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BBC Radio: rare Richard Burton incl. "The Corn Is Green" (first broadcast since 1945)

Posted by:	TimDunleavy 12:01 pm EDT 08/10/14

Descriptions are taken from the BBC Radio Drama and BBC Radio 4 Extra newsletters, and from the individual web pages. ===== We hope you're settling into Home Front as the search for the missing boys continues this week, Freddie departs for France and a chance photograph is taken which will have unexpected results. A very different view of the impact of the war is shown in a new dramatisation of Virginia Woolf's classic, To the Lighthouse. Sticking with the military theme, a brand new play by E.V. Crowe looks at what life is like in the army for the families of soldiers: Hermione Norris (Spooks) and Ellie Kendrick (Game of Thrones) star in How to Say Goodbye Properly. And Fin Kennedy takes us inside GCHQ as agents track three young British Muslims en route to Syria in The Good Listener. ===== 4 Extra Celebrates Richard Burton Richard Burton was the boy from a Welsh mining village who became one of Hollywood’s greatest movie stars. August 8th 2014 marks 30 years since Burton’s death and in celebration of his work, BBC Radio 4 Extra is broadcasting a series of his historic performances. http://bbc.in/1zZF39x The Corn Is Green 4 Extra Debut Not heard since its original broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1945. This is a semi-autobiographical work by the Welsh dramatist Emlyn Williams, who died in 1987. Burton plays Morgan Evans, a promising student who seems destined for a life of manual labour and heavy drinking. But he comes to Miss Moffat (played by Gladys Young) who helps him realise his potential. Saturday at 6am (rpt 4pm) http://bbc.in/1vkz1kQ The Dark Tower 4 Extra Debut This poetic drama stars Richard Burton as Roland, tasked with following in his brother's fatal footsteps and seeking out a terror that looms in the Dark Tower. Written and produced by Louis MacNiece, the poet who worked for the BBC from 1940 and with music specially composed by Benjamin Britten, this production has not been heard since its initial broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1956. Sunday at 1.30pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d4tgp Henry at Agincourt 4 Extra Debut Not heard since its original transmission on the eve of St George’s Day, 1956. A 30 year old Richard Burton stars as Henry V, a role he had practised atop a mountain in his native Wales as a teenager. Alongside him, as the Chorus, is another celebrated Shakespearian actor - John Neville, who along with Burton dominated the Old Vic in the 1950s. This dramatic piece, extracted from Shakespeare’s King Henry V, concentrates on the Battle of Agincourt which was fought on Friday, 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day). Tuesday at 11.15am ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d4t9r Afternoon Drama Nocturne Duration: 45 minutes Margaret Wilkinson's moving and haunting drama about secrets and lies. Judith wants to get closer to her mother but is too frightened to open up and ask for the help she needs. Her mother, Anna, has a secret she's never shared with her daughter and time is running out. When Judith becomes her mother's carer, their lack of communication intensifies. Can these women, forced into intimate proximity hold onto their secrets? Anna ... Julia McKenzie Judith ... Deborah McAndrew Witness ... Margaret Wilkinson Thu 14 Aug 2014 14:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d1kvs Afternoon Drama How to Say Goodbye Properly Duration: 45 minutes by E V Crowe. Lucy feels as if she's been in the army her whole life. Her father swears this is their last posting. But can she believe him? And if not, can she cope with another tour of duty? Lucy ... Ellie Kendrick Angela ... Hermione Norris Martin ... Stuart McQuarrie Toby ... Alex Lawther Mon 11 Aug 2014 14:15FM only ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d1kvb 15 Minute Drama To the Lighthouse Episode 1 of 5 Virginia Woolf's landmark modernist novel based on her own early experiences and published 1927 is dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths. Intensely personal and profoundly universal; a moving portrait of family life that captures the transience of human experience. Just before the First World War, Mr and Mrs Ramsay, their eight children and an array of guests are on the Isle of Skye for the summer. Despite Mr Ramsay's prediction of bad weather, Young James is determined to get to the Lighthouse. Lily ... Lyndsey Marshal Mrs Ramsay ... Charlotte Emmerson James ... Alex Starke Mr Ramsay ... John Lynch Mr Tansley ... Matthew McNulty Prue ... Verity-May Henry Mon 11 Aug 2014 10:45 BBC Radio 4 FM only Mon 11 Aug 2014 19:45 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w190h Charles Paris Mystery Murder in the Title Episode 1 of 4 Duration: 30 minutes First broadcast: Monday 22 November 2010 By Jeremy Front Based on the novel by Simon Brett A series of nasty accidents befall the cast of the play Charles is appearing in. Is it bad luck or is someone out to sabotage the production. As ever, Charles is his own worst enemy, a louche lush who can resist anything except temptation especially in the form of women and alcohol. His intentions may be good but somehow the results always go wrong. He's been out of work so long now he feels he may never get a job and he's driving Frances his semi-ex-wife mad. So when he's offered a small role in an awful play up in Rugland she nearly pushes him out the door. But as always with Charles murder is never far behind. Charles Paris ... Bill Nighy Frances ... Suzanne Burden Maurice ... Jon Glover Fabio ... Theo Cross Tony ... Sam Dale Lindsay ... Christine Kavanagh Ronnie ... Sean Baker Sean ... Iain Batchelor Phoebe ... Claire Harry Chris ... Henry Devas Landlady ... Sally Orrock Barmaid ... Leah Brotherhead Sun 10 Aug 2014 19:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d0klc In The Psychiatrist's Chair Zoe Wanamaker 4 Extra Debut In the last in our current run of the classic conversation programme, actress Zoe Wanamaker opens up to Anthony Clare about her childhood, upbringing and relationship with her parents. From 1998. Saturday at 1.15pm ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d0l1g Saturday Drama Victory Duration: 1 hour Gwyneth Hughes tells the story of the triangular relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson, Sir William and Emma, Lady Hamilton, starring Imogen Stubbs and Ronan Vibert. Sat 9 Aug 2014 14:30 BBC Radio 4 FM only ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d11l4 The Stuarts Charles II, Part One: Through the World in Various Fortune Duration: 58 minutes By Mike Walker Charting the early life of Charles II, as a young boy in the court of his father and during the Civil War, his life in exile during the interregnum, and later his failed attempts to regain the crown. When news finally reaches him of Oliver Cromwell's death, Charles plots his return once more. Charles ... Jamie Parker James ... Will Howard Kenelm Digby ... Paul Hilton Hyde ... Michael Bertenshaw Young Charles ... Adam Thomas Wright Brodie ... Clive Hayward General Monck ... Alun Raglan Secretary ... Matthew Watson Colonel ... David Cann Sun 10 Aug 2014 15:00FM only Sat 16 Aug 2014 21:00 BBC Radio 4 ====== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r99qm The Wire The Startling Truths of Old World Sparrows Duration: 45 minutes First broadcast: Saturday 16 March 2013 by Fiona Evans We swoop into the lives of Rhoda, Stan and Ron as the action inter-cuts between three houses in the same street on a freezing, snowy day. When there's a power cut each person is faced with their worst fear. A prize-winning innovative drama based on verbatim interviews with three elderly people, and in this new production performed by children. The rendition by children aims to explore the close links of elderly people and children; the vulnerability, simplicity, fragility, resilience. Rhoda ... Sydney Wade Stan ... Daniel Kerr Ron ... Ellis Hollins Sun 10 Aug 2014 22:15 BBC Radio 3 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03thbcj Home Front Epic new drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. In Folkestone, the local police find their resources terribly stretched... Radio 4 12:00 Mon - Fri ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rfhjj Afternoon Drama The Sensitive Episode 4 of 11 A Nobody Duration: 45 minutes First broadcast: Wednesday 24 March 2010 Alastair Jessiman's Glasgow psychic detective returns for a new and disturbing case. Thomas suffers a crisis of confidence when he is asked to investigate a potential serial killer. An old girlfriend, Kat, persuades him to take a break, but when they drive north for a few days, Thomas soon becomes convinced that they are being followed. Thomas ... Robin Laing Kat ... Daniela Nardini Young Man ... Iain Robertson Mrs Soutar ... Sheila Donald Crawford ... Simon Tait WPC ... Suzanne Donaldson Tue 12 Aug 2014 14:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d4nhf Afternoon Drama The Good Listener Duration: 45 minutes This authentic drama takes us inside the intelligence agency GCHQ, where agents are tracking three young British Muslims as they head for Syria. Henry Morcombe, an experienced GCHQ analyst, is tasked with establishing whether they intend to deliver humanitarian aid or join the armed conflict. He realises that there is more to this case than meets the eye when the team discovers the boys' true purpose in Syria. How to protect the public while keeping within legal and ethical boundaries is far from straightforward, and tensions emerge as the team responds to unfolding events. GCHQ (Government Communications Head Quarters) has come under closer scrutiny in recent years and yet little is known about the operations of this highly secretive, but strategically essential, spy agency. The production team gained unprecedented access to GCHQ during the making of the drama. The story and the characters presented here are fictional. Written by Fin Kennedy Henry ... Owen Teale Jacqui ... Pollyanna McIntosh Siddiq ... Ashley Kumar Alison ... Alison Newman David ... Richard Maxted Gerry ... Dominic Hawksley Khaled ... Faraz Alauddin Zak ... Ahmed Malik Abdul ... Ali Malik Witness ... Fin Kennedy Wed 13 Aug 2014 14:15 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d4q09 Afternoon Drama Brief Lives Episode 1 of 6 Duration: 45 minutes by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly. Frank Twist and his team of Manchester's finest paralegals returns for another series. Frank is recovering from his recent stroke and desperate to get back to work. Meanwhile Sarah's beauty parlour seems to be harbouring a secret. Frank ... David Schofield Sarah ... Kathryn Hunt Ronnie ... Rachel Austin Cheryl ... Mandi Symonds Kim ... Sarah Lam Anh ... Vera Chok DC Hart ... James Quinn Fri 15 Aug 2014 14:15FM only ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r7bhr Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone Episode 1 of 4 3 days left to listen Duration: 1 hour Stolen from an Indian deity, a huge diamond is given to Rachel Verinder as she turns 18, but it disappears. Stars Eleanor Bron. ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f40lw I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again 4 days left to listen Duration: 30 minutes The cult sketch comedy's debut. Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. From April 1964. ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d0kl7 The BBC Tour Made for 4 Extra Savoy Hill, Broadcasting House, Lime Grove, Television Centre, Maida Vale and Bush House are just some of the iconic BBC buildings brought alive by Nick Baker in this fascinating tour of the archives from 1922 to the present day. Since 2013 when the Queen opened the grand new extension to the Grade 2 listed Broadcasting House in Portland Place, members of the public have been taking regular guided tours of the place which dates from 1932. We hear from members of the public as they experience the new Broadcasting House tour and BBC Head of History Robert Seatter will be there with all the facts at his fingertips. Saturday at 9am (rpt 7pm) ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04cfw3k If I Only Had a Brain Episode 1 of 3 Duration: 15 minutes August 2014 sees the 75th anniversary of the iconic MGM film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's classic novel The Wizard of Oz. Inspired by the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion's quest to find Brains, Heart and Courage, Ian Sansom, Morwenna Banks and Colin Carberry bring us a series of three stories about people who find themselves in unexpected situations, which challenge them to display qualities they never realized they had all along, or which find them looking at their lives in a new light in their own personal quests for a brain, a heart, and the nerve. If I Only Had a Brain Read by Mark Heap Novelist and broadcaster Ian Sansom takes us into the daily routine of a scientist who in his quest for new discoveries rarely tells the people he meets exactly what his job entails. Fri 8 Aug 2014 15:45 BBC Radio 4 FM only ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d1c48 Book of the Week Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered Episode 1 of 5 Duration: 15 minutes A genius immortalised her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. Every year more than 9 million visitors trek to view her portrait in the Louvre. Yet while everyone recognizes her smile, hardly anyone knows her story. Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered - a blend of biography, history, and memoir - truly is a book of discovery about the world's most recognised face, most revered artist, and most praised and parodied painting. Who was she, this ordinary woman who rose to such extraordinary fame? Why did the most renowned painter of her time choose her as his model? What became of her? And why does her smile enchant us still? The author, Dianne Hales, is a prize-winning, widely published journalist and author. The President of Italy awarded her an honorary knighthood in recognition of her internationally bestselling book, La Bella Lingua. Abridged by Eileen Horne Reader: Nancy Crane Mon 11 Aug 2014 09:45 BBC Radio 4 FM only BBC Radio 4 Tue 12 Aug 2014 00:30 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d1ppb Book at Bedtime A Song for Issy Bradley Episode 1 of 10 Duration: 15 minutes This is the story of what happens when Issy Bradley dies. It is the story of Ian - husband, father, maths teacher and Mormon bishop - and his unshakeable belief that everything will turn out all right if he can only endure to the end, like the pioneers did. It is the story of his wife Claire's lonely wait for a sign from God and her desperate need for life to pause while she comes to terms with what's happened. It is the story of the agony and hope of Zippy Bradley's first love, the story of Alma Bradley's cynicism and reluctant bravery, and it is the story of seven-year-old Jacob. But mostly it's the story of a family trying to work out how to carry on when their world has fallen apart. Incredibly moving, unexpectedly funny and sharply observed, A Song for Issy Bradley, explores the outer reaches of doubt and faith. Author Carys Bray was brought up in a devout Mormon family. In her early thirties she left the church and replaced religion with writing. She was awarded the Scott prize for her debut short story collection Sweet Home. A Song for Issy Bradley is her first novel. Reader ... Emma Fielding Mon 11 Aug 2014 22:45 BBC Radio 4 ===== http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ptw Podcast Drama of the Week: Home Front First week of epic new drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago. As Folkestone comes to terms with being at the hub of Britain's war effort. Also available on iTunes. =====

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re: BBC Radio: rare Richard Burton incl. "The Corn Is Green" (first broadcast since 1945)

Posted by:	MarjorieMae 03:07 pm EDT 08/10/14
In reply to:	BBC Radio: rare Richard Burton incl. "The Corn Is Green" (first broadcast since 1945) - TimDunleavy 12:01 pm EDT 08/10/14

Thanks! Listening to Corn is Green on BBC iplayer. Sound is excellent. The style reminds me of the radio play done in an episode of Are You Being Served.

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