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| Archive Hour, The | ...SIMON CALLOW traces the life of Orson Welles. Born in 1915, Welles was intellectually brilliant, flamboyant and physically imposing. Using a wealth of arcHIVe material, Callow narrates his biography up to the most famous programme in radio history - Welles's production for Hallowe'en of `War of the Worlds', which momentarily brought the UNITED STATES to a halt.... |
| Back To Front | ...The 1981 headline makers bowled off the newspaper front pages by Ian Botham. Graham Dilley and SIMON CALLOW get nostalgic.... |
| Ballad Of Reading Gaol, The | ...Sean Street introduces a reading by SIMON CALLOW of Oscar Wilde's great poem `The Ballad of Reading Gaol' - a sombre reflection on the execution of a prisoner and the cruelty of humanity, written out of his own experience of imprisonment.... |
| Betrayal | ...Burgess....SIMON CALLOW... |
| Between The Ears | ...The last of six experiments in creative radio. `Procession to the Private Sector'. The first production of a surrealist film scenario written in 1936 by the poet David Gascoyne, the most prominent ENGLISH writer of that movement, and rewritten by him in the 1980s after the manuscript was found in the British Library. Adapted as a `film for radio' by Sean Street, with new music by John Surman, it features SIMON CALLOW as the Camera. The story - of the vicissitudes of a pair of lovers - springs from a dream of Gascoyne's and is dramatised through symbol, myth and startling imagery. NB for the repeat - In commemoration of poet David Gascoyne, who died late last year, another chance to hear his surrealist `Procession to the Private Sector' in a radio adaptation by Sean Street ... |
| Burney And Hawkins - A Tale Of Two Histories | ...With SIMON CALLOW as Burney, John Fortune as Hawkins plus contributions from Alvaro Ribeiro, who edited Burney's letters, social historians Rosemary Sweet and William 'Bill' Weber, as well as writer Kate Chisholm.... |
| Chain Reaction | ...Alistair Mcgowan Interviews SIMON CALLOW... |
| Dianeira | ...By Timberlake Wertenbaker. A group of students meet a storyteller in a cafe who recounts an angry story of passion, jealousy, sexual betrayal and revenge. Cast includes Olympia Dukakis, Harrier Walter, Jenny Quayle, Sandra Voe, Joseph Fiennes, Alan Howard, Emily Bruni, Joy Richardson, Jonathan Tafler, David Bradley and SIMON CALLOW. Directors: Catherine Bailey and Timberlake Wertenbaker. Original music composed by Stephen Warbeck.... |
| Eclipse 1999 | ...With Martha Kearney and guests. Reading: `Eclipse 1999' (5/5). / Astronomer Heather Couper introduces five readings of poetry, prose and diary extracts to mark the end of the millennium. 5: Readings focusing on lunar eclipses, from accounts from such writers as Aristophanes, Plutarch, Shakespeare and SIMON CALLOW.... |
| Eyes Of Max Carrados, The | ...By E Bramagh, dramatised by Bert Coules. 1923. A desperate girl tries to clear her father, and only the celebrated blind detective Max Carrados can do it. With SIMON CALLOW as Max and Lionel Jeffries as Parkinson. With Teresa Gallagher, Matthew Marsh and Philip Glenister. Director Alan Drury.... |
| Hordes Of The Things | ...Starring Patrick Magee, SIMON CALLOW, Paul Eddington, Miriam Margolyes, Christian Rodska and Frank Middlemass, it was directed by the late Geoffrey Perkins... |
| I'll Be George | ...by Snoo Wilson 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 Jane Lapotaire as Sand, and SIMON CALLOW as an incarnated Charles Dickens, the 19th century and 21st century collide in a turbulent and gritty morality tale. George Sand....Jane Lapotaire Charles Dickens....SIMON CALLOW Marge....Federay Holmes Marie Dorval....Jennie Stoller Solange....Jasmine Hyde Manceau....Jonathan Keeble Japanese/ Frenchman....Gordon Reid Directed by Ned Chaillet ... |
| Importance Of Elsewhere, The | ...SIMON CALLOW, himself a former student at Queen's University, visits Larkin's Belfast and finds the people and places behind the poems of The Less Deceived, published to great acclaim 50 years ago.... |
| In Front Of Closed Doors | ...At the Royal Albert Hall, audiences come and go. But the stewards are, one might say, the native population. Once a uniformed helper at the Old Vic under Olivier, SIMON CALLOW takes us in front of closed doors at the Hall and looks back on his own experience as an usher, unearthing along the way other well-known voices who have performed the same role.... |
| Judas Kiss, The | ...By David Hare. The story of Oscar Wilde's relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, focusing on the day when Wilde decides to stay in England and face imprisonment and on the night after his release from prison two years later. SIMON CALLOW (Oscar Wilde), Martin Freeman (Arthur Wellesley), Patsy Palmer (Phoebe Cane), Rupert Penry-jones (Lord Alfred Douglas), John Quentin (Sandy Moffat), Simon Russell Beale (Robert Ross), Marcello Walton (Galileo Masconi). Directed by David Hare. Music composed by Nick Bicat.... |
| Letters Of Oscar Wilde - The Unexpected Wilde, The | ...SIMON CALLOW reads from the letters of Oscar Wilde. A look at his early Oxford career and his fascination with the ritual and mysticism of Catholicism and ancient culture (1/5).... |
| Letters Of Oscar Wilde, The | ...SIMON CALLOW reads Wilde's letters, from schooldays in Enniskillen via despair in London to triumph in the USA.... |
| Love Is Where It Falls | ...SIMON CALLOW reads his moving account of his extraordinary friendship with the legendary literary agent Peggy Ramsay and his love affair with Aziz, a tragic young Egyptian film-maker. Abridged by Lavinia Murray (1/5).... |
| Man Who Came To Dinner, The | ...By Moss Hart and George S Kaufman, adapted for radio by Marcy Kahan. SIMON CALLOW stars as Sheridan Whiteside in the classic 30s comedy. A broken leg turns a visiting celebrity into a tyrannical house guest who mercilessly abuses a family's hospitality. With Elizabeth McGovern, Conleth Hill, Cheryl Campbell and John Sessions. Directed by Ned Chaillet... |
| Mozart The Dramatist | ...Readings by SIMON CALLOW.... |
| Mr Pollock's Theatres | ...... |
| Mystery Of Charles Dickens, The | ...SIMON CALLOW brings Charles Dickens to life in this powerful play written by Peter Ackroyd... |
| Orson Welles - The Storyteller | ...In the first of three programmes, SIMON CALLOW traces the life of Orson Welles. Born in 1915, Welles was intellectually brilliant, flamboyant and physically imposing. Using archive material, Callow traces the early years of the gifted Welles, up to the time of extraordinary creativity which characterised his Mercury Theatre of the Air.... |
| Put Money In Thy Purse | ...... |
| Radio Detectives, The | ...Jeffrey Richards unravels the history of Walter Gibson's legendary force against evil, The Shadow. Featuring the classic Orson Welles portrayal and an interview with SIMON CALLOW.... |
| Sunday Morning | ...With Iain Burnside. Seven Deadly Sins: Iain goes in search of the seven deadly sins and how they have been depicted in music. He is joined by actor SIMON CALLOW.... |
| Third Soldier Holds His Thighs, The | ...Sir Peter Hall....SIMON CALLOW... |
| Tomorrow Week | ...By Samuel Adamson. Olivia is pregnant and married to Guy. The play explores one week in her life - the week of her birthday - when family reunions, significant meetings and chance encounters are all on the agenda. Where will Olivia find herself tomorrow week? Olivia (Imogen Stubbs), Justin (Malcolm Sinclair), Guy (James Wilby), Charlie (Simon Prestage), Kath (Kelly Reilly), Betsy (Rosalind Knight), Bob (Patrick Godfrey), Sophia (Sara Kestelman), Elizabeth (Mathilda O'Neill). Director: SIMON CALLOW ... |
| Twenty Minutes | ...At the Royal Albert Hall, audiences come and go. But the stewards could be considered as the native population. Once a uniformed helper at the Old Vic under Olivier, SIMON CALLOW takes us in front of closed doors at the Hall and looks back on his own experiences as an usher, unearthing along the way other well-known voices who have performed the same role.... |
| Very British Movie, A | ...A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Film Theatre. SIMON CALLOW explores the development of the British film industry since the war.... |
| Week's Good Cause, The | ...Next in series: SIMON CALLOW... |
| While They Decide | ...The jury has retired to consider its verdict and the audience waits. Backstage at the Barbican, under the chairmanship of Chris de Souza, a panel including actor SIMON CALLOW, conductor Jane Glover and critic Stephen Johnson try to predict the outcome and offer their own conclusions on the Masterprize competition.... |
| Word Of Mouth | ...The last of six programmes in which Russell Davies explores words and the way we speak. `Can You Hear Me, Mother?' SIMON CALLOW on the craft and physical challenge of theatrical projection. Plus the People's Lexicon revealed.... |
| Wordsmiths At Gorsemere, The | ...William and Mary's wedding bells ring, but there's an unexpected guest. Lakeland poets parody with SIMON CALLOW. From May 1987.... |
| World's A Stage, The | ...Have directors destroyed the actor's autonomy or changed our theatres for the better? Contributors include Steven Berkoff, SIMON CALLOW, Meera Syal and Deborah Warner.... |