Audiobooks Narrated by Laurie Lee

Laurie Lee: A BBC Radio Collection: Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning & more

"A collection of full-cast dramatisations plus interviews with Laurie Lee Laurie Lee was a poet, novelist and screenwriter renowned for his bestselling autobiographical trilogy Cider With Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and A Moment of War. Among the best loved memoirs in the English language, the books chart Lee’s life from his boyhood summers in a remote Cotswold village to joining the Republican International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. Included here are dramatisations of the first two volumes, alongside a specially written radio play and four fascinating interview programmes. Cider with Rosie – Recorded on location in and around the Slad valley in Gloucestershire, this lyrical, evocative account of Laurie Lee’s childhood in the West Country just after the First World War stars Tim McInnerny and Niamh Cusack. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning – It is the mid-1930s and 19-year-old Laurie sets out on foot to London, but soon finds himself en route to Spain. Accompanied by his trusty fiddle, he walks the length of the country – but as he reaches Almunecar, the Spanish Civil War begins… Featuring recordings made in Spain, this irresistible tale stars Jonathan Keeble as Laurie Lee. I Call Me Adam – Laurie Lee retells the story of the Bounty mutineers, as they occupy Pitcairn Island and try to create a new life there. Produced by the celebrated poet and playwright Louis MacNeice, this bloodthirsty take on what happened to Fletcher Christian and his crew stars Ralph Truman and Wilfred Babbage. Literary Walks: Laurie Lee – The poet and author takes Christopher Somerville on a stroll around Slad, where he grew up and where Cider with Rosie is set. Through My Window: Laurie Lee – Casting his eye over the countryside seen from his window, Laurie Lee waxes lyrical over the view that inspired his most famous work. Laurie Lee’s Long Sleep – This interview with Christopher Cooke from 1989 sees Lee discussing his own sense of mortality. These thoughts are accompanied by a reading of poems and tributes from his 1997 Thanksgiving Service. Laurie Lee’s final interview – In this last radio interview, recorded in 1997 by BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Mark Hurrell, Laurie Lee talks about the inspiration for Cider With Rosie, his epic walk from Stroud to Spain and his love for the landscape around his beloved home village. Text copyright © Laurie Lee 1959 (Cider with Rosie, I Call Me Adam), 1969 (As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning) Credits Written by Laurie Lee Cider with Rosie Dramatised by Nick Darke Music arranged and performed by Paul Burgess Directed by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 12-19 Apr 1998 As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning Dramatised by Christopher Denys Music arranged and played by Chris Leslie Directed by Peter Leslie Wild First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 Aug 2000 I Call Me Adam Production by Louis MacNeice First broadcast BBC Third Programme, 1 Nov 1959 Literary Walks: Laurie Lee Produced by Jude Howells First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 Sep 1985 Through My Window: Laurie Lee Produced by John Harrison First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5 Aug 1981 Laurie Lee’s Long Sleep Produced by Chris Eldon Lee First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 Oct 1997 Laurie Lee’s final radio interview First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 Apr 2014 © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Laurie Lee (Author), Emily Parish, Full Cast, Jonathan Keeble, Laurie Lee, Niamh Cusack, Ralph Truman, Sunny Leworthy, Tim Mcinnerny (Narrator)

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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

"Brought to you by Penguin. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is the moving follow-up to Laurie Lee's acclaimed Cider with Rosie Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. But, deciding to travel further a field and knowing only the Spanish phrase for 'Will you please give me a glass of water?', he heads for Spain. With just a blanket to sleep under and his trusty violin, he spends a year crossing Spain, from Vigo in the north to the southern coast. Only the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War puts an end to his extraordinary peregrinations . . . 'He writes like an angel and conveys the pride and vitality of the humblest Spanish life with unfailing sharpness, zest and humour' Sunday Times 'There's a formidable, instant charm in the writing that genuinely makes it difficult to put the book down' New Statesman 'A beautiful piece of writing' Observer © Laurie Lee 1969 (P) Penguin Audio 2022"

Laurie Lee (Author), Laurie Lee (Narrator)

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Cider With Rosie

"Brought to you by Penguin. The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countryside Cider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate and real and belongs to a now-distant past. 'Remains as fresh and full of joy and gratitude for youth and its sensations as when it first appeared. It sings in the memory' Sunday Times © Laurie Lee 1959 (P) Penguin Audio 2009"

Laurie Lee (Author), Laurie Lee (Narrator)

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