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| Angelic Hosts | ...Read by PAUL COPLEY and Robert Hastie.... |
| Blast | ...By Kevin Fegan. A mixture of interviews with steelworkers from the Don Valley in South YORKshire, intercut with a poetic narrative by Kevin Fegan, about a man floating about a steel mill, daydreaming about his life. With PAUL COPLEY. Directed by Melanie Harris. With music by Ivan Stott.... |
| Challenged | ...By Don Howarth. Set in a remote part of the Pennines, this atmospheric play charts the developing relationship between a widow, her son and a recently hired worker, Tom. The son, who has learning difficulties, is described by his school as challenged. With Tom's encouragement, the son learns more than he ever did at school. However, this new-found confidence brings its own conflict to the trio. With Brigit Forsyth, PAUL COPLEY and Matthew Booth. Director: Pauline Harris... |
| Destruction Factor, The | ...Can a corporation's new plant strain mutation bring relief to famine stricken countries? James Follett's drama with PAUL COPLEY.... |
| Disappearing Island, The | ...mr wilson....PAUL COPLEY... |
| Dover Goes To Pot | ...... |
| Ernest's Tower | ...By Don Haworth. Ernest is a fairground stallholder living in the baleful shadow of his Uncle Leo. Leo allows him to lease a small stall or two, but Ernest dreams of owning the tallest fairground tower in the country. With PAUL COPLEY, Stephen Thorne, Robin Herford and Elizabeth Bell. Directed by Gordon House... |
| Heart - Attack | ...Heart tells the story of an ordinary middle class retired couple thrown into a nightmare that rocks their whole world. On the eve of their only son's 21st birthday he is arrested on suspicion of brutally murdering a young women. Mary....Brigit Forsyth Bill....PAUL COPLEY Hard....Sarah Parks Stone....Claude Close Smithy....Danny J Burns Directed by Kate Rowland ... |
| In The Bosom Of The Slag | ...By Richard Cameron. Nearing the anniversary of the Miners' strike, and Charmaine (Drag Queen and ex-miner) is climbing into the Guinness Book of Records with 45 days non-stop organ playing. As an associate member of the Women's Action Group he's raising money to support what they are trying to do to get the community off its knees after the strike that split families and opened up wounds that still haven't healed. Charmaine....PAUL COPLEY Rose....Helen Longworth Frankie....Melanie Hill Irene....Anne Carroll Bridget....Kathryn Pogson Kyla....Rebecca Callard Jodie....Emma Jengs Gina....Carla Simpson Geoff....Steve Hodson Pete....Steve Garti John....Shaun Dooley Directed by Janet Whitaker.... |
| King Lear | ...Fool....PAUL COPLEY... |
| King Street Junior Revisited | ...Unlike the rolling stone, school gossip is virtually guaranteed to gather moss. Starring Marlene Sidaway and PAUL COPLEY.... |
| King Street Junior | ...PAUL COPLEY (Actor)... |
| Looking For Angels - Otherkin | ...Roger....PAUL COPLEY... |
| Mary Barton | ...A tale of Manchester life by Elizabeth Gaskell. Mary's sister Esther is missing. With David Calder, Emma Rydal and PAUL COPLEY.... |
| No Tomatoes | ...Smell your third portion of No Tomatoes, with couscous from PAUL COPLEY, Helen Moon and Ian Potter.... |
| Not - Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe Omnibus | ...A tale of Manchester life by Elizabeth Gaskell. With David Calder, Emma Rydal and PAUL COPLEY. Episodes 1-5 of 20.... |
| Nuremberg Trial, The | ...PAUL COPLEY (Actor)... |
| Nuremburg Trial, The | ...Nigel Anthony, Bob Sherman, John Rowe, Andrew Branch, John Hartley, John Hollis, PAUL COPLEY, John Castle, Paul Jenkins, Robert Glenister, Michael Maloney, Crawford Logan, Ross Livingstone, Stephen Critchlow, Roger May, Tessa Worsley, Caroline Strong, Linda Rogan.... |
| Odd Balls | ...Late one Saturday night, Wilfred Parkin brings a man with a strange problem to the hospital reception. Stan Rooker is oddly reluctant to call the doctor. With Terry Molloy, PAUL COPLEY and Barry Farrimond.... |
| On Mayday | ...The actor and author, PAUL COPLEY, was in the Soviet Union when the Chernobyl nuclear disaster took place. This is his play about the disaster. Split between a worried wife in London and her husband travelling through Russia in ignorance of the catastrophe, is a sharp flashback to a different world and a vanished empire. Listen out for an interview with PAUL COPLEY discussing this work. It was directed by Ned Chaillet in 1996 to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of Chernobyl.... |
| Plimsoll Sensation, The | ...Read by PAUL COPLEY.... |
| Rubbish | ...roger....PAUL COPLEY
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| Snow In July | ...Fred....PAUL COPLEY... |
| Sunset Touch, A | ...... |
| Trapped | ...Black comedy set in the offices of Pennine News Network, a local television rolling news service which is on its uppers; they need a big story that could go national and keep them all employed. They call it a "boy in a well" - a story that has drama and can run and run. Then nine-year-old Eric Pickery falls down a well. But will he be trapped long enough for the news team to keep their jobs? Stuart....Philip Jackson Mike....PAUL COPLEY Becky....Catherine Shepherd MacFee....Ralph Ineson Mrs Pickery....Catherine Tate Trevor....Chris Pavlo Ben....Paul Popplewell Singer....Daniel Maier Written by Mark Maier and Daniel Maier.... |
| Unsinkable | ...By Richard Bean. A dramatic account of the sinking of a Hull trawler. Directed by Paul Miller, with Tom Courtenay (narrator), Ian Dunn (Len), Deborah Mcandrew (Nancy), PAUL COPLEY (Dillinger), Michelle Holmes (Kath).... |
| Whistle Down The Wind - Drama | ...By Mary Haley Bell, Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. Radio dramatisation by Diana Griffiths. The first ever radio production of this classic story. Set in 1958 on a northern Pennine hill farm, 12 year old Kathy finds a criminal on the run hiding in her barn. However, due to his profane exclamation of shock on being discovered, she and her siblings believe him to be Jesus Christ. The Man....PAUL COPLEY Kathy....Rachel Ibbotson Nan....Poppy Rush Charlie....Alexander Slater Aunty Dolly/Mrs Reeves....Becky Hindley Dad....Stephen Critchlow Eddie....Ben Crowe ... |
| Whistle Down The Wind | ...The Man....PAUL COPLEY... |
| Witness - Five Plays From The Gospel Of Luke | ...... |
| Words And Music | ...Sarah Lancashire and PAUL COPLEY read poetry and prose about the experience of going to school. Including writings by Laurie Lee, DH Lawrence, Muriel Spark, Roger Mcgough and Carol Ann Duffy, as well as music by Malcolm Arnold, Frank Loesser and Alice Cooper.... |