1988 Radio Plays
APPLE BLOSSOM AFTERNOON....1988
24 Aug 88. By Dave Sheasby. Entertaining play about a guy who bets on the horses. It's his birthday, so he has a special bet - a four-horse accumulator. 45m.
Smallbone, Deceased
Michael Gilbert,R4,20.8.1988/1945,Hywel Bennett/Dominic Guard/John Rye/Jill Simcox.
Whose Body?
Dorothy L. Sayers,R4,6.8.1988/1945,Gary Bond/John Cater. Whodunnit... 90m.
Farewell
My Lovely
Raymond Chandler,R4,23.7.1988/1945,Edward Bishop/Clive Mantle. Philip Marlowe story. 90m, Saturday Night Theatre.
Fatima
William Keenan,R4,14.5.1988/1945,Mary Wimbush/Deborah Makepeace. 90m.
The Lonely Margins
Ted Allebury,R4,7.5.1988/1945,Christian Rodska/Kim Thomson. Thriller. 90m. Saturday Night Theatre.
Keep The Aspidistra Flying....1988
by George Orwell,
dramatised by Sam McBratney.
With Jonathan Tafler and Victoria Carling.
Produced by Jeremy Mortimer.
60m.
In 1930's London, would-be poet George Comstock struggles against the conformist need to make something respectable of himself. But is he strong enough to resist the call of the aspidistra?
B
5 May 1988.
TAFLER, Jonathan ............Gordon Comstock
CARLING, Victoria ...........Rosemary Waterlow
DEACON, Michael .............Mr Clew / Clerk
PELKA, Valentine ............Philip Ravelston
JAMES, Polly ................Julia Comstock
RICHARD, Emily ..............Hermione Slater
SIMONS, William .............Bookseller / Waiter / Tramp
Just Remember Two Things...It's Not Fair & Don't Be Late
Terence Frisby,R4,16.4.1988/1945,Ray Smith/Petra Davies. Reminiscence of childhood through a wartime evacuee's
eyes.
APPLES OF PARADISE....1988
By Stan Barstow, 24 Mar 88, 90m. The story of two lifelong male friends and their wives, set during and after WW2. With Russell Dixon, Stephanie Turner, Joanne Zorian, Derek Gilbert. Producer Alfred Bradley.
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
Most of the above plays known to exist in VRPCC collections
