| Programme Name: | Details: |
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| Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, The | ...SAMUEL WEST (Actor)... |
| Afternoon On 3 | ...... |
| Afternoon Performance | ...The final programme in Afternoon Performance's week celebrating Leonard Slatkin's time as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. New Generation Artist Jonathan Biss is soloist in Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major, and SAMUEL WEST narrates Walton's music for the film Henry V.... |
| Aire And Angels | ...With SAMUEL WEST, Alison Pettitt, John Rowe & Michael Cochrane. Director Cherry Cookson... |
| Armstrong And Miller | Four programmes featuring a unique blend of bizarre character sketches and odd songs, with Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong, SAMUEL WEST and Tony Gardner. ...Four programmes featuring a unique blend of bizarre character sketches and odd songs, with Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong, SAMUEL WEST and Tony Gardner.... |
| Autumn Journal | ...by Louis Macneice. Read by SAMUEL WEST. Louis Macneice's poetic masterpiece Autumn Journal, written from August to December 1938 describes the poet's thoughts and feelings at the time, with echoes of WW1 and the looming shadow of WW2. It contains rapportage, ethics, love poems, politics. MacNeice wrote to TS Eliot ' it is about everything which from first-hand experience I consider significant'. With original music composed by Gary Yershon and performed by Anne Wood, Julia Singleton, Dinah Beamish, Fiona Clifton Welker, Anna Hemery and Paul Moylan. Directed by Susan Roberts ... |
| Barnes And Molly | ...By Ray Brown. Love and mathematics combine in this true-life story of a secret romance between Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb, and his 17-year-old cousin. Starring SAMUEL WEST, Emilia Fox and Mary Stopes-Roe. Director: Pete Atkin.... |
| Barrow's Boys | ...By Fergus Fleming. In 1816, John Barrow sailed an Admiralty desk, rather than a ship, but he was fascinated by unexplored territory, and wanted the Navy to fill in the blanks in the map of the world. SAMUEL WEST reads the first of five adventures by one of Barrow's boys: a journey up the unexplored Congo. Abridged by Di Speirs.... |
| Ben Hur | ...with Jamie Glover, SAMUEL WEST and narrated by Michael Gambon.... |
| Better Half, The | ...... |
| Between The Woods And The Water | ...By Patrick Leigh Fermor. SAMUEL WEST reads the sequel to `A Time of Gifts', which continues Leigh Fermor's account of his journey from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. Abridged in five parts by ALISON JOSEPH. Producer: Viv Beeby.... |
| Birds And Beasts | ...Read by SAMUEL WEST ... |
| Blue Flower, The | ...By Penelope Fitzgerald, dramatised by Peter Wolf. With SAMUEL WEST as Fritz. In Germany in the late 18th century, a university student's quest to find his ideal vision of love leads him to a frail but spirited 12-year-old girl. Will she fulfil his high expectations? With Abigail Docherty, Alison Pettitt and John Rowe. Director Cherry Cookson... |
| Bomber - The Raid | ...Starring: SAMUEL WEST/Emma Chambers/Jack Shepherd.... |
| Bomber | ...With SAMUEL WEST, Emma Chambers, Jack Shepherd and Frank Windsor.... |
| Coriolanus | ...SAMUEL WEST stars in Shakespeare's powerful Roman play The Tragedy of Coriolanus directed by Ned Chaillet, with a cast including Adrian Dunbar, Susannah YORK and Kenneth Haigh ... |
| Cultural Baggage | ...SAMUEL WEST (rdr)... |
| Discovering Music | ...SAMUEL WEST and the ensemble Excellent Device join Charles Hazlewood to explore aspects of Stravinsky's dramatic masterpiece, ahead of a complete performance in the Sunday Gala.... |
| Dr No | ...pleydell smith....SAMUEL WEST... |
| Eugene Onegin | ...Pushkin returned to his verse novel throughout his writing career. Closely linked to his own life, it captures a sense of romantic passion through a story of thwarted love. This excerpt is translated and adapted by Richard Crane and Faynia Williams. Cast: Alex Jennings (narrator), SAMUEL WEST (Onegin), Alison Pettitt (Tatyana).... |
| Eve Of St Agnes, The | ...Narrator....SAMUEL WEST... |
| Fair Hearing, The | ...By Steve May. During the Second World War, Charlie, a young violinist, finds a place in Michael Tippett's Voluntary Employment Orchestra. LIke the man he so admires, Charlie wants to be a virtuoso musician and a conscientious objector, but for a poor kid from Peckham, even to get a fair hearing is not that easy. With Julian Rhind Tutt, SAMUEL WEST, Gavin Muir, Bill Wallis, Tessa Worsley and Denys Hawthorne. Director Eoin O'Callaghan.... |
| From Fact To Fiction | ...With SAMUEL WEST, Lucy Akhurst and Benjamin Askew.... |
| H File, The | ...by Ismail Kadare Dramatised by Timberlake Wertenbaker In the 1930s, two Harvard scholars travel to Albania to record the local epics and prove that Homer was a performer of such pieces and that he belonged to a long oral tradition which is still thriving. Based on fact, this is a darkly comic account of small town life, disturbed by the arrival of two foreigners and the inevitable clash of cultures which leads to a tragic misunderstanding. Max Roth....SAMUEL WEST Billy Norton....Aidan McArdle Daisy....Emma Handy Mukadez....Karen Lewis Dul Baxhaja....David Troughton The Mayor....Peter Wight Shtiefan....Russell Layton Mrs Rok....Brenda Cabendish The Hermit, Frok....David Shaw-Parker The Monk, Dushan....Deka Walmsley Directed by Michael Attenborough.... |
| Here | ...A young couple attempt to impose order on their tiny flat. SAMUEL WEST and Lucy Tregear star in Michael Frayn's drama.... |
| High Table, Lower Orders | ...Why does a Cambridge master need a plodding Health and Safety executive? Comic thriller with Geoffrey Palmer and SAMUEL WEST.... |
| Holy Terror, The | ...SAMUEL WEST (Actor)... |
| Home Of The Gentry | ...By Ivan Turgenev, translated by Richard Freeborn and abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall. SAMUEL WEST begins a classic tale of thwarted love. 1: When Lavretsky returns from a failed marriage to his Russian homeland, he must reconcile himself to a different future and find new hope.... |
| Homecoming, The | ...Lenny, a man in his early 30s....SAMUEL WEST... |
| Jubilee Poetry | ...Andrew Motion chooses a selection of verses by Poets Laureates past and present, read by Juliet Stevenson, Samantha Bond and SAMUEL WEST, in honour of the Golden Jubilee.... |
| Longer Contemporary Poems | ...SAMUEL WEST reads `Spring Offensive', `Exposure', `Insensibility' and `Strange Meeting' by Wilfred Owen.... |
| Looking For Angels - Otherkin | ...Neil....SAMUEL WEST... |
| Making Love To Marilyn | ...11: Some people - Wendy Cope [0.11] read by the poet 12: The parish register (extract)- George Crabbe [1.31] read by Barrie Rutter 13: Art of Coquetry (extract) - Charlotte Lennox [2.04] read by Juliet Stevenson 14: Amores (extract) - Ovid [3.23] read by Denys Hawthorne 15: Warming her pearls - Carol Ann Duffy [1.56] read by Adjoah Andoh 16: Did not - Thomas Moore [1.03] read by SAMUEL WEST 17: The hug - Thom Gunn [1.03] read by Ian McKellan 18: Steam - Carol Ann Duffy [0.49] read by Adjoah Andoh 19: Somewhere - John Agard [0.39] read by the poet... |
| Merchant Of Venice, The | ...By William Shakespeare. With Warren Mitchell as Shylock, Martin Jarvis as Antonio, Juliet Aubrey as Portia and SAMUEL WEST as Bassanio. Shakespeare's thrilling courtroom drama in which a pound of living flesh is the penalty to be exacted. With David Morrissey, Ron Cook and Colin McFarlane. Directed by Peter Kavanagh ... |
| Midsummer Night Dreams | ...Lysander....SAMUEL WEST... |
| Midsummer Night's Dream, A | ...Classic drama by William Shakespeare with David Threlfall, SAMUEL WEST, Richard Griffiths and Peter Sallis.... |
| Month In The Country, A | ...By J L Carr, read in eight parts by SAMUEL WEST. Tom Birkin, a shell-shocked survivor of the First World War, travels to a remote north country village to uncover and restore a suspected medieval wall painting. But why was it covered in the first place? Charles Moon, also a war survivor, is there in search of a lost grave. As they work through the hot summer month uncovering the mysteries, the two men find some much-needed peace and tranquillity. Part 1.... |
| Of Love And Other Demons | ...Dramatised by Chris Dolan from the novel by Gabriel García Márquez. The story of a doomed love affair in 18th century Colombia between a priest and a young girl held captive in a convent. Sierva Maria - daughter of a slave trader and a half-blood Indian mother - is bitten by a rabid dog at a slave market and survives while others bitten by the same dog are soon dead. Rumours begin to spread that the girl is possessed by the devil and a priest, Father Delaura, is sent to examine her - and, if necessary, to carry out an exorcism. But Delaura falls under the spell of Sierva Maria. Delaura....SAMUEL WEST Sierva....Jasmine Hyde Gabriel....Raad Rawi Bishop....Anthony Bate Abrenuncio....Timothy West Marquis....Andrew Sachs Josefa....Maggie Steed Dominga/Nun....Janice Acquah Nun....Hannah Dee Viceroy/Gaffer....David Timson Slave dealer/workman....Carl Prekopp Director: Bruce Young ... |
| Passage To India, A | ...EM Forster's classic novel of racial and religious divisions, friendship and love, read by SAMUEL WEST, produced by Di Speirs, and abridged by Sally Marmion.... |
| Performance On 3 | ...SAMUEL WEST (narrator)... |
| Pinter's Family Voices | ...This short but powerful insight into a family stars Timothy West, Prunella Scales and their son SAMUEL WEST ... |
| Poetry Please | ...Roger McGough celebrates the poetry of Sir John Betjeman, with readings by Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes and SAMUEL WEST ... |
| Postscript | ...Five programmes in which the work of a writer from the past who argued with passion for change is introduced by a contemporary outspoken voice. 2: Sir Stephen Tumim introduces excerpts from George Orwell's essay `Politics and the ENGLISH Language'. Reader SAMUEL WEST ... |
| Reith Affair, The | ...With John Sessions as John Reith, SAMUEL WEST as Charlie Bowser, Keeley Hawes as Muriel, and Tracy Wiles as Maysie. Michael Hastings's play focuses on the triangular relationship between the future founder of the BBC, his fiancee Muriel and his best friend Charlie. John Reith's turbulent personal life would later creatively influence the development of the world's greatest broadcasting corporation. With original music by Barrington Pheloung. Director Peter Kavanagh ... |
| Richard Ii | ...... |
| Rites Of Passage [drama] | ...By William Golding, adapted for radio by Don Taylor. In the cramped cabins and small saloon of an 1812 man-of-war on the long journey to Australia, young aristocrat Edmund Talbot begins a journal. With SAMUEL WEST, Simon Russell Beale and Kenneth Haigh ... |
| Settling The Score | ...20 monthly documentaries surveying the range and diversity of 20th-century music in the words of the people who made it happen. Narrated by SAMUEL WEST.... |
| Shakespeare Season - Sunday Play - A Midsummer Night's Dream | ...Richard Eyre introduces a production of `A Midsummer Night's Dream' as part of the Shakespeare season. David Threlfall (Theseus/Oberon), Sylvestra Le Touzel (Titania/Hippolyta), SAMUEL WEST (Lysander), Amanda Root (Hermia), Nick Bagnall (Demetrius), Kathryn Hunt (Helena), Richard Griffiths (Bottom). With Donald McBride, Peter Sallis, Derek Walmsley, Andy Cryer, Malcolm Hebden, Becky Simpson, Thomas Pinnock, William Haigh and Holly Grainger. Music composed and performed by Robin Rimbaud. Directed by Susan Roberts ... |
| Sir Gawain And The Green Knight | ...Sir Gawain....SAMUEL WEST... |
| Smiles Of A Summer Night | ...By Ingmar Bergman, adapted by Shaun McKenna. A delightful `fairy tale for adults', set in Sweden at the start of the 20th century. Fredrik Egerman thinks himself content with a child bride the same age as his son, until he sees a past love, the vivacious Desiree Armfeldt. With Nicholas Farrell, Samantha Spiro, SAMUEL WEST and Claire Carrie. Directed by Marion Nancarrow ... |
| Something To Declare | ...SAMUEL WEST reads Julian Barnes' thoughts on France and the French - and Flaubert (mais bien sûr).... |
| Sunday Gala | ...SAMUEL WEST takes on all three roles in Stravinsky's masterpiece - the narrator, the devil and the soldier - in a performance also featuring the chamber ensemble... |
| Time Of Gifts, A | ...Patrick Leigh Fermor's award-winning book is read by SAMUEL WEST. One wet December day in 1933, Fermor set out to walk to Constantinople. This narration describes the journey before his triumphs as a resistance fighter in the Second World War (1/5).... |
| Twenty Minutes | ...Talking Proms: SAMUEL WEST joins Stephanie Hughes in the Proms box for the first in a weekly series of programmes with news, views and features on the current season as it unfolds.... |
| Two Degrees West | ...SAMUEL WEST reads five extracts from Nicholas Crane's new book `Two Degrees West', which charts his eventful walk along ENGLAND's meridian line. 1: Berwick to the Cheviots.... |
| Victorian Marriage Beds | ...By Nicholas McInery, with commentary by Prof John Tosh. As part of a series about Victorian sexuality, this drama documentary about the engagement and marriage of the future Archbishop of Canterbury, Edward Benson, explores the codes of conduct between an older man and a younger woman more than 100 years ago. With SAMUEL WEST, Amy Shindler and Lexi Rose.... |
| Words And Music | ...Diana Rigg and SAMUEL WEST read a selection of poetry on the theme of music. Including Elizabeth Jennings's First Music, Andrew Marvell's The Empire of Music, DH Lawrence's Piano and TS Eliot's Four Quartets, and WB Yeats reading his poem The Fiddler of Donney.... |