Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| 19800503 | MASSEY Anna....Major Barbara PHILLIPS John....Andrew Undershaft CLYDE Jeremy....Adolphus Cusins WATFORD Gwen....Lady Britomart GUARD Christopher....Stephen KIDD Josie....Sarah GOOD Christopher....Charles Lomax MCSTAY Michael....Morrison / Bilton PAIGE Peggy....Rummy Mitchens CARROLL Brian....Snobby Price HARRIS Judy....Jenny Hill FENTON Leonard....Peter Shirley HOLLIS John....Bill Walker MATHESON Joan....Mrs Baines Directed by Ronald Mason. | ||||
| 19800503 | MASSEY Anna....Major Barbara PHILLIPS John....Andrew Undershaft CLYDE Jeremy....Adolphus Cusins WATFORD Gwen....Lady Britomart GUARD Christopher....Stephen KIDD Josie....Sarah GOOD Christopher....Charles Lomax MCSTAY Michael....Morrison / Bilton PAIGE Peggy....Rummy Mitchens CARROLL Brian....Snobby Price HARRIS Judy....Jenny Hill FENTON Leonard....Peter Shirley HOLLIS John....Bill Walker MATHESON Joan....Mrs Baines Directed by Ronald Mason. | ||||
| 01 | Drama | 20160605 | 20160611 (R4) |
After a long absence George Bernard Shaw returns to the Radio 4 airwaves in this new 2 part drama. Starring Eleanor Tomlinson as Barbara and Rebecca Front as Lady Britomart. Barbara's mission is to save East End souls in the West Ham Salvation shelter. A tale of rich privilege and a battle of wills. All wrapped up in a romance, the return of a long lost father and a little matter of finding a foundling to carry on the Undershaft arms and gunpowder empire. Concertina played by Colin Guthrie and the Cornet by Peter Ringrose Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale Major Barbara, written in 1905, is funny, enjoyable and crafty in dividing opinion and it leaves you pondering whether anything has changed over the years. It cleverly splits into two episodes for this Radio 4 production. At its heart - a simple and intriguing conflict: the struggle between arms manufacturer Andrew Undershaft and his Salvationist daughter Barbara. Can a father win his daughter's heart and mind? All the best things about George Bernard Shaw are here - the humour, the teasing paradoxical thinking and the sense of life being both absurd and deadly serious. How should people be ruled and how should they be helped? And who is really pulling the strings in the struggle for power - politicians or money?
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| 01 | Drama | 20160605 | 20160611 (R4) | After a long absence George Bernard Shaw returns to the Radio 4 airwaves in this new 2 part drama. Starring Eleanor Tomlinson as Barbara and Rebecca Front as Lady Britomart. Barbara's mission is to save East End souls in the West Ham Salvation shelter. A tale of rich privilege and a battle of wills. All wrapped up in a romance, the return of a long lost father and a little matter of finding a foundling to carry on the Undershaft arms and gunpowder empire. Concertina played by Colin Guthrie and the Cornet by Peter Ringrose Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale Major Barbara, written in 1905, is funny, enjoyable and crafty in dividing opinion and it leaves you pondering whether anything has changed over the years. It cleverly splits into two episodes for this Radio 4 production. At its heart - a simple and intriguing conflict: the struggle between arms manufacturer Andrew Undershaft and his Salvationist daughter Barbara. Can a father win his daughter's heart and mind? All the best things about George Bernard Shaw are here - the humour, the teasing paradoxical thinking and the sense of life being both absurd and deadly serious. How should people be ruled and how should they be helped? And who is really pulling the strings in the struggle for power - politicians or money?
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| 02 | Drama | 20160612 | 20160618 (R4) | While Barbara is out in the East End trying to save souls and raise money for the Salvation Army, Undershaft tells Dolly the two things necessary for Salvation are money and gunpowder and once he's got the Army he'll have Barbara too. Is he, as Dolly suspects, an infernal old rascal? Concertina played by Colin Guthrie and the Cornet by Peter Ringrose Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale. Undershaft tells Dolly that the two things necessary for salvation are money and gunpowder
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| SUNP | 19981115 | 20010128 | Peter Hall directs Bernard Shaw's devastatingly witty comedy, featuring the cast from the recent West End production: Anna Carteret, Crispin Bonham Carter, Stephen Noonan, Jemma Redgrave and Peter Bowles. |
