Other Radio Plays - 1980
Smoke Screen....1980
by John Lawson,
13 Dec 1980 (Saturday Night Theatre),
with Victor Carin and Gwynneth Guthrie.
When glib criminal Adrian Lucas discovers that the body at his uncle's cremation isn't the right one, he puts a job on hold and uses his contacts to find out the truth. The quest involves complications and peculiar characters that wouldn't be out of place in a Dashiell Hammett thriller.
A Morbid Taste For Bones....1980
By Ellis Peters 29.11.1980 Ray Smith/Steven Pacey/Lolly Cockerell.SNT (Saturday Night Theatre).
All We Need Is An Elephant....1980
By Chris Curry. 10 Nov 80. Tom invites his new girlfriend Cath back home to meet his somewhat unusual family at what turns out to be a very difficult time. Cast: Bob Mason as Tom, Angela Curran as Cath, Judith Barker as Mother, Charles Foster as Father, Geoffrey Banks as Uncle Burt, Paula Tilbrook as Auntie Alice. Directed by Tony Cliff for BBC Manchester.
So What Do We Do About Henry?
By Charlotte Hastings 4.10.1980 Graham Faulkner/Jane Knowles/Timothy Bateson.SNT.
Under Pressure
By David Baume 13.9.1980 Neville Smith/Sean Arnold/John Rowe/Michael Deacon.SNT.
The Englishman Abroad
By Christopher Douglas 6.9.1980 Michael Cochrane/Robert Lang/Michael Kitchen/David Threlfall. SNT. Interesting play about Douglas Jardine and the "Bodyline" tour.
A Victim Of The Aurora
By Thomas Kenneally 30.8.1980 Sean Barrett/Peter Jeffrey/Godfrey Kenton.SNT.
The Events At Black Tor (2½ hours)
By Roy Clarke 23.8.1980. Sue Jenkins/David Goodland/James Laurenson. SNT. Occult mystery / thriller.
And A Little Love Besides
By Alan Plater 16.8.1980 Michael Jayson/Annette Robertson.SNT.
THE SILVER SKY....1980
By Tanith Lee, 9 Aug 1980, Saturday Night Theatre, 75m. Two time travellers from separate worlds are drawn to the same location-- a beach on a strange unknown planet with no way back home and stalked by predators. Contains some interesting reflections on the nature of time. An excellent play; a favourite of many sci-fi enthusiasts. Stars Paul Darrow, Elizabeth Bell, Simon Malloy, Anne Reid, Andy Rashleigh, John Jardine, David Fleeshman, John Talbot, Nina Holloway, Mary Cunningham. SMs Martin Oldfield and David Fleeshman, producer Kay Patrick. Music and effects: David Flemming-Williams.
South Sea Bubble
By Noel Coward 2.8.1980 Moira Lister/Michael Denison/Hugh Burden.SNT. Little-known comedy by the Master.
A Resistance To Pressure
By Steve Gallagher 26.4.1980 Gareth Armstrong/John Rowe/Brian Haines.SNT.
The Long, Lonely Voyage Of U-395
By James Follett 29.3.1980 David Buck/Rod Beacham.SNT.
A Decent British Murder
By Ken Whitmore 2.2.1980 Graham Roberts/Kathleen Helme/John Hollis.SNT.
The Sitting Tenant
By John Peacock 19.1.1980 Patricia Hayes/Alfred Burke"
WAS IT HER?....1980
By David Halliwell. Two people pass each other in a crowded street. He realises - she looked like his lover from years ago. Was it her? He becomes obsessed with finding out.
There are three 'characters' in the play: his real self, his 'inner' self, and her. ABC rpt. c1998; original BBC broadcast 1980. 45m.
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
Above plays known to exist in VRPCC collections
PICCADILLY RADIO
THE FIRST INTERCITY....1980
By Barry Hill; produced by Tony Hawkins.
Broadcast LBC 1980 (produced for Piccadilly Radio). A play about a speed trial for locomotives.
Cast: Paul Clayton, Nona Williams, Anthony Wingate, Simon Molloy, Geoffrey Wheeler, Robert Keegan, Will Tacey, John Jardine, Charles Foster, Andy Abrahams. Not in VRPCC collection, but is held by Bournemouth University LBC archive.
....information from Madeleine Midgeley - many thanks - ND
