Radio Plays, 1962
Three men in a boat....1962
Done as a musical, with K.Horne and L.Phillipps, 26.12.1962. Relaxing, nostalgic, sentimental - the essence of Jerome K. Jerome.
"A Study In Scarlet"....1962
"Arthur Conan Doyle","Home","22.12.1962/2030","Carleton Hobbs/Norman Shelley". Another excellent tale by Conan Doyle. Produced by Graham Gauld.
"Unlawful Occasions","Henry Cecil","Home","8.12.1962/2030","Alan Badel/Patrick Barr/Catherine Dolan/Marjorie Mars". Another full-length legal drama from the author of "Brothers in Law".
Scott & Wilson of the Antarctic....1962
Feature, 60m, broadcast Tues 6 Nov 62, 8.30-9.30pm. Narration by Noel Johnson. Home Service.
The English Tibetan Lama, Lobsang Rampa.... 1962.
Feature: a story of human credulity stretched to the limit. In series entitled "The Imposters", prog. 3, 15 May 1962. 60min, Home Service.
- Lobsang Rampa is the spirit of a dead Tibetan Lama which allegedly took over the body of Cyril Hoskin (1910-1981), a British-born plumber living in Ireland, in the mid-1950s.
Hoskin submitted a manuscript to the publishing firm of Secker & Warburg entitled The Third Eye, allegedly authored by the long-dead Lama Lobsang Rampa, by whom he said he was possessed.
Secker published it; the British editions sold around eighty thousand copies, the German translation sold slightly more, and comparable numbers were sold in other European languages.
Hoskin was traced by the Press and found living in Ireland. He told them that he'd been knocked out when he'd fallen from a tree in Surrey and when he recovered consciousness the spirit of the Tibetan monk had taken over his body.
The articles they wrote about him increased his popularity. He published several more books and eventually emigrated to Canada. Nothing was too fantastic for some of his followers to believe. He said, for example, that his 1964 book Living with the Lama was dictated to him telepathically by his cat. He was industrious and prolific, eventually publishing twenty books.
Lobsang Rampa continues to gain followers; there is a flourishing website.
Cyril Hoskins died in 1981.
NO QUARTER....1962
By Barry Bermange. Felix Felton version of a group of people trapped in a doomed hotel. But this isn't anything like a disaster movie; it's more like Kafka. 60min (I think). There's also a 1976 version with a different cast. See BB's page.
TROUBLE WITH LICHEN....1962
90m sci-fi tale of a potion which extends life significantly. By John Wyndham. Can't remember the dramatist or producer at the time of writing.
CHOCKY....1962
A creature from another world befriends a child. Spooky little tale. John Wyndham again.
THE DEMON KING....1962
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THE BALLAD OF PECKHAM RYE....1962
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Above plays known to exist in VRPCC collections.
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
