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My Brilliant Career & My Career Goes Bung: Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

"Two full-cast adaptations from the iconic Australian feminist novelist, Miles Franklin These stunning dramatisations recount the life of an impassioned, ambitious Australian heroine, frustrated by rural bush life at the turn of the last century. Born in 1879, writer Stella Miles Franklin grew up in poverty in the Australian outback, with limited education. She completed her first book at the age of just nineteen: the ironically titled My Brilliant Career was published to great success. She was immediately established as a bold new feminist voice in literature. The sequel, My Career Goes Bung, was written soon afterwards but not published until 45 years later. My Brilliant Career follows the vivacious and rebellious sixteen-year-old Sybylla Melvyn as she fights to break free of restrictive bush life. Growing up on her parents’ outback farm, Sybylla is desperate to read, write, sing and achieve great things. Yet her aspirations for a ‘brilliant career’ are persistently thwarted, first by the arduous demands of rural family life, and later by the shackles of a proposed conventional marriage to the wealthy Harold Beecham. With only her brilliant, conflicted mind to guide her, Sybylla is forced to define a life on her own terms. Sybylla returns in My Career Goes Bung, leaving school and embarking on a career as an imitation autobiographer. She is overwhelmed when her book is a runaway success, but how will Sybylla cope with the fame and glamour of the Sydney literati? Friends, lovers, betrayal and a search for identity in a world pitted against her all play out in this moving and superbly performed dramatisation. Nicola Quilter stars as Sylbylla in these two brilliant full-cast adaptations, which not only dramatise the struggles of the fiery, precocious protagonist but also shine a light on the emergent women’s rights movement and memorably evoke the intensity of youth. Miles Franklin wrote and published a total of nineteen books across her lifetime, as well as working as an editor and women’s advocate. She endowed the Miles Franklin Award, a major literary award which has consolidated her legacy as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. Cast and credits My Brilliant Career Written by Miles Franklin Adapted by Lavinia Murray Directed by Kate Rowland Sybylla - Nicola Quilter Harold - Stefan Dennis Aunt Gussie/Mother - Judy Corwell Frank - Louis Hilyer Granny - Margaret Robertson, Helen - Kate Blackham Father/Uncle Julius - Darryl Forbes-Dawson Mr McSwat - Terence Mann Mrs McSwat - Eilis Hetherington Child - Hugh Paterson Child - Robert Lindsay Child - Brenna Paterson Pianists Brenna Paterson and David R Smith First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24th November - 1st December 1996 My Career Goes Bung Written by Miles Franklin Adapted by Annie Caulfield Directed by Marina Caldron Music by Simon Cryer Sybylla - Nicola Quilter Ma - Peta Lilly Pa - Danny Webb Eusty/Derek- Karl Hansen Mr Harris/Big Ears - David Sargent Henry - Daniel O’Brady Edmee - Mufrida Hayes Mrs Crasterton - Richenda Carey Gaddy - Gavin Muir Goring - Andrew Wincott First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18th - 29th September 2000 ©2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Miles Franklin (Author), Danny Webb, Full Cast, Judy Corwell, Louis Hilyer, Nicola Quilter, Peta Lilly, Stefan Dennis (Narrator)

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One Chord Wonders: Five Full Cast BBC Radio Dramas

"Frank Cottrell Boyce’s series of plays about the punk generation 30 years on What if punk heroes The Adverts had played a gig in Camberley in 1977, to an audience of 27 people? And what if, three decades later, someone tried to bring that audience back together for a reunion? That’s the premise of these five linked plays by award-winning screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce, telling the stories of some of those audience members as they look back on that life-changing night. Among the star casts are Doon Mackichan, Pauline Quirke, Siân Reeves, Rosie Cavaliero, Richard Ridings, Danny Webb and Manjinder Virk. Parallel Lines – When Julie, a singer in a Blondie tribute band, is invited to the reunion (along with her husband Pete, aka Zorba the Freak), she’s unsure whether or not to go. As she tries to track down 'Thing' and Margaret, two of her contemporaries from those formative days, she finds herself facing a few uncomfortable truths. Blitzkrieg Bop – Back in 1977, Mo Motormouth was a fanzine writer, and co-promoter of the Adverts gig alongside fellow punk Benny Bondage. Now a struggling local radio presenter, her career receives an unexpected boost when she gives her on-air persona an opinionated, in-yer-face makeover. But her newfound success brings some unwelcome attention from the livelier elements among her listeners… Damned, Damned, Damned – Ex-punk and ex-personal security guard Mick ended up in prison after an altercation with an over-enthusiastic fan. But now he’s a different man: he’s found Jesus, and he’s working on managing his anger. Can he find salvation in remembering the one time when he was truly happy? This Is the Modern World – Onetime ‘anarcho-punk’ Muttley lives in an eco-collective in Wales with his teenage daughter, Lineel. Hoping to find out about her late mother’s past, Lineel sets off on a walking pilgrimage to Camberley, and Muttley has no choice but to accompany her. He’s about to be forcibly reunited with his former self – and Lineel’s about to find out what life is like in the ‘real world’ beyond the commune. Television is Over – In this final play, we flash back to where it all began: Camberley, March 1977. Punk has arrived in suburban Surrey, and the town’s respectable residents are outraged – but the local teens are ready for revolution. And at the centre of it all are Julie, Pete, Mo, Benny, Mick, Muttley – and Adam, a young man desperate for something to believe in… Production credits Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce Produced and directed by Toby Swift Parallel Lines Cast: Doon Mackichan, Siân Reeves, Rosie Cavaliero, Ivan Kaye, Paul Viragh, Joseph Tremain, Sarah Bedi, John Rowe, Ben Crowe, Helen Longworth Blitzkrieg Bop Cast: Pauline Quirke, Adam Kotz, Manjinder Virk, Ivan Kaye, Ben Crowe, Harry Myers, Sanjay Shelat, Stephen Critchlow, John Rowe, Amy Enticknap Damned, Damned, Damned Cast: Richard Ridings, Lloyd Thomas, Chris Pavlo, Richie Campbell, Paul Richard Biggin, John Rowe, Ben Crowe This Is the Modern World Cast: Danny Webb, Stephanie Leonidas, Ann Beach, Carl Prekopp, John Biggins, Alex Tregear, John Cummins, Sam Dale, Liz Sutherland Television’s Over Cast: Kristopher Milnes, Freddy White, Gerard Horan, Fenella Woolgar, Leanne Rowe, James Daley, Ben Crowe, John Hasler, Amy Enticknap, John Rowe, Dan Starkey, Nyasha Hatendi, Sarah Bedi, Joan Walker, Tim James © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Frank Cottrell Boyce (Author), Danny Webb, Doon Mackichan, Fenella Woolgar, Full Cast, Ivan Kaye, Kristopher Milnes, Manjinder Virk, Pauline Quirke, Richard Ridings, Rosie Cavaliero (Narrator)

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Private Eye Billy Rucker: Shut Eye & Hold Back the Night: Two Full-Cast BBC Radio 4 Crime Dramas

"David Morrissey stars as Billy Rucker in these two gritty urban noir thrillers Ex-copper turned private investigator Billy Rucker scours the seamy underbelly of London, hunting for runaways - and murderers. Tough, worldly-wise and street-savvy, he can go where the police can't: and once he's on the trail, he won't stop until he finds the truth... Shut Eye - When an airline pilot is found brutally murdered with a champagne bottle, his brother, Tory MP Sir Peter Morant, asks Billy Rucker to investigate. Although he's already working one assignment - tracking down teenager Dominic Lewis - Rucker agrees to take the case. Delving into Teddy's private life in search of a serial killer, he identifies a high-profile suspect. But when another body is discovered, Billy finds the finger of suspicion pointing at him... Hold Back the Night - High summer, and the city is sweltering. Despite the heat, PI Billy Rucker is out pounding the streets, looking for a missing girl named Lucy Bonham. He suspects that Lucy and her friend Donna were mixed up in something nasty - but he has no idea of the full horrors he is about to uncover. Adapted from Adam Baron's highly acclaimed crime novels, these dark, suspenseful detective dramas star David Morrissey, Danny Webb, Adjoa Andoh, Li Leng Au and Ioan Meredith. Production credits Written by Adam Baron Dramatised by Doug Lucie Produced and directed by Janet Whitaker Starring David Morrissey as Billy Rucker, Danny Webb as DI Gold, Adjoa Andoh/Li Leng Au as Sharon and Ioan Meredith as Inspector Clay Shut Eye Sir Peter - Edward de Souza Alex - Matt Day Rollo - Declan Wilson Mrs Lewes - Rachel Atkins Secretary/Waitress - Gbemisola Ikumelo Charlotte - Caroline Langrishe Graham - Nicholas Woodeson Sal - Frances Jeater Dominic/Boy - Chris Moran Archie/PC - Damian Lynch Man - Harry Myers WPC/Kristen - Cherie Taylor-Battlste First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9-30 March 2004 Hold Back the Night Mrs Bonham - Cheryl Campbell Emma - Rachael Stirling Olly - Harry Myers Sal - Elizabeth Bell Nicky - Nicholas Boulton Sharon - Adjoa Andoh Juliet - Alison Pettitt George - Vincenzo Nicoli Albanian prostitute - Alex Tregear Steve - Martin Hyder Janet/Iris - Susan Jameson Mr Bonham - Hugh Dickson Dr Fursten - Stephen Hogan Lee - Peter Darney First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 November-13 December 2005 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Adam Baron (Author), Adjoa Andoh, Danny Webb, David Morrissey, Edward De Souza, Frances Jeater, Full Cast, Rachael Stirling (Narrator)

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Strangers and Brothers: An epic BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

"The full-cast BBC Radio adaptation of C. P. Snow's epic series about the English establishment across the twentieth century 'A vivid portrait of British academic, political and public life' Guardian 'A very considerable achievement... It brings into the novel themes and locales never seen before (except perhaps in Trollope)' Anthony Burgess In 1920s Leicester, Lewis Eliot must escape the drudgery of a council clerk's office and his provincial lower class background to begin his decades-long rise to power. As the years pass, and Lewis progresses to successful London lawyer, to Cambridge don, to wartime service in Whitehall, to senior civil servant and finally retirement, he faces in his own life and the lives of those around him collapsing marriages, terrible illness, the politics of academia, Nazism, nuclear weapons, the price of power, and the ever-present realities of war. The New York Times praised the book series, saying, 'through [them] as in no other work in our time we have explored the inner life of the new classless class that is the 20th century Establishment'. John Betjeman claimed the books were 'as full of life as life itself'. The Strangers and Brothers series captures perfectly the ever-present battle between political and personal integrity Lewis must face, as well as all the upheaval and social change of the two world wars and the decades that followed. This adaptation stars David Haig and Adam Godley as Lewis Eliot, Bill Wallis as George Passant, Juliet Aubrey as Margaret Davidson, Stephen Moore as Herbert Getliffe, and Danny Webb as Percy Hall, with a full cast including Jeremy Swift, David Tennant, Anne-Marie Duff, Iain Glen, Claire Skinner and Tim McInnerny. Directed by Jeremy Howe and Sally Avens Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, January-June 2003 Full cast: Narrator/Lewis Eliot - David Haig Young Lewis Eliot - Adam Godley George Passant - Bill Wallis Marion - Laura Doddington Sheila Knight - Anastasia Hille Herbert Getliffe - Stephen Moore Percy Hall - Danny Webb Charles March - Jamie Glover Leonard March - John Standing Katherine March - Carla Simpson Ann Simon - Emma Woolliams Mrs Getliffe - Suzanna Hamilton Revd Knight - Brett Usher Young Francis Getliffe - Andy Taylor Winslow - Clive Merrison Young Brown - Philip Franks Roy Calvert - Adam Levy Young Jago - David Calder Nightingale - Jeremy Child Chrystal - Matthew Marsh Crawford - Hugh Quarshie Mrs Jago - Joanna Monroe Sir Horace Timberlake - Ian Hogg Young Hector Rose - Rupert Vansittart Houston Eggar - Peter Marinker Willy Romantovski - Kenneth Collard Gilbert Cooke - Anthony Calf Margaret Davidson/Margaret Eliot - Juliet Aubrey Rosalind - Anne-Marie Duff Betty Vane - Carla Simpson Martin Eliot - Tim McInnerny Walter Luke - Jeremy Swift Irene - Claire Skinner David Rubin - Rolf Saxon Sawbridge - Adrian Scarborough Edgar - Andrew Wincott Captain Smith - Sean Baker Sir Hector Rose - John Carlisle Sir Thomas Beville - Robert Laing Austin Davidson - David Collings Jago - Sean Barrett Dawson Hill - Peter Blythe Skeffington - David Acton Francis Getliffe - Geoffrey Whitehead Brown - Jonathan Coy Donald Howard - David Tennant Roger Quaife - Iain Glen Lord Collingwood - Ronald Pickup Caro Quaife - Julia Watson Lord Gilbey - John Woodvine Diana Skidmore - Avril Clark Phillips - Richard Firth Osbaldiston - David Leonard Brodzinski - Christopher Rozycki Ellen Smith - Emma Bown Monteith - Paul Venables Trafford - Stephen Critchlow © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

C.P. Snow (Author), Adam Godley, Anne-Marie Duff, Bill Wallis, Danny Webb, David Haig, David Tennant, Full Cast, Juliet Aubrey, Stephen Moore (Narrator)

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The Odyssey: An epic full-cast journey through the adventures of Odysseus and the world of Greek Mythology

"A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of Homer’s epic seafaring adventure, dramatised by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and starring Tim McInnerny, Benedict Cumberbatch, Amanda Redman & Adjoa Andoh. JOURNEY THROUGH ONE OF THE GREATEST ADVENTURES IN WESTERN STORYTELLING AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY 'As irresistible as gravity ... a production so thrilling that it rapidly becomes unthinkable to press the stop - or even the pause - button' - Independent on Sunday ‘My fame is written in the heavens, and my fate too...’ So speaks Odysseus as he starts to recount his struggles to sail home to Ithaca. In a twenty-year journey, fabulous fantasy mixes with extraordinary reality as Odysseus encounters enchantresses, nymphs, monsters, prophets and ghosts. From the temptations of the lotus flowers and the Sirens’ song to the horrors of the Cyclops’ cave and the Land of the Dead, the story of his encounters is riveting. We hear of Circe, who turned his men into swine; Calypso, who held Odysseus prisoner for seven years; and the dreadful six-headed monster Scylla who devoured some of his crew. And we hear of the Gods, who have a vital role to play.... 'The Odyssey' is his incredible traveller’s tale – and also the story of his faithful wife Penelope who waits for him, besieged by suitors, and their son Telemachus who has a quest of his own. Dramatised by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to celebrate the return of the Olympics to Athens, this full cast production brings Odysseus’s adventures to vivid life, conveying all the excitement, suspense and poetry of the original. A stunning aural rollercoaster ride, 'The Odyssey' will have your heart in your mouth and stir your soul. Cast and credits Odysseus – Tim McInnerny Penelope – Amanda Redman Telemachus – Benedict Cumberbatch Athena – Janet McTeer Zeus – John Wood Eurycleia – Mary Wimbush Hermes – Bertie Carvel King Alcinous – Geoffrey Whitehead Queen Arete – Cheryl Campbell Princess Nausicaa – Alice Hart Calypso – Adjoa Andoh The Cyclops – Barrie Rutter Antinous – Danny Webb Eurymachus – Jonathan Keeble Amphinomus – Chris Pavlo Eurylochus – Ewan Bailey Polites – John Rowe Elpenus – Stephen Hogan Eurybates – Philip Fox Antiphus/Shipmate – Jon Glover Eumaeus – Ioan Meredith Circe – Frances Barber Ghost of Anticleia – Joanna McCallum The Sirens: Elena Ferarri, Belinda Sykes, Harriet Williams Dramatised by Simon Armitage Directed by Janet Whitaker © 2004 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2004 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Homer (Author), Adjoa Andoh, Amanda Redman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bertie Carvel, Cheryl Campbell, Danny Webb, Frances Barber, Full Cast, Janet McTeer, Mary Wimbush, Tim McInnerny (Narrator)

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