Radio Plays, 2008
Apologies for some of these being in the wrong date order- I can't seem to get the hang of spreadsheets and the way they sort out dates. Updated to mid March 08.
Classic Serials at the top, then Afternoon Plays, then Saturday Plays, then Friday Plays. Most or all of these should be in the BBC archive and also in VRPCC collections.
CLASSIC SERIAL
3,2,2008,Sunday,Radio 4,15:00:00, Classic Serial Fortunes of War Lin Coghlan's sweeping new dramatisation of Olivia Manning's classic war novels. 2/6. Harriet and Guy continue to try and make a life together in Bucharest. But as the war gets closer; things become more difficult. Sometimes friends are not all they seem. Old Harriet ...... Joanna Lumley Harriet ...... Honeysuckle Weeks Guy ...... Khalid Abdalla Yakimov ...... James Fleet Inchcape ...... John Rowe Clarence ...... Alex Wyndham Dobson ...... Sam Dale Galpin ...... John Dougall Bella ...... Carolyn Pickles Drucker ...... Peter Marinker Sasha ...... Joseph Arkley Toby Lush ...... Simon Treves Despina ...... Laura Molyneux Dubedat ...... Ben Crowe Directed by Colin Guthrie. [Rptd Sat 9.00pm]6,1,2008,Sunday,Radio 4,15:00:00, Classic Serial The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel; dramatised by Jane Rogers; about a passionate love affair which breaks all the rules of the restrictive high society of 1870s New York. 1/2. Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland; but his life takes an unexpected turn when he meets May's unconventional cousin Countess Ellen Olenska. Newland Archer ...... Ryan McCluskey Ellen Olenska ...... Susan Lynch May Welland ...... Kellie Bright Caherine Mingott ...... Eleanor Bron Augusta Welland ...... Lorelei King Adeline Archer ...... Barbara Barnes Janey Archer ...... Sarah Goldberg Sillerton Jackson/Henry Van Der Luyden ...... Kerry Shale Julius Beaufort ...... Conrad Nelson Lawrence Lefferts ...... Martin T Sherman Medora Manson ...... Margaret Robertson Ned Winsett ...... John Guerassio Directed by Nadia Molinari. [Rptd Sat 9.00pm]
24,2,2008,Sunday,Radio 4,15:00:00, Classic Serial Fortunes of War Lin Coghlan's sweeping new dramatisation of Olivia Manning's classic war novels. 5/6. The Pringles take up residence in Egypt; where the reality of the war begins to put a strain on their marriage. Old Harriet ...... Joanna Lumley Harriet ...... Honeysuckle Weeks Guy ...... Khalid Abdalla Professor Pinkrose ...... Nigel Anthony Dobson ...... Sam Dale Clifford ...... John Dougall Mona ...... Carolyn Pickles Desmond Hooper ...... Peter Marinker Angela Hooper ...... Alison Pettitt Bill Castlebar ...... Phillip Jackson Simon Boulderstone ...... Sam Pamphilon Mortimer ...... Katy Cavanagh Edwina ...... Joannah Tincey Jackman ...... Ben Onwukwe Arnold/Young Arab ...... Lloyd Thomas Aidan Sheridan/Captain Hardy/Major ...... Ben Crowe Peter Lisdoovarna ...... Simon Treeves Mr. Buschman/Young German ...... Alex Lanipekun Dr Shafik ...... Bijan Daneshmand Directed by Colin Guthrie. [Rptd Sat 9.00pm]
13,1,2008,Sunday,Radio 4,15:00:00, Classic Serial The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel; dramatised by Jane Rogers; about a passionate love affair which breaks all the rules of the restrictive high society of 1870s New York. 2/2. Despite Newland Archer's recent marriage to May; he is still consumed with thoughts of Ellen Olenska. Newland Archer ...... Ryan McCluskey Ellen Olenska ...... Susan Lynch May Welland ...... Kellie Bright Caherine Mingott ...... Eleanor Bron Augusta Welland ...... Lorelei King Julius Beaufort ...... Conrad Nelson Lawrence Lefferts ...... Martin T Sherman Sillerton Jackson ...... Kerry Shale Directed by Nadia Molinari. [Rptd Sat 9.00pm] Followed by News
9,3,2008,Sunday,Radio 4,15:00:00, Classic Serial Mr Standfast Bert Coules's dramatisation of John Buchan's WWI spy thriller. 1/2. Richard Hannay is recalled to London from the trenches to hunt down the leader of a gang of German spies. Much to his disgust; Hannay is ordered to pose as a pacifist and is sent to Glasgow. Along the way; he encounters a teenage British Secret Service agent who will change the course of his life. Richard Hannay ...... David Robb Sir Walter Bullivant ...... Clive Merrison Moxon Ivery ...... Struan Rodger Mary Lamington ...... Jasmine Hyde Peter Pienaar ...... Jon Glover Launcelot Wake ...... Thomas Arnold Abel Gresson ...... John Guerrasio Miss Doria ...... Briony McRoberts Miss Claire ...... Liza Sadovy Andrew Amos ...... John Stahl George Broadbury ...... Peter Marinker Ted Broadbury ...... Ben Crowe Directed by Bruce Young. [Rptd Sat 9.00pm]
27,1,2008,Sunday,Radio 4,15:00:00, Classic Serial Fortunes of War Lin Coghlan's sweeping new dramatisation of Olivia Manning's classic war novels. 1/6. Young Harriet Pringle arrives in Bucharest in 1939 with her new husband Guy. Europe is about to tear itself apart. Old Harriet ...... Joanna Lumley Harriet ...... Honeysuckle Weeks Guy ...... Khalid Abdalla Yakimov ...... James Fleet Inchcape ...... John Rowe Clarence ...... Alex Wyndham Sophie ...... Joannah Tincey Galpin ...... John Dougall Bella ...... Carolyn Pickles Drucker ...... Peter Marinker Sasha ...... Joseph Arkley Nikko ...... Simon Treves Despina ...... Laura Molyneux D Hassolel ...... Katy Cavanagh Manager ...... Ben Onwukwe Directed by Marc Beeby. [Rptd Sat 9.00pm] Followed by News
2,3,2008,Sunday,Radio 4,15:00:00, Classic Serial Fortunes of War Lin Coghlan's sweeping new dramatisation of Olivia Manning's classic war novels. 6/6. The immediate threat of war has receded; but life is still not safe in Egypt. It may be time for Harriet to return home. Old Harriet ...... Joanna Lumley Harriet ...... Honeysuckle Weeks Guy ...... Khalid Abdalla Professor Pinkrose ...... Nigel Anthony Dobson ...... Sam Dale Angela Hooper ...... Alison Pettitt Bill Castlebar ...... Phillip Jackson Mona ...... Carolyn Pickles Simon Boulderstone ...... Sam Pamphilon Mortimer ...... Katy Cavanagh Philips ...... Laura Molyneux Helal ...... Bijan Daneshmand Edwina ...... Joannah Tincey Arnold ...... Lloyd Thomas Marion Dixon ...... Emily Wachter Radio ...... John Dougall Directed by Colin Guthrie. [Rptd Sat 9.00pm]
10,2,2008,Sunday,Radio 4,15:00:00,Classic Serial Fortunes of War Lin Coghlan's sweeping new dramatisation of Olivia Manning's classic war novels. 3/6. With the war upon them; Harriet and Guy realise that their time in Bucharest is drawing to a dangerous close. Old Harriet ...... Joanna Lumley Harriet ...... Honeysuckle Weeks Guy ...... Khalid Abdalla Yakimov ...... James Fleet Inchcape ...... John Rowe Clarence ...... Alex Wyndham Dobson ...... Sam Dale Galpin ...... John Dougall Bella ...... Carolyn Pickles Drucker ...... Peter Marinker Sasha ...... Joseph Arkley Toby Lush ...... Simon Treves Professor Pinkrose ...... Nigel Anthony Dubedat ...... Ben Crowe Directed by Colin Guthrie. [Rptd Sat 9.00pm]
17,2,2008,Sunday,Radio 4,15:00:00,Classic Serial Fortunes of War Lin Coghlan's sweeping new dramatisation of Olivia Manning's classic war novels. 4/6. Having been forced to leave Romania; Harriet waits anxiously in Athens for news of Guy. Old Harriet ...... Joanna Lumley Harriet ...... Honeysuckle Weeks Guy ...... Khalid Abdalla Yakimov ...... James Fleet Professor Pinkrose ...... Nigel Anthony Clarence ...... Alex Wyndham Charles Warden ...... Alex Lanipekun Dobson ...... Sam Dale Sasha ...... Joseph Arkley Toby Lush ...... Simon Treves Dubedat ...... Ben Crowe Directed by Colin Guthrie. [Rptd Sat 9.00pm]
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FRIDAY PLAY
1,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Have Your Cake Series of plays about a cake-making club. 2/6. Private Parkin By Nicola Baldwin. A mysterious man gatecrashes the cake club. Is he the chef he claims to be or something more sinister? Maggie ...... Lesley Sharp Tess ...... Tamsin Greig Nicky ...... Matthew Dunster Sabina ...... Nisha Nayar
22,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play Have Your Cake Series of plays about a cake-making club. 5/6. Lady's Cake By Nicola Baldwin. Tess and Nicky face temptation and bad news during a terrible storm. Maggie is confronted by a ghost from her past. Maggie ...... Lesley Sharp Tess ...... Tamsin Greig Ray ...... Neil Dudgeon Sabina ...... Nisha Nayar Nicky ...... Matthew Dunster Matty ...... Joe Prospero
8,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play Have Your Cake Series of plays about a cake-making club. 3/6. Fairy Cakes By Amanda Whittington. Maggie's daughter Leanne returns home from art school; vowing never to return. Can her heavily pregnant sister; Sabina's eccentric mother and a batch of fairy cakes change her mind? Maggie ...... Lesley Sharp Tess ...... Tamsin Greig Ray ...... Neil Dudgeon Sabina ...... Nisha Nayar Momo ...... Leena Dhingra Chrissie ...... Stephanie Leonidas Leanne ...... Loo Brealey
4,1,2008,Friday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency Written and dramatised by Alexander McCall Smith; from his hugely popular series of books set in Botswana. 4/4. Talking Shoes A new detective takes on a case for the agency while Mma Ramotswe; among others; has a problem with high blood pressure. Mma Ramotswe ...... Claire Benedict Mma Makutsi ...... Nadine Marshall Mr J L B Matekoni ...... Ben Onwukwe Mma Potokwani...... Janice Acquah Boitelo Mampodi ...... Adjoa Andoh Violet Sephoto ...... Anna Bengo Mma Botumile ...... Noma Dumezweni Dr Moffat ...... William Gaminara Dr Luenga ...... Chuk Iwuji Mr Polopetsi ...... Paterson Joseph Teenie Magama ...... Naomi Taylor Mr Botumile ...... Ben Thomas Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.
AFTERNOON PLAY
15,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play Have Your Cake Series of plays about a cake-making club. 4/6. Scripture Cake By Amanda Whittington. A long-forgotten recipe triggers an unlikely friendship between Maggie and her reclusive next-door neighbour. Maggie ...... Lesley Sharp Tess ...... Tamsin Greig Ray ...... Neil Dudgeon Sabina ...... Nisha Nayar Janice ...... Sheila Hancock Chrissie ...... Stephanie Leonidas Leanne ...... Loo Brealey Nicky ...... Matthew Dunster18,1,2008,Friday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play The Minute When Your Life Stops By Jude Hughes. A woman and her three teenage children attempt to find a new normality after her husband takes his own life. The drama is interspersed with interviews with people bereaved through suicide. Will ...... Oliver Lee Sonya ...... Brooke Vincent Becka ...... Carla Henry Mum ...... Sue Devaney Dad ...... Craig Cheetham Interviews by Clare Jenkins. Directed by Nadia Molinari. Followed by News
11,1,2008,Friday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Juba FM John Tuckey's fictionalised dramatisation of events during the months leading up to the signing of the peace treaty in Southern Sudan in 2005. Shima Paul ...... Anna Bengo Phil Hardy ...... Struan Rodger Matthew Lako ...... Cyril Nri Rejoice Bonju ...... Adjoa Andoh Hassan Peter ...... David Baker Michael ...... Mo Sesay Lucy ...... Janice Acquah Directed by David Ian Neville.
25,1,2008,Friday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Have Your Cake Series of plays about a cake-making club. 1/6. Bitter Chocolate Cake By Nicola Baldwin. Every year old school friends Tess and Maggie meet up to do something they've never done together before. This time they decide to try their hand at baking. But when they come across a neighbour in distress; they end up making a cake with a difference. Maggie ...... Lesley Sharp Tess ...... Tamsin Greig Ray ...... Neil Dudgeon Sabina ...... Nisha Nayar Leanne ...... Loo Brealey Neil ...... Stephen Hogan Followed by News
29,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Have Your Cake Series of plays about a cake-making club. 6/6. Unusual Christening Cake By Nicola Baldwin. The cake club is preparing for the christening of Chrissie's baby; but both Tess and Maggie are struggling with secrets that could change everything. Maggie ...... Lesley Sharp Tess ...... Tamsin Greig Ray ...... Neil Dudgeon Sabina ...... Nisha Nayar Nicky ...... Matthew Dunster Janice ...... Sheila Hancock Chrissie ...... Stephanie Leonidas Leanne ...... Loo Brealey Matty ...... Joe Prospero
7,3,2008,Friday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play New Metamorphoses Contemporary reworkings of tales by Ovid. 5/5. Phaethon By Katie Hims. When Sol finally meets his son Liam; he makes him a promise that cannot be broken - with tragic results. Ovid ...... Toby Jones Shelly ...... Rosie Cavaliero Enzo ...... Vincenzo Nicoli Sol ...... Paul Hilton Liam ...... Steven Webb Young Liam ...... Robert Madge Madeleine ...... Liza Sadovy Directed by Marc Beeby.
7,1,2008,Monday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Slightly Larger than West Virginia By Hugh Costello. Sam Taft's career in the CIA took a turn for the worse when he allowed Osama to vanish from the caves of Tora Bora. Now redeployed in Ireland; Sam has had to alter his view of the world; and he is starting to like it. Taft ...... Colin Stinton Maria ...... Sarah Dillon Olsen ...... Nathan Osgood Pascal ...... Kieran Lagan Paula ...... Katy Gleadhill Inez ...... Annie McCartney McKnight ...... Niall Cusack Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.
28,1,2008,Monday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play How to Be a More Interesting Person By Gary Ogin. Donald is convinced that he is too boring for his relationship with Amy to be going anywhere. When Zak; fleeing a violent argument; comes crashing into his flat; he relishes the intrusion of someone who can show him how to be more interesting. But is this a good idea? Donald ...... David Thorpe Zak ...... Danny Webb Ellie ...... Maureen Beattie The Nose ...... Ben Onwukwe Boxer ...... Alex Lanipekun Baz ...... John Dougall Amy ...... Katy Cavanagh Barman ...... Peter Marinker Little Girl ...... Anna Bengo Librarian ...... Rachel Atkins Cab Controller ...... Laura Molyneux Train Manager ...... Sam Pamphilon Directed by Peter Kavanagh. Followed by News
14,1,2008,Monday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Mike and Muriel Are Getting Married By Nicholas Meiklejohn. Andy and Rebecca decide that their respective best mates; Mike and Muriel; are not suited. The problem is that they are getting married. In spite of a disastrous blind date; a tentative friendship develops between Andy and Rebecca; which threatens; in spite of their best efforts; to evolve into something more. Andy ...... Billy Boyd Rebecca ...... Gabriel Quigley Mike ...... Steven Cartwright Liza/Julie ...... Claire Knight Oz ...... Grant O'Rourke Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. Followed by News
25,2,2008,Monday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Corner Edson Burton's smouldering thriller; set in inner-city Bristol. Jess and Sandeep's friendship crosses the racial divide - Jess is black and Sandeep is Asian. When Sandeep's father's shop is burnt down by two masked black men; community tensions rise and their friendship is put to the test. Only the truth can end the violence that follows. Sandeep Singh ...... Saikat Ahamed Pramjit Singh ...... Renu Brindle Raj ...... Ameet Chana Amirjit Singh ...... Amerjit Deu Joyce Stone ...... Lorna Easy Prentis ...... Jim Findley Kwan ...... Marlon Gayle Bally ...... Nadim Khan Jess Stone ...... Alex Lanipekun Ravi Singh ...... Bhasker Patel
21,1,2008,Monday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Unexpected Vonnegut: Who Am I This Time? Philip Goulding's adaptation of a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. A shy office worker lives his life through the characters he portrays on the stage of his amateur dramatics company; inhabiting the roles to incredible effect in a series of remarkable performances but retreating into his shell as soon as the play finishes. But when a new girl in town auditions for the role of Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire; playing opposite his Stanley; their lives will never be the same. Elliott ...... Lou Hirsch Harry ...... Kerry Shale Helen ...... Joanne Froggatt Doris and Lydia ...... Maureen Lipman Followed by News
4,2,2008,Monday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Churchill Confidential: Return to Power Penny Leicester's dramatisation of the notebooks of former cabinet secretary Norman Brook; containing verbatim accounts of the cabinet's discussions during the period of Winston Churchill's premiership between October 1951 and April 1955. Veteran journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helps recreate the political mood of the times in this gripping and fast-moving drama-documentary. Winston Churchill ...... David Ryall Lord Salisbury ...... Gary Waldhorn Rab Butler ...... Ewan Bailey Anthony Eden ...... Michael Cochrane Harold Macmillan ...... Michael N Harbour David Maxwell-Fyfe ...... Sam Dale Oliver Lyttleton ...... Jonathan Keeble Norman Brook ...... Alex Jennings
18,2,2008,Monday,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play Too Up Too Down Jim Poyser's comedy about life; love and five-a-side football. Jacky's life isn't going as expected. He is a palaeontologist; so why did he become an estate agent? He was also crazy about Ursula; so how did he end up marrying her sister? Jacky ...... Jason Done Susie ...... Emma Cunniffe Beanie ...... Ian Puleston-Davies Micky ...... Graeme Hawley Ursula ...... Emma Hughes-Jones Sharon ...... Helen Moon Tony/Hans ...... Greg Milburn Kosta ...... Hamilton Berstock Directed by Gary Brown.
11,2,2008,Monday ,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play Next of Kin By Pearse Elliot. Kitty and Danny are grieving after the death of their beloved husband and father when news comes from their solicitor that there is another party contesting the will. Cultures and personalities clash as past secrets are exposed and Danny prepares to defend his home and his inheritance at all costs.Danny ...... Charlie Bonner Kitty ...... Sorcha Cusack Ken ...... Richard Pebble With Luke Griffin; Kevin Elliott; Julia Dearden; Gerard Jordan; Ciaran Nolan; Patrick Fitzsymons.
3,3,2008,Monday ,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play New Metamorphoses Contemporary reworkings of tales by Ovid. 1/5. Zeus and Semele By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. When a paparazzo is welcomed into the glamorous world he feeds on; he is hopelessly unprepared for what lies behind it. Ovid ...... Toby Jones Harry Nicholson ...... Daniel Cerqueira Victor Karkov ...... Robert Glenister Mariel Karkov ...... Lyndsey Marshal Newsreader ...... Peter Marinker Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
6,3,2008,Thursday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play New Metamorphoses Contemporary reworkings of tales by Ovid. 4/5. Callisto By Nick Warburton. A photographer is fascinated and intrigued by a picture he has taken of a young celebrity fending off a tramp outside a nightclub. He captures an iconic moment in time but all is not what it seems. Ovid ...... Toby Jones Neil ...... Shaun Dooley Amy ...... Joannah Tincey Claudia ...... Rachel Atkins Draper ...... John Rowe Selina/Teacher ...... Anna Bengo Bouncer ...... Ben Onwukwe Directed by Tracey Neale.
14,2,2008,Thursday,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play The Shell House Ronald Frame's play tells the story of an unusual romance. In 1972; a spinster scientist with private means meets an exiled Czech architect whose career has stalled. She offers him a commission for a weekend house on some land she owns on the Suffolk coast. The strange; daring and beautiful building that results will haunt their lives. Barbara ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel Jaromir ...... Struan Rodger
21,2,2008,Thursday,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play When to Run Sophie Woolley brings a new version of her stage show to the radio; a bizarre story of three women who run; a dog-walker in search of romance and a man who looks a bit like Tony Soprano. Julia ...... Katy Cavanagh Shelley ...... Sophie Woolley Emma ...... Tracy Wiles Celia ...... Liza Sadovy Directed by David Hunter.
28,2,2008,Thursday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Gandhi's Goat By Matthew Coombes. Gandhi and Chaplin meet in London's East End in 1931. But the real cultural exchange is taking place between Anil and Emily; members of their respective entourages. Emily ...... Teresa Gallagher Anil ...... Zubin Varla Newsreader/Receptionist ...... Sam Dale Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.
31,1,2008,Thursday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Soul Motel By Peter Jukes. After breaking up from his long-term girlfriend; Luke explores his options in a new social networking website. His quest for love leads to unexpected revelations about not only those he thought he knew but also about himself. Luke ...... Jason Merrells Fiona ...... Nina Sosanya Dee ...... Tracy Wiles Cookie ...... Liz Sutherland Federico ...... Marcos D'Cruze Kirsten ...... Christianne Oliveira Plato ...... Peter Marinker Brett ...... Ben Crowe Ellie ...... Laura Molyneux
10,1,2008,Thursday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Chocolate Frigates By Juliet Ace. By Juliet Ace. While Jack prepares a triumphant leaving dinner for his captain; his son is in the thick of action in Iraq. Can life carry on as normal with a son away at war? Jack thinks it can and must; but his wife and son are less certain. Jack ...... Todd Carty Ella ...... Lindsey Coulson Eliot ...... Jamie Kenna Austin ....... Nick Sayce Cheryl ...... Emma Noakes Captain ...... Sam Dale Visiting Officer/Steward ...... Dan Starkey Announcer/Newsreader/Padre ...... Peter Donaldson Produced and directed by Tracey Neale.
7,2,2008,Thursday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Be My Baby Amanda Whittington's drama-documentary combines the fictional stories of young women who gave up their illegitimate babies for adoption in the 1960s with the real stories of three adoptees; now in their forties; who have made contact with their mothers. Mary ...... Laura Molyneux Queenie ...... Alinka Wright Norma ...... Joannah Tincey Matron ...... Rachel Atkins
24,1,2008,Thursday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play The Nearside By Jeff Young. On an apparently normal day in Tenby; the domestic and the universal collide when a small part of the planet is temporary changed by cosmic events. Local loser Martin Lockheed must juggle calls from NASA; demands from his girlfriend and the sticky subject of paddling-pool party etiquette as he tries to save the planet from being plunged into eternal darkness. Martin ...... Mark Watson Stacey ...... Lynne Seymour Colwyn ...... Charles Dale Llewellyn Jones ...... Richard Mitchley Newsreader ...... Richard Elfyn Eva ...... Emily Watson Howes Followed by News
3,1,2008,Thursday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency Written and dramatised by Alexander McCall Smith; from his hugely popular series of books set in Botswana. 3/4. A Very Rude Woman Precious Ramotswe faces change at the agency while Mr J L B Matekoni meets the rudest person in Botswana. Mma Ramotswe ...... Claire Benedict Mma Makutsi ...... Nadine Marshall Mma Potokwani ...... Janice Acquah Mr J.L.B. Matekoni ...... Ben Onwukwe Boitelo Mampodi ...... Adjoa Andoh Mma Botumile ...... Noma Dumezweni Charlie ...... Maynard Eziashi Dr Luenga ...... Chuk Iwuji Mr Polopetsi ...... Paterson Joseph Aunty Emang ...... Alibe Parsons Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.
17,1,2008,Thursday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play The Word Man Chris Harrald's vivid and imaginative play about Henry Fowler; the creator of the Concise Oxford Dictionary and Fowler's Modern English Usage. Celebrating the beauty of language; the joy of words and the wonder of finding love later in life; this is a witty and erudite comic romance. Henry Fowler ...... John Sessions Frank Fowler ...... Toby Jones Jessie Wills ...... Stella Gonet Woodsman/Churchill ...... Ewan Bailey Young Paskin ...... Nicholas Brown Mr Newland ...... John Cummins Followed by News
1,1,2008,Tuesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency Written and dramatised by Alexander McCall Smith; from his hugely popular series of books set in Botswana. 1/4. There Is No Such Thing as Free Food Precious Ramotswe; owner and founder of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency; is preoccupied both professionally and personally by the subject of food. Mma Ramotswe ...... Claire Benedict Mma Makutsi ...... Nadine Marshall Mr J L B Matekoni ...... Ben Onwukwe Mma Tsau ...... Janice Acquah Phuti Radiphuti ...... Jude Akuwudike Poppy Maope ...... Ayesha Antoine Neil Whitson ...... Sam Dale Charlie ...... Maynard Eziashi Motheleli ...... Gbemisola Ikumelo Mr Polopetsi ...... Paterson Joseph Puso ...... Kedar Williams-Stirling Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.
26,2,2008,Tuesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play When Greed Becomes Fear DJ Britton's study of what life might be like for a lonely chief executive of a major international bank is inspired by the current financial climate. Libby Saptalios ...... Penny Downie Jay Saptalios ...... Hattie Morahan Mike Bratley ...... Peter Marinker Tang Ming Li ...... Liz Sutherland Nigel Rouen ...... Chris Pavlo Leo ...... John McAndrew Ashley ...... Ben Crowe Directed by Pam Marshall.
5,2,2008,Tuesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Laura Edwardian country house comedy; dramatised by Sue Eckstein from a short story by Saki. Laura falls ill while staying with her friend Amanda and her boring husband Egbert. Recovering in bed; she delights in the idea that she might be reincarnated as an otter; particularly if it means that she can continue to annoy Egbert and wreak havoc on his beloved brood of hens. Sir Lulworth ...... Benjamin Whitrow Egbert ...... John Warnaby Laura ...... Irene Macdougall Amanda ...... Candida Benson Aurora ...... Joanna Tope Narrator ...... Michael Mackenzie Directed by Bruce Young.
19,2,2008,Tuesday,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play Pavement Stars By Gillian and Catrin Clarke. The lives of a Cardiff street trader and a busker are suddenly bound together as they work their pitches. Voice of the city ...... Richard Harrington Elin ...... Joanna Griffiths Tom ...... Oliver Wood
12,2,2008,Tuesday,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play Two Brown Eyes By Angela Turvey. In 1884; before achieving fame as a composer; the young Frederick Delius arrived in Florida from his home in Bradford. During his stay; he allegedly fell in love with a black woman. Frederick Delius ...... Sam Troughton Chloe Baker ...... Syan Blake Esther ...... Claire Benedict Thomas Ward ...... Chris Pavlo Jelke Rosen ...... Liz Sutherland Directed by Claire Grove.
29,1,2008,Tuesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Offshore Taut thriller by Simon Passmore. As Chris and Sam cruise out of Poole Harbour in a borrowed luxury motor yacht; they are looking forward to a trip across to France for dinner and returning the following day. But their idyllic weekend turns into a nightmare. Chris ...... Richard Lintern Sam ...... Nadine Marshall Finn ...... Damian O'Hare Followed by News
8,1,2008,Tuesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Snow in July By Alice Nutter. Maurice and Eileen are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary when Maurice falls ill. Wanting to know more; Eileen heads for the local library; where she embarks upon a journey that will change both their lives. Maurice ...... Alun Armstrong Eileen ...... Eileen O'Brien Fred ...... Paul Copley James ...... Peter Martin Dr Wilson/Constable Marks ...... Stephen Chapman Directed by Susan Roberts.
22,1,2008,Tuesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican By Robin Glendinning. Drama exploring the remarkable post-war friendship that developed between Nazi war criminal Herbert Kappler and Vatican priest Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty; the man Kappler had so often tried to assassinate during the war. Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty ...... John Lynch Herbert Keppler ...... Wolf Kahler Directed by Gemma McMullan.
15,1,2008,Tuesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Me and Joe By David Spicer. Matt has a decision to make. Should he abandon full-time fatherhood; attempt to relive the faded glories of his past and try again for pop stardom? The only person he can talk to is his son Joe; who hasn't learned to speak yet. Matt ...... Johnny Vaughan Adult Joe ...... Nick Hancock Caro ...... Polly Frame Rula ...... Joanna Brookes Followed by News
4,3,2008,Tuesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play New Metamorphoses Contemporary reworkings of tales by Ovid. 2/5. Echo and Narcissus By Hattie Naylor. Determined to get into shape; Mat joins his local gym. The transformation he sees in the mirror proves spellbinding; but can the reflection be trusted? Mat ...... Carl Prekopp Debbie ...... Laura Molyneux Andre ...... Burn Gorman Nathan ...... Harry Myers Viv ...... Deborah Findlay Lulu ...... Gbemisola Ikumelo Ovid ...... Toby Jones
27,2,2008,Wednesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Poetry for Beginners Comedy drama by Kathryn Simmonds. During a residential writing course deep in the Shropshire countryside; poetry gives rise to lustful urges; ruthless artistic ambition and simmering rivalries. Celia ...... Joanna Tope Fran ...... Emma Currie William ...... Crawford Logan Moira ...... Ann Scott Jones Nick ...... Nick Farr Directed by David Jackson Young.
2,1,2008,Wednesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency Written and dramatised by Alexander McCall Smith; from his hugely popular series of books set in Botswana. 2/4. The Best Profession for a Blackmailer Mr Polopetsi; part-time mechanic and would-be assistant detective; takes on a case of his own. Mma Makutsi finds out whether blue shoes are the key to happiness. Mma Ramotswe ...... Claire Benedict Mma Makutsi ...... Nadine Marshall Mma Tsau ...... Janice Acquah Charlie ...... Maynard Eziashi Boitelo Mampodi ...... Adjoa Andoh Mr Polopetsi ...... Paterson Joseph Aunty Emang ...... Alibe Parsons Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.
5,3,2008,Wednesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play New Metamorphoses Contemporary reworkings of tales by Ovid. 3/5. Myrrha By Colin Teevan. Sixteen years ago she was a newborn baby; left in a plastic bag in a small Irish town. Father Michael and his sister have brought her up but now Myrrha is in the grip of a frightening passion that will change everything. Ovid ...... Toby Jones Orpheus ...... Gerard McSorley Myrrha ...... Marcella Plunkett Father Michael ...... Niall Buggy Mary the Priests ...... Derbhle Crotty Mick the Fix ...... Jonathan Forbes Mick the Brick ...... Ben Crowe Peadar ...... Chris Pavlo Mary O ...... Liz Sutherland Father Mike ...... Peter Marinker Mary Mac ...... Kate Binchy Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.
23,1,2008,Wednesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play In a Bamboo Grove Judith Adams's dramatisation of the famous short story by Japanese author Ryunosuke Akutagawa. After an encounter with a bandit on the road; a samurai lies dead and his wife has been raped. But there are three very different accounts of the event. Travelling Monk ...... Derek Jacobi Woodcutter ...... Rod Arthur Old Woman ...... Frances Jeater Bounty Hunter ...... Stephen Critchlow Tajomaru ...... Shaun Prendergast Masago ...... Catherine Kinsella Voice of Takehiro ...... Mia Soteriou Directed by Chris Wallis. Followed by News
6,2,2008,Wednesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Death of a Pirate The final broadcast of a pirate radio operator with outspoken views. Fin ...... Michael Smiley Terri ...... Jo Hartley Barry/Paul ...... Connor McIntyre Carl/Pizza guy ...... Dominic Coleman Lol/Piotr ...... Ian Puleston-Davies Det. Anderson/Angry woman ...... Michelle Butterly Directed by John Hardwick.
30,1,2008,Wednesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Life: An Audio Tour Comedy drama by Jules Horne. Jenny is trying to win Joe back after her disastrous affair. Her unusual strategy is to offer him an audio tour of the small Scottish town of Kelso. Jenny ...... Dandy McDade Joe ...... Lewis Howden Bella ...... Edith Macarthur Bev ...... Alex Elliott Directed by Philip Howard
13,2,2008,Wednesday,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play Silver Street: It's Coming Home By Sonali Bhattacharyya. When Mushtaq Jilani buys the local football club for a pound; the grocery king takes a bold step into an unfamiliar world. Taking on the club's massive debts; and with his family divided; Mushtaq's first months in the game test more than his bank balance. Mushtaq Jilani ...... Paul Bhattacharjee Zenab Jilani ...... Sudha Bhuchar Rozena Hussaini ...... Pooja Ghai Jaggy Singh ...... Jay Kiyani Kenny Lester ...... Brian Croucher Michael ...... Simon Treves Bridget ...... Joannah Tincey Commentator ...... Ben Onwukwe Dwayne ...... Lloyd Thomas Chris ...... Sam Pamphilon Directed by James Peries.
20,2,2008,Wednesday,Radio 4,14:15:00,Afternoon Play Cobwebs Psychological drama by David Hodgson. Greg Drake is just getting his life back together after the death of his wife. But then his house is broken into when he is asleep. Nothing is taken; but his peace of mind is destroyed. Greg ...... Kevin Doyle Cathy ...... Fiona Clarke Louise ...... Helen Longworth Jenny ...... Beth Palmer PC Morgan ...... Roy Carruthers Denny ...... Mark Winstanley
16,1,2008,Wednesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play The Making of Ivan the Terrible Black comedy by Hattie Naylor based on events in 1944. Sergei Eisenstein suffered a heart attack during a banquet to celebrate winning the prestigious Stalin Prize for his film Ivan the Terrible Part 1. Stalin had been delighted with the depiction of Ivan as a cruel and ruthless ruler. Earlier that day; however; Eisenstein had delivered Part 2 of his intended trilogy; in which Ivan was portrayed as neurotic; mad and vindictive. Eisenstein ...... Tim McInnerny Nikolai ...... Tim McMullan Vsevolod ..... Andy Taylor Stalin ...... Bill Wallis Interviewer ...... Paul Dodgson Zdhanov ...... Ewan Bailey Molotov ...... Daniel Goode Directed by Paul Dodgson. Followed by News
9,1,2008,Wednesday,Radio 4,14:15:00, Afternoon Play Jimmy Murphy Makes Amends Black comedy by Andrew Doyle about friendship and the fear of God. Desperate to save himself from eternal damnation; Jimmy sets out to make amends for all his wrongdoings; only to discover a truth far more terrifying than divine retribution. Jimmy ...... David Ireland Mike ...... Iain Robertson Father Hines ...... James Bryce Lucinda ...... Gabriel Quigley Anne ...... Jill Riddiford Phyllis ...... Una Mclean Directed by Kirsty Williams.
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SATURDAY PLAY
22,2,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00,The Saturday Play The Voyage of the Demeter Robert Forrest's chilling tale of the supernatural; set on a schooner sailing from Bulgaria to England in 1867. Something very unpleasant is lurking aboard the ship; and the voyage becomes a terrifying ordeal. Ripelski ...... Finlay Welsh Robash ...... Gary Lewis Kanesky ...... Steven McNicoll Bretov ...... Grant O'Rourke Gentleman ...... Alexander Morton1,3,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00, The Saturday Play Missing Dates By Simon Gray. Brothers Michael and Jason vie with each other for the attention of Anita; but what is it that she wants? Jason ...... Toby Stephens Michael ...... Jasper Britton Anita ...... Monica Dolan Wendy ...... Faye Castelow Dominic ...... Joseph Kloska Directed by Jane Morgan.
8,3,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00, The Saturday Play Blinded by the Sun A new radio version of Stephen Poliakoff's 1996 National Theatre play about a scientific fraud in an English university. The pressure to succeed leads a scientist to claim a major breakthrough in the energy field. But when he fails to replicate his experiment; the fallout causes long-term conflict amongst a previously close set of colleagues. Al Golfar ...... Alex Jennings Elinor Brickman ...... Harriet Walter Christopher Lathwell ...... Steven Pacey Joanna ...... Jodie Whittaker Professor ...... John Rowe Ghislane Lathwell ...... Christine Kavanagh Barbara ...... Helen Longworth Charlie ...... Christian Rodska Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
12,1,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00, The Saturday Play Passion Play Peter Nichols's acclaimed study of adultery and betrayal. James and Eleanor are happily married; or so they think. Kate; the young widow of one of their oldest friends; makes it clear to James that she thinks him very attractive. It is an offer he finds very difficult to resist. James ...... Nicholas Le Prevost Eleanor ...... Joanna David Agnes ...... Gemma Jones Kate ...... Emily Bruni Directed by Colin Guthrie. Followed by News
26,1,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00, The Saturday Play The Listening Room Psychological thriller by Steve Gough set in the year 2036; exploring truth; confidentiality and morality. Kathleen works on a national helpline in a call centre named The Listening Room. She starts to receive calls from a man who has a terrible secret of international importance. He has been manipulated by the powers-that-be into committing dreadful crimes; but can she believe him? And should she confide in anyone else? Kathleen ...... Becky Hindley Robert ...... Kevin Doyle John ...... Lloyd Hutchinson Lisa ...... Fiona Clarke Directed by Pauline Harris
23,2,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00, The Saturday Play The Voyage of the Demeter Robert Forrest's chilling tale of the supernatural; set on a schooner sailing from Bulgaria to England in 1867. Something very unpleasant is lurking aboard the ship; and the voyage becomes a terrifying ordeal. Ripelski ...... Finlay Welsh Robash ...... Gary Lewis Kanesky ...... Steven McNicoll Bretov ...... Grant O'Rourke Gentleman ...... Alexander Morton
16,2,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00,The Saturday Play Spellbound Amanda Dalton's adaptation of Francis Beeding's murder mystery The House of Dr Edwardes; upon which Hitchcock's film Spellbound was based. The new head of a mental hospital is not what he claims to be - but who is he? Directed by Susan Roberts.
9,2,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00,Flashman at the Charge George MacDonald Fraser's dramatisation of his own novel; repeated as a tribute to the author who died last month. 2/2. Adventurer; cad; lecher and coward Harry Flashman is in possession of secret intelligence vital to the safety of British India. He finds himself riding with the descendants of Tamurlaine and Genghis Khan against the might of imperial Russia. With Joss Ackland; Angus Wright; Jayne McKenna. Directed by Patrick Rayner.
19,1,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00, The Saturday Play The Tennis Court Jonathan Smith's love story is set in England and India during WWII. Sam Greenwood is posted to India with the 14th Army while his haemophiliac brother Arthur has to remain at home in Kent. Under siege in the small hilltop town of Kohima in northern India; Sam steels himself for the Japanese onslaught; but is haunted by events at home and a secret he has not shared with Arthur. Sam ...... Dan Stevens Arthur ...... Jot Davies Mother ...... Celia Imrie Lettie ...... Jasmine Hyde Pearce ...... Thomas Arnold Penny ...... Cressida Trew Tom ...... Martin T Sherman Directed by Bruce Young
2,2,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00, Flashman at the Charge George MacDonald Fraser's dramatisation of his own novel; repeated as a tribute to the author who died last month. 1/2. Adventurer; cad; lecher and coward Harry Flashman suffers the ill fortune of being caught up in the Charge of the Light Brigade. His resourcefulness in surviving the debacle finds him in the frozen Russian wastes; with cruel enemies on one side and bewitching beauties on the other. With Joss Ackland; Angus Wright; Jayne McKenna; Tracy-Ann Oberman. Directed by Patrick Rayner.
5,1,2008,Saturday,Radio 4,14:30:00, The Saturday Play Underneath the Lintel Greg Berger's quirky and touching one-man play. A lonely Dutch librarian tells the poignant story of his quest to prove and justify his life. His extraordinary journey begins when; to his astonishment; a book is returned 113 years overdue. Richard Schiff stars.
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FRIDAY PLAY
8,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00,The Friday Play Guardian Angel Gill Adams's drama is set in Hull; during the floods. Senior policewoman Jo is looking forward to meeting the son she has never known. Her old schoolfriend Elaine's son has run away. When they are reunited by a chance meeting; Jo finds herself drawn into the search for him. Jo Stone ...... Sarah Parks Elaine ...... Katy Cavanagh Jack ...... Joshua Richards Janet ...... Julie Higginson Mrs Walker ...... Sue McCormick Shelly ...... Sam Laverick Danny ...... Joe Robertson Luke ...... Matt Sutton Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.1,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00, The Friday Play Sins of the Grandfathers Dan Tetsell's comedy show about the perils of having a grandfather who was an officer in Hitler's SS. With Alex Lowe; Rachel Atkins and Ben Graves. The performance was recorded in front of a live audience at London's Soho Theatre.
4,1,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00, The Friday Play Ariel By David Spencer. Maggie and Elaine are volunteers for a rape counselling service. Their intention is to accompany police raids to liberate women trafficked into the sex industry in Britain. But things are not that simple. Anjka ...... Natasha Radski Irina/Svetlana ...... Larissa Kouznetsova Maggie ...... Sarah Parks Elaine ...... Barbara Marten Nevile Hyde ..... George Costigan Becky ...... Carla Henry Trafficker ...... Renny Krupinski Directed by Polly Thomas.
25,1,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00, The Friday Play 2/2. Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry Dramatic reconstruction of the hearings about the events of Sunday January 30; 1972; focusing on the testimony of soldiers and a former member of the Official IRA. Introduction ...... Mark Penfold Lord Saville ...... Alan Parnaby Eilis McDermott QC ...... Rita Hamill General Sir Robert Ford ...... Michael Cochrane Christopher Clarke QC ...... Thomas Wheatley Michael Mansfield QC ...... Terrence Hardiman Major General Andrew MacLellan ...... John Castle Colonel Derek Wilford ...... William Hoyland Edwin Glasgow QC ...... James Woolley Soldier S ...... David Beames Barry MacDonald QC ...... Gerard O'Hare Soldier F ...... Michael Wilson Adapted by Richard Norton Taylor. Directed by Nicolas Kent
22,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00,The Friday Play The Heroic Pursuits of Darleen Fyles Esther Wilson's drama is inspired by a true story. Darleen is a young woman with learning difficulties who has become obsessed with the emergency services and who occasionally sets fire to things. Helen is a volunteer helper trying to help Darleen to rebuild her life; but she too has her own secret reasons for volunteering. Darleen ...... Donna Lavin Helen ...... Claire Rushbrook Jamie ...... Edmund Davis Treena ...... Siobhan Finneran Tony/Will/PC ...... Craig Cheetham Nurse ...... Sue Kelly Directed by Pauline Harris.
22,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00,Classic Serial Fortunes of War Lin Coghlan's sweeping new dramatisation of Olivia Manning's classic war novels. 4/6. Having been forced to leave Romania; Harriet waits anxiously in Athens for news of Guy. Old Harriet ...... Joanna Lumley Harriet ...... Honeysuckle Weeks Guy ...... Khalid Abdalla Yakimov ...... James Fleet Professor Pinkrose ...... Nigel Anthony Clarence ...... Alex Wyndham Charles Warden ...... Alex Lanipekun Dobson ...... Sam Dale Sasha ...... Joseph Arkley Toby Lush ...... Simon Treves Dubedat ...... Ben Crowe Directed by Colin Guthrie. [Rpt of Sun 3.00pm]
7,3,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00, The FBI at 100 Omnibus Tom Mangold presents a history of the first 100 years of the FBI. 1/2. From the establishment of the bureau in 1908 to the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
29,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00, The Friday Play Bad Dad Comedy by Colin Hough. Twenty years ago; Adam was a prolific sperm donor. Due to an administrative error; his personal details have been sent to the lucky recipients of his product - all 164 of them. Suddenly; he is the proud patriarch of a very extended family. Adam ...... Simon Tait Eve ...... Gayanne Potter Sadie ...... Una McLean Jamie ...... William Barlow Directed by David Jackson Young.
15,2,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00,The Friday Play Broken English Frank Deasy's play tells the story of a Kurdish family detained in Dungavel for over a year and living under the constant threat of deportation. Their plight became a cause celebre; raising questions in the Scottish Parliament and beyond. Beriwan Ay ...... Livia Arditti Yurdagul Ay ...... Pembe Peri-Natgi Gus (prison officer) ...... Stuart McQuarrie Margaret (prison officer) ...... Carolyn Bonnyman James Elliot ...... Mark Straker Police officer/transport officer ...... Saikat Ahamed Jayne Cummings ...... Robin Weaver Bishop John Mone ...... David Ashton Teacher/policewoman ...... Tracy Wiles Ukrainian boy ...... Daniel Lane Medja ...... Carly Schogger Dilowan ...... Sam Marzell Newroz ...... Teresa O'Brien With Kirsty Wark and Andrew Cassell. Directed by David Ian Neville.
18,1,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00, The Friday Play Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry 1/2. Dramatic reconstruction of the hearings about the events of Sunday; January 30; 1972; focusing on the testimony of civilians who witnessed Bloody Sunday. The transcripts are edited but not re-written and the sequence of the evidence has not been altered. Adapted from The Tricycle Theatre production. Introduction ...... Mark Penfold Lord Saville ...... Alan Parnaby Christopher Clarke QC ...... Thomas Wheatley Bishop Edward Daly ...... Michael O'Hagan Michael Mansfield QC ...... Terrence Hardiman Edwin Glasgow QC ...... James Woolley Michael Bridge ...... Charles Lawson Bernadette McAliskey ...... Julia Dearden Cathryn McGahey ...... Hilary Maclean William Patrick McDonagh ...... David Beames Geraldine McBride ...... Heather Tobias General Sir Robert Ford ...... Michael Cochrane Adapted by Richard Norton Taylor. Directed by Nicolas Kent
11,1,2008,Friday,Radio 4,21:00:00, The Friday Play The Monstrous Mother Comedy chiller by Mike Harris. 12-year-old Cathy has a vivid imagination which can sometimes get dangerously out of control; especially in such a turbulent household as hers. Cathy ...... Jemma McKenzie-Brown Frank ...... Ben Crowe Virginia ...... Alison Pettitt Phillipa ...... Amanda Lawrence Jessica ...... Georgia Russell Chantelle ...... Jessica Dunn Damien ...... Jordan Clarke Directed by Marc Beeby.
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