Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20150823 | 20150829 (R4) | Charles Arrowby, a distinguished theatre-director, decides to retire to a remote house by the sea in order to write his memoirs. Jeremy Irons stars Iris Murdoch's 1978 Booker prize winning novel, dramatised in two-parts by Robin Brooks. Charles Arrowby................Jeremy Irons Lizzie Scherer....................Joanna David Gilbert Opian.....................Anthony Calf Peregrine Arbelow............Tim McInnerny Rosina Vamburgh..............Sara Kestelman Hartley Fitch......................Maggie Steed Ben Fitch...........................David Horovitch James Arrowby.................Simon Williams Arkwright..........................Nick Underwood Young Charles..................Fred Fergus Young Hartley...................Eleanor Crosswell Sound Design: Wilfredo Acosta Producer: Fiona McAlpine Director: Bill Alexander An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2015. A theatre director retires to a remote house by the sea to write his memoirs. |
| 02 | 20150830 | 20150905 (R4) | Charles Arrowby, a distinguished theatre director, has retired to a remote house by the sea. After encountering his adolescent love, he sets out on a mission to reclaim her and, in so doing, redeem the misdemeanours of his past. But a young man appears with a mission of his own. Conclusion of Iris Murdoch's 1978 Booker prize winning novel, dramatised in two parts by Robin Brooks and starring Jeremy Irons. . Charles Arrowby...........Jeremy Irons Gilbert Opian........................Anthony Calf Matthew Tennyson...................Titus Fitch Hartley Fitch..................Maggie Steed Rosina Vamburgh..........Sara Kestelman Ben Fitch.......................David Horovitch James Arrowby.............Simon Williams Peregrine Arbelow........Tim McInnerny Lizzie Scherer...............Joanna David Arkwright / Dr Tsang....Nick Underwood Sound Design: Wilfredo Acosta Producer: Fiona McAlpine Director: Bill Alexander An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2015. Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Arrowby in Iris Murdoch's Booker prize-winning masterpiece. |