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Programme Catalogue - Details: Going Up, Going Down19900109Producer: R.
BUCKHAM
Next in series: CLEAN UP
Previous in series: A HORSE CALLED GERTRUDE STEIN
Description
By Martin WORTH.
A malfunctioning lift takes Mark, an ambitious young insu- ance executive, to the unexplored depths of the firm's building - and a meet- ing with an old man whose history is curiously like his own.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
09 Jan 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Mary Wimbush (Actor)
David King (Actor)
Norman Jones (Actor)
Simon Treves (Actor)
Vincent Brimble (Actor)
Paul Downing (Actor)
Victoria Carling (Actor)
David Goudge (Actor)
Martin Worth (Author)
Richard Buckham (Producer)
Recorded on 1989-09-09.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Clean Up19900123Producer: A.
CLIFF
Next in series: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO CITY BLUES
Previous in series: GOING UP, GOING DOWN
Description
By Nan WOODHOUSE.
Tom leads his fellow OAPs in a drive to tidy up their neighbourhood but he quickly discovers an incentive is needed.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
23 Jan 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Geoffrey Banks (Actor)
Paula Tilbrook (Actor)
John Jardine (Actor)
Neville Barber (Actor)
Rosalie Williams (Actor)
Colin Kerrigan (Actor)
Peter Rylands (Actor)
John Griffin (Actor)
Nan Woodhouse (Author)
Tony Cliff (Producer)
Recorded on 1989-09-01.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Mexico City, Mexico City Blues19900130Producer: R.
WORTLEY
Next in series: A PASSING PHASE
Previous in series: CLEAN UP
Description
By David MARSHALL.
Ken is both lodger for and lover to Olivia.
They argue all the time but need each other.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
30 Jan 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Frances Jeater (Actor)
Jo Kendall (Actor)
Struan Rodger (Actor)
David Marshall (Author)
Richard Wortley (Producer)
Recorded on 1989-12-02.
Programme Catalogue - Details: A Passing Phase19900206Producer: E.
WILLIAMS
Next in series: MAN IN HER LIFE
Previous in series: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO CITY BLUES
Description
Edie needs a special comfort, but Mabel is keeping it from her.
Why? Written by William INGRAM and produced by Eynd WILLIAMS, with Peggy AITCHISON, Kate WILLIAMS and Yvonne EDGELL.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
06 Feb 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Kate Williams (Actor)
Peggy Aitchison (Actor)
Yvonne Edgell (Actor)
William Ingram (Author)
Enyd Williams (Producer)
Recorded on 1989-12-12.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Man In Her Life19900213Producer: M.
IMRIE
Next in series: FOREIGN PARTS
Previous in series: A PASSING PHASE
Description
By Elaine FEINSTEIN.
Produced by Marilyn Imrie.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
13 Feb 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Leonard Fenton (Actor)
Sheila Steafel (Actor)
Christopher Good (Actor)
Andrea Miller (Actor)
Elaine Feinstein (Author)
Marilyn Imrie (Producer)
Recorded on 1989-11-14.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Foreign Parts19900220Producer: A.
BRADLEY
Next in series: AND THE BAND PLAYED ON, 1:LA CAMPARISTA
Previous in series: MAN IN HER LIFE
Description
By Stan BARSTOW.
George, separated from his wife, takes Cheryl to Malta.
What will happen to the relationship when the holiday ends?
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
20 Feb 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Christopher Godwin (Actor)
Natasha Pyne (Actor)
Stan Barstow (Author)
Alfred Bradley (Producer)
Recorded on 1989-07-16.
Programme Catalogue - Details: And The Band Played On, 1:la Camparista19900227Producer: A.
HINDELL
Next in series: AND THE BAND PLAYED ON PROG 3, FORGET DOMANI
Previous in series: FOREIGN PARTS
Description
'And The Band Played On'.
Five plays to hum to.
1: La Camparista.
By William INGRAM.
Looking for romance? Dancing the tango once a week may not always be enough.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
27 Feb 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Margaret John (Actor)
Joe Dunlop (Actor)
Margaret Courtenay (Actor)
William Ingram (Actor)
Alison Hindell (Producer)
Recorded on 1989-12-11.
Programme Catalogue - Details: And The Band Played On Prog 3, Forget Domani19900313Producer: E.
O'CALLAGHAN
Next in series: AND THE BAND PLAYED ON PROG 4, NIGHT AND DAY
Previous in series: AND THE BAND PLAYED ON, 1:LA CAMPARISTA
Description
The third of five plays to hum to: 'Forget Domani' by Sean MOFFATT.
Roberto attempts to avenge himself on Godfather Torreta but is outsmarted and may have to forget Domani.
Produced by Eoin O'callaghan.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
13 Mar 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Ian Mcelhinney (Actor)
Mark Mulholland (Actor)
Tim Loane (Actor)
Lalor Roddy (Actor)
Wesley Murphy (Actor)
Helen Montague (Actor)
Sean Moffatt (Author)
Eoin O'callaghan (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-01-13.
Programme Catalogue - Details: And The Band Played On Prog 4, Night And Day19900327Producer: P.
MARTIN
Next in series: FIRE
Previous in series: AND THE BAND PLAYED ON PROG 3, FORGET DOMANI
Description
The fourth of five plays to hum to: 'Night & Day' by Alison THIRKELL.
Marguerite, an actress of extra large proportions, becomes suspicious when offered a fat fee for a very small part.
Produced by Philip MARTIN.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
27 Mar 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Joyce Gibbs (Actor)
Julie Wallace (Actor)
John Dixon (Actor)
Susan Mansell (Actor)
Heather Barrett (Actor)
Alison Thirkell (writer (auth)) (Author)
Philip Martin (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-01-12.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Fire19900403Producer: C.
RAPHAEL
Next in series: LETTING GO
Previous in series: AND THE BAND PLAYED ON PROG 4, NIGHT AND DAY
Description
5/5 in series of five plays 'And The Band Played On'.
1969: Arthur Brown, the Divine Light, Stonehenge, Magic Mushrooms...and Justin.
Claire's introduction to life outside boarding school proves rather overwhelming.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
03 Apr 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
03 Dec 1990 21:00-21:30 (RADIO 5)
Contributors
Elizabeth Mansfield (Actor)
William Gaminara (Actor)
Kate Lock (Actor)
Peter Thomson (Author)
Caroline Raphael (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-02-04.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Well, At Least It Didn't Rain19900408First broadcast on 1988-08-16
Producer: J.
WHITAKER
Next in series: NAMES
Previous in series: THE LONG GOODNIGHT KISS BY David KayE R4
Broadcast history
16 Aug 1988 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
08 Apr 1990 14:30-15:30 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1988-03-14.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Letting Go19900410Producer: MACLOUGHLIN, S
Next in series: CRYING IN THE CRYPT
Previous in series: FIRE
Description
Sara is 10 years old & has accepted that she is going to die of cancer.
But first she must help her mother.
Written by Lesley MASTERS.
Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin.
Subject Categories
comedy programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
10 Apr 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Christopher Good (Actor)
Elizabeth Mansfield (Actor)
Janet Dale (Actor)
Eve Gurney (Actor)
Lesley Masters (Author)
Shaun Macloughlin (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-01-22.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Crying In The Crypt19900612Producer: C.
COOKSON
Next in series: NATURAL BREATH
Previous in series: LETTING GO
Description
By Richard WALKER.
Two strangers meet in an empty country church.
As they wander round, they discover that their lives are not dissimilar.
Then they hear the eerie sound of a child crying...
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
12 Jun 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Ian Holm (Actor)
Anne Stallybrass (Actor)
Richard Walker (Author)
Cherry Cookson (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-02-19.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Natural Breath19900619Producer: M.
WALTERS
Next in series: DIGS
Previous in series: CRYING IN THE CRYPT
Description
'Right from the first night we lay down in my wonderful big bed, there was just one thing we could not do together...'
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
19 Jun 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Jo Kendall (Actor)
Michael Maloney (Actor)
Tara Dominick (Actor)
Saskia Reeves (Actor)
Jane Coles (Author)
Matthew Walters (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-01-29.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Digs19900626Producer: REID, A
Next in series: OUT OF BOUNDS
Previous in series: NATURAL BREATH
Description
When Frank & Hilda took in a student lodger for the first time, they little suspected that he would be the unwitting catalyst for the unlocking of a guilty secret.
Written by Rosalind CORFE & Daphne EPTON.
Director Alec REID.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
26 Jun 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Norman Bird (Actor)
Stephen Garlick (Actor)
Shireen Shah (Actor)
Pat Heywood (Actor)
Rosalind Corfe (Author)
Daphne Epton (Author)
Alec Reid (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-02-12.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Out Of Bounds19900724Producer: P.
SCHLESINGER
Next in series: PAT TAT
Previous in series: DIGS
Description
A play that parodies the worst excesses of television youth programmes.
Written by Jonathan SHEARS and produced by Paul SCHLESINGER.
Music by Richard ATTREE with All Points Bulletin.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
youth
programmes (television)
Broadcast history
24 Jul 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
19 Aug 1991 15:30-16:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Bill Nighy (Actor)
Susie Brann (Actor)
Elizabeth Mansfield (Actor)
Norman Jones (Actor)
Paul Downing (Actor)
Caroline Strong (Actor)
Richard Attree (Composer)
Paul Schlesinger (Producer)
Jonathan Shears (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-02-08.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Pat Tat19900807Producer: M.
WALTERS
Next in series: DOO BE DOO BE DOO
Previous in series: OUT OF BOUNDS
Description
"I know everything I knew before I was attacked except for who I am.
I have forgotten myself." Written by Guy HIBBERT, with David Yip & Michael KILGARRIF, produced by Matthew WALTERS.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
07 Aug 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
19 Jan 1991 15:10-15:40 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Michael Kilgarriff (Actor)
David Yip (Actor)
Guy Hibbert (Author)
Matthew Walters (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-05-04.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Doo Be Doo Be Doo19900814Producer: P.
KAVANAGH
Next in series: THE DECOY
Previous in series: PAT TAT
Description
Nigel can never think of anything to say to his working-class Northern mother.
Inviting her to a Frank Sinatra concert seems like a solution.
Written by Michael WALL, produced by Peter Kavanagh.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
14 Aug 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Moir Leslie (Actor)
David Bannerman (Actor)
Simon Treves (Actor)
Kathleen Helme (Actor)
Michael Wall (Author)
Peter Kavanagh (Producer)
Ian Lindsey (Speaker)
Recorded on 1990-04-13.
Programme Catalogue - Details: The Decoy19900821Producer: P.
KAVANAGH
Next in series: SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR ME
Previous in series: DOO BE DOO BE DOO
Description
Classic French farce from Alfred DE MUSSET.
Jacqueline's husband suspects she is having an affair.
But with whom? Her lover tells her to find a young scapegoat, a decoy - Subject Categories
comedy programmes (genre)
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
21 Aug 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Christopher Good (Actor)
Danny Schiller (Actor)
John Gabriel (Actor)
Tara Dominick (Actor)
Charles Simpson (Actor)
Charlotte Attenborough (Actor)
Kenneth Mcclellan (adap)
Alfred de Musset (Author)
Peter Kavanagh (Producer)
Recorded on 1989-11-11.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Say A Little Prayer For Me19900828Producer: A.
BEAN
Next in series: A KNOTTED STRING AND WOODY STRODE
Previous in series: THE DECOY
Description
In an English churchyard, an American tourist finds the ancient headstone of one of his ancestors - Written by Eric Pringle and produced by Adrain BEAN, with Christopher Good & Vincent BRIMBLE.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
28 Aug 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Christopher Good (Actor)
Vincent Brimble (Actor)
Eric Pringle (Author)
Adrian Bean (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-03-10.
Programme Catalogue - Details: A Knotted String And Woody Strode19900904Producer: A.
CLIFF
Next in series: CONGRESS IN MANCHESTER
Previous in series: SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR ME
Description
Edie has serious dreams about a Hollywood actor and the way he keeps his loincloth up.
Can she make them come true? Written by Helen SLAVIN & produced by Tony CLIFF, with Paula TILBROOK, Ann Rye, Joyce GIBBS & Derek HOWARD.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
04 Sep 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Ann Rye (Actor)
Joyce Gibbs (Actor)
Paula Tilbrook (Actor)
Derek Howard (Actor)
Helen Slavin (Author)
Tony Cliff (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-07-09.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Congress In Manchester19900911Producer: C.
COOKSON
Next in series: SPLIT SECOND
Previous in series: A KNOTTED STRING AND WOODY STRODE
Description
An ageing publisher attempts to seduce a young poetess by luring her to Manchester to attend his 'poetry congress'.
Written by Bernard Kops and produced by Cherry Cookson.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
11 Sep 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
John Webb (Actor)
Tilly Vosburgh (Actor)
Simon Treves (Actor)
Stephen Garlick (Actor)
Harold Innocent (Actor)
Bernard Kops (Author)
Cherry Cookson (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-06-19.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Split Second19900918Producer: REID, A
Next in series: THE GARRICK FEVER
Previous in series: CONGRESS IN MANCHESTER
Description
Daphne Du Maurier's tale of a woman who steps in front of a passing lorry, changing her life forever.
Adapted by Melville JONES.
Directed by Alec REID.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
18 Sep 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Elizabeth Mansfield (Actor)
Fraser Kerr (Actor)
Geoffrey Collins (Actor)
Ben Onwukwe (Actor)
Jenny Howe (Actor)
Tara Dominick (Actor)
Judy Loe (Actor)
Danielle Allen (Actor)
Kerry Reid (Actor)
Melville Jones (adap)
Daphne Du Maurier (Author)
Alec Reid (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-06-18.
Programme Catalogue - Details: The Garrick Fever19901002Producer: BLOUNT
Next in series: MAN OVERBOARD
Previous in series: SPLIT SECOND
Description
1745: The inhabitants of Ballinsloe are going mad for the great actor, David Garrick - but is the drunken scruff playing Hamlet really Mr Garrick? Written by J.
R.
PLANCHE, adapted & produced by David Blount.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
02 Oct 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
12 Jan 1992 15:30-16:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Moira Buffini (Actor)
Jonathan Lermit (Actor)
Michael Gabe (Actor)
Valerie Boothman (Actor)
Harry Reeder (Actor)
Ben Crocker (Actor)
Robin Watson (actor (act) [Major Derrydown]) (Actor)
David Blount (adap)
J Planche (Author)
Recorded on 1989-12-11.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Man Overboard19901016Producer: S.
WILSON
Next in series: THE AQUARIUM
Previous in series: THE GARRICK FEVER
Description
By Martin ORMISTON.
Poor George is in the 'drink', when a native paddles by.
Is it rescue or the cooking pot?
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
16 Oct 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Christopher Cook (Actor)
Winston Crooke (Actor)
Martin Ormiston (Author)
Sue Wilson (Producer)
Recorded on 1989-09-11.
Programme Catalogue - Details: The Aquarium19901023Producer: P.
KAVANAGH
Next in series: DANCING ON THE TURF
Previous in series: MAN OVERBOARD
Description
By Dorothea GHARBAOUI.
A young male lodger alters Rhona's life completely.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
23 Oct 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Dan Gordon (Actor)
Conleth Hill (Actor)
Robert Patterson (Actor)
Louis Rolston (Actor)
Linda Wray (Actor)
Sian Maguire (Actor)
Dorothy Gharbaoui (Author)
Eoin O'callaghan (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-04-20.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Dancing On The Turf19901030Producer: J.
DAUNCEY
Next in series: THE ICE-CREAM VAN
Previous in series: THE AQUARIUM
Description
Sian EVANS's comedy is set at the funeral of old Maggie Hennesey - a 'helluva girl'.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
30 Oct 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Howell Evans (Actor)
Rachel Thomas (Actor)
Jack Walters (Actor)
Peggy Mason (Actor)
Bill Bellamy (Actor)
Wyndham Price (Actor)
Menna Trussier (Actor)
Sian Evans (Author)
Jane Dauncey (Producer)
Recorded on 1989-10-10.
Programme Catalogue - Details: The Ice19901106-CREAM VAN
Producer: M.
WALTERS
Next in series: HARVESTING THE MOTORWAY
Previous in series: DANCING ON THE TURF
Description
Comedy by Chris ALLEN.
The joys of suburban life are rudely interrupted by the arrival of the anarchic Andreas.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
06 Nov 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Brian Miller (Actor)
David Bannerman (Actor)
Ben Onwukwe (Actor)
Jenny Howe (Actor)
Auriol Smith (Actor)
John Grillo (Actor)
Chris Allen (Author)
Matthew Walters (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-06-15.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Harvesting The Motorway19901113Producer: M.
IMRIE
Next in series: LOVE TO MADELEINE
Previous in series: THE ICE-CREAM VAN
Description
By Felix MITTERER.
Faced with the desecration of his land by a motorway, an old farmer takes his revenge in the only way he knows how.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
13 Nov 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Rosalind Adams (Actor)
James Greene (Actor)
Felix Mitterer (Author)
Marilyn Imrie (Producer)
Anthony Vivis (tr)
Tinch Minter (tr)
Recorded on 1990-09-18.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Love To Madeleine19901120Producer: A.
JORDAN
Next in series: GOLD NOR SILVER NOR PRECIOUS STONE
Previous in series: HARVESTING THE MOTORWAY
Description
By Craig WARNER.
Peter is having an affair with Brian's wife.
A telephone call from lover to husband reveals far more than was ever intended...
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
20 Nov 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
30 Mar 1993 14:02-14:32 (RADIO 4)
15 Jun 1995 23:00-23:30 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Richard Grant (Actor)
Miranda Richardson (Actor)
Philip Davis (Actor)
Craig Warner (Author)
Andy Jordan (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-02-10.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Gold Nor Silver Nor Precious Stone19901127Producer: A.
HINDELL
Next in series: SECRET WORSHIP
Previous in series: LOVE TO MADELEINE
Description
By Margaret GILLARD.
In 1536, Henry VIII dissolved the religious houses.
Four nuns await eviction, not knowing what the future holds.
Subject Categories
historical drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
27 Nov 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Menna Trussler (Actor)
Ella Hood (Actor)
Bill Bellamy (Actor)
Marilyn Le Conte (Actor)
Terry Dauncey (Actor)
Sian Merrick (Actor)
Margaret Gillard (Author)
Alison Hindell (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-05-24.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Secret Worship19901211Producer: M.
IMRIE
Next in series: OUT BY CHRISTMAS
Previous in series: GOLD NOR SILVER NOR PRECIOUS STONE
Description
Algernon BLACKWOOD's chilling tale of haunting and evil in a Bavarian forest.
Dramatised by Brian Miller.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
11 Dec 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Timothy Bateson (Actor)
John Moffatt (Actor)
Christopher Scott (Actor)
David King (Actor)
Michael Kilgarriff (Actor)
Fraser Kerr (Actor)
Auriol Smith (Actor)
Brian Miller (adap)
Algernon Blackwood (Author)
Marilyn Imrie (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-09-11.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Out By Christmas19901218Producer: A.
BEAN
Next in series: THE HOUSE WITH AN ATTIC
Previous in series: SECRET WORSHIP
Description
By Robert Stuart TYLER.
Vietnam, 1966.
An advertisement in a newspaper from home develops into a special correspondence for a soldier looking forward to getting out by Christmas.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
18 Dec 1990 15:02-15:32 (RADIO 4)
31 Mar 1991 14:30-15:00 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Jane Whittenshaw (Actor)
Michael Harbour (Actor)
Shaun Prendergast (Actor)
Tara Dominick (Actor)
Caroline Strong (Actor)
Nicholas Gilbrook (Actor)
Johnny Myers (Actor)
Stephen Hoye (Actor)
Robert Tyler (Author)
Adrian Bean (Producer)
Recorded on 1990-04-24.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Declaring Martian Law19950907First broadcast on 1994-06-21
Producer: A.
EDYVEAN
Next in series: ANORAK OF FIRE
Previous in series: RANDOM PLAY
Description
In poet John Hegley's first play, we join him in his local London caff.
Then he whisks us away...by train to Manchester & Wales...by dreams, songs & poems to Mars, ancient Rome, Jerusalem & the tortures of the end of a love affair.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
21 Jun 1994 14:02-14:32 (RADIO 4)
07 Sep 1995 23:00-23:30 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
John Hegley (Actor)
Tony Curtis (Actor)
Roland Muldoon (Actor)
Sue Norton (Actor)
Nigel Piper (Composer)
Anne Edyvean (Producer)
Recorded on 1993-02-04.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Anorak Of Fire19950914First broadcast on 1994-06-28
Producer: C.
GROVE
Next in series: RATS
Previous in series: DECLARING MARTIAN LAW
Description
Stephen Dinsdale's comic monologue.
The adventures of Gus Gascoigne, fanat- ical train spotter, are brought to radio with James HOLMES as Gus.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
28 Jun 1994 14:02-14:32 (RADIO 4)
14 Sep 1995 23:00-23:30 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
James Holmes (Actor)
Stephen Dinsdale (Author)
Anne Pivcevic (Producer)
Recorded on 1994-05-10.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Funny Valentine19960109Producer: C.
GROVE
Next in series: COVER, RECOVERY
Previous in series: SIDE SEA VIEW
Description
Valentine's Day sees teenagers Ellie and Alyson preparing a surprise meal for their parents.
But will a meal heal the rift between their mother and father? Written by John BOND and produced by Michelle Matherson FREDERICK.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
09 Jan 1996 14:02-14:32 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
John Hartley (Actor)
Becky Hindley (Actor)
Lucy Kent (Actor)
Jessica Dawes (Actor)
John Bond (author (auth)) (Author)
Michelle Frederick (Producer)
Recorded on 1995-08-02.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Cover, Recovery19960118Producer: R.
WORTLEY
Next in series: HEARTACHE
Previous in series: FUNNY VALENTINE
Description
Kenneth awaits the up-turn while Linda longs for reassurance.
Can Steve Clarke (Insurance Sales) furnish them with the feel-good factor? Written by Steve MAY and produced by Richard WORTLEY.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
18 Jan 1996 23:00-23:30 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Gavin Muir (Actor)
Tessa Peake-Jones (Actor)
Julian (Actor)
Steve May (Author)
Richard Wortley (Producer)
Recorded on 1994-03-15.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Much Like Yourself19960208First broadcast on 1995-02-21
Producer: M.
EARLEY
Next in series: IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
Previous in series: CALL OUT
Description
Anne HASHMI's play is the comic story of a young woman struggling to find her identity while bombarded by the spritual and material influences of people around her.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
21 Feb 1995 14:02-14:32 (RADIO 4)
08 Feb 1996 23:00-23:30 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Charlotte Coleman (Actor)
Frances Tomelty (Actor)
Peter Guinness (Actor)
Tessa Wojtczak (Actor)
Lisa Bowerman (Actor)
Rupert Degas (Actor)
Clive Wedderburn (Actor)
Anne Hashmi (Author)
Tim Crook (Producer)
Recorded on 1994-11-26.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Capital Gains19960214First broadcast on 1994-04-05
Producer: A.
JORDAN
Next in series: HERE COMES JO
Previous in series: GOING HOME
Description
In Colin JOHNSON's comedy, a retired gent, Julius Hutch, is beset with bills and 4 million pounds is mistakenly placed in his account by an offshore bank.
Starring Peter Jones.
Broadcast history
05 Apr 1994 14:02-14:32 (RADIO 4)
13 Apr 1995 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
14 Feb 1996 12:25-12:55 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Peter Jones (Actor)
Celestine Randall (Actor)
Colin Johnson (Author)
Andy Jordan (Producer)
Recorded on 1993-11-22.
Programme Catalogue - Details: Heartache19960215Producer: N.
CHAILLET
Next in series: THE CHIPS ARE DOWN
Previous in series: COVER, RECOVERY
Description
Cartoonist Mel Calman, who died two years ago, left a final play for radio in which all of a man's body parts rise up to resist his heart attack.
Produced by Ned Chaillet, text completed by Deborah MOGGACH.
Subject Categories
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
15 Feb 1996 23:00-23:30 (RADIO 4)
24 Oct 1996 23:00-23:30 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Richard Griffiths (Actor)
David Timson (Actor)
Jim Broadbent (Actor)
Tracy Wiles (Actor)
Lee Montague (Actor)
David de Keyser (Actor)
Meg Davies (Actor)
Deborah Moggach (Author)
Mel Calman (Author)
Ned Chaillet (Producer)
Recorded on 1996-01-14.
Programme Catalogue - Details: The Chips Are Down19960222Producer: N.
CHAILLET
Next in series: KERTON'S STORY
Previous in series: HEARTACHE
Description
American playwright Israel HOROVITZ writes and co-stars in a comedy of anxiety in New York City.
Jeffrey, a writer, struggles with a magazine article.
Produced by Ned Chaillet.
Subject Categories
comedy programmes (genre)
drama programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
22 Feb 1996 23:00-23:30 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Alice Arnold (Actor)
Jane Whittenshaw (Actor)
Ann Beach (Actor)
Nicky Henson (Actor)
Bob Sherman (Actor)
Zulema Dene (Actor)
Frances Tomelty (Actor)
Israel Horovitz (Actor)
Ned Chaillet (Producer)
Recorded on 1996-01-28.

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