Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Anthony | 19860109 | 20200802 (BBC7) 20200803 (BBC7) 20220307 (BBC7) 20220308 (BBC7) 20231012 (BBC7) | Philip Tremayne's friends consider him a success. He's written novels, produced TV programmes and made a name for himself. But he's dogged by a sense of failure and by the recollection of a friendship that started at prep school in the 1930s, when he first met a brilliant yet vulnerable man named Anthony. It was a friendship that was to go tragically wrong. The ups and downs in the life story of Philip Tremayne. Told across three plays by Andrew Rissik. Philip Tremayne - Ronald Pickup Anthony - Benedict Taylor Philip's Father - Patrick Troughton Laura - Tessa Peake-Jones Bookseller/Porter - Brian Smith Mr Tomkin - George Baker Philip as a boy - Barnaby Rhys-Jones Anthony as a boy - Thomas Amlot Consultant - Richard Durden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 January 1986. Philip Tremayne relives his friendship with the clever but vulnerable Anthony. |
| 02 | Jennifer | 19860116 | 20200809 (BBC7) 20200810 (BBC7) 20220308 (BBC7) 20220309 (BBC7) 20231013 (BBC7) 20231014 (BBC7) | It was not just the sunshine and cheap wine that brought Philip Tremayne to Greece in the early 1960s. He needed somewhere to write and he wanted to distance himself from past events. Jennifer brings back those memories and her arrival marks an end to Philip's isolation and, in a way, his happiness. The ups and downs in the life story of Philip Tremayne. Told across three plays by Andrew Rissik. Philip Tremayne - Ronald Pickup Jennifer - Brenda Blethyn Philip's Father - Patrick Troughton Henderson - Peter Woodthorpe Priest - Brian Smith Consultant - Richard Durden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986. Philip remembers when he escaped England to try and find peace on a Greek island. |
| 03 | Harriet | 19860123 | 20200816 (BBC7) 20200817 (BBC7) 20220309 (BBC7) 20220310 (BBC7) 20231016 (BBC7) | After 15 years, Philip and Jennifer have settled into marriage in the same way that he has settled into his job as a TV producer. Drink, he finds, helps considerably. So does Harriet. But in the end both Harriet and the whisky let him down. Only then, with props to help him, can Philip see the pattern that stands out so clearly in his life. The ups and downs in the life story of Philip Tremayne. The last of three plays by Andrew Rissik. Philip Tremayne - Ronald Pickup Jennifer - Brenda Blethyn Harriet - Jane Leonard Alan ... James MacPherson Philip's Father - Patrick Troughton Anthony ... Benedict Taylor Mr Tomkin ... George Baker Philip as a boy ... Barnaby Rhys-Jones Consultant ... Richard Durden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986. Philip struggles on with his marriage to Jennifer. With Ronald Pickup and Brenda Blethyn. |