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BBC Radio: Cumberbatch as Rumpole x2, Peter O'Toole, Lorca and Christie

Posted by:	TimDunleavy 02:31 pm EDT 03/14/14

Descriptions are taken from the Radio Drama newsletter, the Radio 4 Extra newsletter, and the individual web pages. Most programs are available for listening on their web pages for 7 days after broadcast. ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y38kc Afternoon Drama Rumpole Episode 1 of 2 Rumpole and the Old Boy Net Duration: 45 minutes By John Mortimer Adapted by Richard Stoneman Starring Benedict Cumberbatch. We rejoin Rumpole and Hilda in 1964. Hilda is worried about the choice of school for their son, Nicholas. Hilda wants Rumpole to become a Q.C. in order to afford a decent education for Nicholas. Claude Erskine-Brown is also trying to take silk but he's distracted by the arrival in chambers of Rumpole's new pupil, Miss Phillida Trant. Phillida assists Rumpole in the defence of Mr Napier Lee, who's charged with running a disorderly house near Victoria Station, and with the more serious accusation of blackmail. Mr Lee admits his customers all went to public school. And the alleged victim of the blackmail was at Lawnhurst College with Mr Lee, which is why Lee won't break the unwritten law and sneak on his old school chum. Erskine-Brown is prosecuting at the Old Bailey, where Phillida recognises a familiar face in the press box. Isobel Vincent was at Bennenden with Phillida, and now works for the Evening Standard. With help from Phillida, Isobel publishes the name of the alleged victim. This public identification leads to Rumpole's successful defence on the charge of blackmail, but also puts Phillida in danger of prosecution for contempt of court. Phillida works hard to get out of trouble with the law but, instead, finds herself drawn towards Rumpole - and into trouble of a more personal kind. Rumpole ... Benedict Cumberbatch Hilda ... Jasmine Hyde Erskine-Brown ... Nigel Anthony Sir Cuthbert ... Ewan Bailey Mr Lee ... Ewan Bailey Phillida Trant ... Cathy Sara Judge Bullingham ... Stephen Critchlow Stephen Lucas ... Stephen Critchlow Thu 20 Mar 2014 14:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y3kgs Afternoon Drama Rumpole Episode 2 of 2 Rumpole and the Sleeping Partners Duration: 45 minutes By John Mortimer Adapted by Richard Stoneman Starring Benedict Cumberbatch. After a legal ball in the Savoy Hotel, Rumpole and Hilda argue about Rumpole's drunken behaviour in front of Mr Justice Gwent-Evans. Rumpole can take no more of his wife and jumps out of their taxi. He intends to spend the night in chambers but finds Erskine-Brown in Equity Court, with Phillida Trant, "working late". Rumpole asks Phillida to help him with the defence of Hugo Lutterworth, who's accused of trying to kill the husband of his lover. Phillida goes home with Erskine-Brown, leaving Rumpole to sleep on his sofa - strictly against the rules of chambers. And this is pointed out to him by Erskine-Brown when he arrives early next morning with Phillida. Did they spend the night together? Rumpole's feelings for his pupil are confusing, so he concentrates on his client. Rumpole discusses the case again with Phillida, who seems out of sorts. She tells Rumpole to go home to Hilda but he ignores her advice and is caught having supper at his desk by Erskine-Brown, who accidentally invites Rumpole to stay at his flat - which does not go well. Rumpole ... Benedict Cumberbatch Hilda ... Jasmine Hyde Erskine-Brown ... Nigel Anthony Judge Gwent-Evans ... Nigel Anthony Phillida Trant ... Cathy Sara Hugo Lutterworth ... Stephen Critchlow Captain Gleason ... Stephen Critchlow Fri 21 Mar 2014 14:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l8qmt Peter O'Toole - Loitering with Intent 1-5/8 Last December Peter O’ Toole died aged 81. In a life and career dominated by his performance in film epic Lawrence of Arabia, on stage in Jeffrey Barnard is Unwell and for his reputation as a hell-raiser, the late lamented actor reads from his memoirs in these 1992 recordings. Monday to Friday at 2.45pm - continues next week ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cky0w Drama on 3 Lorca's Rural Trilogy Episode 3 of 3 Blood Wedding Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes First broadcast: Sunday 25 November 2007 An atmospheric re-working by Ted Hughes of Lorca's evocative meditation on fate, war, tradition, passion and repression. Inspired by the true story of a fatal feud between two families in the Almeria province, high in the mountains of rural Spain. The third play in Radio 3's broadcast of Federico García Lorca's "Rural Trilogy" from 1930s Spain. This production of Blood Wedding was first broadcast in 2008 and won the Sony Award for best drama that year. Mother of Bridegroom ... Barbara Flynn Bridegroom/Woodcutter ... Carl Prekopp Bride ... Sarah Smart Leonardo ... William Ash Leonardo's Wife/Girl ... Andrea Riseborough Father of Bride ... David Fleeshman Beggar Woman/Neighbour ... Mary Cunningham Servant/Mother-in-Law ... Ellie Haddington Moon ... Claire Benedict Girl ... Liz Carter Woodcutter ... Sam Curtis Woodcutter ... Chris Hannon Little Girl ... Daisy Jones Sun 16 Mar 2014 21:30 BBC Radio 3 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y0l8y Ordeal by Innocence Episode 1 of 3 Duration: 30 minutes by Agatha Christie dramatised by Joy Wilkinson Doctor Calgary comes to visit the Argyle family with good news, or so he thinks. He tells the family he is there to clear the name of Jacko, who was convicted of the murder of his mother. But his news is not greeted with the enthusiasm he expects. Along with Crooked House, Ordeal by Innocence was Agatha Christie's favourite of her own works. It is easy to see why. Eschewing the traditional detective format, it takes an original idea - how the innocent suffer more than the guilty when a crime goes unsolved - and explores it to the full within a family where everyone has a motive and means to have done it. Calgary ... Mark Umbers Gwenda ... Jacqueline Defferary Kirsten ... Wanda Opalinska Hester ... Phoebe Waller-Bridge Jacko ... Arthur Hughes Leo ... Sean Murray Mickey ... Joel MacCormack Tina ... Carys Eleri Philip ... John Norton Mary ... Priyanga Burford Marshall ... David Seddon Huish ... Michael Bertenshaw Doctor ... Harry Jardine Hotel Receptionist ... Georgie Fuller Mon 17 Mar 2014 11:30 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c7fc9 Saturday Drama Rebus: Black and Blue Episode 1 of 2 Duration: 1 hour First broadcast: Saturday 28 June 2008 BY IAN RANKIN, DRAMATISED BY CHRIS DOLAN. REBUS INVESTIGATES THE VIOLENT DEATH OF A NORTH SEA OIL WORKER IN EDINBURGH AND UNCOVERS POSSIBLE MOTIVES RANGING FROM GANGLAND INFIGHTING OVER DRUGS TO ECO PROTESTS AGAINST OIL EXPLORATION. BUT AS REBUS'S INQUIRIES TAKE HIM FROM EDINBURGH TO GLASGOW AND THEN TO ABERDEEN HE FINDS HIS INVESTIGATION OVERLAPPING WITH A MAJOR HUNT FOR A SERIAL KILLER WHO HAS STRUCK IN ALL THREE CITIES. John Rebus ... Ron Donachie Ludo Lumsden ... Iain Robertson Siobhan Clarke ... Gayanne Potter Jack Morton ... Simon Tait Tracy Minchell ... Irene Allan Judd Fuller ... Simon Donaldson Edward Grogan ... Mark McDonnell Briony McLean ... Natalie Bennett Ryan Slocum ... John Kazek Eve Cudden ... Juliet Cadzow Joe Toal ... Laurie Ventry Sat 17 Aug 2013 23:00 BBC Radio 4 Extra ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rv0lm Saturday Drama Great Escape: The Justice Duration: 1 hour First broadcast: Saturday 13 April 2013 In the spring of 1943, a group of Air Force officers began work on an ambitious plan to tunnel their way out of a German POW camp called Stalag Luft Three. A year later the tunnel was ready and seventy-six made their escape. All but three were recaptured, but fifty were then systematically executed on orders from German High Command. This much was made internationally famous by Hollywood in the film The Great Escape, which mixes a meticulous depiction of the tunnelling plan with highly fictionalised American characters on motorbikes. But there is a stranger part of the story which starts where the film leaves off, and reveals the real history behind the nation-building legend. The British Government vowed to avenge the murders, and within weeks of the war's end, sent RAF investigators into the ruins of Germany, with orders to track down the killers, and bring them to exemplary justice. Award-winning dramatist Robin Brooks and internationally best-selling novelist Robert Radcliffe tell the extraordinary story of the escape, the murders, and the postwar manhunt in the chaos of divided Germany, through the eyes of one of the senior investigating officers: a straightforward by-the-book detective from Blackpool CID. Sqn Ldr McKenna ... Stephen Tompkinson Nixon ... Gunnar Cauthery Schulmann ... Ewan Bailey Max Wielen ... Nicholas Murchie Emil Schulz ... Rick Warden Oberst von Lindeiner ... Robert Blythe Roger Bushell ... Ben Crowe Paul Brickhill ... Michael Shelford Nils Fuglesang ... Will Howard Marie ... Amaka Okafor Gluck ... Paul Stonehouse Angela Schulz ... Hannah Wood Sun 16 Mar 2014 15:00 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y0l94 Afternoon Drama A Kidnapping Episode 1 of 3 Duration: 45 minutes Daniel Ryan and Jade Matthew play two British teachers at an international school in Manila who conspire to kidnap the 10-year-old son of a prominent Filipino politician. It's a simple get-rich quick plan that turns out not to be quite as straightforward as they had hoped. A fast-paced thriller and a grand, comic morality tale set and recorded in the Philippines. Recorded in the Philippines at the British School Manila and the Joya Towers Manila Mon 17 Mar 2014 14:15 BBC Radio 4 Parts 2 and 3 air at the same time on Tuesday and Thursday. ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y0n8n Book at Bedtime The Collected Works of AJ Fikry Episode 1 of 10 Love and Loss Duration: 15 minutes Beguiling, funny and poignant, The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry is largely set in Island Books, a failing independent bookshop in the middle of an island community off the American coast. A. J.Fikry, the shop's owner, is struggling to come to terms with a devastating loss, Amelia, a sales rep for a small publisher can't find the right man, and Maya, the baby found abandoned beside the piles of books, with a note, all gravitate to its teetering stackes. Island Books brings them together and offers life lessons gleaned from reading which are passed on and shared. Gabrielle Zevin is an award winning American novelist, writing for adults and young adults. She is also a screenwriter; her first screenplay was 'Conversations with Other Women' which starred Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart. Madeleine Potter has appeared in numerous films, television series, and theatre productions. She is well known to Radio 4 audiences for We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Great Swim and Where'd You Go, Bernadette. Hari Dhillon reads from A.J. Fikry's journal. Hari has read for Book of the Week and Book at Bedtime and starred in Holby City. Reader ... Madeleine Potter Reader ... Hari Dhillon Mon 17 Mar 2014 22:45 BBC Radio 4 =====

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