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Abandoned Projects

First broadcast from 20050228 to 20080413. (* = BBC7).

By Alan Plater

  • The original broadcasts were on Radio 4, the omnibus was made by BBC7 and has all five episodes.
 

Radio 4  Radio 4

Womans Hour Drama

7 episodes

 
EpisodeTitleFirst
Broadcast		RepeatedDescription
01Gone But Not Forgotten 20050228* 20080407, * 20080408, * 20090302, * 20090303Playwright Alan Plater narrates the story of his successful career, through tongue in cheek memories of the projects that were never made.
Alan Plater narrates the story of his successful writing career through tongue-in-cheek memories of the projects that were never made.
 Omnibus2008041320080414 
   * 20080413, * 20090308, * 20090309Alan Plater narrates the story of his career through memories of projects never made.
Alan Plater narrates the tongue-in-cheek story of his successful writing career, with memories of the projects he never made.
02Alternative Comedy 20050301* 20080408, * 20080409, * 20090303, * 20090304Alan Plater remembers some of his unusual performances at university and school, when he entertained the idea of being a comic.
Alan Plater reveals why he never became Spike Milligan or Django Reinhardt.
03The Wild Pigs Of Thorngumbald 20050302* 20080409, * 20080410, * 20090304, * 20090305Alan Plater's career as an architect ends early, but not before he has an encounter with pigs in a cheese-shaped field.
Alan Plater's career as an ARCHITECT is nipped in the bud when he decides to become a playwright.
04Going Nowhere With Rex20050303* 20080410, * 20080411, * 20090305, * 20090306Alan Plater remembers projects which have never been realised, including a bleak opera and a film with Rex Harrison.
Alan Plater and Rex Harrison drink champagne together but fail to see eye-to-eye on a screenplay.
05 LASTRest In Peace Everybody 20050304* 20080411, * 20080412, * 20090306, * 20090307Alan Plater looks back on his career and remembers a film he nearly made with John Lennon.
Two late-night phone calls bring Alan Plater very different news in this concluding autobiographical tale.
 

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