Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19640101 | Bag and Baggage by Sheila Hodgson with MARY O'FARRELL JAMES THOMASON , ALAN HAINES and VALERIE KIRKBRIGHT †Produced by MICHAEL BAKEWELL | ||
| 19640102 | Lend Me Ten Bob by Michael Dines with JOHN BADDELEY , ALAN HAINES MOIRA MANNION ELIZABETH MORGAN and PETER BARTLETT Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | ||
| 19640106 | by Alan Gosling with KIKA MARKHAM and KENNETH CRANHAM Produced by John Gibson | ||
| 19640107 | by John Keir Cross with FREDERICK TREVES , RALPH TRUMAN PETRONELLA BARKER , OLGA LINDO and Jo MANNING WILSON Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | ||
| 19640109 | by Val Gielgud with AUSTIN TREVOR JOHN RUDDOCK , TIMOTHY HARLEY MOLLY RANKIN Produced by AUDREY CAMERON | ||
| 19640116 | Who Did You Say You Were? by Dan Cooke with JAMES McKechnii SHIRLEY COOKLIN , MOIRA MANNION BRUCE CONDELL Produced by JOHN Gibson | ||
| 19640127 | by David Campton with OLGA LINDO and GEORGE MERRITT Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS | ||
| 19640130 | On and Off by Eddie Maguire with MARGARET WOLFIT , EVA SWART ALAN HAINES , GORDON FAITH KENNETH HYDE and HAMLYN BENSON Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY | ||
| 19640203 | Under the Clock by Eric Barker with PETRONELLA BARKER STEPHEN THORNE GABRIEL WOOLF ISABEL RENNIE and MICHAEL GOLDIE Produced by DAVID H GODFREY | ||
| 19640205 | The Hedge by Jane McClure with MOLLY RANKIN and HAMLYN BENSON Produced by JOHN GIBSON | ||
| 19640206 | Morning Story by Frederick Treves with ELIZABETH MORGAN NICOLETTE BERNARD Jo MANNING WILSON Produced by JOHN Gibson | ||
| 19640207 | You Can'Say Hello to Anybody by Dannie Abse with JO MANNING WILSON KEVIN FLOOD Produced by JOHN Gibson | ||
| 19640210 | Late Night Play by Redmond Macdonogh with ISABEL RENNIE JO MANNING WILSON ANDREW SACHS , JOHN BADDELET MICHAEL GOLDIE Produced by JOHN GIBSON | ||
| 19640212 | Music from the Grave by Edward J. Mason with ANDREW SACHS WILLIAM FOX VALERIE KIRKBRIGHT MICHAEL GOLDIE and KENNETH HYDE CARLINA CARR (piano) Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER | ||
| 19640214 | Requiescat by Denis Butler with PETER PRATT KENNETH HYPE, EVA STUART JAMES THOMASON and BRUCE CONDELL Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | ||
| 19640217 | Hirshman and Son by Michael Dines with VALERIE KIRKBRIGHT OLGA LINDO , EVA STUART PETER PRATT JO MANNING WILSON Produced by JOHN GIBSON | ||
| 19640219 | A Lovely Wedding by Ariadne Nicolaeff with NICOLETTE BERNARD Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | ||
| 19640221 | Jazz Dialogue With MARGARET WOLFIT Pianist, Les Reed Produced by RONALD MASON | ||
| 19640227 | Give Me A Ring by Allen Jones with MARGARET WOLFIT PATRICIA LEVENTON and ISABEL RENNIE Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN | ||
| 19640228 | Help, Johnnie by Keith Williams and Jon Rollason with ANDREW SACHS FRASER KERR , PETER PRATT KEVIN FLOOD Produced by RONALD MASON | ||
| 19640302 | A Day to Remember by John Commons with FRASER Kerr , JAMES McKECHNIE ISABEL RENNIE , MOLLY RANKIN MICHAEL DEACON Produced by JOHN GIBSON | ||
| 19640303 | Smart Alec by Richard Drewett with PETER BARTLETT JOHN BANDELEY , MICHAEL GOLDIE BRUCE CONDELL , WILFRID CARTER Produced by RONALD MASON | ||
| 19640304 | Dreams by Janet Grey with WILFRID CARTER NICOLETTE BERNARD MARY O'FARRELL , GORDON FAITH Produced by David H. GODFREY | ||
| 19640309 | The Founder Members by Brian Friel with GEORGE MERRITT JAMES THOMASON , JOHN BADDELEY JOHN RUDDOCK. MARY O'FARRELL ISABEL RENNIE , JO MANNING WILSON Produced by RONALD MASON | ||
| 19640310 | The Follower by Kon Fraser With MARY O'FARRELL JOHN BADDELEY , KEVIN FLOOD and FREDERICK TREVES Produced by John TYDEMAH | ||
| 19640311 | Early Morning Tea by Eric Barker with FREDERICK TREVES ISABEL RENNIE , KENNETH HYDE STEPHEN THORNE JO MANNING WILSON MICHAEL GOLDIE and NICOLETTE BERNARD Produced by DAVID H. Godfrey | ||
| 19640313 | Statement of Account by Patrick Riddell with FREDERICK TREVES AUSTIN TREVOR Produced by JOHN GIBSON | ||
| 19640317 | Shoes by Alan Gosling with GARARD GREEN HAMLYN BENSON , JOHN BADDELEY KENNETH HYDE , ANDREW SACHS VIVIENNE CHATTERTON Produced by JOHN GIBSON | ||
| 19640319 | The Jig-Saw by Jill Hyem with OLGA LINDO , MARY O'FARRELL NICOLETTE BERNARD and JOHN RUDDOCK Produced by AUDREY CAMERON | ||
| 19640320 | Here Lies Love by Ray Rigby with Jo MANNING WILSON EVA STUART and FREDERICK TREVES Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS | ||
| 19640415 | On Reflection by Donald Smee with WILLIAM Fox and MARGARET WOLFIT Produced by RONALD MASON | ||
| 19640416 | A Day in the Sun by John Slater with EVA STUART TRADER FAULKNER FREDERICK TREVES Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS | ||
| 19640417 | Mint by Alan Gosling with OLGA LINDO and TRADER FAULKNER Produced by JOHN GIBSON | ||
| 19640420 | Out of Step by Jill Hyem With ISABEL RENNIE and GORDON GARDNER Produced by KEITH Williams | ||
| 19640421 | Darkness by Arnold Hinchliffe with ANDREW SACHS and PATRICIA LEVENTON Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN | ||
| 19640422 | Ernesfs Horse by Nancy Jellicoe with NORMAN CLARIDGE MARY WIMBUSH GARARD GREEN JAMES McKECHNIE ISABEL RENNIE , OLGA LINDO PETER O'SHAUGHNESSY Produced by RONALD MASON | ||
| 19640423 | Ashwin by Nicholas Palmer with WILLIAM FOX NICOLETTE BERNARD OLGA LINDO , WILFRID CARTER HAMLYN BENSON PETER BARTLETT FRASER KERR , STEPHEN THORNE Produced by WILLIAM GLEN-DOEPEL | ||
| 19640424 | A Nice Quiet Neighbourhood by Montague Haltrecht with JANE WENHAM ANDREW SACHS Produced by WILLIAM GLEN-DOEPEL | ||
| 19640429 | Now and in the Hour of My Dying by Denis Butler with MOLLY RANKIN and TRADER FAULKNER Produced by John Gibson | ||
| 19640430 | A Nice Conversational Chat with Drinks by Joan Ure with WILLIAM Fox EVA STUART , BRUCE BEEBY NICOLETTE BERNARD JO MANNING WILSON Produced by JOHN GIBSON | ||
| 19781119 | Play Soft Then Attack by Peter Terson ALF: I am the result of a Welsh sheep drover and a Romany gypsy. That's why I'm afraid of neither man, words or wisdom.... Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT (Friday: Tick Tock by Jill Hyem ) | ||
| 19781203 | It's Not The Game It Was by JAMES SAUNDERS with John Welsh and Richard Vernon Two old men sit watching a game of tennis and talking; their conversation by no means being restricted to what is happening on court. Directed by GLYN DEARMAN | ||
| 19781208 | A series of plays for late-night listening by KON FRASER I'd known it would happen, but I'd kept hoping something might stop it - he would fall ill, not dangerously, just enough to ... Directed by IAN COTTERELL | ||
| 19781209 | Wedding Breakfast by BRIAN LEE with A newly-married couple begin life in their new home. Both are secretly reading a book about ' How to Make Marriage Work ' - for how much do they really know about each other? Directed by CHERRY COOKSON | ||
| 19781210 | A series of plays for late-night listening Antlanta by BERNARD KOPS and Time: The future. The place: A colony in space. The characters: A young man. and a young woman who have ceased to laugh. to love and to feel. The action: The dawning of awareness. Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN | ||
| 19781215 | Reception by FREDERICK BRADNUM with Yolande returns to her home-town and meets her ex-employer in rather unexpected circumstances. But it can be a mistake to jump to conclusions. Directed by LIANE AUKIN | ||
| 19781216 | A series of plays for late-night listening Help. Johnnie by JON ROLLASON and KEITH WILLIAMS with Philip Sully andFrank Windsor You don't really want to help me, none of you. You're not interested in that. You want me to stick my neck out for you, that's why you're round here. You don't give a monkey's whether I'm OK. Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT (Tomorrow: The Night of the Talking Drum by Michael Kittermaster ) | ||
| 19781217 | The Night of the Talking Drum by MICHAEL KITTERMASTER with Una Stubbs as Vi John Duttine as Eddie and Louis Mahoney as Mba It's very difficult getting a good night's sleep when someone's putting the voodoo on you overhead.' Directed by CHRtSTOPER VENNING | ||
| 19781222 | II Domestico by JOYCE MERRICK with Jonathan Newth as Tom Amanda Murray as Janet Janet Hargreaves as Pauline and Graham Faulkner as the Service Engineer When robots do all the domestic chores, housewives will have no problems - or will they? Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING | ||
| 19781229 | Interval bv j. c. WILSHER with Eileen Atkins and Edward Woodward A man (married) takes a colleague from work (female) to the theatre-dinner to follow. After that.... well, he has booked the company flat for the night. A clear-cut business arrangement. Only where does business end and pleasure begin? Directed bv GLYN DEARMAN (Eileen Atkins is a member of the Prospect Theatre Company) | ||
| 19781230 | The Other Side of the Door. A mystery thriller by JOHN WILKIE with ' It's been waking me up for months... the same dream, always exactly the same. Until I was afraid to go to sleep. And now - oh God. now . Rolfe. I've never been here before in my life but I tell you I know every mark and hollow of this stile as if it were my own face in a mirror Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN | ||
| 19790105 | A series of plays for late-night listening Getting Out by CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL What the matter with them? Don't they understand? All they do is sit out there and watch us' being crushed and drowned. Why don't they help us. Tom? with Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT (James Bolam is in ' Who Killed ' Agatha Chris -tie ' ', at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) | ||
| 19790106 | The Crack of Doom by FREDERICK BRADNUM The problems of a family inheritance can sound ' The Crack of Doom ' for many. Directed by IAN COTTERELL | ||
| 19790107 | A series of plays tor late-night listening Something to do with Business by EDWARD BRUCE with Bill Kerr and Nigel Anthony ' Mully was a beaut to watch. A killer.' Harry, a boxing-trainer. recalls a fighter's last battle in the ring. Directed by PETER KING | ||
| 19790112 | The Rubbish Tip by PETER RUSSELL GILES: Have you found it yet, the name of this oireet? MIRIAM: Oh, Giles, what on earth does it matter? GILES: Because when we turned into it, I could have sworn it said ' Death Road '. Directed by LIANE AUKIN | ||
| 19790119 | A series of plays for late-night listening No Way Home bv BEN STEED with and John Davidson is about to return home from Berlin when he has trouble over his passport. Why should the police be so suspicious about him? Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING | ||
| 19790120 | Leavings by ROSE TREMAIN with Colin Blakely as Dr Paul Mattheson ' My darling Cherry....' I've begun it then. On surgery note-paper. It has my name at the top of the page. In case one day you forgot it and wanted to say it out loud. Dr Paul Mattheson. Out loud in front of a mirror. watching your lips moving, thinking, thank God. after all our years, side-by-side in bed. face to face, he could manage his little exit so quietly, so absolutely without fuss, without even making a sound.' Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN | ||
| 19790121 | A series of plays for late-night listening. X-Certificate by MICHAEL HARDWICK AhorrorStm so terrifying that the distributors are insuredagatnstthedeath of any patron during a performance - and o)d Mrs Peake, whose heart )s so bad. wouldn't miss the pictures for anything.... with HAROLD KASKET and ROGER HAMMOND Directed by MARGARET ETALL | ||
| 19790126 | End of the Picnic by DAVID CAMPTON with Lockwood West and Peggy Paige A family picnic excludes outsiders. Three's a family - four is a crowd. Directed by IAN COTTERELL | ||
| 19790127 | How Far to Run by GRANT C. EUSTACE Mayday! Mayday! Langford Approach, this is X-ray Four Three. Fire starboard outer engine. Request clearance for immediate run-in for emergency landing. Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT | ||
| 19790128 | 'Sweet and Sour Strawberries by PETER TERSON with Carole Hayman as Nesta, a woman in a Matcrnity Hospital: Here's Jeremy, last through the door. rushing to appear not last ... Oh, he has a little present. A set of ring spanners, I shouldn't wonder.' Dominic Guard as Jeremy, her young husband: ' Phew, out of breath, couldn't leave the house earlier because the cement was going hard, I had to use it all up ...' and Michael Deacon as Daniel: ' Hello, young mothers, wherever you are. This place smells of milk and self-satisfaction.' Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN' | ||
| 19790202 | II Domestico by JOYCE MERRICK with Jonathan Newth as Tom Amanda Murray as Janet Janet Hargreaves as Pauline and Graham Faulkner as the Service Engineer When robots do all the domestic chores, housewives will have no problems -or will they? Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING (Postponed from 22 Dec) | ||
| 19790203 | Remote Control by STEPHEN GRENFELL with Nigel Hawthorne as John Carter and Bruce Lidington as Rogers Two men alone at night in an isolated farmhouse in Africa ... facing a common and deadly enemy, which only one of them understands. Can he transmit his knowledge?. Directed by MARGARET ETALL | ||
| 19790204 | A series of plays for late-night listening. Mr Jones by ALAN DRURY with Benjamin Whitrow as Arthur Cooper WIFE: Who was that? ARTHUR: Someone called Jones. Do we know anyone called Jones? He was ringing from an office. WIFE: On a Saturday? Arthur: He said they were thinking of me and then rang off. WIFE: Who's they? ARTHUR: I don't know. with HEATHER BELL , BRIAN COBURN , LOLLY COCKERELL , ADRIAN EGAN , BRENDA KAYE , Directed by BERNARD KRICHEFSKI | ||
| 19790209 | A Moving Discussion by JANE HOLLOWOOD with Vicky Ireland as Elizabeth and John Rowe as Adrian ELIZABETH : I'm sick to death of talking about it. ADRIAN: So it's now or never? ELIZABETH: Yes, it really is ... Directed by GERRY JONES | ||
| 19790210 | End of the Line by BETTY DAVIES with Heather Bell as Mary Sion Probert as Keith and Philip Sully as the young man Mary arrives back from America and is more than delighted by the flat her brother has found for her. Then the telephone rings. . . Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN | ||
| 19790211 | Antique by PATRICK RIDDELL Time: The 60s Place: An antique shop in London An aged antique dealer is confronted by an old lady who is desperate to sell him a 15th-century apostle spoon. Of all the shops In London, why has Mrs Quayle come directly from Dorset to Abbott's Antiques? Directed by RONALD MASON | ||
| 19790216 | Nightmare by R. D. WINGFIELD with John Graham as John Drummond and Hugh Dickson as John Smith A dangerous criminal has escaped from a mental institution. He may be returning to the scene of his crime - a remote country cottage. Police attempts to get to it are hampered by bad weather. Insp Thorpe......PHILIP VOSS PC Drew MALCOLM GERARD Other parts: JENNIFER PIBRCEY , ANDREW BRANCH and GREGORY DE POLNAY Directed by CLYN DEARMAN | ||
| 19790217 | Come Day. Go Day, God Send Sunday by JOAN O'CONNOR Sunday is the day ten-year-old Declan Riley looks forward to all week. It's the day for fishing and hurley on the street corner. Being asked to deliver a note on his way to the river merely means an irritating detour ... Dublin, 1919 Directed by GLYN DEARMAN | ||
| 19790218 | A series of plays for late-night listening Heaven Scent bv BARRIE KEEFFE Bob wakes up one morning and parked outside his house he finds a juggernaut containing a vast quantity of scent. It seems like a gift from the gods ... Directed by RONALD MASON | ||
| 19790223 | Resting Place by DAVID CAMPTON with Isabel Dean and Geoffrey Bayldon Two old people nearing the end of their lives sit in their favourite resting place looking back at what might have been. Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING | ||
| 19790224 | Findings Keepings! by J. MANSEL THOMAS Good God, it's a body! Seaman by the looks of him. Not been long in the water, I reckon. And bv damn that's not a bad bit of jacket you've got there, boy. No ... no harm in having a quick dekko, eh? ' Mrs Griffiths ELIZABETH MORGAN Sgt Ace. DOUGLAS BLACKWELL Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Birmingham | ||
| 19790225 | Dying to See You by DEBORAH GUARINO withand Their house is being pulled down to make room for a motorway and their marriage is in difficulties, but Beth and Alan find an unusual solution to their problems. Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT (Paula Wilcox is a National Theatre player) | ||
| 19790302 | 'Treasure by GWEN CHERRELL and +F;:ul and Laura lead busy working lives and are totally dependent on their ' treasure '. Teresa, who comes every week to do all their domestic chores. But perhaps Teresa needs them just as much as they need her ...? Directed by CHERRY COOKSOH' | ||
| 19790303 | Tunes by ALAN PLATER ' Mr Tattersall , I think I should make it clear that my terms of reference vis-a-vis environmental health hazards are more to do with things like rodents, wasps' nests, impediments to the decent disposal of effluent ... ' Not tunes? ' ' Not tunes ' Music played by BRIAN FITZGERALD Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790304 | Footsteps by JILL HYEM with Michael Spice as Lawrence Lawrence is a haunted man-haunted by fear: But first it is only in his dreams - and gradually the nightmare becomes reality. Directed by KAY PATRICK | ||
| 19790309 | Thoughts of Chairman Thingummy by JULIA BIRLEY with Stephen Murray as the Chairman Another committee meet-' ing, another set of minutes, another discussion about ... what? The trouble with committee meetings is that they are all alike... Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT | ||
| 19790310 | Vacant Possession by JOHN WILKIE Harry has torn down his ancient cottage to make way for a modern bungalow for himself and Alison. But the cottage comes back to haunt them.... Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol | ||
| 19790316 | Someone to Talk To by MICHAEL JUDGE It's been five years since Emma and Bea's brother died, and Mrs Kelly isn't the only one who thinks the couple are going a little queer. So, in an attempt to break out of their rut, they decide to open up their brother's bedroom and advertise for a lodger ... Directed by ROBERT COOPER BBC Northern Ireland | ||
| 19790317 | House Husband, a musical by AI.EX GLASGOW Joe is left in charge of running the house while his wife goes out to work - and that includes a militant kitchen! The kitchen: Music arranged and conducted by KEITH STATHAM Directed by GLYN DEARMAN (Polly James is a member of the RSC) | ||
| 19790318 | The Worm Will Turn by JOHN GRAHAM Edith and Marian are expected back home, but they're late. There's nothing old Joseph can do, and the children are getting impatient. If they are children, that is ... Directed by ANTON GILL | ||
| 19790323 | A series of plays for late-night listening Mercenary by KEN BLAKESON Elliot, a voluntary ambulance driver, on an urgent assignment, is stopped by a mercenary anxious to get to the border. On the way there an unexpected incident occurs. Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING | ||
| 19790324 | A Plug for the Cabinet bv BILL STANTON with George Cole and Michael McClain To hang a cabinet you need a plug: to fit a plug you need a drill: to use a drill you need a steady hand, otherwise.... A sorry tale of Do-it-Yourself woe. Lucius Tring...GEORGE COLE Cockfosters MICHAEL MCCLAIN Judge GERALD CROSS Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT | ||
| 19790330 | Charles Kay and Kathleen Helme in The Nightmare Story of Arnold Pottersbar by j. c. w. BROOK We are all resigned to growing old, but what would be your reaction if you found you were growing younger ... Directed by IAN COTTERELL | ||
| 19790331 | The Kitchen Maid by PETER RUSSELL BOWEN : Had a gander at the garden? Nice out there. Might take some cuttings, lift a tuber. She wouldn't notice, would she? MILTON: Not with her throat cut from ear to ear - no, sir. Directed by GERRY JONES | ||
| 19790401 | A series of plays for late-night listening. My Mouja by JOHN LUCAROTTI Maryan has two passions in his life - falling in love and Mouja his yacht. Both have their clearly defined place in his life - until Hazel arrives on the scene. Mouja is none too pleased about that.... Directed by GLYN DEARMAN | ||
| 19790406 | Bodies Beautiful by PETER WHALLEY with John Shrapnel and Fiona Walker Vincent and Cheryl are getting ready to go to a party. It is a familiar ritual for them but this evening things don't go entirely to plan ... Directed by TONY curr BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790407 | A series of plays for late-night listening The Cellar by R. D. WINGFIELD There is a cellar sir, yes, but we can't get to it. The previous owner had it bricked up '. Directed by GERRY JONES | ||
| 19790408 | Falling by JONATHAN RABAN A middle-aged script-writer throws himself from the 12th floor of a London hotel. He finds himself falling at a slower speed than he'd expected: like his life, his death involves a bad miscalculation. Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY | ||
| 19790413 | Desert Island Risks A comic fantasy by WILLIAM FOX and Roy Plomley (of course) What would happen if those castaways whom Roy Plomley maroons on a desert island were actually to land up there? It would be a life of many surprises. Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN | ||
| 19790504 | A Pressing Appointment by JOHN STEVENSON with Fred Bryant as Shirkwcll and Gordon Dulieu as Max Max goes to an employ ,ment agency to get himself a job, and comes out with one. But not the one he'd expected. Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENKING | ||
| 19790505 | The Enemy in the Garden by JOAN O'CONNOR This place has never accepted Martha. She's a New Englander - but she's a Yankee The American Civil War, a divided country and a divided family. Directed by IAN COTTERELL | ||
| 19790506 | Epitaph by JAMES GIBBINS Amid the bustle of a newspaper office Mr Davies. the proof-reader, tries to start a gentle friendship with his young assistant. Directed by PENNY GOLD | ||
| 19790513 | The Land of Nod by BILL KIItTON Enrolling in an Open University philosophy course has a profound effect upon Stan and his relationship with his wife, Mavis, Directed by MARTIN JENKINS (Alison Steadman is in 'Joking Apart' at the Globe Theatre, London) | ||
| 19790518 | A series of plays for late-night listening Anchors by GRAHAM BLACKETT GEORGE: We're human beings made in the image of God, Wayne, we control our own destiny. George has built his own boat. George is determined to break free from the rat race. But George's advice falls on deaf ears. Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT | ||
| 19790519 | To Put It Frankly by JOHN ARDEN MINISTER: YOU will not bring up that point or I will have you proceeded against under the terms of the Official Secrets Act. INTERVIEWER: Oh, ho, now wait a minute, that's not the sort of threat .. » MINISTER: ... to which you are accustomed. Very like. You've got 55 seconds to get yourself accustomed: or else there's no interview. That clear? Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790520 | Peter Baldwin in Death Duties by CAROLYN SALLY JONES GWILYM: But you said you belonged. A family shrine you called it. MATTHEW: ! I said I was glad to feel belonging so late in the day. That doesn't mean I should stay. Directed by R0NALD MASON | ||
| 19790526 | An Unbroken Chain by JEREMY SEABROOK A duologue between grandmother and difficult grandson, in which various family frailties emerge ... Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY | ||
| 19790601 | Getting Ahead by ELIZABETH KAY An established theatre critic over-identifies with his job to the point of making his wife's life a misery - he criticises everything she does, her clothes, her appearance. Then a new hairdresser comes up with the perfect answer.... Directed by CHERRY COOKSON | ||
| 19790602 | A series of plays for late-night listening. Changing Gear by IAN BUCKLEY When Stephen decides to teach his wife to drive, he soon realises he has bitten off more than be can chew! Directed by MARTIN JENKINS | ||
| 19790603 | 'A series of plays for late-night listening, Dear QM by ANDREW NICKOLDS. With John Bott and Jill Balcon A retired questionmaster, whose wife has left him, comes in contact with an elderly lady who runs a correspondence course. Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT' | ||
| 19790608 | Mother's Hot Milk by KEITH DEWHURST with Bill Monks as Norman Television announcer: Gordon Dulieu Television voices: Margot Boyd. Philip Sully Every night Norman gives his invalid mother her hot milk. Tonight his care for her goes a little further. Directed by PENNY GOLB | ||
| 19790609 | Going to See Auntie Ada by PHILIP HONEYWELL After more than 60 years, Nell still reminisces over her favourite aunt, and decides finally to visit her ... Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol | ||
| 19790615 | Human Error by James Gibbins 'If only I could tell her. If only she didn't look up to me as so ... so reliable. If only I could tell her that lately it's all been a front and that I might be in serious trouble ...' Radio announcer, Martin Friend Directed by Margaret Etall | ||
| 19790616 | A series of plays for late-night listening. The Visitor by NICHOLAS ALLAN with Night. A five-star hotel. Two men talking business. Sidney's business. But who is Sidney? What is his business? Directed by BRIAN WRIGHT | ||
| 19790617 | Inventor's Corner by DAVID CREGAN A simple radio programme being broadcast ' live takes on extra passengers as it rides the airways. Can Angela keep her flame alight? Will Monitor P7 from Zagreb meet his hero? Who can move Gerald? - and will Richard Baker ever be allowed to read the news in peace? and Directed by DAVID HITCHINSON (Paula Wilcox is in ' Bedroom Farce ' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London | ||
| 19790622 | How to Build Your Own Battleship by GEOFFREY HVBBARD with Peter Tuddenham Great-grandfather began to build the battleship in his garden in SE7 to deal with the strikers in his qutta percha factory. Two World Wars and three generations later it was tinally launched. Directed by MICHAEL BARTLETT | ||
| 19790623 | I Grow Old, I Grow Old by BERNARD KOPS with Andiew Sachs as Paul PAUL : If you're destined to drown you'll drown in a tea-spoon. Age is something we have to face. It may be something we dread. Paul goes to visit his father in a geriatric ward, but on this particular day he is filled with a strange fear and foreboding. Directed by LIANE AUKIN | ||
| 19790624 | A series of plays for late-night listening. Only the Lonely by WALLY K. DALY with Manning Wilson and Gladys Spencer Two lonely old people prepare for what appears to be a very important encounter. Directed by MARTIN JENKINS | ||
| 19790629 | These Kids Nowadays by GEOFFREY M. MATTHEWS with John Gabriel Muggings, thieving, break-ins; anything bent and you can put it down to Pat and Mick Fahey. And now they've got a new racket - protection. GEOFFREY BURFORD (piano) Directed by GRAHAM GAULD | ||
| 19790630 | Squatter's Rights by JUDY ALLEN with and Phil returns from an evening's do-gooding. with some unexpected squatters. Her husband is prepared to be very magnanimous about the whole thing, until he finds how inconvenient life can be. Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING | ||
| 19790701 | Just After Midnight by DAVE SIMPSON There can be nothing worse for a minor criminal than to meet someone he knows very well at the scene of the crime he is already committing. Or perhaps there is? Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790706 | A series of plays for late-night listening Cold Tea by KARIU ALRAWI with Patricia Haves ' Funny the way you talk when you're lonely. You just talk, keeps you from getting cold.' Directed by BRIAN WRIGHT (Patricia Hayes is in ' Filumena at the Lyric Theatre, London) | ||
| 19790707 | A series of plays for latenighl listening Thanks for Nothing by JAN NEEDL. E Mr Kettlewell has lived in Africa for half his lifetime. Now with the approach of liberation-fighters he feels it's time to pull out. His servant M'lbengo (whom he calls Molly) has stayed to help him pack his belongings - but some things are missing.... Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING | ||
| 19790708 | Command Performance by ALAN WELLS ' It's not as it you'll be doing anything out of the ordinary. It's what you do night after night. not for one man but for scores of them. Just don't try and get clever, that's all.' Directed by CLARE TAYLOR | ||
| 19790714 | In the Nick of Time by MICHAEL GILBERT 4 Do I take it one of your prisoners has escaped? ' Yes indeed, Miss Lavender. and not just any prisoner. This one Is a murderer ... and worse.' Jim Selby JOHN in Directed by GERRY JONES' | ||
| 19790715 | Crab Training A mime for radio by HENRY LIVINGS MASTER: The Fancy Dress Gala. -What am I to go as, Sam Pongo ? Go on, you have precious little to recommend you, but you do have ingenuity. Apply yourself. SAM: You could go as a crab, sir. It'd be very original. MASTER: It would, It would. Very original indeed; encircling the Municipal Assembly Rooms on six artificial legs while the Rifle Volunteer Band plavs excerpts from ' The Belle of New York '. Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790720 | Grasp the Nettle Egregiously by LKONARD BARRAS When Harriet goes to the library to get a book to balance on her head because she wants to become a fashion model, she gets into a romantic entanglement with a diffident young librarian. Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790721 | Casting Vote by PHILIP HONEYWELL A late-night sitting at the House of Commons. A crucial bill is being put to the vote. And someone is blackmailing someone else to vote against it .. Directed hy CHERRY COOKSON | ||
| 19790722 | I Only Cry When I'm On My Own by CHRIS HAWES Sandra, a teenage girl, lives in a high-rise block of flats, is surrounded by violence and never cries - 'It's daft, isn't it, crying? ' However, Sandra is more complex than even she realises. Directed by KAY PATRICK BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790727 | A series of plays for late-night listening. Top Tomato by GILL LINSCOTT with A wily businessman has bought up a family firm of seed merchants. Everyone involved presumes he will continue trading but perhaps they are being a little naïve... Directed by CHERRY COOKSON | ||
| 19790728 | The Place by GERALDINE O'DONNELL A young boy has agreed to play Blind-man's-buff with two older children. They don't need to blindfold him - simply take away his specs. Directed by GLYN DEARMAN | ||
| 19790729 | The Trafalgar Terrace Lepidopterist by DAVID HOPKINS Les believes in the free concept of nature roaming wild. He wants his children to witness it-hence butterflies! But nature threatens to be wilder and freer than he is prepared to accept: Directed by KAY PATRICK | ||
| 19790803 | Maniacs by PETER WHALLEY A school caretaker and groundsman lurk in the boiler room and brood about what they can do to the school's most awful pupils ... Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790804 | The Siege by PETER TINNISWOOD We have a slight problem on our hands here. It seems your husband has barricaded himself In the marital home, refuses to come out and Is now taking pot shots at all and sundry. We want you to talk to him.' 1 Oh dear.... Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790805 | What Are Friends For? by MARK POWER ' I've never known you to be willingly in the dark. You haven't been to any of the end-of-term- parties, you never go to the cinema, you don't go out at night. You may as well face the fact that you have a phobia about darkness.' Directed by KAY JAMIESON BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790810 | Letters to the Editor by DEREK RABY We are, of course, a nation of dog-lovers. That goes without saying, but.... ' Dear Sir, ... Directed by MARGARET ETALL | ||
| 19790811 | A series of plays for late. night listening. Out In the Midday Sun by RICK FKRIIEIRA 'I will pay you £500 if you will do exactly as say.' Mr Partridge, walking his dog on Hampstead Heath. met the one person who could carry out his plan, so he made his offer. But the young coloured man on the park bench was clever - and all didn't go according to plan. Directed by CHRISTOPHER YENNING | ||
| 19790812 | Elaine Stritch in Condominium by DONOVAN O'MALLEY An American lady sits alone in her highrise luxury condominium apartment talking on the telephone to her ex-husband, a lady friend and a deformed woman caterer-all of whom live in the same building. She is planning one of her many parties. Parties that are always unattended. Directed by GLYN DEARMAN | ||
| 19790817 | Always in Love with Amy by KEN WHITMORE , wilh Carole Hayman as Amy and Christopher Godwin as Henry ' How can I prove that I love you? Look, I'd do anything: I'd cut oft my right arm.' ' You wouldn't! You wouldn't even cut off your little finger.' Directed by Alfred bradley BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790818 | The National Youth Theatre in The Anatomy Class by PETER TERSON This play has been especially written for the National Youth Theatre and means their first appearance on radio. It follows the public utterances and private thoughts of a group of medical students during a lecture. Directed by GLYN DEARMAN | ||
| 19790819 | Mrs Kleen by FRANCES MCNEIL 'Eyes that spot dust, a nose that craves the smell of polish, ears soothed by the sound of hoovering, hands that ache to steam ahead with an iron - it's a neurosis, I must resist. Desist.' Directed by KAY JAMIESON BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790824 | The Pure of Heart A moral tale from Ireland by JOHN B. KEANE Another man's wife costs nothing, and tell me who'll miss a slice off a out loaf? . Directed by ropfrt cooper BBC Northern Ireland | ||
| 19790825 | A Picture of Yesterday by KEN BLAKESON and DAVE SIMPSON When a couple buy a Victorian artist's self-portrait In a local junk shop they quarrel about it but they have no idea what the purchase will lead to ... Directed bv TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester | ||
| 19790826 | The Bionic Blob and the Case of the Stolen Wavelengths by JAMES FOLLETT with Ed Bishop as Slim Chance, and Sandra Dickinson as Amy Have you ever found it difficult to tune your radio on to the right wavelength? Think of the confusion that would be caused if a wavelength were hijacked - by educationalists for instance. Slim Chance and his partner investigate such a problem. In America, of course. Arthur Mow BRIAN HAINES Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN (John Bay is in A Day in Hollywood - A Night in the Ukraine ' at the May Fair Theatre, London) | ||
| 19790831 | Macbeth. or Unlucky for Some A 13-minute version of SHAKESPEARE'S play hy JOHN WELLS , especially written for recording at the Edinburgh Festival with The action of the play, as is appropriate, takes place in a BBC studio in Edinburgh in front of a passing audience. Directed hy GLYN DEARMAN | ||
| 19790901 | A of plays for late-night listening. Thj Last of the Long-Distance Travellers by LAWRENCE BLACKMORB with John Hull as Smith They say. That if you stand. In a certain spot. Long enough. Everyone you know will eventually pass And Smith does. In a tube station. Smith, the last of the long-distance travellers, stands still. And waits. Directed by DAVID SPENSER | ||
| 19790902 | Scorpio Mate Seeks Libran Mate by CATHERINE HEATH with Isabel Dean as Sarah and Judy Parfitt as Lucy Does anybody actually answer those lonely hearts advertisements? And if they do, what ensues? An exciting new life with an equally exciting new partner - or great disappointment and another try? Other voices: PHILIP SULLY. BRIAN CARROLL , ADRIAN EGAN and LOLLY COCKERELL Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING | ||
| 19790907 | Homeward Bound by DONALD BULL with Richard Leech as Ted Monk Ted Monk is on his way home ... the retirement party is over. He is free at last. Or so he thinks. Directed by PENNY GOLD (Richard Leech is in ' Whose Life Is It Anyway? ' at the Savoy Theatre, London) | ||
| 19790908 | Lally Bowers and Nigel Stock in Thank you for your Support by MARTYN READ From Laetitia Plum ... Dear Sir, I shall be much obliged if you would send me: one pair of your surgical stockings, plus your Oo-la-la from France. Directed by PETER KING | ||
| 19790914 | ALAN AYCKBOURN 'S Mother Figure And then we got this phone call - will you accept a transfer charge from a phone box in Middlesbrough, and Terry says hello, that's funny, who -do we know in Middlesbrough and I said not a soul and he says well, that's funny And the operator says. well, take it or leave it, it's all the same to me. So we took it and it was your husband.' Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS | ||
| 19790915 | Susie Graham 's Dance Trophy by MAURICE PATTERSON with Catherine Kessler and Peter Straker ' I can do it. And nobody even told me how - just did it with no learning or nothin' Just being best 'cause I'm Susie and they are saying I'm best.' Directed by MARTIN JENKINS | ||
| 19790916 | Loving Room by CONNIE BENSI.EY ' You're shy. aren't you Meggie? I can tell from th; way you keep edging me away from the bedroom door.' I'm so out of practice that's what it is really. The situation is not helped by tearful neighbours and a quest for owls. Directed by ALEC REID | ||
| 19790921 | Buzz by jiu . HYEM On a hot summer's day two lovers arc out rowing on a beautiful lake. It seems idyllic - the only ' fly in the ointment' being a very troublesome wasp , .. Radio Announcer PETER DONALDSON Directed bv CHERRY COOKSON | ||
| 19790922 | Night Shift by DEREK RABY Touch of indigestion? Can't drop off? You might try counting sheep. But what if one answered back ... ? Dinsdate Landen as Henry Joan Sanderson as Sheep Directed by MARGARET ETALL | ||
| 19790923 | Jake and Meself by PETER TINNISWOOD ' What did we do yesterday, Jake? ' ' We flew to Peru.' ' That's right, Jake. We flew to Peru.' ' There and back.' Directed by BRIAN WRIGHT | ||
| 19790928 | 'The En-suite Bathroom by WILLIAM HUMBLE with Garrick llagon as Alan Josic Kidd as Helen and Steve Hudson as Joe It's so much more convenient to have a bathroom en-suite with your bedroom, and anyway, so many people have them nowadays it's not really a question of keeping up with the Jones's. But there are problems, of course, as Alan and Helen discover. Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING' | ||
| 19790929 | Quid Pro Quo by DEREK HALL ' You see, we sometimes have to do a little digging ourselves. Be surprised how often one can find a skeleton or two. It doesn't take us long to find enough ... substance, to flesh out the bones.' ' And if there are no skeletons? ' ' In that case we exercise our imagination.' Directed by GERRY JONES | ||
| 19791005 | Mr Bruin who Once Drove the Bus, by DON HAWORTH 'Please. Bill, please, strive to arrive more punctually. Make it your aim, your target, your goal. So that one day we shall have the pleasure of chiselling on your headstone: Mr Bruin, as ever on time.' Other children GINA BELLMAN , ADRIAN CALE , LYSANDRE DE LAHAVE ,DARREN PHELAN ,DARREN SMAL-LEY , HOWARD TAYLOR Directed by JOHN CARDY | ||
| 19791006 | Telephone Calls by PETER WHALLEY A series of mysterious telephone calls start a couple imagining who they could be from, but it's a game that loses its appeal. Directed by TONY CLIFF | ||
| 19791012 | Freddie Jones and Alex Marshall in A Trouble Shared by IVOR WILSON Why does the Professor borrow the same library books each day? Because he's taken a fancy to Miss Edwards! Directed by PETER KING | ||
| 19791019 | Full Frontal by ROB GITTINS with Brian Glover Jonathan Scott and Penelope Lee ' Gentlemen, ladies. Four times this committee has met to discuss the proposed ... naturalisation of Shepley Cove.' ' You see where it's leading, Mr Chairman ... illicit women, naked men. parading their bodies up and down the byways. Naked flesh on full view to all and sundry ... ' In an attempt to control the situation, a councillor takes matters into his own hands. Directed by ALEC REID | ||
| 19791020 | A series of plays for la'.. night listening. Last Week in August by COLIN FINBOW with ROGER: The Lounge. Floral curtains catching the sea breeze, spider-plants and aspidistra, souvenirs from other seasides. Last week's newspapers. DORIS: You won't like the show on the pier. Directed by RICHARD jmison | ||
| 19791026 | A series of plays for late-night listening Gas Shortage by ANDREW LYNCH Spaceisthenewfrontier of the future but it could contain dangers the old-timers never dreamt of ... Directed bv TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester | ||
| 19791027 | Eskimos by DAVID CAMPTON withand ' Daddy brought Mummy back after a trip to the North.' Mummy, In fact, is from Salford. But her_ son's school essay makes her out to be an Eskimo. What does this mean? Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol | ||
| 19791102 | A series of plays for late-night listening Your Own Boss by ROBERT DAVIS with and How Mick gets trapped into marriage, fatherhood and industrial work in 19 comic vignettes covering 16 years. Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY | ||
| 19791103 | At dawn, when the noise of the pop festival has died down, Sophie sneaks out of the house to talk to her owl and meets a witch-like stranger. Directed by KAY jamieson BBC Manchester | ||
| 19791109 | Everyone Says You Are by DAVID HOPKINS A famous artist reveals the secret of his success when a keen student comes to interview him-but nobody wants to know. Directed by ANTON GILL | ||
| 19791110 | A series of plays for late-night listening. The Deadline by I.OIS FULKER with Peter Davison and Jenny Twigge Most people agree to up and go their separate ways without going through all this nonsense. Either they have a furious row or a civilised agreement or something. They don't go through this rigmarole of deadlines and parties to celebrate the parting of the ways. It's absurds Directed by ALEC REID | ||
| 19791116 | Present Continuous by CAROLYN SALLY JONES A young language teacher torn between a demanding father and an unsympathetic boyfriend, turns her attentions to one of her students.... Directed by ANTON GILL | ||
| 19791117 | Yorkshire Rubbish by STEPHEN DAVIS ' We all say it - good riddance to bad rubbish, but what's any of us when you think about it? Thirteen stone of bone and gristle, with a puff of breath going in and out, and when it stops, what are we then? ' Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN | ||
| 19791123 | The Giveaway by ALIEN SADDLER, with and Having won a whole houseful of furniture on a quiz programme, Julie comes back to see about the small question of a house ... Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol | ||
| 19791124 | A series of plays for late-night listening... The Drip by ANGELA HUTH The monotonous sound of water dripping down from the roof is having a bad effect on the relationship between a couple weekending at a remote country cottage. Directed by CHERRY COOKSON | ||
| 19791130 | Weekend by FAY WELDON with Zena Walker as Martha The weekend begins Look forward to green fields, growing plants, good food. Two hours' drive to the cottage, two-and-a-half hours back. Martin at the wheel. Happy families. Where's the bus? Seven-thirty is only one hour 50 minutes from now. Be calm, be calm, Martha: you can do anything, everything, in one hour 50 minutes. You always have. Only why does the shopping weigh so heavy tonight? Is it that brown rice weighs heavier than white: is it that natural goodness lies heavy on the heart? Directed by SHAUN MACLOIGHLIN BBC Bristol | ||
| 19791201 | The Hospital Visitor bv FRANK MARCUS You worry too much. About little things. If you go on like this. you'll make yourself ill 'Don't say that. I may be nervous or unsure at times, but I shouldn't like to finish up in a . in a hospital.' But who is the patient and who is the visitor? Directed by IAN COTTERELL | ||
| 19791207 | Joan Matheson as Miss Harriet Booth by MAl'REEN DONEGAN with Ronald Baddiley as Mr Pickard HARRIET: 1 like plain food, not like next door. MR PICKARD : Yes, I know. I've had to stock ghee and poppy heads and goodness knows what. HARRIET: It's all changed, Mr Pickard. Miss Harriet Booth is just too old and set in her ways to change now - however hard her new neighbours try to be her friends. Tragically, she will never understand the extent of their goodwill. Directed by BERNARD KRICHEFSKI | ||
| 19791208 | Marionettes Incorporated adapted for radio by JOHN BAY from the short story by RAY BRADBURY If your wife won't let you out of her sight for so much as a minute what can you do? Some time In the future a firm may have the answer. with Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN (Norman Rodway Is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company) | ||
| 19791214 | Softly Steal the Hours T.11 Dawn by JAMES FOLLETT ' This is my fourth cell: the police station; the remand centre: the court-house. And now this. They were all cold.' During an overnight vigil two women clear up years of misunderstanding, knowing that they will never meet again. Directed by MARGARET ETALL | ||
| 19791215 | Top of the Heap by PETER GIBBS John Hollis as Baines and Lee Harrington as Topley Mr Baines has returned to his old school. It's not nostalgia that has brought him back. however - quite the opposite. Directed.by GERRY JONES | ||
| 19800111 | Militaria by J.C. WILSHER with Norman Rod way as Mr Burgess and Gordon Dulieu as the reporter ' The name of the business is ' Passage of Arms' - we're in the market for all manner of military items and memorabilia but my particular speciality is German militaria 1933-1945.' Directed by IAN COTTERELL | ||
| 19800118 | Nubile by CILLY FRASER withand LALLA: Why couldn't you be like other people's mothers.... normal? di: I fought your father for custody of you .. r he was terribly normal ... an authoritarian bully ... I know all about being turned on by that.... but it's not the answer.... Police constable.JOHN BOTT Woman police constable LOLLY COCKERELL Directed by BERNARD KRICHEFSKI | ||
| 19800125 | by MAX INDIA In order to spend the weekend with his mistress, Tim provides himself with a complicated alibi. When his wife announces that she is returning early, it proves almost impossible to unravel. Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester | ||
| 19800201 | Child Harold by FREDERICK BRADNUM with Petra Davies and Gordon Dulieu Harold Weakin was once a go-between. At a party he now comes face-to-face with his childhood fantasies. Directed by ENYD WILLIAMS | ||
| 19800208 | A series of plays for late-night listening. The Winner by BETTY PAUL Julia McKenzie as Edna David McAlister as Mr Stupendous Haydn Jones as Fred Edna 's house is filled with luxury items won from entering competitions. It has become an obsession with her-then one day she wins the Most Winning Winner of the Year Competition, and there on the door-step is her prize.... Directed by CHERRY COOKSON | ||
| 19800222 | Sharon.Elsie and EddteCochran bVARHNKWHITTAKER 'This could be a big break for me. It could be the turning point of my life. I'm going to make those buyers notice me if I have to wave me knickers intheair.' Directed by JOHN CAROY | ||
| 19800229 | Crucial Division A comedy by LAURENCE MCDERMOTT with Richard Briers as an MP A vote of no-confidence - the House divides at ten o'clock - the ayes and noes seem equal - the government could fall - every member's presence is vital ... Certain individuals are suddenly aware of the power they hold. Another MP.PETER BALDWIN Directed by TYDEMAN JOHN (Richard Briers is in ' Middle Age Spread ' at the Lyric Theatre, London) | ||
| 19800307 | A series of plays for tatenight listening. Time Out of Season by COLIN FINBOW !n a menage t trois situation, the three protagonists mourn the passing of the 1950s - for rather different reasons. Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY | ||
| 19800314 | A series of plays for late-night listening Plans and Ashes by p. PIKE A small fire in the town hall. Should be simple enough to put it out. However, what with reorganisation, re-allocation, re-designation, bureacracy gone mad and no one prepared to accept responsibility for anything ... the corridors of power quickly become overheated. Directed by GLYN DEARMAN | ||
| 19800328 | Dinsdale Landen in A Push of the Domine bv ROB C.ITTINS When Sneakly gets the sack, he takes his revenge by pushing the first domino in a very long line. Directed by ENYD WILLIAMS | ||
| 19800411 | Here Comes the Bride by SUSAN HILL I want to run away. It isn't me, it's someone else and I want to stay here. The birds in the garden. The old swing. What I was. And all those chances. My heart's going to jump out of my body. Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY This is the last play in the series. Series script editor MICHAEL BARTLETT Series producer GLYN DEARMAN Susan Hill 's Preview: p 27 | ||
| 20171031 | ' Second series of the relationship comedy written by Jonny Sweet. It tells its central love story through the couple's individual conversations with their family and friends. In the process, we are introduced to all manner of relationships from a father and his cherished tour van to two women rivalling for the position of Best Friend, from a brother and sister comparing notes on Brazilians to a vicar and his new parish, and from a lodger's historic fling with a local waitress to a mum's lack of control over her desire to monitor her son's life. Recorded on location, Hard To Tell's naturalistic, contemporary and conversational style brings new meaning to restaurants, funerals, French dressers and monkey puzzle trees. Jonny Sweet is also the writer of Radio 4's Party and co-writer/co-star of Chickens on Sky 1. Episode 1: Tom and Ellen organize a night out so that their parents can meet. Ellen's Dad's lodger invites herself along, while Tom's Mum and Dad decide to open up about an aspect of Tom's lifestyle that's been troubling them. Producer: Lucy Armintage A Tiger Aspect production for BBC Radio 4. A old model maker specialises in dioramas of disasters, but his timing causes concern. '...we've forgotten that technology has its roots in magic and mystery...' An old model-maker specialises in dioramas of disasters, but his timing causes concern... JC Wilsher's sinister tale starring Paul Schofield and Eric Allan Director: Ian Cotterell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1979. | ||
| A Ghastly Performance By Michael Hardwick | 19781201 | A music teacher, asked to give private lessons in a Stately Home. finds his pupil very unusual. with Peter Wickham as Shakeshaft James Thomason as Lord Jebbing and Roy Spencer as Pontefract Directed by GRAHAM GAULD | |
| A Handful Of Crumbs By Tom Hegarty | 19640327 | with JOHN BADDELEY and Jo MANNING WILSON Produced by JOHN GIBSON | |
| A Restful Noise (by Richard Drewett) | 19640115 | with WILLIAM Fox. MARY O'FARRELL JAMES THOMASON , MOLLY RANKIN John RUDDOCK , JOHN BADDELEY Pianist, Wilfrid Parry Trombonist, Keith Christie Produced by JOHN Gibson | |
| A Small Explosion By Dannie Abse | 19640305 | with JOHN BADDELEY WILLIAM Fox , GARARD GREEN FRASER KERR , STEPHEN THORNE ISABEL RENNIE Produced by John GIBSON | |
| Advice From Father (by Patrick Riddell) | 19640326 | with GARARD GREEN JANE WENHAM and ANDREW SACHS Produced by RONALD MASON | |
| Alison (by David Campton) | 19640325 | with KEVIN FLOOD JO MANNING WILSON FREDERICK TREVES WILLIAM FOX , Kenneth HYDE and FRASER KERR Produced by MICHAEL BAKEWELL | |
| Appearances Deceive By Frederick Bradnum | 19640413 | with ANDREW SACHS , JOHN RUDDOCK STEPHEN THORNE , AUSTIN TREVOR OLGA Lindo , GEORGE MERRITT and WILFRID CARTER Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | |
| Brainchild Bv Josie Taylor | 19790527 | with Charles Gray and Derek Fowlds Maelstrom is a sick play. Intended as a comedy, It has turned out to be an awful drama. It is a play with an identity crisis; a play in need of help! That's where a play doctor comes in . . . Directed by GLYN DEARMAN (Derek Fowlds is in ' No Sex, Please - We're British' at the Strand Theatre, London) | |
| Busy-body By Michael Dines | 19640124 | with ALAN HAINES JAMES McKECHNIE and JAMES THOMASON Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | |
| Casual Acquaintance | 19790420 | by Malcolm Quantrill An unexpected intruder, real or imaginary, and the temptation he provides, makes a woman who is dissatisfied with her 15-year-old marriage reassess the relationship. | |
| Cops Can Be Human By Malcolm Hulke | 19640408 | with STEPHEN THORNE KEVIN FLOOD, FREDERICK TREVES PETER O'SHAUGHNESSY WILFRID CARTER MARGARET WOLFIT , EVA STUART ISABEL RENNIE Produced by PETER BRYANT | |
| Death Sentence (by Philip Levene) | 19640120 | with FREDERICK TREVRS MARY O'FARRELL , KEVIN FLOOD and JOHN BADDELEY Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER | |
| Dog Hill By Ray Jenkins | 19640501 | with GARARD GREEN and JAMES THOMASON Produced by JOHN GIBSON | |
| Ear Witness (by Philip Levene) | 19640218 | with MARGARET WOLFIT JO MANNING WILSON ISABEL RENNIE FREDERICK TREVES NORMAN CLARIDGE MICHAEL GOLDIE and PATRICIA LEVENTON Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY | |
| End Of The Picnic By David Campton | 19640316 | with OLGA LINDO and GEORGE MERTITT Produced by RONALD MASON | |
| Every Night It Rains By Mark Channing | 19640117 | with NORMAN CLARIDGE FRASER KERR , ANDREW SACHS and SHIRLEY Cooklin Produced by MICHAEL BAKEWELL | |
| Fangs Ain't What They Used To Bel By David Pinner | 19790427 | with Bryan Pringle and Jean Rogers Young Jack 's obsession with horror comics leads to a nightmare situation - about which his parents have grave suspicions.... Directed by MICHAEL ROLFE BBC Birmingham | |
| Her Name Was Paula Ffrench By Dan Cooke | 19640121 | with GABRIEL WOOLF and ELIZABETH MORGAN Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY | |
| Hold-up (by Philip Levene) | 19640306 | with TIMOTHY HARLEY WILLIAM FOX , ANDREW SACHS and Jo MANNING WILSON Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER | |
| In Transit | 19781118 | by Simon Raven Hong Kong Airport. Gerald Barton, en route for Tokyo and a vital meeting, receives a message - and has ten minutes to decide which plane to catch. (Julian Glover is a member of the RSC) (Tomorrow: 'Play Soft Then Attack' by Peter Terson.) | |
| Incident At Whitewater By Michael Robson | 19790428 | with The Transvaal, 1900. Two British soldiers are on the run from the Boers. The men and their horses desperately need water. There is a river ahead but will the Boers be waiting for them ... ? Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS | |
| It's Not The Game It Was By James Saunders | 19640401 | with JOHN RUDDOCK and James THOMASON Produced by JOHN Gibson | |
| Jackpot By Jill Hyem | 19640323 | with VALERIE Kiribbicht JOHN BADDELEY and TIMOTHY Harlet. Produced by Martyn C Webster | |
| Julia Jones, Over And Done With | 19791013 | 20190823 (BBC7) | Having learned that her father is gravely ill, Sybil heads to the family home for the first time in ages. CAROLE HAYMAN - Sybil JACK WATSON - Father CHRISTIAN RODSKA - Mr Lumkin Julia Jones - Mrs Worksop Written by Julia Jones. Produced by Shaun MacLoughlin. With her father gravely ill, Sybil heads to the family home for the first time in ages. Over and Done With by JULIA JONES with Sybil rushes home when warned that her father is dying. On her way through the woods where she used to meet him as a child, she is surprised to find him again, looking young and well... Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol Producer: Shaun MacLoughlin. |
| Killer At Large (by Philip Levene) | 19640204 | with NICOLETTE BERNARD NORMAN CLARIDGE MICHAEL GOLDIE WILFRID CARTER GLYN DEARMAN and ELIZABETH MORGAN Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER | |
| Last Night (by Denis Butler) | 19640108 | with MOLLY RANKIN and AUSTIN TREVOR Produced by JOHN GIBSON | |
| M Is For Moon Among Other Things By Tom Stoppard | 19640406 | with Nicolette BERNARD and WILLIAM Fox Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN | |
| Microcosm (by J C Wilsher) | 19790325 | 20171031 (BBC7) 20171101 (BBC7) 20180303 (BBC7) 20180304 (BBC7) 20190821 (BBC7) 20220401 (BBC7) 20171031 20180303 20180304 | “We've forgotten that technology has its roots in magic and mystery. An old Sheffield model maker specialises in dioramas of disasters, but his timing causes concern... JC Wilsher's sinister tale starring Paul Schofield and Eric Allan Director: Ian Cotterell An old model maker specialises in dioramas of disasters, but his timing causes concern. Paul Scofield in Microcosm by J. C. WILSHER with Eric Allan ' I think I'm beginning to understand the theme that runs through your work, your little captured moments of history.... They're all disasters which are man-made, examples of man's technological skill over-reaching itself with calamitous results.... Perhaps because we've forgotten that technology has its roots in magic and mysstery....' Directed by IAN COTTERELL (Drama Now Thurs R3 7.30) A old model maker specialises in dioramas of disasters, but his timing causes concern. |
| Mr Nemesis By Sean Gilroy | 19640123 | with MARGARET WOLFIT FRANK PARTINGTON PETER BARTLETT Produced by JOHN GIBSON | |
| Murder In Mind (by Philip Levene) | 19640131 | with MARY O'FARRELL MOIRA MANNION and WILLIAM Fox Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY | |
| Needle Match (by Philip Levene) | 19640428 | with MOLLY RANKIN FREDERICK TREVES PETER BARTLETT , ISABEL RENNIE and GORDON FAITH f Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS | |
| Night Vision | 19800321 | by Grant C. Eustace When Gus, the captain of a Duty Rescue Helicopter spots a vague shape that might be a ship in distress, it looks like he's got another job on his hands. But this was to be far from just another job! | |
| No 17 (by E Nesbit) | 19630303 | 20180607 (BBC7) | Can anyone explain the strange happenings taking place in a small hotel? Can anyone explain the strange happenings taking place in room 17 of a provincial hotel? 'Everything I'm going to tell you is as plain and straightforward as a timetable.' Can anyone explain the strange happenings taking place in a small provincial hotel - in room No. 17? E NESBIT's mystery stars George Hagan as Braithwick, George Merritt as Peel, Will Leighton as Raffety, DAVID KOSSOFF as Little, TIMOTHY WEST as Cooper, Sian Davies as the Receptionist and Arthur Gomez as the Night Porter. Adapted for radio by Michael and Mollie Hardwick. Producer: Charles Lefeaux First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1963. |
| Parrot Fashion By Jill Hyem | 19640403 | with MARY O'FARRELL MARGARET WOLFIT Wilfrid CARTER Olga Lindo and ISABEL RENNIE Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | |
| Research Project By Paul Ferris | 19781126 | Research Project by PAUL FERRIS withand ' I'll be frank with you, Mrs Morgan. I'm a writer. I'm writing a book about aspects of the supernatural.' Directed by CHHISTOPnER VENNING | |
| Scapegoat | 19781202 | by Peter Whalley Late at night in an isolated house a man and woman are surprised and held at gunpoint by an intruder. He has, he announces, come to kill the man. | |
| Scent Of Jealousy By Rosemary Timperley | 19640330 | MARGARET WOLFIT , JANE WENHAM ALAN HAINES , ISABEL RENNIE Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | |
| September Song By Peter Fieldson | 19790422 | with John Baddeley as Kenneth Jo Kendall as Doreen I've always wanted to be somebody, to achieve something which would outlast me ... Oh, I've turned my hand to lots of things in my time; why, my pillar-box vaulting and pancake tossing were, at one time, the talk of the neighbourhood.... Jack GEOFFREY MATTHEWS Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS | |
| Ted Willis: And No Birds Sing | 19790512 | 20180608 (BBC7) | Philip is quietly reading at home, but a knock on his door may change his life forever. 'Philip, what happened on that train..?' Philip Brooks is quietly reading at home, but a knock on his front door may change his life forever... Ted Willis's puzzling tale stars Hugh Burden as Philip Brooks, Mary Miller as Ann Brooks and Adrian Egan as Detective Sergeant Syms. Producer: David Johnston First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in May 1979. By Ted Willis. A knock on Philip Brooks' front door may change his life forever. And No Birds Sing by TED WILLIS ' Of course it matters! This - this terrible thing. Ycu need help. Philip. God - if this gets out, if a whisper of it gets out. Philip-what happened on that train - what did happen? ' Directed bv (Mary Miller is a National Theatre player) |
| The Bionic Blob (by James Follett) | 19790311 | A series of plays for late-night listening. The Bionic Blob or This bazooka on my left shoulder is loaded by JAMES FOLLETT with Ed Bishop and Sandra Dickinson A 'Thing' from outer space accidentally arrives on Earth. Its greatest ambition is to become a side-kick to a private eye. Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN | |
| The Birthday Present (by Philip Levene) | 19640103 | with Lewis Stringer MARGARET WOLFIT FREDERICK TREVES and Gordon Faith Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER | |
| The Bognor Regis Vampire By J. C. W. Brook | 19790525 | 20160612 (BBC7) 20180527 (BBC7) 20220525 (BBC7) | 2 Forgive me for being personal, but you have several peculiarities: your teeth, white face and staring red eyes, the fact that our mahogany mirror over the fireplace seems to ignore your existence - and what are you doing in Bognor Regis? Directed by IAN cotterell A couple receives an unusually diabolical visitor, but this guest may get more than he bargained for... Starring Margot Boyd and Philip Voss. Written by JCW Brook. Agnes - Margot Boyd Rodney - Philip Voss Bertram - Gordon Dulieu Hilda - Tammy Ustinov Director: Ian Cotterell A couple receive an unusually diabolical visitor |
| The Brain (by Rosemary Timperley) | 19640128 | with MOIRA MANNION SHIRLEY COOKLIN and JOHN RUDDOCK Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS | |
| The Cobweb Kiss (by Peter J Hammond) | 19781223 | 20190608 (BBC7) 20221015 (BBC7) | With Gemma Craven as Lydia and Richard O'Callaghan as Jonathan In an old house, covered in dust. a beautiful toy merry - go - round shines brightly. Jonathan and Lydia wait patiently for their six-year-old son to return home. They have been waiting a long time ... Directed by GLYN DEARMAN In an old abandoned house, covered in dust apart from a shiny toy merry-go-round, young parents Jonathan and Lydia wait patiently for their six-year-old son to return home. They've been waiting a long time - Written by Peter J Hammond. Gemma Craven - Lydia Richard O'Callaghan - Jonathan Manning Wilson - James Eva Stuart - Mary Director: Glyn Dearman. Jonathan and Lydia patiently wait to be reunited with their young son. |
| The Crack Of Doom (by Frederick Bradnum) | 19640110 | with John RUDDOCK , ANDREW SACHS HAMLYN BENSON , RALPH TRUMAN OLGA LINDO , MOIRA MANNION and MOLLY RANKIN Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | |
| The Dare Game (by Rosemary Timperley) | 19640113 | 20180606 (BBC7) 20220524 (BBC7) 20220524 | By Rosemary Timperley. A meeting of old friends revives memories of a very dangerous game. A chance meeting of old school friends revives memories of a very dangerous game. Rosemary Timperley's daring tale stars Shirley Cooklin as Enid, Margaret Woolfit as Carol, Moira Mannon as the Store Detective and Frederick Treves as Mr Merlin. Producer: Keith Williams First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1964. The Dare Game by Rosemary Timperley with SHIRLEY COOKLIN MOIRA MANNION , MARGARET WOLFIT and FREDERICK TREVES Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS Enid - Shirley Cooklin Carol - Margaret Woolfit Store Detective - Moira Mannon Mr Merlin - Frederick Treves |
| The Devil To Pay By James Follett | 19790421 | 20160128 (BBC7) 20160129 (BBC7) 20190118 (BBC7) 20190119 (BBC7) 20210613 (BBC7) 20210613 |  with Norman Rodway and Derek Seaton A car crash on a hot deserted road; a camper on hand to drag the driver from the blazing wreck. The start of an action-packed adventure play? .. Not quite. Listen on. Directed by GLYN DEARMAN Stars Norman Rodway as the Devil and Derek Seaton as the Camper. First broadcast in Double Act a selection of plays from Just Before Midnight on BBC Radio 4 in 1979. A car crash on a deserted road. A camper drags the driver away. What's the story? A car crash on a hot deserted road. What's the story? Stars Derek Seaton. A car crash on a hot deserted road. A camper on hand to drag the driver from the wreckage. What's the story? Stars Derek Seaton. |
| The Dig (by Jane Mcclure) | 19640213 | with JOHN RUDDOCK Produced by JOHN GIBSON | |
| The Disposal Of Digby (by Philip Levene) | 19640225 | 20170310 (BBC7) 20170311 (BBC7) 20190315 (BBC7) 20190316 (BBC7) 20221022 (BBC7) | Digby wants to take a memorable trip - be careful what you wish for. Deemed a security threat, an employee is swiftly “removed ? in an unusual way. A tale of banishment by Philip Levene. Digby - John Baddeley Kendrick - Garard Green Sir Gerald - Austin Trevor Miss Trevelyan - Margaret Wolfit Air Hostess - Valerie Kirkbright Taxi Driver/Doctor - Peter Pratt Passport Official/Braithwaite - Peter Bartlett Producer: Michael Bakewell First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1964. Deemed a security threat, an employee is swiftly removed in an unusual way The Disposal of Digby by Philip Levene with JOHN BADDELEY GARARD GREEN , AUSTIN TREVOR PETER PRATT , MARGARET WOLFIT VALERIE KIRKBRIGHT and PETER BARTLETT Produced by MICHAEL BAKEWELL |
| The Dissolution Of Dominic Boot (by Tom Stoppard) | 19640220 | with VALERIE KIRKBRIGHT JOHN BADDELEY PETER PRATT and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by MICHAEL BAKEWELL | |
| The Dissolution Of Dominic Boot By Tom Stoppard | 19781125 | with It starts with a simple taxi ride - simple, that is. until Dominic realises he is a little short of ready cash ... Directed by GLYN DEARMAN | |
| The Ears Of Dr Jeremy (by Philip Levene) | 19640324 | with FREDERICK TREVES HAMLYN BENSON NORMAN CLARIDGE , JOHN BOXER NICOLETTE BERNARD , KEVIN FLOOD Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY | |
| The Intruders (by Paul Ferris) | 19640226 | with Jo MANNING WILSON JOHN BADDELEY , ANDREW SACHS and KEVIN Flood Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN | |
| The Invader (by Philip Levene) | 19640414 | 20180605 (BBC7) 20220523 (BBC7) 20220523 | By Philip Levene. Sensitive Edmund is forced into committing a terrible act. Edmund Stanway is a sensitive man, until he is forced into committing a terrible act. Composer Edmund Stanway is a sensitive man - until he's forced into committing a terrible act... Philip Levene's chilling tale stars James Thomason as Edmund Stanway, Ronald Faulkner as Paul Farrow, Patricia Leventon as Joan Sheldon, Hamlyn Benson as Hanley and Valerie Kirkbright as Millie. Producer: Michael Bakewell First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1964. The Invader by Philip Levene JAMES THOMASON TRADER FAULKNER PATRICIA LEVENTON HAMLYN BENSON and VALERIE KIRKBRIGHT Pianist, Les Reed Produced by MICHAEL BAKEWELL Edmund Stanway - James Thomason Paul Farrow - Ronald Faulkner Joan Sheldon - Patricia Leventon Hanley - Hamlyn Benson Millie - Valerie Kirkbright |
| The Jealous One By Giles Gordon | 19790429 | with Valentine Dyall A wedding reception - champagne flowing and toasts for a happy future. But there is someone present who deeply resents the marriage . . . Directed by CHERRY COOKSON | |
| The Last Santa Bv Robin Taylor | 19791221 | with Charlotte Mitchell as Margery Roy Kinnear as Kipling and Peter Bayliss as Mr Perkins Everyone who works here likes Christmas. Thanks to Mr Perkins. Every year he turns the store into a real fairyland. And, you know, each time it comes round, 1 wish I was a child again. No matter how hard you try. it's never quite the same once you're grown up, is it?' Directed by BERNARD KRICHEFSKI i Peter Bayliss is in 'My Fair Lady ' at the Adclphi Theatre, London) | |
| The Man Who Invented Yesterday (by James Follett) | 19800215 | Like so many scientists before him. Sir Max is delighted when his experiments come to fruition. His most recent, however, takes him slightly by surprise. Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING | |
| The Nightwatchman (by Philip Levene) | 19640312 | 20220527 (BBC7) | Hospital staff are confounded after a patient is admitted following an accident at a frozen food company. Philip Levene's mysterious drama. Starring: Hamlyn Benson Fraser Kerr John Ruddock Alan Haines Gabriel Woolf Eva Stuart Margaret Wolfit Producer: Ronald Mason First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1964. A mysterious patient arrives at a hospital following an accident at a frozen food company. The Nightwatchman by PhUip Levene with HAMLYN BENSON FRASER KERR , John RUDDOCK ALAN HAINES , GABRIEL WOOLF EVA STUART , MARGARET WOLFIT Produced by RONALD MASON |
| The Other Side Of The Door By John Wilkie | 19640122 | with TIMOTHY HARLEY , AUSTIN TREVOR JO MANNING WILSON †Produced by JOHN GIBSON | |
| The Phoneys By Ray Rigby | 19640402 | with RALPH TRUMAN ANDREW SACHS FRASER KERR ISABEL RENNIE PETER PRATT GARARD GREEN EVA STUART Produced by RONALD MASON | |
| The Praying Mat By John Hellyer | 19640407 | with FREDERICK TREVES RALPH TRUMAN WILFRID CARTER GARARD GREEN PETER O'SHAUGHNESSY Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS | |
| The Prophet By Tony Williamson | 19640410 | with Kenneth Hyde TRADER FAULKNER , JOHN RUDDOCK EVA STUART , JAMES THOMASON Produced by RONALD MASON | |
| The Shadow (by Russell Twisk) | 19640129 | With LEWIS STRINGER ALAN HAINES , JOHN BOXER Produced by John GIBSON | |
| The Test By Philip Levend | 19640331 | with MARGARET WOLFIT Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY | |
| The Tin On The Wall By John Pennington | 19640409 | with JOHN BADDELEY , JAMES THOMASON ISABEL RENNIE FREDERICK TREVES Produced by RONALD MASON | |
| The Velvet Carpet (by Philip Levene) | 19640114 | with RALPH TRUMAN NICOLETTE BERNARD GABRIEL WOOLF and JOHN BADDELEY Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | |
| The Velvet Carpet (by Philip Levene) | 19790114 | with John Gabriel as Basil and Irene Sutcliffe as Madge A new production of this very popular play from the previous 'Just Before Midnight' series, about a retired stockbroker whose pride and joy is his prize-winning lawn. His obsession about keeping it in perfect condition turns into paranoia with terrifying consequences. | |
| There Must Be Somewhere By Jon Holliday | 19640427 | There Must Be Somewhere by Jon Holliday with TRADER FAULKNER PATRICIA LEVENTON and Kevin FLOOD Produced by MICHAEL BAKEWELL | |
| Tick Tock (by Jill Hyem) | 19781124 | A devoted daughter nursing her invalid mother-at least that is the outward appearance given by Grace and her daughter Louise - but within all of us. perhaps, lie the seeds of evil whose darker emotions need only a touch on their hidden spring to release them. Directed by KAY PATRICK | |
| We Kind Of Keep Each Other Going By Michael Campbell | 19640318 | with MARY O'FARRELL and ANDREW SACHS Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL | |
| What Happened To Saunders By Patrick Riddell | 19640224 | with AUSTIN TREVOR NORMAN CLARIDGE , MOLLY RANKIN Produced by JOHN GIBSON |