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Life and Intrigue in Tudor Britain: A Collection of BBC Radio Historical Docu Dramas

Six gripping dramatised documentaries detailing the history of the turbulent Tudor period. Passion, power, sex and suspicious deaths – the Tudor story is one of drama and dysfunction, and it has kept us enthralled for over 400 years. In these six dramatised documentaries, we take a behind-the-scenes look at Tudor England and get to know the key characters we have grown to love and hate, such as Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. Compiled from contemporary sources by Alison Plowman and featuring first-hand accounts and letters, these thrilling, historically accurate retellings bring this tumultuous era to vivid life. The Most Unhappy Lady spans three critical years in the life of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, and later Queen of England. It begins in 1533, when her father divorces her mother and marries Anne Boleyn. Refusing to accept the validity of Henry’s actions, Mary finds herself facing danger and disgrace… In Elizabeth's Admiral, we follow the events which took place in the immediate aftermath of Henry VIII’s death in 1547 – events which led to the execution of the Lord High Admiral Thomas Seymour and came near to seriously compromising the future of the 15-year-old Princess Elizabeth. The Killing at Kirk O’Field, set between March 1566 and June 1567, tells the tragic tale of the murder of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots: a crime that remains one of the most controversial 'whodunnits' of all time. Chance or Villainy? explores the mysterious death of Amy Robsart in 1560. Her husband, Lord Robert Dudley, was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and was rumoured to be having an affair with her – so when Amy was found dead at the foot of a staircase, it seemed that a serious crisis might ensue… In A Knot of Secret Might, we hear the ill-fated love story of Lady Katherine Grey, sister of the doomed ‘Nine-Day Queen’ Lady Jane Grey. And in The Great Enterprise, 1588, we are transported back to sixteenth-century Spain, as Philip II prepares to launch his ‘Invincible Armada’... Among the ensemble casts of these superb docu-dramas are Beryl Calder, Haydn Jones, Marjorie Westbury, Kathleen Helme, Patricia Leventon, Nerys Hughes and Roger Delgado. Credits Compiled from contemporary sources by Alison Plowden Special thanks to Keith Wickham for Archive material. The Most Unhappy Lady Produced by Joe Burroughs First broadcast BBC Home Service, 22 Dec 1964 Elizabeth’s Admiral (A Pattern of Tudors) Produced by Joe Burroughs First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 Apr 1968 The Killing at Kirk O’Field Produced by Alison Plowden First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18 Sep 1969 Chance or Villainy? (A Pattern of Tudors) Produced by Joe Burroughs First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4 Feb 1966 A Knot of Secret Might Produced by Richard Wortley First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 20 Oct 1970 The Great Enterprise, 1588 (A Pattern of Tudors) Produced by Joe Burroughs First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11 Aug 1968 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Alison Plowden (Author), Beryl Calder, Frank Duncan, Full Cast, Haydn Jones, Jane Wenham, Kathleen Helme, Madi Hedd, Marjorie Westbury, Nerys Hughes, Nigel Lambert, Patricia Leventon, Pauline Letts, Richard Hurndall, Roger Delgado, Stephen Thorne (Narrator)

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Vintage BBC Radio Horror: The Slide, Night of the Wolf & Dark: Three full-cast supernatural thriller

A trio of terrifying radio tales starring Roger Delgado, Vincent Price and Honor Blackman Author, playwright and TV producer Victor Pemberton was probably best known as a script editor and writer for Doctor Who, and as the inventor of the Doctor's trademark sonic screwdriver. But he also created numerous dramas for radio, among them the three cult classics included here. The Slide - In the Kent new town of Redlow, the residents are shocked by a sudden earthquake. But a worse subterranean threat is still to emerge. When a torrent of mud oozes from the fissure and the local wildlife begins to die, expert seismologist Professor Gomez is called in. His analysis reveals the awful truth: the mud is sentient, intelligent - and lethal... Roger Delgado and Maurice Denham star in this thrilling seven-part sci-fi serial. Night of the Wolf - March, 1883, and a monster is on the loose in the East Anglian Fens... Concerned about his missing son, Robert, Judge Mathew Deacon travels from Pennysylvania to Cambridge to find out what has become of him. His inquiries lead him to the remote Northcott Manor, deep in the marsh country, where he finds a family hiding dark secrets - and comes face to face with a werewolf... This Gothic horror play stars Vincent Price and Coral Browne. Dark- Virginia's lover was murdered and her husband hanged. Then, years later, inexplicable events occur in the room where the murder took place. Summoned to investigate, medium Simon Elliott becomes possessed by people from the past. Can the dead really return to exert control over the living? Honor Blackman, Bessie Love and Nigel Anthony star in this suspenseful paranormal thriller. Produced by John Tydeman The Slide Professor Josef Gomez - Roger Delgado Hugh Deverill MP - Maurice Denham Janet Marshall - Elisabeth Proud Dr Ken Richards - David Spenser Anna Deverill - Marion Mathie 'Tug' Wilson - Stephen Jack Mrs Wilson - Miriam Margolyes Sergeant Johnson - Wilfred Babbage Inspector Baxter - Geoffrey Matthews Constable/First Journalist/Pilot - Anthony Jackson Professor Landers - Rolf Lefebvre Professor Lippert - Allan McClelland Newscaster/AC2 Gibbons - Nigel Graham Mrs Luke - Noel Hood Nursing Sister - Eva Haddon Sorensen - Fraser Kerr RAF Corporal - Anthony Hall Barry - Glyn Dearman Nurse - Patricia Leventon Dr Robeson - Michael Kilgarriff Second Journalist - Hector Ross Third Journalist/Policeman/Ground Control - Brian Hewlett American Journalist - Peter Marinker Vicar - Noel Howlett Margaret Griffiths MP - Joan Matheson TV Interviewer - Henry Stamper Special effects: The BBC Radiophonic Workshop First broadcast BBC Radio Light Programme, 13 February-27 March 1966 Night of the Wolf Judge Mathew Deacon - Vincent Price Robert Deacon, his son - Peter Whitman Mrs Northcott - Coral Browne Sybil, her daughter - Sheila Grant Dorothy, Sybil's daughter - Elizabeth Proud Nicholas, Sybil's son - John Rye Griffin, an undergraduate - Michael Cochrane Professor Forrester - Hugh Manning Sir Richard Burnett - Haydn Jones Morris - Paul Gaymon Jessie - Norma Ronald Technical assistants Jock Parrell, Marsail MacCuish, David Bitchinson and Alister Wilson First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9 August 1975 Dark Virginia Preston - Honor Blackman Mother - Bessie Love Simon Elliott - Nigel Anthony First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 February 1978 (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Victor Pemberton (Author), Bessie Love, Coral Browne, Full Cast, Honor Blackman, Maurice Denham, Nigel Anthony, Roger Delgado, Vincent Price (Narrator)

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The Slide

'Listen! Quiet! Everybody stand still for a minute. There's something. Can't you hear it?' During an abnormal heatwave in March, the air becomes thick and dull. Nothing moves - you can almost hear the silence. Something was bound to happen... Redlow, a new town in Kent, was the dream of self-made man, Hugh Deverill, MP. At a crowded and restless town meeting, Janet Marshall faints due to the stifling atmosphere. She is helped by her friend Dr Ken Richards - just as a sudden earthquake tears the room apart. A long, deep crack in a road is discovered nearby, and powerful tremors are felt along the South Coast. When torrents of seething mud start emerging from the fissure, scientist Josef Gomez is called in: the mud contains a special organism that can control people's minds. And it can kill. Declared a disaster area, Redlow becomes a state of emergency. Then other fissures appear... Long absent from the BBC archives, this digitally remastered recording of The Slide features Roger Delgado, who went on to play The Master in Doctor Who.

Victor Pemberton (Author), , David Spenser, Maurice Denham, Miriam Margolyes, Roger Delgado (Narrator)

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