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| Afternoon Reading | ...Gilbert Harding....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Blithe Spirit | ...Charles....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Cabin Pressure | ...... |
| Cave Of Harmony, The | ...A play with music, by Neil Brand and Michael Eaton. It is CHRISTMAS 1863, and Thackeray receives a strange visitor who takes him on a journey back in time, to the raucous song-and-supper evenings at the Cave of Harmony, presided over by the irrepressible Charles Dickens. With ROGER ALLAM, Stephen Boxer, Alison Pettitt and Nickolas Grace. Directed by Jeremy Mortimer ... |
| Chelsea Dreaming | ...by D J Britton Fifty years ago today, Dylan Thomas died in NEW YORK after collapsing in the Chelsea Hotel. Tonight's play examines the lies and legends of this unique poet through the critical eye of the Chelsea, infamous home both to wild excesses and inspired creativity. Chelsea Hotel....ROGER ALLAM Dylan Thomas....Richard Lynch Caitlin....Penny Downie DJ....Dorien Thomas Mam....Manon Edwards Nancy....Beth Robert Edgar Lee Masters....Brendan Charleson Liz....Sarah Hill Composed by Paula Gardiner Musicians: Lee Goodall, Gethin Liddington, Huw Warren, Ian Williams. Directed by Alison Hindell ... |
| Decameron | ...By Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by Jonathan Dryden Taylor, adapted in three parts by Don Taylor. 1: In 14th-century Florence, ten young aristocrats escape to the country to avoid the Black Death. To pass the time of their exile, they tell each other stories. With ROGER ALLAM as Boccaccio, Rebecca Front as Pampinea, and John Grillo as Bernabo. Director Don Taylor. With Emilia Fox, David Threlfall and Brigit Forsyth ... |
| Detox, The | ...... |
| Dionysos | ...Lykurgos....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Don Quixote, By Thomas D'urfey | ...Thomas Betterton....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Dr Brighton And Mr Harding | ...... |
| Father And Son | ...Philip Henry Gosse....ROGER ALLAM... |
| From Abstraction | ...Fermat....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Gaslight | ...By Patrick Hamilton. The secret of the upstairs floor will be revealed if only the riddle of the gaslights can be understood. With Juliet Stevenson and ROGER ALLAM. Adapted and directed by Annie Castledine.... |
| Great Expectations | ...Jaggers....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Hendersons' Christmas Party, The | ...Maddie has it all worked out. Her perfect family Christmas is organised down to the very last detail. Then her mother burns down her house, her husband gets drunk at the office party and comes home late, Valerie arrives and causes quite a stir and the children behave like all teenagers should. And despite her best intentions, Maddie has forgotten the turkey. Mrs Henderson's Christmas party comes not a moment too soon as at last she realises that happiness comes in many different guises. Maddie....Jan Ravens Paul....ROGER ALLAM Valerie....Jane Whittenshaw Mum....Elisabeth Kelly Ellie....Ella Vize Mrs Henderson....Ann Reid [Rptd tonight 7.45pm] / 4/5. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen: Maddie's party is organised down to the last detail. But she doesn't account for the antics of her family. [Rpt of today 10.45am]... |
| Hopes And Desires | ...... |
| Inheritance, The | ...By Melissa Murray, with Kate Buffery as Simone and Stella Gonet as Claire. Simone has been exiled from her family since her appearance in a TV programme revealing she is gay. Now she is seriously ill with leukaemia, and her only hope is a bone marrow transplant from a close relative. With ROGER ALLAM and Carolyn Pickles. Director Cherry Cookson ... |
| King's General, The | ...A paralysed beauty and a reckless soldier fall in love during the English civil war. Stars Cathryn Harrison and ROGER ALLAM.... |
| Lady Chatterley's Lover | ...Clifford Chatterley....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Laughter In The Dark (drama) | ...by Vladimir Nabokov. Dramatised by Craig Higginson. Set in Berlin, in a period moving inexorably towards the Second World War, this is the story of the downfall of a middle-aged married man who becomes infatuated with a young woman he meets in the cinema. She uses him with startling callousness and ultimately destroys him. This darkly erotic dramatisation comes to vivid life as events unfold in the mind of a man who becomes blind and can only guess at the gross betrayals inflicted on him by a younger and more ruthless generation. Albert Albinus....ROGER ALLAM Margot Peters....Claire Price Axel Rex....Alan Cox Elizabeth....Geraldine Alexander Irma....Lauren Bird Frieda....Sarah Badel Otto....Dale Rapley Karl Schwarz....Ewan Bailey Doctor....David Shaw-Parker Chambermaid....Tracy Wiles Howard Davidson (composer) Directed by Maria Aitken ... |
| Les Miserables | ...Jenni Murray with topical interviews and reports. Drama: `Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo (8/25) / By Victor Hugo, dramatised by Lin Coghlan. 8: Valjean dices with death to secure a new life for himself and Cosette. With Joss Ackland, ROGER ALLAM and Sophie Shad.... |
| Love Is An Existential Thing | ...By David Pownall When the father of Existentialism, Soren Kierkegaard, falls in love with the unlikely Regina Olsen, he is too busy deconstructing the nature of the emotion he is experiencing, to notice that he breaking his lover's heart - with calamitous results. Soren Kierkegaard....ROGER ALLAM Regina Olsen....Georgie Alexander Hans CHRISTIAN Anderson....John McAndrew Kierkegaard the elder....John Wood.... |
| Lovers Of Viorne, The | ...The Interrogator....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Man In The Elephant Mask, The | ...Peter Wolf's two-part serial presents an alternative portrait of ``Elephant Man'' John Merrick, who, despite his afflictions, felt that his uniqueness was a blessing. 1: `Patron Saint of Outcasts'. With ROGER ALLAM and Tim Pigott-Smith. Director Cherry Cookson ... |
| Man In The Elephant Mask | ...A two-part serial by Peter Wolf, with ROGER ALLAM as John Merrick and Tim Pigott-Smith as Frederick Treves.. 1: `Patron Saint of Outcasts'. A very different portrait, which follows the life from childhood of the famous Victorian `elephant man', John Merrick. Though much of Merrick's time was spent concealing his disfigurement, he felt that he was blessed with uniqueness. With Alison Pettitt and Tracey Ann Oberman.... |
| Master And Man | ...Vasilii Andreich....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Medical Detectives, The | ...A strange epidemic sweeps through the inhabitants of a quiet Essex suburb. Starring Bernard Hepton and ROGER ALLAM.... |
| Middlemarch | ...Dorothea Brooke yearns to right society's wrongs in 1830s England. With ROGER ALLAM.... |
| Miles Kington Interview, The | ...ROGER ALLAM plays Dr Samuel Johnson.... |
| Milosevic In Black And White | ...Milan....ROGER ALLAM... |
| My Last Duchess | ...With ROGER ALLAM... |
| Opening Lines | ...By Zoran Zivkovic, read by ROGER ALLAM.... |
| Peter Pan In Scarlet | ...Ravello....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Real Thing, The | ...Max....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Ring And The Book, The | ...Guido Franceschini....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Sunday Feature | ...rope'. Great violence and haunting beauty have marked the metropolis ever since. On the 300th anniversary of its foundation, writer Kevin Jackson evokes the spirit of Peter's city and questions the legacy of the Tsar's enlightened despotism. With reflections from Count Nikolai Tolstoy, descendant of one of Peter the Great's ambassadors; Hermitage curator Aleksei Leporc; travel-writer Colin Thubron, and other distinguished contributors. Readers: Eleanor Bron and ROGER ALLAM ... |
| Travels Through France And Italy | ...ROGER ALLAM reads from the 1766 travel memoir by Tobias Smollett. He and his wife set off on a long journey, determined to see France and Italy, but was rarely happy with what he found there.... |
| Trilby | ...... |
| Under The Net | ...By Iris Murdoch Dramatised by Nick Fisher. In this premier dramatisation of Iris Murdoch's debut comic 1950s novel, struggling young writer Jake Donaghue wanders through London accompanied by philosophers, starlets, singers, bookmakers, his great Irish drinking companion, Finn, and a kidnapped dog. Jake Donaghue....Simon Day Finn....Lloyd Hutchinson Madge....Janie Dee Mrs Tinck....Sarah Badel Dave....ROGER ALLAM Anna....Issy Van Randwyck Sadie....Catherine Mccormack Hugo....Hugh Bonneville Sammy....Corin Redgrave Lefty....Adrian Scarborough Barman....David Shaw-Parker Daniel....Tom George Barmaid....Clare Clifford Composer: Howard Davidson Director: Maria Aitken ... |
| Whenever | ...Martin/Bill/Nigel/Chatterton-Brown/Droid 3....ROGER ALLAM... |
| Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management | ...With ROGER ALLAM, Geoffrey Whitehead, Jill Cardo, Gunnar Cauthery, Roger Drew, Donnla Hughes, Robert Lonsdale, Dan Starkey, Malcolm Tierney ... |
| Will The Circle Be Unbroken? | ...... |
| Will The Real Aaron Copland Please Take A Bow | ...... |
| Will The Real Bela Bartok | ...... |
| Will You Love Me Tomorrow? [drama] | ...... |
| Years Between, The | ...Starring: Diana Quick/ROGER ALLAM/Frederick Treves.... |