Hancock Anthony John Hancock (12 May 1924 – 25 June 1968) was an English comedian and actor. High-profile during the 1950s and early 1960s, he had a major success with his BBC series ''Hancock's Half Hour'', first broadcast on radio from 1954, ...

died on 25 June 1968. His last half-hour is a solitary affair and his audience has dwindled to a telephone, some clippings and a bottle of vodka. ,

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(Recorded on 28 January 1989) , ''Haunted by More Cake'' , ,

Graham Crowden Clement Graham Crowden (30 November 1922 – 19 October 2010) was a Scottish actor. He was best known for his many appearances in television comedy dramas and films, often playing eccentric "offbeat" scientist, teacher and doctor characters. Ea ...

, Joan Mattheson,

, Victoria Carling,

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, Richard Pearce, Philip Sully,

John Warner John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 – May 25, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 20 ...

, Joan Walker,

Nicholas Courtney William Nicholas Stone Courtney (16 December 1929 – 22 February 2011) was an Egyptian-born British actor. He was known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Ea ...

, Jo Kendall and

Charlotte Green Charlotte Green (born 4 May 1956) is a British radio broadcaster and a former continuity announcer and news reader for BBC Radio 4. After 1988 she specialised in news reading, including reading the news on Radio 4 breakfast ''Today'' programme ...

, Ginger's nephew Lionel has a problem; there's a tea party going on in his stomach and he's fallen in love with one of the guests. What can Ginger do to help? ,

, - id="The Bass Saxophone" ,
(Recorded on 9 June 1989) , ' , , adapted by
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Graham Collier James Graham Collier (21 February 1937 – 9 September 2011) was an English jazz bassist, bandleader and composer. Life and career Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, on leaving school Collier joined the British Army as a musician, ...

, John Woodvine,

Jonathan Cullen Jonathan Cullen (born 1960) is a British actor of stage, film and television. Personal life Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Cullen's father was Tony Cullen, a founding member of the Northern Sinfonia. He was educated at the Royal ...

, Joe Dunlop, Elizabeth Mansfield, Danny Schiller, Michael Kilgarriff, Michael Graham Cox, Ken Cumberlidge, David King, Jo Kendall and

, "You were Eve and it was the apple" is Old Joseph's admonition to his younger self, remembering when a German band appeared in his German-occupied town in Czechoslovakia. The apple was the band's bass saxophone and the temptation was to play it for a German audience.

Sony Award – Best Drama Production 1990 ,

, - id="Eating Words" , , ''Eating Words'' , , John Woodvine, Sheila Allen, Ed Asner, Emily Richard, Charles Simpson, Vincent Brimble,

, David King, Elizabeth Mansfield, Simon Treves, Joe Dunlop, Christopher Good and Danny Schiller , Won a Giles Cooper Award in 1989. ,

, - id="Rabbit Man" ,
(Recorded on 10 August 1989) , ''Rabbit Man'' , ,

Jim Broadbent James Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film '' Iris'' (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for ...

Maggie McCarthy Maggie is a common short form of the name Magdalena, Magnolia, Margaret. Maggie may refer to: People Women * Maggie Adamson, Scottish musician * Maggie Aderin-Pocock (born 1968), British scientist * Maggie Alderson (born 1959), Aus ...

, Carolyn Backhouse, John Moffatt,

Ken Campbell Kenneth Victor Campbell (10 December 1941 – 31 August 2008) was an English actor, writer and director known for his work in experimental theatre. He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre". Campbell achieved notoriety in the ...

Susan Sheridan Susan Haydn Thomas (18 March 1947 – 8 August 2015) better known as Susan Sheridan, was an English voice actress. Her roles included Noddy in '' Noddy's Toyland Adventures'', Princess Sylvia in '' Muzzy in Gondoland'', Trillian in the BBC rad ...

, Melinda Walker and David Goudge , A man sprouts rabbit ears. ,

, - id="Joe Allen" ,
(Recorded on 18 March 1990) , ''Joe Allen'' , , Presented by

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theatre critic Jack Tinker , A profile of the restaurateur Joe Allen ,

, - id="True Believers" ,
(Recorded on 17 May 1990) , ''True Believers'' Produced by Ned Chaillet, directed by David Greenwood , , Dhirendra Kumar,

Meera Syal Meera Syal FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is a English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, ...

and Elizabeth Mansfield , 'Tony' has turned his back on his Sikh family and married an English girl. But his brother's activities threaten to destroy his happiness. ,

Saturday Night Theatre , - id="Betrayal" , , ''

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Harold Pinter Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that span ...

Patricia Hodge Patricia Ann Hodge, OBE (born 29 September 1946) is an English actor. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in '' Rumpole of the Bailey'' (1978–1992), Jemima Shore in ''Jemima Shore Investigates'' (1983), Penny in '' Mira ...

Michael Gambon Sir Michael John Gambon (; born 19 October 1940) is an Irish-English actor. Regarded as one of Ireland and Britain's most distinguished actors, he is known for his work on stage and screen. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivi ...

, Christopher Good and Elizabeth Mansfield , A study of triangular infidelity and friendship. ,

, - id="Advice to Eastern Europe" ,
(Recorded on 26 October 1990) , ''Advice to Eastern Europe'' , , Andrew Wincott,

, Simon Treves, Joanna Myers, Jenny Howe, Tara Dominick,

Oliver Cotton Oliver Charles Cotton (born 20 June 1944) is an English actor, comedian and playwright, known for his prolific work on stage, TV and film. He remains best known for his role as Cesare Borgia in the BBC's 1981 drama series '' The Borgias''. Early ...

, Colin Stinton and Edita Brychta , The barriers between East and West have fallen to open up economic and artistic ambition for Eastern Europe. Helena come to England with a project, only to meet a love-smitten American script editor... ,

, - id="Diary of a Madman" , , '' Diary of a Madman'' ,

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, adapted by , re-mixed for radio by John Whitehall
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Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor of Welsh heritage. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 '' ...

and Richard Williams ,

, directed by the animator Richard Williams, performs triumphantly in the 1963 soundtrack of an uncompleted film of

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's demented masterpiece. ,

, - id="When We Dead Awaken" , , ''

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'' , translated and adapted by
Music by

Ilona Sekacz Ilona Sekacz (born 6 April 1948) is a British composer of concert, film, television and theatre music. Biography Sekacz was born in Blackpool, Lancashire to a Polish father and an English mother. She studied violin and was a member of the Nationa ...

Paul Scofield David Paul Scofield (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was a British actor. During a six-decade career, Scofield achieved the US Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, Emmy, and Tony for his work. He won the three awards in a seve ...

, Cheryl Campbell,

Imogen Stubbs Imogen Stubbs (born 20 February 1961) is an English actress and writer. Her first leading part was in '' Privileged'' (1982), followed by '' A Summer Story'' (1988). Her first play, '' We Happy Few'', was produced in 2004. In 2008 she joined ...

, Jon Strickland, Terence Edmond, Joanna Myers, Alan Barker, Joanna Myers and Danielle Allan , In

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential pla ...

's last play, a celebrated sculptor returns to

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with his young wife and confronts Irene, the tormented model of his masterpiece. ,

, - id="The Ashes" ,
(Recorded on 13 April 1991) , ' , , Ronald Herdman,

, Fraser Kerr, David Sinclair, Joanna Myers, Karen Archer,

Robin Weaver Robin Weaver (born April 1970) is an English actress, best known for playing the roles of Clara in '' The Muppet Christmas Carol'' and recurring character Pamela Cooper in the E4 sitcom '' The Inbetweeners'' and its feature-length films, ''The I ...

Brian Johnston Brian Alexander Johnston (24 June 1912 – 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from 1946 until h ...

and Peter Barker , The captain of the England team is going to be a father, but Louise is not his wife... ,

, - id="Japan Season – The Romance of the Road" ,
(Recorded on 25 August 1991) , ''Japan Season – '' , ,

Alan Booth Alan Booth (5 December 194624 January 1993)
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a 2,000-mile walk through Japan, talks about a new walk he took with a reluctant companion. ,

, - id="Japan Season – Yabuhara, the Blind Master Minstrel" ,
(Recorded on 2 September 1991) , ''Japan Season – Yabuhara, the Blind Master Minstrel'' , Inoue Hisashi translated and adapted by
Songs by Koichi Uno
Additional music by Mia Soteriou , John Woodvine,

Roger Allam Roger William Allam (born 26 October 1953) is a British actor, who has performed on stage, in film, on television and radio. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical '' Les Misérables'', First Officer ...

, Mia Soteriou, David Bannerman, Ronald Herdman, Sirol Jenkins, Charles Millham, Joanna Myers, Margaret Shade,

, Auriol Smith and Andrew Wincott ,

Hisashi Inoue was a leading Japanese playwright and writer of comic fiction. From 1961 to 1986, he used the pen name of Uchiyama Hisashi. Early life Inoue was born in what is now part of Kawanishi in Yamagata Prefecture, where his father was a pharmacis ...

's bawdy comedy charts the rise of a blind minstrel to the top ranks of Japanese society through murder, theft and extortion ,

, - id="Japan Season – Kyōgenii" ,
(Recorded on 2 October 1991) , ''Japan Season – Kyōgenii, The Monkey-Skin Quiver'' BBC data credits "Producer: E. Chaillet"; however Ned says "I didn't direct the Kyōgen. In fact, I curated the whole drama side of the Japan Season, but only Yabuhara, Performing Rites, Alan Booth, were mine." , Utsubozaru translated by , Andrew Wincott, Joanna Myers,

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and Matthew Sim , Second of three short comedies taken from the traditional Japanese theatre. ,

, - id="Japan Season – Performing Rites" ,
(Recorded on 27 September 1991) , ''Japan Season – Performing Rites''

aka ''Modern Japanese Theatre'' , , Dr Brian Powell , Dr Brian Powell of Keble College Oxford examines the development of the modern Japanese theatre, talking to its leading dramatists, directors, critics and performers. ,

, - id="The Little Walls" , , ' , , dramatised by ,

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Roger Lloyd Pack Roger Anthony Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 16 January 2014) was an English actor. He is best known for playing Trigger in ''Only Fools and Horses'' from 1981 to 2003, and Owen Newitt in ''The Vicar of Dibley'' from 1994 to 2007. He later sta ...

, Kate Bufferey,

Vivian Pickles Vivian Pickles (born 21 October 1931) is an English actress. Biography Pickles began her career as a child star after being chosen by Mary Field for a series of Saturday Morning children's films, including the lead roles in ''Jean's Plan'' (1 ...

, Norman Jones, Helen Cooper, Terence Edmond, Timothy Morand, Eric Allen, Ronald Herdman, Siriol Jenkins, Cassie MacFarlane, Neil Roberts, David Sinclair, Matthew Sim and Auriol Smith ,

Winston Graham Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003), was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary ...

's novel was the first winner of the

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Crossed Red Herring award for best crime novel of the year. Philip has returned to Europe from America after his brother appears to commit suicide in Amsterdam. His search for the truth takes him from England to the Netherlands and Italy. ,

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Gold and Silver Daggers Season , - id="Design for Living" ,
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'' , , Cheryl Campbell,

Michael Kitchen Michael Roy Kitchen (born 31 October 1948) is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle in the ITV drama ''Foyle's War'', which comprised eight series betw ...

, Joanna Myers,

James Laurenson James Laurenson (born 17 February 1940) is a New Zealand stage and screen actor. Early life Laurenson was born in Marton, North Island, New Zealand. He was a student at Canterbury University College in Christchurch (now University of Canter ...

Bradley Lavelle Bradley Lavelle (31 March 1958 – 22 March 2007) was a British-based Canadian actor. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Lavelle appeared in such films as '' Hellbound: Hellraiser II'', ''Nightbreed'' and '' Memphis Belle''. He played a young Ameri ...

and Linda Marlowe , Three terminally stylish friends who share rivalrous affections attempt to uncoil their twisted love triangle in this sexy and scandalous gem. ,

, - id="The Wench is Dead" , , ' , dramatised by ,

John Shrapnel John Morley Shrapnel (27 April 1942 – 14 February 2020) was an English actor. He is known mainly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in the United Kingdom and for his many television appearances. ...

, Robert Glenister, Garard Green, Joanna Myers, Peter Penry-Jones and

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, After he's rushed into hospital,

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becomes intrigued by an old crime. ,

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T. P. McKenna Thomas Patrick McKenna (7 September 1929 – 13 February 2011) was an Irish actor, born in Mullagh, County Cavan. He had an extensive stage and screen career. Career Early years Thomas Patrick McKenna was born at Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland, ...

and

Anita Dobson Anita Dobson (born 29 April 1949) is an English stage, film and television actress, and singer. She is best known for her role from 1985 to 1988 as Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. In 1986, she reached number four in the UK Si ...

, A dark, claustrophobic play. ,

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'' ,
translated and adapted by Bronwyn Ferzackerley , Charles Simpson,

Ray Fearon Raymond Fearon is an English actor. He played garage mechanic Nathan Harding on ITV's long-running soap opera ''Coronation Street'' and voiced the centaur Firenze in the Wizarding World film series ''Harry Potter'' and '' Fantastic Beasts''. ...

Melanie Hudson Melanie Hudson is an English actress and comedian. With Vicki Pepperdine, she was part of the double act Hudson and Pepperdine. The two women wrote and starred in BBC Radio 4's ''The Hudson and Pepperdine Show''. Hudson performed multiple roles ...

, Jonathon Taffler, Linda Marlowe, Madelaine Kemms, Jo Kendall,

, Gordon Reid, Nicholas Murchie, Jonathon Addams, John Church and Mia Soteriou , 1954. Peru. Northern desert. Military base. A recruit is found murdered. The resulting investigation is flawed by indifference and the commanding officer's stonewall. ,

Monday Play , - id="Dictator Gal" , , ''Dictator Gal'' ,
Music: Trevor Allan Davies
Sound Design: John Whitehall , Josette Simon and

Joe Melia Joe Melia ( Giovanni Philip William Melia; 23 January 1935, Camden, London - 20 October 2012, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire) was a British actor. Educated at the City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School and Downing College, Cambridge, wher ...

, A musical satire

Special Jury Commendation: Prix Futura Berlin 1993 ,

, - id="The Facts Speak for Themselves" , , ' , , Larry Dann, Meg Davies, Struan Rodger,

, Kate Binchey, Mathew Morgan, Keith Drinkel,

Eric Allan Eric Allan (born 8 March 1940) is a British actor. His first film role was in Peter Brook's 1968 film ''Tell Me Lies'', based on the play '' US'' in which Allan had appeared the previous year. For 24 years from 1997 to 2021 he played the part o ...

, Phillip Anthony, Nicholas Murchie,

, John Webb and Jonathon Taffler , What at first seems to be an open-and-shut case turns out not to be so straightforward. ,

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reads eight stories from Joseph Mitchell's classic collection of tales from the ''New Yorker'', beginning with the first part of a celebrated portrait of New York's oldest saloon, McSorley's. ,

Book at Bedtime ''Book at Bedtime'' (''A Book at Bedtime'' until 9 July 1993) is a long-running radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each weekday evening between 22.45 and 23.00. The programme presents readings of fiction, including modern classics, ...

, - id="The Right Result" , , ' , , Malcolm Rennie,

Brian Croucher Brian Croucher (born 23 January 1942) is an English actor and director best known for his role as Ted Hills, which he played from 1995 to 1997, in the soap opera ''EastEnders''. Croucher also had a regular role in the science fiction series ''B ...

, Adé Sapara, Paul Shane, Michael Melia, Mona Hammond, Ray Lonnen,

Oscar James Oscar James (born 25 July 1942) is a Trinidadian actor, who is based in the United Kingdom. He has had a long and varied career, but is best known for appearing on British television, in particular the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', where he pla ...

, Malcolm Kaye, Don Gilét, Michael Onslow, Vivienne Rochester, Andrew Wincott, Gary Lawrence,

James Telfer James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguati ...

, John Evitt, John Fleming and John Webb , When a black youth dies in a violent incident on the London Underground, the subsequent investigation uncovers a pervasive racism that appears to reach to the top ranks of the police themselves. ,

Saturday Night Theatre , - id="The Lake" ,
(Recorded on 28 August 1993) , ' , , James Aubrey, Karen Archer,

Pauline Yates Pauline Lettice Yates (16 June 1929 – 21 January 2015) was an English actress, best known for playing Elizabeth Perrin in the BBC television sitcom ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin''. She also starred in '' Bachelor Father'' and '' ...

Frances Jeater Frances is a French and English given name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'free one.' The male version of the name in English is Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "Frenchman", comes from the ...

, Barry Woolgar,

Teresa Gallagher Teresa Gallagher is an American-born British actress. Career Gallagher is known for her role as Ellen Smith in ''The Bill'', for her appearances on radio in ''No Commitments'', ''Salem's Lot'', and ''Memorials to the Missing''. She playe ...

, David Thorpe, Nicholas Boulton,

, Isabelle Hewitt, John Prendergast and Hayley Thomas , Childhood memories draw Ben Wheeler back to a lake, but when a child disappears his obsession provokes suspicion. ,

, - id="Waiting For Lefty" , , '' Waiting for Lefty'' ,
adapted by Bill Morrison ,

Ed Bishop George Victor Bishop (11 June 1932 – 8 June 2005), known professionally as Ed Bishop or sometimes Edward Bishop, was an American actor. He was known for playing Commander Ed Straker in ''UFO'', Captain Blue in '' Captain Scarlet and the Myst ...

William Hootkins William Michael "Hoot"Austin Mutti-MewseObituary: William Hootkins ''The Guardian'', November 14, 2005, accessed December 13, 2012. Hootkins (July 5, 1948 – October 23, 2005) was an American actor, best known for supporting roles in Hollywood b ...

, Bob Sherman,

, Malcolm Ward, Paul Panting,

, Jonathon Tafler and Michael Fitzpatrick , Series of related vignettes, framed by the meeting of cab drivers who are planning a strike ,

, - id="Tipperary Smith" , , ''Tipperary Smith'' , ,

and

Barbara Durkin Barbara Durkin is an English actress who trained at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre.''I'm Alan Partridge DVD,'' cast and crew biographies. She made her debut in the 1987 British film ''Wish You Were Here'', and later made televisio ...

, The adventures of a Bradford woman in the Far East.

Commended by

European Broadcasting Union The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the C ...

(Turin – Sept. 1994) ,

, - id="Shakespeare's Sonnets" , – , '' Shakespeare's sonnets'' , ,

Simon Callow Simon Phillip Hugh Callow (born 15 June 1949) is an English film, television and voice actor, director, narrator and writer. He was twice nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his roles in ''A Room with a View'' (19 ...

, Six programmes, broadcast daily, in which Simon Callow explores the hidden meaning of the Sonnets by following a radical reordering by

John Padel John Hunter Padel (3 May 1913 – 24 October 1999) was a British psychoanalyst and classicist. He was born in Carlisle, where his father Charles Padel was headmaster of Carlisle Grammar School. His mother was Mòrag (née Hunter), 3rd daughter ...

. Believing that the W.H. is William Herbert, it suggests that the poems were initially commissioned to convince W.H. to marry. The later passions and anguish of the poems then reveal the Poet. ,

, - id="Last Seen Wearing" , , '' Last Seen Wearing'' , dramatised by ,

, Robert Glenister, Miles Anderson, Melinda Walker,

Donald Sumpter Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is an English actor who has appeared in film and television since the mid-1960s. Career One of his early television appearances was the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Wheel in Space'' with Patrick Tro ...

, Terence Edmond, Tamsin Greig, John Hartley and

Emily Woof Emily Woof is an English actress and author, best known for film and TV roles including Nancy in ''Oliver Twist'', ''The Full Monty'', an ITV adaptation of ''The Woodlanders'', ''Velvet Goldmine'', ''Wondrous Oblivion'', '' Silent Cry'' and '' ...

Colin Dexter Norman Colin Dexter (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his ''Inspector Morse'' series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, ''Inspector Morse'', fr ...

's grumpy detective

is reluctant to take over an old missing person case from a dead colleague, but murder is Morse's speciality and the case soon has complications. ,

, - id="Inugami, The Dog God" , , ''Inugami, The Dog God'' , translated by
Music by Mia Soteriou , Pauline Letts,

Julian Rhind-Tutt Julian Alistair Rhind-Tutt (born 20 July 1967) is an English actor, best known for playing Dr "Mac" Macartney in the comedy television series ''Green Wing'' (2004–2006). Early life Rhind-Tutt was born in West Drayton, Middlesex, the youngest o ...

, Auriol Smith, Ann Windsor, Charles Milham, David Banerman,

James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-sell ...

, Joanna Myers, Siriol Jenkins, Margaret John and Rachel Atkins , In a remote village in Japan, a woman is attacked by a dog. Nine months later she gives birth to a son, Tsukio, and the village treats him with apprehension. A powerful mythic drama by one of the 20th century's most important Japanese writers,

Shūji Terayama was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (''Angura'') theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema ...

. ,

, - id="Virtual Radio" , , ''Virtual Radio'' , ,

Jennie Stoller Jennifer Stoller (26 April 1946 – 18 November 2018) was a British actress. In a career spanning almost 40 years, she appeared in TV, film, stage and radio productions. Early life Stoller was born in Finchley, north London, to Jewish parents. ...

Buffy Davis Buffy is a pet form of the female given name Elizabeth. Buffy or Buffie may also refer to: People Given name * Buffie Carruth (born 1977), American model and fitness instructor * Buffy Tyler (born 1978), Playboy playmate * Buffy Wicks (born 1 ...

, Larry Dann and Anthony Jackson ,

Virtual reality Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), edu ...

is so seductive to Bob that his entire life becomes devoted to escape into his machinery – but where will it take him when the bailiffs come? ,

Thirty Minute Theatre , - id="Friday's Child" ,
(Recorded on 5 January 1995) , '' Friday's Child'' ,
dramatised by , Mary Wimbush, Eva Stuart,

, David Bannerman, Tessa Worsley, Nicholas Boulton,

Simon Russell Beale Sir Simon Russell Beale (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in film, television and theatre, and work on radio, on audiobooks and as a narrator. For his services to drama, he was knighted by Queen Elizabe ...

, Ian Hughes,

Jilly Bond Jilly is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jilly Cooper (born 1937), English author *Jilly Goolden (born 1956), British wine critic, journalist and television personality * Jilly Johnson (born 1953), British model, '' Pa ...

, Paul Panting, Cathy Sara, Peter Kenny, David Antrobus,

Annabel Mullion Annabel Mullion (born 1969) is an actress. She was educated at St Mary's School, Ascot and studied English and Drama at the University of East Anglia. She then completed the 3 year acting course at Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating i ...

James Frain James Dominic Frain is an English stage and screen actor. His best known television roles include Thomas Cromwell in the Showtime/ CBC historical drama ''The Tudors'' (2007–2009), Franklin Mott in the HBO drama ''True Blood'' (2010), Warwi ...

and Elli Garnett , Viscount Sheringham is fast spending his money, and cannot inherit until he marries. Will his choice of bride bring happiness to them both? ,

Playhouse , - id="Green and Pleasant Land" , , ''Green and Pleasant Land'' , , Written and presented by Jeremy Nicholas , Sony Gold Award for Best Feature Programme 1996 ,

BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...

Radio Two Arts Programme , - id="Silver's City" , , '' Silver's City'' , , Brian Cox, Freddie Boardley,

James Nesbitt William James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965) is an actor from Northern Ireland. From 1987, Nesbitt spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical '' Up on the Roof'' (1987, 1989) to the political drama ''Paddywack'' (1994) ...

, Clare Cathcart,

John Rogan John William "Bud" Rogan February 12 – September 11, 1905; some sources indicate 1867, 1868 and 1871 as his birth year) is recorded as the second-tallest person ever at , behind only Robert Wadlow. Biography John Rogan was born in Hende ...

, Sean Caffrey, Michael McKnight, Ethna Roddy, Valerie Lilley, Catherine White,

Conleth Hill Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill (born 24 November 1964) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has performed on stage in productions in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the United States. He has won two Laurence Olivier Awards and received two T ...

, Toby E. Byrne,

Robert Patterson Robert Patterson (January 12, 1792 – August 7, 1881) was an Irish-born United States major general during the American Civil War, chiefly remembered for inflicting an early defeat on Stonewall Jackson, but crucially failing to stop Confed ...

, Joshua Towb, and James Greene , Brian Cox stars as 'Silver' Steele in Maurice Leitch's play based on his Whitbread Prize-winning novel. Freed from imprisonment for terrorism by a Loyalist raid on his hospital room, Silver finds that his ideals have made him a dangerous anachronism in a changing Northern Ireland. ,

The Monday Play , - id="Telephone in the Deep Freeze" , , ''Telephone in the Deep Freeze'' , ,

Polly James Polly James (born 8 July 1941) is an English actress with a career in theatre, film, television and radio. Career Pauline James was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, under the name Pauline Devaney. After graduating from RADA, her TV career began ...

, Sandra Voe, Hazel Holder, Colin Pinney,

, George Parsons,

Lyndam Gregory Lyndam Gregory (c. 1955 – 15 July 2014) was an Indian-born British theatre, television, soap opera, and voiceover actor. His best known credits include his portrayal of Sammy Patel on '' Coronation Street'' in 1983, his recurring role as Guppy ...

and Gary Lawrence , "Only people like us, who have lived with an alcoholic, can understand the mental agony that goes with it. We're co-alcoholics." Janet Plater's deeply moving play follows the fortunes of members of a support group for "co-alcoholics". ,

, - id="The Sound of Silents" , , ' , , Contributors: Carl Davis, David Robinson,

Kevin Brownlow Kevin Brownlow (born Robert Kevin Brownlow; 2 June 1938) is a British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor. He is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era, having become inte ...

Lisa Hull , In cinema's centenary year, Neil Brand - composer and accompanist to silent films at the National Film Theatre - explores the great years before the coming of sound. Also including a 'silent film for radio' written and read by Miles Kington to the piano accompaniment of Neil Brand. ,

Radio Two Arts Programme , - id="Biography Races" ,
(Recorded on 24 August 1995) , ''Biography Races'' , , Presented by John Walsh, Literary Editor of ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publish ...

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Victoria Glendinning Victoria Glendinning (''née'' Seebohm; born 23 April 1937) is a British biographer, critic, broadcaster and novelist. She is an Honorary Vice-President of English PEN and Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature. She won the James Tait ...

Humphrey Carpenter Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (29 April 1946 – 4 January 2005) was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inkl ...

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Miranda Seymour Miranda Jane Seymour (born 8 August 1948) is an English literary critic, novelist and biographer. The lives she has described have included those of Robert Graves and Mary Shelley. Seymour, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, has in re ...

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Helen Fraser Helen Fraser may refer to: * Helen Fraser (actress) (born 1942), English actress * Helen Fraser (executive) (born 1949), British executive and businesswoman * Helen Fraser (feminist) Helen Miller Fraser, later Moyes (14 September 1881 – 2 D ...

. , ,

Books and Company , - id="Begin at the Beginning" ,
(Recorded on 7 September 1995) , ''Begin at the Beginning'' , , Presented by John Walsh, Literary Editor of ''

''. , Children's storytelling has become a global industry where books sell upwards of 30 million copies. ,

Books and Company , - id="The Literature of Rock 'n' Roll" ,
(Recorded on 14 September 1995) , ' , , Presented by John Walsh, Literary Editor of ''

''.
With

Nik Cohn Nik Cohn, also written Nick Cohn (born 1946), is a British writer. Life and career Cohn was born in London, England and brought up in Derry in Northern Ireland, the son of historian Norman Cohn and Russian writer Vera Broido. An incomer to th ...

, Lucy O'Brien and

Jon Savage Jon Savage (born Jonathan Malcolm Sage; 2 September 1953 in Paddington, London) is an English writer, broadcaster and music journalist, best known for his history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, ''England's Dreaming'', published in 199 ...

. , Are books about rock the new rock'n'roll? ,

Books and Company , - id="The Burglar" ,
(Recorded on 22 September 1995) , ' , , Read by

John Turner John Napier Wyndham Turner (June 7, 1929September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of t ...

, Neighbourly concern about a suspicious stranger sets a new puzzle for

and Sergeant Lewis in a story specially written for the Nottingham Boucheron. ,

Short Story , - id="Death of an Ugly Sister" , , ''Death of an Ugly Sister'' , ,

Roy Barraclough Roy Senior Barraclough (12 July 1935 – 1 June 2017) was an English comic actor. He was best known for his role as Alec Gilroy, the devious, mournful landlord of the Rovers Return in the long-running British TV soap '' Coronation Street'', ...

, Paul Shane,

Linda Regan Linda Regan (born 5 November 1949), born Linda Mary Drinkwater, is a British actress and author, who has appeared ...

, John Alstead, Tina Grey, Jilly Mears, Gordon Reid,

, Christopher Sidon, Oliver Senton,

David Lerner David Lerner (November 23, 1951 – July 1, 1997) was an American outlaw poet who helped lead the influential poetry group the Babarians at Cafe Babar in San Francisco. Life Lerner was born in New York City and came from a family of Russian ...

, Crawford Logan, Peter Yapp, Michael Tudor Barnes. Becky Hindley, Sandra Bowe and James Beatty (actor), James Beatty , A very dark comedy of pantomime, serial murder, crack addiction and secret gay sex....... ,

Saturday Night Theatre , - id="The Proust Screenplay" ,
Extended repeat 11 May 1997 , ' , adapted for radio by , Douglas Hodge, John Wood (English actor), John Wood, Emma Fielding and

's film script of Marcel Proust's novel ''À la recherche du temps perdu'' has never been produced for the screen, but in this radio adaptation Harold Pinter himself guides us through the story, speaking the 'big print' of the script as it sets each scene and describes establishing shots, closeups, long shots, scenes without dialogue ... all in the immediately recognisable language of film. ,

Memory Evening , - id="The American Wife" ,
(Recorded on 2 January 1996) , ' , , Melinda Walker, Zoë Wanamaker, Anton Lesser, Emily Richard, Oona Beeson,

, John Sharian and Alan Marriott (voice actor), Alan Marriott , ,

Thirty Minute Theatre , - id="The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn" ,
(Recorded on 6 January 1996) , ' , dramatised by ,

, Robert Glenister, Richard Pasco, Meg Davies, Stephen Critchlow, David Timson, John Hartley,

and Roger May ,

faces a puzzling trip into the world of deaf people with the murder of an invigilator in a foreign exam syndicate. ,

, - id="Heartache" ,
(Recorded on 14 January 1996) , ''Heartache'' , , text completed by . ,

, David Timson,

, Tracy Wiles, Lee Montague, David de Keyser and Meg Davies , Cartoonist Mel Calman, who died two years previously, left a final play for radio in which all of a man's body parts rise up to resist his heart attack. ,

Thirty Minute Theatre , - id="The Chips Are Down" ,
(Recorded on 28 January 1996) , ' , , Alice Arnold (broadcaster), Alice Arnold, Jane Whittenshaw, Ann Beach, Nicky Henson, Bob Sherman, Zulema Dene, Frances Tomelty and Israel Horovitz , A comedy of anxiety in New York City.
Jeffrey, a writer, struggles with a magazine article. ,

Thirty Minute Theatre , - id="Everybody Comes to Schicklgruber's" , , ''Everybody Comes to Schicklgruber's'' , , Clive Swift, David Kossoff, Jane Whittenshaw, Keith Drinkel, Kerry Shale, Alice Arnold (broadcaster), Alice Arnold, Ann Beach, Bruce Purchase, Cyril Shaps, Kim Wall, Kristin Millward, Lee Montague, Steven Crossley, Timothy Bateson and Wolfe Morris , The war's been over for fifty years. Then Edward Schicklgruber, Adolf Hitler, Adolf's cake cook brother, turns up in Vienna, just where he's been all along, doing what he does best.

1997 Silver Sony Award for Best Radio Play ,

, - id="American Faith" , , ''American Faith'' ,
Music by Neil Brand , Alan Marriott (voice actor), Alan Marriott, Colin Stinton, William Roberts (actor), William Roberts, William Dufris, John Sharian, Kate Harper (actor), Kate Harper,

, Garrick Hagon, Bob Sherman, Tara Hugo, Morgan Deare, Steven Crossley, Norman Chancer and

, Richard Milhous Nixon's road to Watergate. ,

, - id="The Voluptuous Tango" , (Recorded on 21 April 1996) , ' , Text: David Zane Mairowitz
Music: Dominic Muldowney
Sound: Ian Dearden , Maria Friedman and Alan Belk , In Dominic Muldowney's score an erotically charged collision between two of the cultural stars of the 20th century makes for operatic radio. Isadora Duncan and F. T. Marinetti vie for carnal domination over a futurist meal...

Winner:

Special Prize for Fiction 1997 Prix Italia, Winners 1949 – 2010, RAI

Sony Gold Award for Best Radio Drama 1997 ,

Between the Ears , - id="By Jeeves" , , ''By Jeeves'' ,
adapted by Alan Ayckbourn , Steven Pacey, Malcolm Sinclair (actor), Malcolm Sinclair, Robert Austin (actor), Robert Austin, Diana Morrison, Simon Day, Nicholas Haverson, Lucy Tregear, Cathy Sara, Nicolas Collicos, Richard Long (British actor), Richard Long, Denise Silvey, Giles Taylor and Mike Windsor , Recorded with an audience at the BBC Radio Theatre, with the West End cast playing to piano accompaniment with the West End recording of the songs mixed in later. ,

, - id="The Westward Journey" , , ' , , Carolyn Jones (British actress), Carolyn Jones and Marcia Warren , "We are now beyond the Missouri River. We have left the States behind. Ahead of us lie the great uncivilised plains." On the wagon trains of the perilous migration across America to Oregon and California, the strength of women was tested against the ambition and pride of their men. ,

, - id="Love Story" , , ''Love Story (novel), Love Story'' , dramatised by , Ingri Damon, Mark Leake, Patrick Allen, Sheila Allen, John Guerrasio, David Brooks (British actor), David Brooks, William Dufris, Gerrard McDermott, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Christopher Wright (actor), Christopher Wright Harpsichord: David Roblou , "What do you say about a twenty-five-year old girl who died? That she was brilliant? That she loved Mozart and Bach. And the Beatles. And me." The most potent romantic novel of the 1970s in a new dramatic version by Juliet Ace. ,

, - id="As You Like It" , , ''As You Like It'' , adapted by ,

, Toby Stephens and Ronald Pickup , Shakespeare's comedy of true love, misplaced love, gender confusion and reconciliation. ,

The Monday Play , - id="Goodbye Kiss" , , ''Goodbye Kiss'' , , Tom Courtenay and Peggy Phango , For Master Donny, a return to the South Africa he left as a youth offers a fragile hope of reconciliation.
But it depends on Annie. ,

Thirty Minute Theatre , - id="Bell, Book and Candle" , , ''Bell, Book and Candle'' , adapted by , Beatie Edney, Stephen Moore (actor), Stephen Moore, Ann Beach and Nicholas Boulton , Bewitched and bewildered, Anthony Henderson wanders into the Christmas cauldron of a Knightsbridge witches' coven just when Gillian Holroyd decides that she wants a new man in her life. ,

, - id="Fighting over Beverley" , , ''Fighting over Beverley'' , , Rosemary Harris, Ian Carmichael, Elizabeth McGovern and Israel Horovitz , A Yorkshireman belatedly flies to America to reclaim the war bride taken from him by an American war hero 45 years earlier. ,

, - id="Last Man Out" , , ''Last Man Out'' , , Louise Lombard and

, At the end of a night of jazz, only the drummer and the bar manager remain, packing up and picking over the ruins of their lives. ,

, - id="Phone Tag" , , ''Phone Tag'' , , John Guerassio, Elizabeth Mansfield and Doreen Mantle , A transatlantic love affair is played out on the telephone as calls are missed, messages are left and confusion reigns. ,

, - id="Old Times" , , ''Old Times'' , , Julia Ormond, Michael Pennington, Cheryl Campbell and

, A darkly erotic drama. In an isolated country house, the past is about to come calling. ,

, - id="Summer with Monika" , , ''Summer with Monika'' , , Mark McGann and Katy Carmichael , Roger McGough's dramatisation of his magical poem of love in the 1960s. ,

, - id="The Monkey Bin" , , ' , ,

, Stefan Dennis and

, British actors and would-be Mel Gibsons have flocked to Los Angeles for the 'pilot season', and Billy Bob's apartment house is the venue for high ambition and low plots. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Captain's Wife" , , ' , ,

, As the years pass, a navy spouse moves from craving conformity to rebellion. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Stations of the Cross" , , ''Stations of the Cross'' , , Israel Horovitz, Nicky Henson and Joanna Monro , David has returned from America, the land of his father, to make a farcical, poetic rail crossing of England to the home of his sister – and to an unforgettable funeral. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Love, Pray, and Do the Dishes" , , ''Love, Pray, and Do the Dishes'' , , Paul Bradley (British actor), Paul Bradley, Struan Rodger and Alice Arnold (broadcaster), Alice Arnold , A mobile phone ringing out in the middle of a Sunday service is the start of a media roller coaster ride for Father Andrew. Only his employer would ring him at work... ,

, - id="Trust me, I'm a Policeman" , – , ''Trust me, I'm a Policeman''
(Six-part series) , , John Woodvine, David Antrobus and Jan Winters , Detective Sergeant Matrix takes a reluctant work-experience youth on a stakeout and passes the time with highly unreliable tales of police work. ,

, - id="Victorville" , , ''Victorville'' , , Stanley Kamel, David Ogden Stiers and

, In Los Angeles last month, three actors recreated a crucial hour in cinema history – when Orson Welles delivered his verdict on the screenplay for ''Citizen Kane''. At stake is the credit for the film, being written by Herman J Mankiewicz and overseen by John Houseman. ,

Friday Play , - id="The Dish" , , ' , , Bette Bourne , Bette Bourne stars as China Dish, the role he played on stage to great critical acclaim. The intimate radio version provides an equally funny and chilling insight into the dying days of a Bournemouth bed-and-breakfast that has seen both joy and Aids. Music: Laka Daisical. ,

Friday Play , - id="The Father" , , ' ,
translated and adapted by Eivor Martinus , Ronald Pickup, Cheryl Campbell, Eleanor Moriarty, Tom Mannion, Christopher Good, Eve Pearce, Ben Crowe and Paul Panting , A mother knows her own child, but the seed of paternal doubt can poison a father's mind. ,

, - id="The Hairy Hand of Dartmoor" , , ' , , Struan Rodger, Emily Richard and Angela Pleasence , Alcohol, anger, infidelity and stories of Dartmoor witches and the "hairy hand" are the ingredients in a cocktail party that goes dangerously awry for Geoffrey. ,

, - id="J Edgar Hoover: Red Scare" , , '': Red Scare'' , ,

, Bob Sherman, Kate Harper (actor), Kate Harper and Patrick Allen , The 24-year-old J. Edgar Hoover, Hoover is charged with orchestrating America's first campaign against communism. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="J Edgar Hoover: Public Enemy" , , '': Public Enemy'' , ,

, Michael Neill, John Guerrasio, William Roberts (actor), William Roberts, Mac MacDonald, Adam Sims and David Brooks (British actor), Dave Brooks , J. Edgar Hoover, Hoover sheds his younger self and moves into the orbit of Walter Winchell, America's radio pundit, as they wage war against gangsters, creating and destroying heroes. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="J Edgar Hoover: They Call Him Bobby" , , '': They Call Him Bobby'' , ,

and John Sharian , A powerful duologue for US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover. It is set in the volatile years of the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, Kennedy administration, when the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. and the war against the American Mafia were high on the Kennedy agenda. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="J Edgar Hoover: Private and Confidential" , , '': Private and Confidential'' , ,

and David Soul , J. Edgar Hoover's life is reviewed by his lifelong companion and assistant director, Clyde Tolson. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Old Man and the Sea" , , ' ,
dramatised by , Rod Steiger, Ramon Estevez and David Allister , A dramatisation of the book which led to Hemingway's Nobel Prize for Literature.
An old fisherman's epic struggle for one last great fish is a classic fable of the 20th century. ,

Friday Play , - id="Bent's Business: Talk's Cheap" , , ''Bent's Business: Talk's Cheap'' , , James Faulkner (actor), James Faulkner, Amy Shindler and

, The glamour, and particularly the corruption, of the international art trade is Anthony Bent's business.
In the first of two adventures, the theft of a Constable painting from a London gallery leads to death, and to Spain. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Bent's Business: An Old Flame" , , ''Bent's Business: An Old Flame'' , , James Faulkner (actor), James Faulkner, Amy Shindler and

, The glamour, and particularly the corruption, of the international art trade is Anthony Bent's business.
In the second of two adventures, the murky underworld of international art theft threatens those nearest to him, and his own reputation. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="On the Eve of the Millennium" , , ''On the Eve of the Millennium'' , , Warren Mitchell, Karl Johnson (actor), Karl Johnson, Cathy Tyson and Ioan Meredith , In a comic and touching performance, Mitchell evokes the rich humanity of a father determined to pass on a hidden heritage to his son – when his bouts with Alzheimer's disease permit. ,

Friday Play , - id="1000 Years of Spoken English: Know What I Mean?" , , ''1000 Years of Spoken English: Know What I Mean?'' , ,

and Sylvester Williams (actor), Sylvester Williams , A marriage between a barrister and a management consultant is under threat when a Caller comes to visit, but they have the armoury of their professional languages on their side. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="1000 Years of Spoken English: The Verger Queen" , , ''1000 Years of Spoken English: The Verger Queen'' , , Bette Bourne , An ancient verger in a historic church is disturbed by a tour party who sparks him into memories of hundreds of years of the church, forgotten pleasure gardens, and the coded world of a once-secret sexual culture. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Her Infinite Variety – Writing to Veronica" , , ''Her Infinite Variety – Writing to Veronica'' , , Eleanor Moriarty , Five 15-minute plays inspired by Shakespeare's Women. Faced with parental disapproval of the boy of her choice, a young Juliet of today at least has the internet and agony aunt Veronica. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="A Shout in the Distance" , , ' , , Andrew Scott (actor), Andrew Scott, Sorcha Cusack,

, James Greene, Gavin Muir (British actor), Gavin Muir, Gavin Stewart, Valerie Lilley and Elizabeth Bell (actress), Elizabeth Bell , A comedy of Irish manners is the last thing young Winston expects when he is uprooted from Northern Ireland and transplanted to London. But there is more than rhyming slang that he must learn to understand. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Her Infinite Variety – Diary of a Dutiful Daughter" , , ''Her Infinite Variety – Diary of a Dutiful Daughter'' , , Anna Massey , Faced with a doddering dad and a nursing home she runs as a business, what can a modern Goneril do but offer him the box room? ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="Her Infinite Variety – And All That Jazz" , , ''Her Infinite Variety – And All That Jazz'' , , Bette Bourne , Count Orso offers a modern Viola a spectacular twelfth night, with a wardrobe beyond most cross-dressers' dreams. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="Her Infinite Variety – Dirty Linen" , , ''Her Infinite Variety – Dirty Linen'' , , Elizabeth Bell (actress), Elizabeth Bell and

, Everyone thought Rocky would tame the shrewish Cat, but 20 years of their tempestuous marriage is played out in a national newspaper. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="Alphabox" , , ''Alphabox'' ,
dramatised by , Conrad Nelson, Gemma Saunders, Beth Chalmers, Harry Myers (actor), Harry Myers, Christopher Kellem, Tom George (actor), Tom George and Rosie Cavillero , Alphabox is a mysterious and almost fairytale-like short story based on letters and their relationship to story-telling. In the book, a writer has his letters hand-delivered to him each day one by one, in a mysterious wooden box. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Deep End" , , ' , , Michelle Holmes, Patrick Nielsen (actor), Patrick Nielsen and Stephen Hogan , A magical underwater world awaits Leni – if her cry from the depths of the public swimming baths can be heard. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Design for Murder" , , ''Design for Murder'' , , Malcolm Sinclair (actor), Malcolm Sinclair, Eleanor Bron, Kristin Milward, Tam Williams, Nicholas Boulton, Gemma Saunders, Joe Dunlop and Don McCorkingdale , Actor, playwright, songwriter, director and star, Noël Coward never quite added sleuth to his astonishing achievements.
But just before the war with Adolf Hitler, Hitler, there is a gap in his memoirs – is there a murder mystery in those days? ,

The Saturday Play , - id="Father! Father! Burning Bright" , – , ''Father! Father! Burning Bright'' ,
abridged by , Read by Alan Bennett , Alan Bennett reads his comic story in five parts. ,

, - id="Joe Gould's Secret" , – , ''Joe Gould's Secret'' , abridged by , Read by

, A classic literary mystery by New Yorker journalist Joseph Mitchell, describing his true-life encounter with a Greenwich Village bohemian in the 1940s who claims to have written a great American book. ,

Book of the Week , - id="The Lost Journals of Marina Tsvetayeva" , , '' Marina Tsvetayeva'' , , Diana Quick , Based on the life of the Russian poet Marina Tsvetayeva, who went into exile after the Revolution.
Following her return to Russia in 1939, her husband was shot, and she killed herself in 1941. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Jagged Prayer" , – , ''Jagged Prayer''
(Four-part crime series) , , Cheryl Campbell and Timothy Spall , Comedy drama combining crime, convents, police and perdition. ,

, - id="Zero Tolerance" , , ''Zero Tolerance'' , , Nicky Henson, Ronald Pickup and Tom George (actor), Tom George , With trade advantages, increased tax revenue, and a handy mathematical superiority over the Pope's insistence on Roman numerals, should the doge of Venice declare war on the Vatican, particularly considering the doge's interest in his mathematician's wife? ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Small Parts" , , ''Small Parts'' , ,

, Seduced by the theatre, Mattie Potter joins a repertory company in Wales where she finds that the quick-change artistry of bit parts is a kind of preparation for life. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Three Chickens" , , ''Three Chickens'' , , Anton Lesser, Valerie Braddell and Suzanna Hamilton , On a magic island in Brazil, the Englishman William Marlow is seduced by tales of witchcraft.
In a story about three chickens, he finds uncanny and uncomfortable echoes of a life he thought he had left behind him. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="A Slight Ache" , , ' , ,

and Jill Johnson (actress), Jill Johnson , A husband and wife encounter a strange, mute matchseller. They each see something different in him. ,

, - id="Dr. Ibsen's Ghosts" , , ''Dr. Ibsen's Ghosts'' , ,

, Edna Doré and Michael N. Harbour , The story of the illegitimate son and the forgotten mother of the great Norwegian poet and playwright

. ,

, - id="Into the Ether" , , ''Into the Ether'' , , John Sharian and Holley Chant , At the height of the Cold War, American and Russian scientists lined up their psychics and telepaths in the service of the military.
Ballistic missiles pale beside the power of the human mind at the beginning of the 90s, in this chilling drama. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Man in Snow" , , ''Man in Snow'' , , Israel Horovitz, Marcia Warren, Dick Vosburgh and Burt Kwouk , As a climber escorts a group of honeymooners up Alaska's highest mountain he recalls his relationship with his dead son.

2001 Bronze Sony Award for Drama ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Tunnel Under the World" , , ' ,
dramatised by , William Hope (actor), William Hope, Bob Sherman, Laurel Lefkow and Beth Chalmers , Guy wakes each morning from the same terrifying dream, but each day it is soothed away by special offers and an abundance of consumer goods.
Then, one day, he begins to recall a little more. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Man Who Came to Dinner" , , ' , and
adapted for radio by ,

, Elizabeth McGovern,

, Cheryl Campbell and John Sessions , A broken leg turns a visiting celebrity into a tyrannical house guest who mercilessly abuses a family's hospitality, in this classic 30s comedy. ,

, - id="The Polish Soldier" , , ' , , Jeremy Northam,

, Jillie Mears and Tom George (actor), Tom George , James, a man haunted by the disturbing image of a figure in an old-fashioned military uniform, is struggling to break the walls he has built around himself, but he must confront the pain and mystery of what happened in his childhood. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Feng Shui and Me" , , ''Feng Shui and Me'' , , Phillip Joseph, Janet Maw, Jimmy Yuill and Gordon Reid , Chanting seems to help, but not even a Buddhist romance can quite quell Mick's craving for alcohol. ,

The Saturday Play , - id="I'll be George" , , ''I'll be George'' , , Jane Lapotaire,

, Federay Holmes,

, Jasmine Hyde, Jonathan Keeble and Gordon Reid , George Sand was one of literature's freest spirits, and when she is evoked in present-day Paris by an Australian tour guide the result is a bawdy fantasia of mother and daughter relationships. With an incarnated Charles Dickens, the 19th century and 21st century collide in a turbulent and gritty morality tale. ,

Friday Play , - id="A Dangerous Game" , , ' , , Suzanna Hamilton, Ray Lonnen, Roger May and Terence Edmond , When a paroled murderer kills after his release, all new paroles are frozen by the Home Office.
A prisoner caught in this freeze on new paroles challenges the ruling and demands a psychological profile from a hardline psychiatrist – with explosive results. ,

Saturday Play , - id="The Marseilles Trilogy: Marius" , , '': Marius (1931 film), Marius'' ,
adapted by from a translation by , Richard Johnson (actor), Richard Johnson, Simon Scardifield, Monica Dolan and Andrew Sachs , Marius, son of César, feels the pull of the sea, and is prepared to sacrifice his family and his love for beautiful Fanny to fulfil his dreams. ,

The Saturday Play , - id="The Marseilles Trilogy: Fanny" , , '': Fanny (1932 film), Fanny'' ,
adapted by from a translation by , Monica Dolan, Richard Johnson (actor), Richard Johnson, Andrew Sachs and Simon Scardifield , The story of a lovely young woman abandoned by César's son Marius, who is unaware she is pregnant. ,

The Saturday Play , - id="The Marseilles Trilogy: César" , , '': César (film), César'' ,
adapted by from a translation by , Richard Johnson (actor), Richard Johnson, Simon Scardifield, Monica Dolan, Andrew Sachs, Tam Williams,

, Stephen Thorne, Struan Rodger, Phillip Joseph and Sean Baker (actor), Sean Baker , Twenty years after the events of the first play, the sad comedy of lost love is touched by a rich comedy of death and disclosure. A mother's secrets send her son off in search of a father he never knew. ,

The Saturday Play , - id="Free Gift" , , ''Free Gift'' , , Maureen Lipman, Sophie Okonedo and Daniel Anthony (actor), Daniel Anthony , An Englishwoman in New York finds the most wonderful free gift when a child was left on her doorstep, but she lives in fear that the gift might be taken away. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Groupie" , , ''Groupie'' , , Barbara Windsor and Timothy West , Matty reads the memoirs of a well-known artist from the East End, and she writes to him. He is down on his luck, living as a recluse, and has no work. Eventually, they meet, a few illusions are shattered and things develop in a way they had not foreseen. ,

, - id="The Gold Bug" , , ' ,
dramatised by , Clarke Peters, John Sharian, Rhashan Stone and

, Set in 1838, this is Poe's story of piracy, slavery and a treasure hunt, with a critical overhaul to excise the 19th-century casual racism from this compelling tale of obsession. ,

The Saturday Play , - id="Hecuba" , , ''Hecuba'' , Euripides
translated and adapted by , Olympia Dukakis, Timothy West, Emma Fielding, Greg Hicks and Nicholas Woodeson , Greek tragedy ,

, - id="It's a Wonderful Divorce" , , ''It's a Wonderful Divorce'' , , David Bamber and Sarah Paul , The love of Frank Capra's ''It's a Wonderful Life'' could become grounds for divorce as the season of goodwill approaches. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Damned If I Do" , , ''Damned If I Do'' , , , and , , Mini-musical. New songs from songwriter Connie are laid out as a trap for her best friend Zoe. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Who Goes There?" , , ''Who Goes There?'' Chillers
/ref>Produced by Ned Chaillet, directed by Rachel Horan ,
dramatised by , Liam Brennan, Ioan Meredith, Cyril Nri, Christopher Godwin, Harry Myers (actor), Harry Myers and Colin Adrian , Six men are trapped by a vicious snowstorm in an Antarctic research station. ,

Chillers , - id="Swan Song" , , ''The Listerdale Mystery#Swan Song, Swan Song'' ,
dramatised by , Maria Friedman,

, Sylvester Morand and Ray Lonnen , As if from nowhere, a soprano has emerged to become the Tosca of our day – but like Tosca she carries in her heart a terrible need for revenge. ,

, - id="I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" , , ''I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream'' ,
dramatised by , David Soul, Harlan Ellison, Abi Eniola, Ewan Bailey, David Timson and Jason O'Mara , After a computer wins mankind's last war, there is a final battle still to come, between it and the five surviving humans. ,

Chillers , - id="Magnolia Blossom" , , ''Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories#List of stories, Magnolia Blossom'' ,
dramatised by , Emilia Fox,

and Ewan Bailey , A woman's place is definitely not in the luxury home created for her by her financier husband. But in times of trouble a woman's loyalty can challenge the presumption of men – and infidelity can be a small crime compared to others. ,

, - id="Delta Sly Honey" , , ''Delta Sly Honey'' ,
dramatised by , Corey Johnson (actor), Corey Johnson, Robert Petkoff, Sam Douglas and Ben Onwukwe , A country boy exorcises his demons in Vietnam by making late-night broadcasts to phantom military units – until one of them answers his call. ,

Chillers , - id="Corona" , , ''Corona'' ,
dramatised by , Josie Kook-Clarke, Walter Lewis (actor), Walter Lewis, Doña Croll, John Moraitis, William Roberts (actor), William Roberts and Bill Bailey , When a telepathic girl and a damaged young man are hospitalised, their two minds become entwined as the nightmares of his brutal past draw her in. ,

Chillers , - id="The Titanic Inquiry – Part One" , , ' , , Kenneth Haigh, Nickolas Grace, Jill Johnson (actress), Jill Johnson, John Sharian, Conrad Nelson, Ben Crowe, Barbara Barnes (actress), Barbara Barnes, Bob Sherman, Peter Marinker and Tom George (actor), Tom George , When the ''Titanic'' sank the owners of the White Star Line made every effort to return straight to England. An American Titanic inquiry, inquiry set up by the United States Senate held the surviving witnesses ashore in New York until questions could be answered. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Titanic Inquiry – Part Two" , , ' , , Kenneth Haigh, John Sessions, John Sharian, Peter Marinker, Conrad Nelson, Ben Crowe, Tom George (actor), Tom George and Barbara Barnes (actress), Barbara Barnes , Testimony from the archives of the American Titanic inquiry, United States Senate investigation into the sinking of the Titanic moves on to an early confrontation with cheque book journalism in 1912. The inventor of the wireless, Guglielmo Marconi, takes the stand. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="In Extremis" , , ''In Extremis'' , , Sheila Hancock and Corin Redgrave , It is March 1895, and Oscar Wilde consults a palm reader to help him with a momentous decision. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Meet Mr. Mulliner: Honeysuckle Cottage" , , ''Meet Mr. Mulliner: Honeysuckle Cottage'' ,
dramatised by ,

, Matilda Ziegler, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder, David Timson and Tom George (actor), Tom George , An engaging new series that brings one of Wodehouse's most entertaining characters to radio begins with one of the best loved of the tales. Richard Griffiths stars as the storytelling Mr Mulliner whose narratives enlist the regular tipplers of the Angler's Rest as participants. One of the Mulliner clan writes tough detective stories, but when he inherits the cottage of another family author he finds it haunted by the spirit of all her cloying romantic fiction. Marital bliss seems inevitable. ,

, - id="Meet Mr. Mulliner: A Slice of Life" , , ''Meet Mr. Mulliner: '' ,
dramatised by ,

, Matilda Ziegler, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder, David Timson and Tom George (actor), Tom George , A gothic comedy of beauty preparations, thwarted love, a spooky old house, and a determined suitor. The regulars of the Angler's Rest parlour bar step into yet another of Mr Mulliner's quirky stories. ,

, - id="Meet Mr. Mulliner: The Smile that Wins" , , ''Meet Mr. Mulliner: '' ,
dramatised by ,

, Matilda Ziegler, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder, David Timson and Carl Prekopp , In the bar parlour of the Angler's Rest, the regulars are drawn into another of Mr Mulliner's peculiar tales. When a dyspeptic detective member of the Mulliner family receives a doctor's prescription to smile, the frightening knowingness of his grin spreads terror throughout the titled classes. ,

, - id="Meet Mr. Mulliner: Open House" , , ''Meet Mr. Mulliner: List of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse#Mr Mulliner, Open House'' ,
dramatised by ,

, Matilda Ziegler, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder, David Timson and Marlene Sidaway , Never more Wodehousian than when faced with frightening aunts, terrifying ingenues and resourceful butlers, Mr Mulliner's tale today touches on a Mulliner whose callous dismissal of one young woman opens the door to vengeful neighbours, animal cruelty – and exile. ,

, - id="Meet Mr. Mulliner: Came The Dawn" , , ''Meet Mr. Mulliner: Meet Mr Mulliner#Contents, Came The Dawn'' ,
dramatised by ,

, Matilda Ziegler, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder, David Timson and Tom George (actor), Tom George , A transparent visage is the striking feature of Mr Mulliner's relative Lancelot in today's tale of indomitable love, poetry, parental obstruction and unexpected opportunities. Mr Mulliner stretches the credulity of his captive fellow tipplers in the Angler's Rest parlour bar, but as ever they are drawn into his story where the glitter of silent movies proves irresistible. ,

, - id="Meet Mr. Mulliner: Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo" , , ''Meet Mr. Mulliner: Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo'' ,
dramatised by ,

, Matilda Ziegler, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder, David Timson, Carl Prekopp, Tom George (actor), Tom George and Sandra Clark (actress), Sandra Clark , Pale young curates are rapidly going out of fashion. Augustine Mulliner, in particular, is transformed overnight into a tiger of a churchman when his aunt sends some of Uncle Wilfred's latest invention, a tonic called Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo. ,

, - id="The Doctor's House" , , ' , , , A spectre is said to haunt a small Somerset village. Gerald's circumstances make him particularly vulnerable – but what is the real secret of the Doctor's House? ,

, - id="Coriolanus" , , ''Coriolanus'' , adapted by , Samuel West, Adrian Dunbar, Susannah York and Kenneth Haigh , Shakespeare's powerful Roman play The Tragedy of Coriolanus ,

Drama on 3 , - id="The Crucible in History" , – , ' , , Read by Arthur Miller , An account of the postwar anti-Communist paranoia which gripped America at the height of McCarthyism. ,

Book of the Week , - id="Evaristo's Epitaph" , , ''Evaristo's Epitaph'' , , based on a true story. , Jasmine Hyde, Geoffrey Hutchings, Seun Shote, Diana Berriman, Samantha Robinson (English actress), Samantha Robinson and Ben Crowe , The inscription on a tombstone in a Cornish churchyard tells the tale of a remarkable friendship between a master and an African slave. Unravelling the historical mystery of the genuine epitaph, Patrick Carroll's play is an inspired and tender re-creation of a remarkable true story. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="My Life as Me" , – , ''My Life as Me'' , , Read by Barry Humphries , Barry Humphries casts off his Dame Edna Everage mantle to read from his hilarious autobiography in his own voice. ,

Book of the Week , - id="A Man's Head" , , ' ,
dramatised by , Nicholas Le Prevost, Julian Barnes, Ron Cook, Paul Birchard, Beth Chalmers, Philip Fox (actor), Philip Fox, Ifan Meredith, Tom George (actor), Tom George, Jane Whittenshaw and Ben Crowe , Jules Maigret, Maigret bends the rules to investigate a double murder in a Paris suburb. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Bar on the Seine" , , ' ,
dramatised by , Nicholas Le Prevost, Julian Barnes, Ron Cook, Timothy Watson, Sylvester Morand, Jonathan Tafler, Tracy Wiles, Rebecca Egan, Martin Hyder, Richard Firth, Scott Brooksbank, Emma Woolliams and Laura Doddington , Jules Maigret, Maigret puts his holiday on hold to tackle an unsolved murder. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" , – , ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn''
(Three episodes) ,
dramatised by , Mark Caven, Christopher Jacot, Martin Roach, Kay Hawtrey and Sandy Webster , The classic tale following Huck and the runaway slave Jim on their journey down the Mississippi River, Mississippi on a raft.

A Joint BBC/CBC Production with an all-Canadian cast, it was produced at CBC's Toronto studios. ,

Classic Serial , - id="My Friend Maigret" , , ''My Friend Maigret'' ,
dramatised by , Nicholas Le Prevost, Julian Barnes, Neil Dudgeon, Jonathan Keeble,

, Bunny Reed, Ewan Bailey, Martin Hyder, Richard Firth, Emma Woolliams, Simon Donaldson (actor), Simon Donaldson and Carla Simpson , On the seductive island of Porquerolles, a man is murdered when he claims the friendship of Jules Maigret, Chief Inspector Maigret. With a Scotland Yard detective in tow, Maigret is sent from Paris to investigate the death, and finds a dangerous and tempting dissolution – and some old acquaintances. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Five of Us" , , ' , , Phil Davis (actor), Phil Davis, Nicholas Deal, Claire Rushbrook, Steven Diggory, Annabelle Apsion, Tony Rohr and Michael N. Harbour , Sex and drugs and rock and roll are the illusory dreams of Bruce in his mid-life crisis.
But he forgets that he is also the older man, and finds that a ménage à trois can easily become an extended family. ,

Friday Play , - id="Madame Maigret's Own Case" , , ''Madame Maigret's Own Case'' ,
dramatised by , Nicholas Le Prevost Julian Barnes, Ron Cook, Julie Legrand, Paul Sirr, Victoria Carling, Nicholas Boulton, Carl Prekopp and Martin Hyder , Jules Maigret, Maigret's wife finds herself entangled in a case of murder when two human teeth are found in a bookbinder's furnace. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Piano Player" , , ' , , Karl Johnson (actor), Karl Johnson, Christopher Kelham, Kate Dudley, Philip Jackson (actor), Philip Jackson, Paul Downing (actor), Paul Downing, Stephen Critchlow, Carolyn Backhouse and Martin Hyder , A pianist's marathon performance in a seaside town provides the evocative soundtrack for a tale of young love and first heartache. The music that conjures up a week in the 1950s still has the potency to bring back pain. ,

, - id="In a Glass Darkly" , , ''Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories#List of stories, In a Glass Darkly'' ,
dramatised by , Neil Dudgeon and Rebecca Egan , In a mirror, a man witnesses a murderous attack on a young woman just before he meets the woman and falls in love with her. ,

, - id="Righteous Brothers" , , ''Righteous Brothers'' , , John Woodvine, Clive Swift, Tom George (actor), Tom George, Ioan Meredith, David Timson, Peter Luke Kenny and Carolyn Jones (British actress), Carolyn Jones , Harmony is the joyful noise that Brother Caradoc wishes to offer to the Lord. He dreams of taking his fellow monks to a higher musical plane with him. ,

, - id="The Dressmaker's Doll" , , ' ,
dramatised by , Juliet Aubrey, Beth Chalmers, Stephen Critchlow, Gemma Saunders, Emma Woolliams and Connie Gurie , When a doll with a mind of its own comes into your life, it might be worth finding out what it wants.
Agatha Christie for the 21st century is no less chilling for moving to the driving rhythms of London's catwalks in the cut-throat world of today's fashion. ,

, - id="One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" , , ''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'' ,
dramatised by , Neil Dudgeon, Philip Jackson (actor), Philip Jackson, Paul Chan, Jonathan Tafler, Ben Onwukwe, Bruce Purchase, Matthew Morgan, Marty Rea, Stephen Critchlow, Ben Crowe, Seun Shote and Peter Darney , When Solzhenitsyn's shattering picture of Stalin's prison camps became an international bestseller in 1962, it seemed to signal a thaw in the Cold War. But Solzhenitsyn was a prophet about to be dishonoured in his own land, and the uncensored version of the novel did not appear until 1991 – the year after Solzhenitsyn's citizenship was restored in Russia. Following the routine of a single day in the camps, the story is a dynamic demonstration of human resilience. ,

The Saturday Play , - id="Swan-song for the Nightingale" , , ''Swan-song for the Nightingale'' , , Sorcha Cusack, Marty Rea, James Ellis (actor), James Ellis,

, Stephen Hogan, James Greene and Norma Sheahan , The sound of country music rings alarm bells for young Kevin, when it means that his 'has-been alcoholic' mother hits the comeback trail in Ireland, and wants to take him along.
But he has a lot to learn about his mother, and other stars of yesteryear. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Speaking Well of the Dead" , , ''Speaking Well of the Dead'' , , Jill Clayburgh, Lily Rabe and Israel Horovitz , Penelope speaks well of her husband, who was killed at the World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center, and her daughter, Willa, wants to speak the truth. It would mean killing her father again. ,

Friday Play , - id="The Chicken Woman" , , ' , Eryl Maynard
/ref> , Eryl Maynard, Jean Heywood, Fine Time Fontayne and Matilda Ziegler , Chickens first come into the Chicken Woman's life while she and her husband strive for children.
Defending her 'girls' against the Fox; nursing them into health, and comforting them in her bed, she is adamantly not obsessed.
But the neighbours have another view. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="A Bullet at Balmain's" , , ' , , Malcolm Sinclair (actor), Malcolm Sinclair, Eleanor Bron, Tam Williams, Linda Marlowe, Susy Kane, Jaimi Barbakof,

and

, Noël Coward is in post-liberation Paris, 1948, to play the lead, in French, in his own play "Present Laughter". But the murder of a promiscuous mannequin provides him with a crime to solve ,

, - id="Dead-Heading the Roses" , , ''Dead-Heading the Roses'' , , Jill Balcon, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cheryl Campbell,

and

, Ariadne, a naval officer's wife, has become the benign queen of death, arranging tasteful memorial services – which will include her husband's. But before his departure he has plotted a final fling. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="A Kind of Home – James Baldwin in Paris" , , '' – James Baldwin in Paris'' , , Ricky Fearon, Ronald Pickup, Tom Silburn, Alibe Parsons, Declan Wilson, Lydia Leonard, Jaimi Barbakoff, Damian Lynch (actor), Damian Lynch, Lisa Davina Phillip, Ryan McCluskey (actor), Ryan McCluskey, Roger May, Timothy Morand, Bob Sherman, Rachel Atkins and Chris Moran (actor), Chris Moran , Covers the period from the war's end to the publication of ''Go Tell It on the Mountain (novel), Go Tell It on the Mountain''. ,

Friday Play , - id="More Mr. Mulliner: The Bishop's Move" , , ''More Mr. Mulliner: '' ,
dramatised by ,

, Matilda Ziegler, Tom George (actor), Tom George, David Timson, Martin Hyder and Peter Acre , Mr Mulliner returns to the Angler's Rest public house, where the regulars are once again ready to be transported into the roles of the characters in his fabulous stories. It is their urging that brings him back to the massively potent tonic, Buck-U-Uppo, which can transform a timid cleric into a tiger, and is even more dangerous when a bishop imbibes it. ,

, - id="More Mr. Mulliner: The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner" , , ''More Mr. Mulliner: '' ,
dramatised by ,

, Peter Darney, Matilda Ziegler, David Timson, Martin Hyder, Peter Acre and Stephen Critchlow , This time, it is the timid Osbert Mulliner whose trials and tribulations begin when he falls in love, putting him at risk from a ferocious explorer and an even more ferocious uncle of the damsel. Rarely can a man have been so grateful for burglars. ,

, - id="More Mr. Mulliner: The Knightly Quest of Mervyn" , , ''More Mr. Mulliner: '' ,
dramatised by ,

, Matilda Ziegler, Tom George (actor), Tom George, Martin Hyder, David Timson, Peter Acre, Joanna McCallum and Gbemisola Ikemelo , Only one of Mr Mulliner's many relatives appears to be a 'chump', young Mervyn Mulliner who demands a knightly quest to prove his love to the glamorous Clarice. It is December, in the 1920s, and she craves strawberries. ,

, - id="More Mr. Mulliner: The Truth About George" , , ''More Mr. Mulliner: '' ,
dramatised by ,

, Matilda Ziegler, Peter Darney, Martin Hyder, David Timson, Peter Acre, Damian Lynch (actor), Damian Lynch and Lydia Leonard , Mr Mulliner's final tale to the regulars at the Angler's Rest public house is about his crossword obsessed nephew, George, and his attempt to be as fluent in his speech to his beloved as he is in a crossword puzzle. Once again, the regulars fall into the story in a crazed journey across the English countryside, pursued by lunatics and farmers. ,

, - id="Skin" , , ''Skin'' , ,

, Mattie's road to liberation and success sees her shedding her clothes on a naturist beach only to be asked for her autograph; but the sun also has its shadows. A wry and powerfully affecting tale of sun, flesh, naturism and mortality. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Maigret and the Burglar's Wife" , , ''Maigret and the Burglar's Wife'' ,
dramatised by , Nicholas Le Prevost, Julian Barnes, Julie Legrand, Rachel Atkins, Jill Johnson (actress), Jill Johnson, Philip Franks, Tom George (actor), Tom George, Scott Brooksbank,

, Philip Fox (actor), Philip Fox and Alice Hart , A thief's wife comes back from the detective's past.
Jules Maigret, Chief Inspector Maigret last met Ernestine when he was a young policeman, and she refused to put her clothes on so he could arrest her.
But now he must choose to believe her story about a murdered woman discovered by her burglar husband, or believe the respectable dentist who denies there ever was a burglary. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Yellow Dog" , , ' ,
dramatised by , Nicholas Le Prevost, Julian Barnes, Cherie Taylor, Chris Moran (actor), Chris Moran, Phillip Joseph, Philip Fox (actor), Philip Fox, Michael Fenton Stevens, Ioan Meredith, Joe Dunlop, Steven Diggory, Damian Lynch (actor), Damian Lynch, Francis Jeater and Rachel Atkins , The Yellow Dog finds Jules Maigret, Maigret away from his Paris patch, in a sordid tale set in Brittany where one of the town worthies has been shot – through a letter box – and a wandering dog spreads panic among the citizens. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Inspector Cadaver" , , ''Inspector Cadaver'' ,
dramatised by , Nicholas Le Prevost, Julian Barnes, Michael N. Harbour, David Bannerman, Karen Archer, Philip Fox (actor), Philip Fox, John Rowe (actor), John Rowe, Alice Hart, Joanna McCallum and Scott Brooksbank , It was only as a favour to his inspecting magistrate that Jules Maigret, Chief Inspector Maigret agreed to investigate rumours about a death in the village of St Aubin.
But when he arrives he finds his investigation undermined by an old adversary, the disgraced Inspector 'Cadaver'.
Baulked by a town united in silence, Maigret is determined to uncover the truth – however ugly. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Maigret's Little Joke" , , ''Maigret's Little Joke'' ,
dramatised by , Nicholas Le Prevost, Julian Barnes, Julie Legrand, Phillip Joseph, Philip Fox (actor), Philip Fox, Harry Myers (actor), Harry Myers, Jaimi Barbakoff, Cherie Taylor-Battiste, Chris Moran (actor), Chris Moran, Rachel Atkins and Ioan Meredith , When a particularly sensational murder takes place in Paris, Jules Maigret, Chief Inspector Maigret is on holiday and must follow the investigation like any member of the public, through newspapers and news flashes.
How can he keep his promise to Mme Maigret and let Inspector Janvier get on with solving the crime when he is haunted by the question: why the devil was the murdered woman naked? ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Stan" , , ''Stan'' , , Tom Courtenay, Ewan Bailey,

and Barbara Barnes (actress), Barbara Barnes , As death finally threatens to separates the greatest double-act in film comedy, Stan Laurel tries to say the things which have been left unsaid, in a poignant and powerful farewell to Oliver Hardy. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="The Coast of Maine: Miss Tempy's Watchers" , , '': Miss Tempy's Watchers'' ,
dramatised by , Joanna McCallum, Sheila Allen and Susan Jameson , Miss Tempy's Watchers sees two estranged friends finding their old bonds of affection as they watch over the body of a beloved friend the night before her funeral. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="The Coast of Maine: The Queen's Twin" , , '': '' ,
dramatised by , Susannah York, Nathan Osgood, Joanna McCallum and Brian Flaherty , Mrs Abby Martin, a woman born at exactly the same moment as Queen Victoria (allowing for the time difference between England and New England), tells the tale of their parallel lives. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="The Coast of Maine: Captain Littlepage" , , '': Captain Littlepage'' ,
dramatised by , Alec McCowen, Jon Glover, Tam White, Joanna McCallum and Barbara Barnes (actress), Barbara Barnes , A sea captain with a memory to share of meeting an ancient Scots mariner who sailed into uncharted waters, and discovered a strange land with no place for the living. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="The Coast of Maine: Miss Esther's Guest" , , '': Miss Esther's Guest'' ,
dramatised by , Susan Engel, Joanna McCallum, Jon Glover and Nancy Crane , Seeing it as a duty to provide a country break for a city-dwelling church member, Miss Esther offers to take in a guest from Boston. The visitor is not the old lady she expects. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="The Coast of Maine: The Town Poor" , , '': '' ,
dramatised by , Angela Pleasence, Carolyn Jones (British actress), Carolyn Jones, Joanna McCallum, Alice Hart, Jennifer Hilary and Eve Pearce , Having fallen on hard times, the Bray sisters have been placed out of sight on a remote farm where they won't disturb the town's conscience. A chance visit by two old friends puts their lives in shocking contrast. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="Hippomania" , , ''Hippomania'' , , Anthony Calf, Anastasia Hille, Patricia Leventon, Andrew Woodall, Victoria Woodward, Ian Masters (actor), Ian Masters, Owen Sharpe, Katherine Igoe, Stephen Hogan, Renee Weldon, Aoife McMahon, Gerard Murphy (Irish actor), Gerard Murphy,

, Nicholas Boulton, Jimmy Akingbola, Ndidi del Fatti, Andrew Scott (actor), Andrew Scott, Tam Williams, Snoo Wilson, Alex Tregear, Emily Wachter, Jason Chan, Robert Hastie (actor), Robert Hastie and Stuart McLoughlin , With Laurence Olivier preparing to film the patriotic epic Henry V (1944 film), Henry V in neutral Ireland during the Second World War, and the poet John Betjeman attracting the suspicious attention of the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), IRA, it is a heady time in Dublin.
Snoo Wilson's astonishing fantasia, which springs from real events in Betjeman's life, conjures up Nazis, assassins and fairies as the poet wanders blithely through seats of power, pubs and a cemetery. ,

Drama on 3 , - id="The Two of Us – My Life with John Thaw" , – , '' – My Life with John Thaw''
(Five episodes) , , Read by Sheila Hancock , Sheila Hancock reads from her enthralling new book about her deep and passionate partnership with her late husband, John Thaw. ,

Book of the Week , - id="Death at the Desert Inn" , , ''Death at the Desert Inn'' , , Malcolm Sinclair (actor), Malcolm Sinclair, Eleanor Bron, Tam Williams, Belinda Lang, Jake Broder, Meredith MacNeil, Peter Swander, Nathan Osgood and

, Three hundred thousand dollars are left in a satchel in Noël Coward's Las Vegas suite.
Coward sets off on his unexpected posthumous career as a detective.
The Desert Inn, scene of one of his greatest cabaret triumphs, is the setting for a murder mystery complete with Judy Garland, a showgirl, a Broadway agent, an unlikely croupier and a US Congressman, with half of Hollywood in the audience. ,

The Saturday Play , - id="The Salamander Letter" , , ' , , Glenn Conroy, Adam Sims and Jason Chan , Drama about crooked antiques dealer Mark Hofmann, who nearly succeeded in rewriting American history and bringing down the LDS Church when his forgeries fooled experts around the world. ,

The Saturday Play , - id="Something Cool" , , ''Something Cool'' , , Linda Marlowe, Jim Norton (Irish actor), Jim Norton, Alyson Coote, Bruno Lastra and Claudio Rojas , In a Spanish bar, far out of the tourist season, Rose sits and waits for something to happen.
As the happy hour draws to a close, two strangers appear and the scene is set for an intense and unexpected confrontation. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Scenes of Seduction" , , ''Scenes of Seduction'' , , Michael Maloney, Jasmine Hyde and Harriet Walter , Five-scene drama involving courting couples in various stages of life. The scene entitled ''Summer'' rewrites the wooing scene of Shakespeare's Henry V (play), Henry V. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Hotel Cristobel" , , ''Hotel Cristobel'' , , Rosemary Harris, Michael Potts (British actor), Michael Potts and Stephen Spinella , Caribbean independence is re-imagined in a struggle for control of a fading hotel on a small and beautiful island.
The English woman who has always managed and owned Hotel Cristobel cannot accept that her era is over and that her servant John and the mysterious visitor Mr Schultz from New York might take her hotel away.
The play, recorded in New York, is a gripping drama of power, and perhaps love. ,

Drama on 3 , - id="Claw Marks on the Curtain: The Lumber Room" , , ''Claw Marks on the Curtain: '' , Saki
dramatised by , Susan Engel, Ben Tibber and Alex Tregear , When young Nicholas is punished by his aunt, he seeks refuge in the magical lumber-room; but when his aunt seeks him in the garden, he can exact retribution. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="Claw Marks on the Curtain: The Schartz-Metterklume Method" , , ''Claw Marks on the Curtain: '' , Saki
dramatised by , Philip Fox (actor), Philip Fox, Emily Wachter, Timothy Morand,

and Jemma Churchill , When Lady Carlotta is mistaken for Miss Hope, the new governess, she takes up the job with relish, applying a freshly invented technique of child-rearing to her new charges.
The ensuing chaos is all too modern for the parents. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="Claw Marks on the Curtain: Fur" , , ''Claw Marks on the Curtain: Fur'' , Saki
dramatised by , Bertie Carvel, Helen Longworth, Lydia Leonard and Alex Tregear , Eleanor and Suzanne are best friends, but not for much longer.
Suzanne knows she can get her rich cousin Bertram to buy her a fur in the sales, but she has to entrust the job to Eleanor, who has her own plans. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="Claw Marks on the Curtain: The Toys of Peace" , , ''Claw Marks on the Curtain: '' , Saki
dramatised by , Anton Rice, Ben Tibber, Anthony Calf, Beth Chalmers and Alex Tregear , Harvey is encouraged by his right-thinking sister to give her two sons toys that cannot be used for war.
Of course children, in a Saki tale, are immensely inventive. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="Claw Marks on the Curtain: The Open Window" , , ''Claw Marks on the Curtain: '' , Saki
dramatised by , Susan Jameson, Paul Brooke, Michael Kilgarriff, Joanna McCallum and Emily Chenery , Packed off around Britain in a search for a cure for his nerves, Framton Nuttel arrives at the Sappletons' house with a letter of introduction from his sister.
It little prepares him for the tale of terror he is about to hear ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="The Miracle of Reason" , , ' , , Frances Tomelty and Jasper Britton , A menacing drama about a dirty weekend that spirals into abject terror. ,

The Wire , - id="Grief" , , ''Grief'' , , Abigail Thaw, Michael Pennington, Isla Blair and Michael N. Harbour , Simon's despair at the sudden death of his wife, Sarah, is only too clear to everyone.
Their perfect marriage was legendary, but their best friend Nick is tormented by his sense of loss, and there is no one he can share it with.
Especially not with his partner, Isabel. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="I Enjoyed Myself Today" , , ''I Enjoyed Myself Today'' , , Alex Tregear and Samantha Bond , Freya's diaries reflect the world around her in the 1960s: the Vietnam War, whether to dye her hair.
But when her menopausal self discovers them, lyrical with hormonal pubescence, she has things to say in return. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="Voices" , , ''Voices'' , Text:

Music: James Clarke (composer), James Clarke , Harry Burton (actor), Harry Burton, Anastasia Hille, Andy de la Tour, Douglas Hodge, Gabrielle Hamilton (actress), Gabrielle Hamilton,

, Gawn Grainger,

and Indira Varma , An experimental collage of voice and sound. ,

, - id="The Lost Love of Phoebe Myers" , , '
aka ''Lost Love of Phoebe Miles'' , , Tracy-Ann Oberman, David de Keyser, Heather Coombs, Qarie Marshall, Lucy Middleweek and Miranda Keeling , Bernard Kops's new play evokes the resilience and passions of wartime London and embarks on a journey through heartache and abandonment, while offering a promise of ultimate contentment and the exorcism of ghosts. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="A House to Let" , – , ' , , and dramatised by , Marcia Warren and Alec McCowen , Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell's Victorian tale of a woman worried about an unsettling sign of life in a derelict house. ,

Woman's Hour Drama , - id="Needle" , , ''Needle'' , , Peter Marinker, Jade Williams (actress), Jade Williams, Meg Davies, Kate Williams (actress), Kate Williams, Liz Sutherland, Liza Sadovy and Ben Onwukwe , Creating the Bayeux Tapestry for their Norman conquerors is a bitter task for the women of Canterbury. ,

Afternoon Play , - id="A Long Way from Home" , , ' , , O-T Fagbenle, Kerry Shale, Alibe Parson, Rhea Bailey, Rachel Atkins, Damian Lynch (actor), Damian Lynch, Ben Onwukwe and Major Wiley , Caryl Phillips' original drama imagines the conflicting forces in the iconic singer Marvin Gaye's life, including family, stardom, love, sex and drugs. The story focuses on his final years, when he was offered a lifeline in the unlikely setting of Ostend in Belgium, where he composed the song Sexual Healing before he returned America and was murdered by his own father. ,

Drama on 3 , - id="Bora Bora" , , ''Bora Bora'' , , Derek Jacobi, Corin Redgrave, Cheryl Campbell, Adrian Bower, Eve Pearce, Jill Johnson (actress), Jill Johnson, Stephen Critchlow and Rachel Atkins , Art historian Alec, the brother of a famous actor, has lived his life in the shadows following a traumatic event in his childhood.
When a biographer joins a painting holiday organised by Alec, his arrival disturbs the calm.
Alec must face a terrible truth about his life and about the nature of forgiveness. ,

The Saturday Play , - id="Hyde Park-on-Hudson" , , ''Hyde Park-on-Hudson'' , , Barbara Jefford, Emma Fielding, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nancy Crane, Julia Swift, Sylvia Syms, John Chancer, Corin Redgrave, Kika Markham and Jamie Newall , No reigning British monarch had ever been to the United States before George VI's visit in 1939, just on the cusp of a new world war.
History was in the making when the King and Queen arrived at President Roosevelt's upstate New York home, with a promise of politics, a picnic and hot dogs.
But the private life of the President provided a whole new dimension to an epochal moment, at least in the memory of his lover. ,

Drama on 3 Notes:
Sources:
Ned Chaillet's radio play listing at Diversity website

Ned Chaillet's radio play listing at Audio Drama Wiki

Journalism

''The Times'', 18 February 1981
"There is every chance that they are a notable past in the making"
''The Times'', August 1981 (predicting the future for Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie from their Edinburgh Fringe debut in 1981)
"The third man reconstructed"
''The Independent'', 3 August 1998 * ''

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Obituary
''The Stage'', 23 April 2007

''Bay Area Radio Drama'', 2007 * ''

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Obituary
BBC World Service, 25 December 2008 * ''

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Obituary
''The Stage'', 29 December 2008 * ''Jill Balcon'
Obituary
''The Stage'', 28 July 2009 * ''Corin Redgrave'
Obituary
''Last Word'', BBC Radio 4, 9 April 2010 (15'50" – 24'05") * ''Anna Massey'
Obituary
''The Stage'', 19 July 2011 * ''Miriam Karlin'
Obituary
''The Stage'', 22 August 2011 * ''Gerard Murphy (Irish actor), Gerard Murphy'
Obituary
''The Stage'', 9 September 2013 * ''Betty Davies (radio), Betty Davies'
Obituary
''The Guardian'', 18 February 2018 * '' Richard Williams'
Obituary
''The Guardian'', 26 Aug 2019 * ''John Tydeman'
Obituary
''The Guardian'', 4 May 2020

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaillet, Ned 1944 births BBC Radio drama directors BBC radio producers British theatre critics California Institute of the Arts alumni Living people Prix Italia winners The Times journalists University of Maryland, College Park alumni