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| Addio | ...ANNA MASSEY reads a short story by Penelope GILLIATT. Produced by Cherry Cookson.... |
| Aeneid, The | ...With ANNA MASSEY, Gina Mckee, Diana Quick, and Andrew Sachs.... |
| Against All Natural Instincts | ...Starring: Prunella Scales/ANNA MASSEY ... |
| American, The | ...Starring: Alec Mccowen/Mary Morris/ANNA MASSEY/Derek Jacobi/Martin Jarvis ... |
| Arthur The King | ...SBH:ARTHUR - THE KING: A 7 part series by Graeme Fife. Part 1: Merlin. With Keith Baxter, ANNA MASSEY and Paul Scofield. Music by Steven Faux. Produced by John Powell.... |
| Ballet Stories | ...by Berlie Doherty. At a CHRISTMAS party, Clara is given the unusual gift of a toy nutcracker by her godfather. In the middle of the night, she finds herself on a magical journey to the kingdom of sweets. Read by ANNA MASSEY ... |
| Barchester Chronicles, The | ...... |
| Battle Of San Remo, The | ...Starring: ANNA MASSEY/John Baddeley ... |
| Bequest To The Nation | ...Starring: Sian Phillips/Michael Bryant/ANNA MASSEY/Alan Lake.... |
| Better To Have Loved | ...By Jane Gardam, dramatised by Eric Pringle. With ANNA MASSEY as Lou and Stella Gonet as Anna. Lou's husband has died suddenly, leaving her with an overwhelming sense of loss. But lurking deep beneath the idyllic picture she paints of her marriage are dark shadows. Director: Cherry Cookson ... |
| Blithe Spirit | ...Starring: Paul Eddington/Julia McKenzie/ANNA MASSEY/Peggy Mount.... |
| Butler Did It, A | ...Beneath his immaculate exterior Honeyman, the butler, is plotting the downfall of his master's house.... Written by David CREGAN and produced by John Tydeman, with Bernard HEPTON and ANNA MASSEY.... |
| Cemetery Confessions | ...Abelard and Heloise....Hugh Dickson and ANNA MASSEY (by Paul Bailey)... |
| Ceremony Of Innocence, The | ...By Martyn Wade, starring Simon Russell Beale as Benjamin Britten and Julian Wadham as Peter Pears. It is 50 years since the first Aldeburgh Festival, and this new play about the life and work of Benjamin Britten explores his professional and personal passions. The play focuses on the foundation of the festival and, through it, the nature of his interest in the young people who played roles in the first performances of some of his compositions. Also starring ANNA MASSEY, John Wood and Alan MacNaughtan. Director Cherry Cookson ... |
| Corn Is Green, The | ...Starring: ANNA MASSEY/George Winter.... |
| Coward, The Poet | ...A regularly overlooked aspect of Noel Coward's remarkable career is the significant amount of poetry he wrote throughout his life. Friends and fans including ANNA MASSEY, Imogen Stubbs, Alistair Mcgowan discuss a selection of his poems, offering a unique insight into a deeper and somewhat darker aspect of Coward's personal life.... |
| Daunt And Dervish | ...Feeling useless after the Second World War, two women set up their own detective agency. Stars ANNA MASSEY and Imelda Staunton.... |
| Dear Writer | ...Writer....ANNA MASSEY... |
| Early Hours Of A Reviled Man, The | ...SBH:THE EARLY HOURS OF A REVILED MAN: Play by Howard Barker. Dr Sleen, reactionary, anti-semitic and eminent novelist, takes his regular night-time walk through the city, and faces retribution at the hands of old friends and new enemies. With Ian McDiarmid and ANNA MASSEY. Produced by Richard Wortley.... |
| Early Hours Of A Reviled Man | ...ANNA MASSEY (Actor)... |
| Easy Virtue | ...... |
| Eating In Our Dreams | ...ANNA MASSEY (Actor)... |
| Elephant Man, The | ...It's 1884 and Dr Frederic Treves rescues a seriously disfigured man, John Merrick, from a Victorian freak show. Gerard Murphy, Charles Kay, ANNA MASSEY and John Hollis in David Hitchinson’s 1988 adaptation of Bernard Pomerance's touching tale.... |
| Fantastic Tales [bbc7] | ...An unusual occurrence forces an elderly woman to confront a tragedy from her past. ANNA MASSEY (pictured) reads Zoran Zivkovic's intriguing story. It was translated from the Serbian by Alice Copple-tosic and produced by Gemma Jenkins... |
| Fear On Four | ...Starring ANNA MASSEY.... |
| Fortunes Of War [drama] | ...ANNA MASSEY (Actor)... |
| Four New Shorts | ...by Jane Gardam. A farmer has vivid memories about his land and golden cattle. Read by ANNA MASSEY ... |
| Framley Parsonage | ...by Anthony Trollope
David Haig (Mark Robarts)
ANNA MASSEY (Lady Lufton)
Livia Williams (Fanny Monsell Robarts)
John Carlisle (Nathaniel Sowerby)
Christopher Scott (Lord Lufton)
Rosemary Leach (Mrs. Proudie)
Selena Caddell (Miss Dunstable)
David Horovich (Dr. Proudie)
Stephen Moore (Dr. Grantly)
Abigail Docherty (Lucy Robarts)
Gilly Bond (Mrs. Grantly)
Shirley Dixon (Mrs. Smith)
Sean Baker (Harold Smith)
Alice Arnold (Griselda Grantly)
Ioan Meredith (Duke of Omnium, Lord Dumbello)
Kenneth Cranham (Josiah Crawley)
Gabrielle Lloyd (Mrs. Crawley)
John Wood (Dr. Thorne)
Amanda Root (Mary Thorne)
Sean Baker (Fothergill)
Dramatised by Martyn Wade
Directed by Cherry Cookson
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| Glasnost | ...ANNA MASSEY (Actor)... |
| Hemlock And After | ...Angus Wilson's first novel is dramatised in two parts by Michelene Wandor and stars Derek Jacobi as Bernard Sands and ANNA MASSEY as Ella. 1: Bernard's triumph at setting up a writers' centre is soon clouded by difficulties in his personal life.... |
| Her Infinite Variety | ...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? Which is more than Sister Cordelia of the Salvation Army has to give. Starring ANNA MASSEY as Goneril.... |
| Honey From A Weed | ...ANNA MASSEY plays the celebrated writer and cook Patience Gray, who traded in Fleet Street for Tuscany and discovered love, rural living and some delicious Spanish, Greek and Italian dishes. The book traces her journey from sixties London to the place where she eventually settles - the heel of Italy in Apulia where she embraces the culture of the peasant communities and the food that they make. Patience Gray....ANNA MASSEY Norman....David Collings Toni and Giovanni....Peter Polycarpou Maria and Giovanni's wife....Becky Hindley Teresa....Mia Soteriou Salvatore....Ewan Bailey Patience's mother....Jill Balcon Director....David Battcock... |
| How Shall I Tell The Dog? | ...Gill....ANNA MASSEY... |
| Important Passenger, An | ...By Christobel Kent, read by ANNA MASSEY.... |
| In The Cage | ...By Henry James, dramatised by Michelene Wandor. At turn-of-the-century Mayfair, a young girl's employment as a sender of post office telegrams leads to her intense involvement in a clandestine affair. With Emily Bruni, ANNA MASSEY and Adrian Lukis. Director Cherry Cookson. Director Cherry Cookson.... |
| In The Psychiatrist's Chair | ...Next in series: ANNA MASSEY... |
| Killing Of Sister George, The | ...... |
| Last Chronicle Of Barset, The | ...ANNA MASSEY (Lady Lufton)... |
| Last Night I Dreamed | ...By Justine Picardie, read by ANNA MASSEY.... |
| Lea And Renata | ...ANNA MASSEY (Actor)... |
| Literature Is My Mistress | ...SBH:LITERATURE IS MY MISTRESS - MEDICINE, MY WIFE: a 7 part series reflecting the life and work of Anton Chekhov through his writings, the words of his family and friends and the characters from his plays. Compiled by Michael Bakewell. With David Suchet as Chekhov, ANNA MASSEY and Janet Suzman. Produced by Rosemary Hart.... |
| Loitering With Intent | ...ANNA MASSEY begins a reading of Muriel Spark's comic novel, abridged in ten episodes by Neville Teller. 1: Aspiring writer Fleur Talbot takes a secretarial job with a literary crank.... |
| Mad Bad | ...ANNA MASSEY (Actor)... |
| Mad, Bad | ...Is competition safer than collaboration? A bleakly comic tale of a literary triangle starring Bill Nighy and ANNA MASSEY.... |
| Madame De Treymes | ...A man battles a devious French family to marry the woman he loves. Edith Wharton dramatisation with ANNA MASSEY and Philip Voss.... |
| Matter Of The Soul, A | ...ANNA MASSEY (Actor)... |
| Morning Story | ...Four views of the last decade...3: Something Coming. By Jane GARDAM. Read by ANNA MASSEY. Produced by Duncan MINSHULL.... |
| Necessary Price, A | ...By Gillian Tindall. Read by ANNA MASSEY. Eleanor has lived in France for so long that she hardly feels English any more. But now she has to confront the secret she has been guarding for over fifty years.... |
| Nicholas Nickleby | ...Dickens' novel, dramatised by Mike Walker stars Oliver Milburn and ANNA MASSEY. Episodes 6-10 of 30.... |
| Nothing That Meets The Eye | ...read by ANNA MASSEY ... |
| On The Ground | ...by Gillian Tindall. There was a time when there weren't any foxes in London, even in the distant suburbs; and there weren't any street beggars either. But that was years and years ago; now, both must risk life on the city streets. Read by ANNA MASSEY ... |
| On The Rob | ...In a blend of drama and documentary by Rachel Bentham, four former shoplifters tell their poignant real-life stories. Gillian, a fictional character, dreams of angels, cathedrals and a dragon's lair of treasure. What is she concealing and will anyone ever find out? With ANNA MASSEY and John Telfer. Directors Liz Taylor and Jeremy Howe ... |
| Phantom Of The Opera, The | ...Tragedy strikes at the Opera House - home to a fabled ghost. With ANNA MASSEY.... |
| Pilgrim's Progress, The | ...Dramatised by Brian Sibley. Bunyan....Anton Rodgers CHRISTIAN....Neil Dudgeon Evangelist....Alec McCowen Beelzebub....Don Warrington Interpreter....ANNA MASSEY Caged Man....Peter Bowles Elizabeth....Caroline Lee Johnson The Jailer....Ioan Meredith The Judge....Derek Waring Pliable....Philip Fox Obstinate....Chris Moran Help....Jamie Barbakoff Goodwill....Lydia Leonard The Angel....Cherie Taylor-Battiste The Children....Sophie and Nayla Levy Music by David Chilton. Directed by Pam Fraser-Solomon.... |
| Pleasures Of The Table, The | ...Celebrations of food and wine by five seminal cookery writers. 2: Marguerite Patten introduces ANNA MASSEY's reading of extracts from Dorothy Hartley's `Food in ENGLAND', a warm, witty treatise on regional dishes and country traditions in ENGLAND.... |
| Requiem For A Wren | ...Starring: ANNA MASSEY/Trader Faulkner.... |
| Seagull, The | ...Starring: ANNA MASSEY/Alan Rickman/Dominic Guard/Fiona Victory.... |
| Secure Within | ...In Martyn Wade's black comedy, Owen's loathing of the outside world has led him to barricade himself and his family inside their home. Having decapitated an intruder, Owen locks himself away, unaware that in his absence his wife and her stepson are planning a little revenge... With ANNA MASSEY, Brenda Blethyn, Stephen Moore and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Director Cherry Cookson ... |
| Shade Catcher, The | ...By Michelene Wandor. Fiona Shaw travels with dramatist Wandor on a journey into the world of the poet Charlotte Mew. Mew was a tragic figure who never married, possibly due to fears of hereditary insanity, and in 1928 she killed herself. But her poetry was admired by writers such as Thomas Hardy and her strange imagination is revealed in excerpts from her play `The China Bowl'. With Fiona Shaw and ANNA MASSEY ... |
| Silenced By Soviets | ...SBH:ANNA AND MARINA: Play by Richard Crane, drawing on the letters and verse of Russian poets Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetayeva. With Geraldine McEwan and ANNA MASSEY. Produced for the series ""Silenced by the Soviets"" by Matthew Walters.... |
| Silenced By The Soviets | ...ANNA MASSEY (Actor)... |
| Splendour | ...Genevieve....ANNA MASSEY... |
| Standing On Tiptoes | ...By Rebecca Saire. In the highly charged world of dance, a parent tries to fulfil her unrealised dreams. With Rebecca Saire and ANNA MASSEY. Director: Eoin O'callaghan ... |
| Studio 3 | ...ANNA MASSEY (Actor)... |
| Swan Moving | ...In Elizabeth Taylor's classic story, read by ANNA MASSEY, a visitor comes to a scruffy, neglected village at the end of summer and in his splendour, has a mysterious effect on all its inhabitants.... |
| Talking Heads | ...A vicar's wife struggles with various devils, including the demon drink. Starring ANNA MASSEY.... |
| Telling Some Tales | ...A new memoir by ANNA MASSEY which celebrates the highs, lows and hilarities of a lifetime in the acting trade, abridged by Penny Leicester.... |
| Therese Raquin | ...Emile Zola's powerful novel, set in 19th-century Paris, is dramatised by Melissa Murray. The heroine is forced to marry her sickly cousin and, as a consequence, embarks with her new lover on a journey of passion, lust, murder and revenge. With Helen Mccrory, Alex Jennings and ANNA MASSEY. Director Cherry Cookson.... |
| This Sceptred Isle - Dynasties | ...Narrated by ANNA MASSEY.... |
| This Sceptred Isle - Empire | ...Narrated by Juliet Stevenson. Readings by ANNA MASSEY, Mark Heap, Rob Brydon and Martin Freeman.... |
| This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century | ...ANNA MASSEY narrates the 20th-century section of Christopher Lee's history of Britain.... |
| This Sceptred Isle - Web | ...ANNA MASSEY narrates the history of Britain.... |
| This Sceptred Isle | ...Henry attempts to rid himself of Catherine and finds himself opening a religious can of worms. Narrated by ANNA MASSEY.... |
| Thrush Green | ...By Miss Read, dramatised in six parts by Lesley Bruce. 1: `Doctor Lovell'. `I remember the day I arrived in Thrush Green. It was the annual spring fair'. A young doctor comes to the Cotswolds village. With Adam Godley, ANNA MASSEY and Maggie McCarthy. Director Claire Grove ... |
| To Be A Pilgrim | ...... |
| Travels With My Aunt | ...Read by ANNA MASSEY and Robert Glenister... |
| Victorian Marriage Beds | ...By Geoffrey Beevers, with commentary by Dr Lesley Hall. As part of a series about Victorian sexuality, this drama documentary about 60-year-old novelist George Eliot's honeymoon with John Cross explores the codes of sexual conduct between an older woman and a younger man more than 100 years ago. With ANNA MASSEY, William Gaminara, Bella Hamblin and Luca Pusceddu.... |
| Waves, The | ...Rhoda....ANNA MASSEY... |
| Ways Of Escape | ...Starring: Stephen Moore/ANNA MASSEY/Deborah Findlay ... |
| With Great Pleasure | ..., campaigning journalist and head of SANE, the organisation for the support of schizophrenics and their carers, chooses her favourite pieces of writing, which are read by ANNA MASSEY and Tim Pigott-Smith ... |
| Words And Music | ...Jeremy Irons and ANNA MASSEY explore the splendour and decadence of Venice through the poetry and prose of Longfellow, Browning, Thomas Mann and Marcel Proust. With music by Luigi Nono, Gounod, Vivaldi, Hahn, Liszt and Gabrieli.... |
| Young Victoria | ...Ten-part serial based on the letters and diaries of the young Queen Victoria, by Juliet Ace, With Imogen Stubbs, Adrian Lukis, ANNA MASSEY and Christopher Cazenove. Directed by Cherry Cookson... |