Playhouse

Eight episodes. First broadcast from 19950128 to 19980124.

 
 
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Programme Catalogue - Details: Friday's Child19950128Producer: N. CHAILLET
Next in series: FARO'S DAUGHTER
Previous in series: THE LUCAN FILE
Description
Georgette HEYER's Regency romance begins a season of love affairs on Radio 4. 'I'm going back to London and I'm going to marry the first woman I see!' is the cry of young Lord Sheringham when his proposal is rejected by Isabella...
Subject Categories
historical drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
28 Jan 1995 14:30-16:00 (RADIO 4)
17 Feb 1996 19:50-21:20 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Mary Wimbush (Actor)
Eva Stuart (Actor)
Susan Sheridan (Actor)
David Bannerman (Actor)
Tessa Worsley (Actor)
Nicholas Boulton (Actor)
Simon Beale (Actor)
Julian Rhind-Tutt (Actor)
Ian Hughes (Actor)
Jilly Bond (Actor)
Paul Panting (Actor)
Cathy Sara (Actor)
Peter Kenny (Actor)
David Antrobus (Actor)
Annabel Mullion (Actor)
James Frain (Actor)
Elli Garnett (Actor)
John Peacock (adap)
Georgette Heyer (Author)
Trevor Davies (Composer)
Ned Chaillet (Producer)
Recorded on 1995-01-05.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Faro's Daughter19950204Producer: D. HITCHINSON
Next in series: THE SILK WORM
Previous in series: FRIDAY'S CHILD
Description
Another in Radio 4's Romance Season. By Georgette HEYER. Deborah Grantham's position in a gaming house makes her utterly unsuitable as a wife for a nob- leman, and Max Ravenscar determines to rescue his cousin from a gamester...
Subject Categories
historical drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
04 Feb 1995 14:30-16:00 (RADIO 4)
25 Nov 1995 19:50-21:20 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Sean Barrett (Actor)
Anna Massey (Actor)
Edward de Souza (Actor)
Gavin Muir (Actor)
Jonathan Keeble (Actor)
Becky Hindley (Actor)
Tessa Worsley (Actor)
Sylvestra le Touzel (Actor)
Marcia Warren (Actor)
Deborah Berlin (Actor)
Peter Yapp (Actor)
Nathaniel Parker (Actor)
Oliver Senton (Actor)
Mark Payton (Actor)
Kitty Black (adap)
Georgette Heyer (Author)
Trevor Davies (Composer)
Jane Morgan (Producer)
Recorded on 1994-12-14.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Friday's Child19960217First broadcast on 1995-01-28
Producer: N. CHAILLET
Next in series: FARO'S DAUGHTER
Previous in series: THE LUCAN FILE
Description
Georgette HEYER's Regency romance begins a season of love affairs on Radio 4. 'I'm going back to London and I'm going to marry the first woman I see!' is the cry of young Lord Sheringham when his proposal is rejected by Isabella...
Subject Categories
historical drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
28 Jan 1995 14:30-16:00 (RADIO 4)
17 Feb 1996 19:50-21:20 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Mary Wimbush (Actor)
Eva Stuart (Actor)
Susan Sheridan (Actor)
David Bannerman (Actor)
Tessa Worsley (Actor)
Nicholas Boulton (Actor)
Simon Beale (Actor)
Julian Rhind-Tutt (Actor)
Ian Hughes (Actor)
Jilly Bond (Actor)
Paul Panting (Actor)
Cathy Sara (Actor)
Peter Kenny (Actor)
David Antrobus (Actor)
Annabel Mullion (Actor)
James Frain (Actor)
Elli Garnett (Actor)
John Peacock (adap)
Georgette Heyer (Author)
Trevor Davies (Composer)
Ned Chaillet (Producer)
Recorded on 1995-01-05.
The Affair At Grover Station19971227A classic American ghost story by Jonathan Holloway, based on a short story by Willa Cather. `Terrapin' Rodgers recounts to his old college acquaintance Will Carter how he solved the riddle of his friend's death last New Year's Eve. His storytelling draws Carter into a terrifying experience that will haunt him for ever. With Kerry Shale, Stuart Milligan and Nancy Crane. Director David Hunter.
Mr Bolfry19980103By James Bridie, adapted for radio by Donald Campbell. It is August 1943. In a manse in the north-west of SCOTLAND, three young people, bored by the Scottish Sabbath, decide to raise hell - literally. With Richard Greenwood, Ian Sexon and Vari Sylvester. Director Hamish Wilson.
Making Love, War And Peace19980110By David Pownall. As Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sofia embark on perhaps the greatest novel ever written, there rages between them a tumultuous and, at times, tyrannical, love affair - their own personal war and peace. With Gerard Murphy, Tracy Ann Oberman and Iwan Thomas. Director Eoin O'Callaghan.
The Sevenfold Crown19980117By Barry Letts. Blake's 7 are back to fight their biggest battle yet. If Servalan gets hold of the Sevenfold Crown before Avon does, the Federation is in her control. With Paul Darrow, Michael Keating and Steven Pacey. Director Brian Lighthill.
The Ghost Train19980124Arnold Ridley's 1920s thriller, adapted by Shaun McKenna. As the last steam train speeds from LONDON to Cornwall, it carries a disparate group of travellers, all anxious to reach their destination. The last thing any of them needs is the object of a terrible local superstition... With Adam Godley, David Brooks and Alison Pettitt. Director Marion Nancarrow