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| 2000 Tales | ...`Prologue' by Sebastian Bacziewicz; `The Funeral Orator's Tale' by Christina Reid; `The Fisherman's Tale' by Nick Darke; `The Disc Jockey who Used to Be a Nun's Tale - Prologue' by Marcy Kahan. With ROBERT GLENISTER, Zita Sattar, Frances Tomelty, Carl Grosse and Eleanor Bron. Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.... |
| Adulteries Of A Provincial Wife, The | ...flaubert....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Adulteries Of A Provincial Wife | ...With Daniel Evans, ROBERT GLENISTER, Anastasia Hillie, Jennie Stoller.... |
| Afternoon On 3 | ...Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus two John Milton poems read by actor ROBERT GLENISTER: At a Vacation Exercise in the College and An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester.... |
| Albertina, The | ...ROBERT GLENISTER (Rocklaw)... |
| Another World | ...In Pat Barker's new novel, a fractious family and a dying soldier reveal the past's power to haunt and distort the present. Abridged by Doreen Estall, read by ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Auguste Levasseur - Chef De Claqueurs | ...Jacques....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Babel's Tower | ...rudin....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Basil | ...Mannion....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Beast At Bay | ...Surkov....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Black Death, The | ...Read by ROBERT GLENISTER ... |
| Brahms On A Slow Train | ...David Pownall - winner of the 1995 Sony Gold Award for his play `Elgar's Third' - returns to the theme of composers with a fascinating look at the complex relationship between the `young eagle' Johannes Brahms and his devoted mentors Clara and Robert Schumann. Starring Denis Quilley, Roger May, Geoffrey Whitehead, Maureen O'Brien, ROBERT GLENISTER, Jane Whittenshaw, Keith Drinkel, Zulema Dene, Teresa Gallagher and David Timson. Pianist Terence Allbright. Director martin jenkins... |
| Bringing The House Down [reading] | ...A new book by David Profumo, son of John Profumo, exploring how the family coped with events in 1963. Abridged by Penny Leicester and narrated by ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Bull From The Sea, The | ...Abridged by Keith Darvill and read by ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Caliban Shore, The | ...By Stephen Taylor. In June 1782, an East INDIA Company ship called the Grosvenor leaves INDIA for ENGLAND. Two months later, off the coast of south-east Africa, disaster strikes. The reader is ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Certain Age, A | ...Read by ROBERT GLENISTER ... |
| Certain Smile, A | ...... |
| Changing Forest, The | ...ROBERT GLENISTER reads Dennis Potter's 1961 personal study of his birthplace, the Forest of Dean, abridged in five parts by Andrew Simpson.... |
| Child In The Forest, A | ...Winifred Foley's vivid recollection of growing up in the remote Forest of Dean in the 1920s. Dramatised in ten parts by David Goodland. 1: Chapel Treat is the highlight of a year dominated by hunger. With Stephanie Cole, Suzanna Hamilton, ROBERT GLENISTER and Anna Townsend. Directed by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe ... |
| Connecting | ...Voice....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Corduroy | ...ROBERT GLENISTER reads one of the classics of 20th century country writing, the first of Adrian Bell's farming trilogy. Published 75 years ago, Corduroy is the semi-autobiographical account of a London boy's apprenticeship on a Suffolk farm just after the First World War.... |
| Cuban Solo | ...By David Pownall. The tragic story of the murder of Caturla, one of Cuba's most influential composers. He was the first to combine black and white Cuban music, paving the way for today's famous Afro-Cuban sounds. The play is based on new evidence found after investigative research in the north of the country. Starring ROBERT GLENISTER, Gerard Murphy and Jenny Jules. Director: martin jenkins ... |
| David Copperfield | ...Charles Dickens....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Dear Brother | ...By Penny Gold The climactic years in the short intense life of the painter Vincent Van Gogh. Based entirely on letters and memoirs of the time, the play marks the 150th anniversary of his birth. ROBERT GLENISTER....Vincent Van Gogh Jonathan Firth....Theo, his brother Kika Markham....Joanna, Vincent's sister-in-law Kenneth Cranham....Paul Gaugin ".... |
| Dombey And Son | ...Dombey....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Drowned World By Jg Ballard, The | ...The author's 1962 debut novel set in a submerged London of the future, transformed by global warming. Read by ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Drowned World, The | ...The tropical conditions trigger people's primal memories. Read by ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Early Music Show, The | ...Comus (A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634) was a masque written by John Milton in honour of chastity and it was first presented on Michaelmas, 1634, before John Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater at Ludlow Castle in celebration of the Earl's elevation to President of Wales with music by Henry Lawes. Milton and Lawes had a close friendship and collaborated on a number of works, but Lawes was not the last composer to write music for this masque. In Milton's 400th anniversary year, Catherine Bott travels to Ludlow Castle to explore the occasion of that first performance and the music which Comus went on to inspire. The programme includes excerpts from Comus and Milton's sonnet to Lawes: To Mr. H. Lawes, on his Aires read by ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Elgar's Rondo | ...Jaegar/George V....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Fair Stood The Wind For France | ...Four airmen crash-land in France - who can they trust? With ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Fiery World, The | ...William Blake....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Five Stories By Penelope Fitzgerald | ...read by ROBERT GLENISTER. `On the back there was the figure of an angel and a motto - Desideratus.'.... |
| Frank V | ...By Friedrich Durrenmatt, adapted for radio by Anthony Vivis and Annabel Arden. A comic operetta set in a Swiss bank, it tells the story of wicked Frank, who decides to fake his own death in order to retire from the world of criminal high finance. With ROBERT GLENISTER, Bill Nighty, Christopher Fairbank, Toby Jones, Cal Macanich, Kathryn Hunter, Imelda Staunton, David Troughton, Mick Barnfather, Clive Mendus, Roddy Maude-Roxby and Emily Bruni. Director: Annabel Arden. Music composed by Paul Burkhard, arranged by Olga Thomas-Bosovskaya.... |
| Ghost On The Moor | ...... |
| Gibson, The | ...An aspiring poet gets drawn into a web of dark and mysterious forces. A time-hopping thriller with ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost The Truth | ...ROBERT GLENISTER (Actor)... |
| Henry's Girls | ...Henry Purcell....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Heresy, The | ...John Spurling's play tells the story of Hypatia - known to history as the first female mathematician and philosopher - who was killed by a mob in AD415 following a power struggle between Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, and Orestes, the Prefect of Alexandria and a friend of Hypatia. The play explores the conflict between early Christian orthodoxy and the less belligerent doctrines of neo-Platonism, and investigates the consequences of mixing politics and belief. With Julia Ford (Hypatia), John Rowe (Orestes) and ROBERT GLENISTER (Cyril). Directed by Richard Wortley.... |
| High Wind In Jamaica, A | ...With ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| In A Strange Country | ...Drama based on the letters of Freud and Jung and the diaries of Sabina Spielrein, by Carolyn James. A RUSSIAn girl is taken to Zurich to be treated for hysteria. However, the disturbingly intense relationship that develops between her and gifted psychoanalyst Carl Jung threatens the credibility of his profession. With ROBERT GLENISTER, Henry Goodman and Alison Pettitt. Directed by Pam Fraser Solomon ... |
| King Lear | ...Edgar....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| La Grande Therese | ...By Hilary Spurling. After Therese's father dies, anxiety begins to be expressed over the contents of the d'Aurignac strongbox. With Nicola Walker, Helen Schlesinger and ROBERT GLENISTER. / Martha Kearney is joined by Juliet Barker to talk about her biography of Wordsworth. Drama: La grande Therese. (7/10).... |
| Lady Chatterley's Lover | ...Oliver Mellors....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Last Duel, The | ...ROBERT GLENISTER reads Eric Jager's tale of crime and scandal, set in turbulent 14th-century France.... |
| Last Seen Wearing | ...ROBERT GLENISTER as Sergeant Lewis... |
| Little Violet | ...By Philip Osment. A contemporary fairy story, set in present-day Romania. Vlad's life is turned around when he finds a baby girl on his doorstep. Does Viorica really have a guardian angel? Vlad....ROBERT GLENISTER Ana Maria....Gillian Bevan Viorica....Lulu Popplewell Gaby....Carl Prekopp Elena....Alice Hart Monica....Emma Lucas Viorica (aged 4)....Alice Foxall Gaby (aged 8)....Steven Williams Violinist: Anne Wood Produced by Jeremy Mortimer.... |
| Love In The Afternoon | ...Read by ROBERT GLENISTER ... |
| Meeting In Valladolid, A | ...ROBERT GLENISTER (Actor)... |
| Middlemarch | ...There's gossip at the engagement party, and Rosy Vincy encounters Dr Lydgate. George Eliot dramatisation with ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Milton's Comus | ...The programme includes excerpts from Comus and Milton's sonnet to Lawes, To Mr H Lawes, on his Aires, read by ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Moonfleet | ...J Meade Falkner's classic tale, dramatised by Nick Warburton. Young John Trenchard is drawn into the dangerous world of smuggling when he goes in search of Blackbeard's diamond. But the treasure brings a curse, and soon John must flee for his life. With Richard Pearce, ROBERT GLENISTER and james laurenson.... |
| Mr Stimpson And Mr Gorse | ...An intriguing study of the British class system of the 20s, by Patrick Hamilton, dramatised by Allan Prior. Estate agent Donald Stimpson is planning to marry pretentious widow Joan Plumleigh-Bruce, until a perverse young con man called Ralph Gorse intervenes. With ROBERT GLENISTER, Corin Redgrave, Kika Markham and Anna Livia Ryan. Directed by Richard Wortley.... |
| New Metamorphoses | ...Victor Karkov....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Night Visit | ...Jean Binnie's play is based on the legendary 1945 meeting which took place in Leningrad between the great RUSSIAn poet Anna Akhmatova and a young British diplomat, Isaiah Berlin. With Sarah Badel and ROBERT GLENISTER. Director: martin jenkins ... |
| Nuremberg Trial, The | ...ROBERT GLENISTER (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.... |
| On The Missionary Trail | ...ROBERT GLENISTER reads Tom Hiney's account of the lands, peoples and adventures encountered by two 19th-century Englishmen who set off on the longest missionary journey ever made. Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.... |
| Opening Lines | ...By Ian Dudley, read by ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Party Party, The | Cast and Crew |
| Pastoral Symphony, The | ...To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Andre Gide's death, ROBERT GLENISTER reads his novel about a Protestant pastor who is taken to an isolated farmhouse to give the last rites to an old woman and discovers a blind idiot girl cowering in a corner. When he takes her home with him, the seeds are sown for a domestic tragedy.... |
| Perch Hill | ...Adam Nicholson's new book charts his move to the country and to farming in the Sussex Weald. Abridged by Andrew Simpson, read by ROBERT GLENISTER (1/10).... |
| Peter Pan In Scarlet | ...Narrator....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Planet Love | ...By Patricia Alderman, read by ROBERT GLENISTER. `Who is your ideal man?' William enquires. `Richard Branson, Andre Agassi and Martin Amis,' replies Antonia.... |
| Saturday | ...Read by ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Secret Agent, The | ...assistant commissioner....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Secret Summer Of Daniel Lyons, The | ...By Roy Apps Set in the exciting days of the early British film industry, Tom dreams of a career in films when he leaves school, but his strict Methodist parents strongly disapprove. Tom Jupe....Nick Robinson Tom (Elder)....ROBERT GLENISTER Laura....Sophie Carlton Barnaby Merry....David Collings Mrs Jupe....Jenny Funnell Mr Jupe....Brian Parr Adelaide....Maggie McCarthy Jarrett....Peter Gunn Reverend Comfort....Philip Barnes Snook....Ian Masters Joe....Tom Bevan Ernest....Johnathan Neil Music composed by Mike Sykes Directed by Celia De Wolff ".... |
| Silent World Of Nicholas Quinn, The | ...ROBERT GLENISTER (Actor)... |
| Singapore Grip, The | ...With ROBERT GLENISTER, Jonathan Cake, Samantha Spiro and David Thorpe.... |
| Snow | ...... |
| Solo Behind The Iron Curtain | ...George Segal....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Something Strange | ...A psychological thriller by Eric Pringle, in which an innocent flirtation turns into something more serious. With ROBERT GLENISTER, Beth Chalmers, Geoffrey Whitehead and Thomas Arnold. Directed by Tracey Neale.... |
| Sound Of Fury, The | ...A star-studded dramatisation of the life of rock star Billy Fury. With Anton Lesser, ROBERT GLENISTER and Rory Bremner.... |
| Stratford, Ilford, Romford And All Stations To Shenfield | ...by David Eldridge. Emotions run high on a commuter train out of the Square Mile as six lives collide. Roger....ROBERT GLENISTER Nula....Susan Lynch Leo....Barnaby Kay Karen....Emma Amos Anna....Petra Letang Paul....Daniel Newman.... |
| Studio 3 | ...ROBERT GLENISTER (Actor)... |
| These Are The Times | ...... |
| Things My Mother Never Told Me | ...ROBERT GLENISTER reads from Blake Morrison's memoir about his mother and the extraordinary way in which she reinvented herself as a Yorkshire GP. Abridged by Jill Waters... |
| Time Machine, The | ...ROBERT GLENISTER stars in Philip Osment's dramatisation of HG Wells' classic story of a time-traveller's journey to the future, where mankind has diverged into two species - the Eloi and the Morlocks.... |
| Travels With My Aunt | ...Read by Anna Massey and ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Unimaginable | ...Ray Connolly....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Very English Deceit, A | ...Malcolm Balen's account of the South Sea Bubble scandal, which upset 18th-century England and France. Read by ROBERT GLENISTER ... |
| Way Of The World, The | ...By Congreve Congreve's comic masterpiece that exposes the beau monde of London society for the grasping charlatans they truly are. Lady Wishfort....Sheila Hancock Mirabell....Alex Jennings Fainall....ROBERT GLENISTER Mrs Marwood....Frances Barber Mrs Millamant....Indira Varma Mrs Fainall....Christine Kavanagh Witwoud....Kris Marshall Petulant....Ben Crowe Sir Wilfull....Gerard McDermott Waitwell....Stephen Critchlow Foible....Sarah Flind Mincing....Priyanga Elan Betty/Peg....Liza Sadovy Servant....Andrew Harrison.... |
| Week Of Stories By Russian Writer Ivan Bunin., A | ...Translated by Graham Hettinger, read by ROBERT GLENISTER and abridged by Miranda Davies.... |
| Well | ...doctor....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Woman In Black, The | ...When attending to a client's papers, a solicitor must visit her isolated house. Susan Hill's story stars ROBERT GLENISTER.... |
| Woman's Hour (summary) | ...Charles Dickens....ROBERT GLENISTER... |
| Words And Music | ...Harriet Walter and ROBERT GLENISTER read poetry and prose on a theme of work and toil by Shakespeare, Kathleen Jamie, Simon Armitage, John Clare and Carol Rumens. With music by Beethoven, Handel, Elvis Costello and Shostakovich.... |
| Worst Journey In The World, The | ...ROBERT GLENISTER reads Apsley Cherry-Garrard's account of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic, of which, at the age of 24, he was the youngest member.... |