Other Radio Plays - 1984
Almost Time For School
Gordon McKerrow,10.11.1984/2030,Andrew Sachs/Robert Eddison/Jane Knowles/Margot Boyd
...recording from R. Hill; thanks Roy.
When The Wind Blows
Raymond Briggs,6.10.1984/2030,Brenda Bruce/Peter Sallis.
No-fun play about the dropping of a nuclear bomb, based on Brigg's novel in pictures. Chilling.
Time & The Conways
J.B. Priestley,15.9.1984/2030,Zena Conway/Sue Jenkins/Jane Hollowood/Joe Dunlop
The Legion Of The Lost
Paul Bryers,1.9.1984/2030,Tenniel Evans/David Healy/Zelah Clarke. Story of a little-known invasion. The Navy Lark star,
Teniel Evans, appears. Recording from H. Kieft, Australia; thanks
Hans.
The Doomed Oasis....1984
22-8-84. In 'The Doomed Oasis' (Mon-Fri at 1.30pm & 8.30pm, BBC7 June 2004),
based on the book by Hammond Innes, adapted for radio by Rene Basilico, Tim Munro stars as a young English lawyer
named George Grant. Learning that one of his former clients has been reported
missing, Grant embarks on a journey to Bahrain in search of a man called
Sir Phillip Gorde. Robert James and Jill Lidstone co-star
in this John Fawcett Wilson production. Serial, 6 x 30 min.
La Bolshie Vita
Ken Whitmore,11.8.1984/2030,Christian Rodska/Nigel Anthony
The Godwulf Manuscript
Robert B. Parker,21.7.1984/2030,Gary Waldhorn. Interesting
thriller.
Casa Clara
Dawn Lowe-Watson,7.7.1984/2030,Meg Wynn Owen/Jill Balcon/Gary Waldhorn. A holiday romance in Venice - see Dawn Lowe- Watson's page.
THE COLLIERS' CATHEDRAL....1984
22 May 84; 22.5.1984; by Robin Brooks, with Jon Strickland/Hilda Schroeder. An unusual Yorkshire comedy; something like a cross between "Hobson's Choice" and Monty Python's "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch.
SNAPPING OUT (ESCAPE FROM THE MOONIES) ....1984
By Martin Worth. 31.3.1984/2030, Jane Wenham/Lesley
Dunlop/Jack Watling. Autobiographical story of
Susan Swatland, from her book. Recording from C. Lever; thanks
Clive
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
Above plays known to exist in VRPCC collections
