BBC Radio Plays from 1973
THE MYSTERY ....1973
.........information from Clive Lever........."a play broadcast early to mid seventies. A man has been persuaded against his own inclination to take his tom cat to the vet to be neutered. He's relaxing in the garden and falls asleep. He dreams he's on the operating table, having been abducted and taken to hospital against his will to have the equivalent operation."
Radio Times.....Edward Grock is a writer married to a rich woman. He is ordered by his wife to take the cat and the dog to the vet to be neutered. He has some sympathy with their predicament. With Norman Rodway, Irene Sutcliffe, Amm Morrish, Peggy Aitcheson, Julie Hallam, Fraser Kerr, Anthony Jay, Sam Dastor, Diana Bishop, Leonard Fenton, Doreen Andrew. Producer- Guy Vaisen. This play won the 1974 Italia Prize. 1973; repeated 19 May 92 (ND).
Rules Of Asylum
By James Follett 10.11.1973 Vernon Joyner/Manning Wilson/Francis de Wolff/Cyril Shaps
Henrietta Who?
By Catherine Aird 13.10.1973 Ciaran Madden/Alan Rowe/Nigel Anthony
The Doubting Thomases
By Mike Stott 6.10.1973 Alan Downer/Caroline John/Margot Boyd/Geoffrey Beevers
Darkness At Pemberley
By T.H. White 29.9.1973 Marius Goring/Brewster Mason/Vernon Joyner. A murder story with a difference. ...Recording from Jeremy Stevenson - many thanks.
Forty Years On
By Alan Bennett 11.8.1973 John Gielgud/Alan Bennett/Dorothy Reynolds/Nora Nicholson/Paul Eddington
Murder At The Eisteddfod
By Brian Evans 4.8.1973 Douglas Blackwell/Petra Davies/Dillwyn Owen. Recording from David Carvin - many thanks.
The Fallow Land
By H.E. Bates 14.7.1973 Denise Bryer/Geoffrey Matthews
The Ringer....1973
By Edgar Wallace,
adapted and produced by Raymond Raikes.
R4 9 Jun 73.
Narrator/Pianist........................................David Davis
Det. Insp. Wemburya..................................Alexander John
Det. Insp. Bliss...................................Geoffrey Collins
Col. Walford/Watchman/Laugher........................Peter Williams
Samuel Hackitt..........................................Bill Fraser
Maurice Meister.......................................Alan Wheatley
Mary Lenley.............................................Kate Binchy
Dr. Lomond..............................................Fraser Kerr
Cora Ann Milton........................................Sandra Clark
John Lenley............................................John Forrest
Phone Operator/Woman's Voice...........................Julie Hallam
Stn. Sgt. Carter......................................Vernon Joyner
Det. Sgt. Brown/Driver.................................Robin Browne
D.C. Field..............................................John Samson
PC Atkins..............................................Nigel Graham
Rupert Of Hentzau
By Anthony Hope 26.5.1973 Julian Glover/Nigel Stock/Hannah Gordon/Martin Jarvis/David Timson. Sequel to 'The Prisoner of Zenda'.
The Prisoner Of Zenda
By Anthony Hope 19.5.1973 Julian Glover/Nigel Stock/Hannah Gordon/Martin Jarvis/David Timson.
THE TUNNEL....1973
By John D. Vincent. Absorbing story of a gang of burglars who plan to rob a jeweller's shop by tunnelling from the property next door. Not everything goes smoothly. Stars John Hollis as the criminal mastermind. 90m.
Rhodes of Dorley
07-04-1973,
By Norman Clare.
'It's a family store, nice size, unbelievably inefficient . . .
And in a fast developing area, which to me spells massive potential.
In effect it's a takeover, but we're keeping everybody happy by
calling it a merger.'
John Sylvester Alan Rothwell
Eileen Croxford }
Miss Martin } Carole Turner
Ronald Lacy Geoffrey Banks
Mr Holt Ronald Harvi
Stephen Rhodes Graham Roberts
Arnold Sylvester David Mahlowe
Mr Ford John Linstrum
Jane Rhodes Stephanie Turner
Miss Burke Audrey Barr
Producer Alfred Bradley
The Road To Rome
01-04-1973,
By Robert Emmett Sherwood.
Adapted by Cynthia Pughe.
With
Robert Beatty, June Tobin, John Justin
A June day, 216BC. The action takes place in Rome at the house of
Fabius Maximus and in Hannibal's camp outside the city walls.
Romans:
Fabius Maximus, a Senator John Justin
Fabia, his mother Joan Matheson
Amytis, his wife June Tobin
Scipio, an officer John Dearth
Sertorius, an elderly senator Noel Howlett
Varius, a slave Brian Hewlett
Meta, another slave Eva Haddon
Carthaginians:
Hannibal Robert Beatty
Mago, his younger brother Anthony Hall
Hasdrubal, his second in command Russell Napier
Maharbal, a general Jerry Stovin
Carthalo, another general Harry Towb
First Guardsman Barry Lowe
Second Guardsman Marvin Kane
Sergeant Jon Farrell
Producer Archie Campbell(1966)
Spring Awakening
26-03-1973,
A series of plays which have had a major influence on the development
of the theatre during the past 100 years.
Spring Awakening
(Fruhlings Erwachen) By Frank Wedekind: translated from the German
by Tom Osborn.
With Christopher Guard,
John Moulder-Brown and Helen Worth.
This work 'is one of the first plays of the modern movements, a
key work of the naturalist school, that is also the pre-cursor of
German Expressionism and the principal inspiration of it.' First
produced in a modified version in 1906. 16 years after Wedekind
began to write it, this play has had a tumultuous career in the
hands of the censor.
The action takes place in and around a provincial town in Germany:
spring - winter, 1892.
Narrator Francis De Wolff
Wendla Helen Worth
Mrs Bergmann Diane Olsson
Georg Brian Hewlett
Melchior Christopher Guard
Ernst Michael Cochrane
Lammermeir Andrew Rivers
Hans Christopher Good
Moritz John Moulder-Brown
Martha Joanna David
Thea Judy Bennett
Mrs Gabor Mary Wimbush
Ilse Elizabeth Proud
Professor Corona Radiata William Eedle
Professor Breakneck Jonathan Scott
Professor Tonguetwister Kerry Francis
Schnell Leonard Fenton
Professor Strychnine Sam Dastor
Professor Total Loss Douglas Storme
Pastor Leonard Fenton
Mr Stiefel John Forrest
Judge Gabor Aubrey Woods
Ruprecht Andrew Rivers
Diethelm Michael Cochrane
Reinhold Brian Hewlett
Helmuth Christopher Good
Procrustees John Forrest
Man In The Mask Francis De Wolffe
Adaptor and producer John Tydeman
Amy Johnson
20-03-1973,
The Life and Death of a Legend.
With Joss Ackland as Narrator, Rosalind Shanks as Amy.
In 1930 Amy Johnson bought a Gipsy-Moth aircraft for £600. Her flying
skill and experience were limited: she had never even flown across the
Channel. But she had passed her examinations as a ground and aero
engineer and her determination was boundless. The frail 26-year-old
typist from Hull took off from Croydon airport determined to break
the England Australia air record. Knowing that nearly half the journey
lay across mountains, jungles and oceans without airfields or proper
communications. She set out unknown. She ended a legend.
With Nigel Graham, John Samson, Gail MacFarlane , John Forrest,
Diana Bishop, William Sleigh, Haydn Jones, Michael Kilgarriff.
Script by Mary Jean Hasler.
Producer Alan Burgess.
Back Into The Light
18-03-1973,
By James Carey.
Adapted by Peter Cotes.
With Michael Turner and Bloke Modisane
"God Almighty! What the hell's that? . . . . Sounded like a rock
fall and not far away, either. Let's get out of here and fast. Get
back, man. The bloody roof's coming down."
William Gilbert Michael Turner
Carl Gilbert Nigel Lambert
Norah Gilbert Hilda Kriseman
Avis Gilbert Eva Haddon
Sam Sean Barrett
Joseph Lionel Ngakane
George Bloke Modisane
Roberts Brian Haines
Doctor Hector Ross
Producer David H Godfrey
SHIPWRECK OF THE 'JUNO'....1973
14-03-1973;
the narrative of the shipwreck of the Juno on the coast of Aracan
(Burma) in 1795 was written by William Mackay, who was Second Officer
on that ship. Published as a pamphlet in 1798 it fell into the hands
of Lord Byron when he was a schoolboy and made such an impression on
him that years later, when he wrote the shipwreck scene in Don Juan,
he incorporated the main incident of this narrative.
Many of those 19th-century writers who had read the original narrative
considered its prose superior to Byron's poetic adaptation.
Narrator Hugh Burden
William Mackay Henry Stamper
Reader David Gooderson
Adapted and produced by Tony Gould
M6 Northbound
14-03-1973,
By John Tarrant.
With June Barry and Barrie Ingham.
When Derek Kneen stops to give an attractive young girl a lift
from Hendon to Knutsford in Cheshire, little does he realise that
he will become suspect No 1 in a murder hunt.
Derek Kneen Barrie Ingham
Tessa Cowell Carol Turner
Paula June Barry
Chief Insp Sayle John Blain
Det-Sgt Maddrell Graham Roberts
Roy Faragher Joseph Holmes
John Teare, a gamekeeper Joe Gladwin
Gelling John Baldwin
Producer Trevor Hill
The Prime Of Jean Brodie
12-03-1973,
The novel by Muriel Spark dramatised by Jay Allen.
"Little Girls, I am In the business of putting old heads on young
shoulders and all my pupils are the creme de la creme. Give me a
girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life . . . .
Mr Perry Nigel Graham
Sister Helena Sandra Clark
Jenny Rose McBain
Miss Mackay Madeleine Christie
Sandy Christine McKenna
Mary Judith Carey
Mr. Lloyd Anthony Hall
Monica Lee Collier
Mr Lowther Andrew Robertson
The action is set in Edinburgh, in the 1930s.
Producer Stewart Conn
Thunder On Sunday....1973
By Karen Campbell 10.3.1973 Noel Johnson/Rosalind Shanks/Duncan McIntyre/Simon Lack/Tom Watson. A passenger plane makes a forced landing on a remote Scottish island. Will they get home?
LOUIS PASTEUR
06-03-1973,
By Nesta Pain.
"It's a risk I should never have taken. Marie! An inoculation
never given to any human being before! That it should end like
this - my life's work - with the killing of a little boy of nine."
The little boy was not killed and Louis Pasteur's life's work
ended very differently - but to him the inoculation had been a
great risk. This programme traces his life and work and shows why
the inoculation was made.
Louis Pasteur Richard Hurndall
Narrator Alan Rowe
Mme Pasteur Barbara Lott
Pouchet }
Biot } John Forrest
Dumas Rolf Lefebvre
Pasteur's Doctor Tony Leary
Fabre }
Vulpian } Nigel Graham
Emile Roux William Sleigh
Pasteur's Friend }
Rossignol } Anthony Hall
Producer Christopher Venning
Abracadaver
By Peter Lovesey 3.3.1973 Frank Windsor/John Hollis.
Thunder On Sunday....1973
By Karen Campbell 10.3.1973 Noel Johnson/Rosalind Shanks/Duncan McIntyre/Simon Lack/Tom Watson. A passenger plane makes a forced landing on a remote Scottish island. Will they ever get home? Cast:
Lampeter Noel Johnson
Claire Rosalind Shanks
Bill Barrett Nigel Graham
Peter Spence John Forrest
Dawn Playfair Gail MacFarlane
Jerry Ainsworth John Samson
Mrs Ewart Sandra Clark
Hargendorn Michael Kilgarrif
Philby Anthony Hall
Crowther Haydn Jones
Mrs Crowther Joyce Latham
Duncan Duncan McIntyre
Menzies Tom Watson
Maiyrat Shelia Grant
Dundas Simon Lack
Todd John Graham
Jamie William Sleigh
'Thunder On Sunday' composed and played on the guitar
by Steve Guana.
Producer Betty Davies
compiled by Nigel Deacon, mainly from info. sent by G.S. / Diversity website
