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| 2018 | BBC Radio 4 | Paradise Lost | John Milton adapted by Michael Symmons Roberts First transmitted 24 March 2018 Credits
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| 2010 | Polydor Ltd. | Invisible Light | Scissor Sisters |
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| 2010 | BBC Radio 4 | GOLDFINGER | WRITER: Archie Scottney based on Ian Fleming's novel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | BBC Radio 4 | WALTER NOW | WRITER: David Cook | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Audible.com | OUTCAST | WRITER: Michelle Paver Fourth in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series Download from Audible.com |
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| 2006 | BBC Radio 4 | SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT | Writer: Simon Armitage My reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, newly translated by the poet Simon Armitage, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 2.15pm on Thursday 21st December 2006.
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| 2006 | Wordsworth Trust | RIME
OF THE ANCIENT MARINER |
Writer:
Samuel Coleridge |
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| 2006 | Orion Audio Books | SOUL EATER | WRITER: Michelle Paver Third in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series Published: 7 September 2006Download from The Talking Book Store |
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| 2005 | Orion Audio Books | SPIRIT WALKER | WRITER: Michelle Paver Second in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series Published: 7 September 2005 |
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| 2005 | BBC | ASYLUM | WRITER: Patrick McGrath |
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| 2005 | BBC Radio 4 | THE PRELUDE | WRITER: William Wordsworth DIRECTOR: Susan Roberts LINKS by Robert Woof First broadcast Monday 25 July -Friday 29 July 2005 I read five extracts from William Wordsworth's autobiographical poem to mark the bicentenary of the 1805 version. The reading was specially recorded at Dove Cottage in Grasmere where Wordsworth lived and wrote from December 1799 to May 1808, the years of his supreme work as a poet. |
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| 2005 | BBC Radio 4 | TERRE HAUTE | WRITER: Edmund Wilson DIRECTOR: Maria Aitken With Troy Hill and Stuart Milligan First broadcast 25 February 2005 21.00 Just before he was executed for the Oklahoma bombing, Timothy McVeigh was in correspondence with the American writer and iconoclast, Gore Vidal. In this play, the award winning novelist Edmund White imagines what would have happened had they ever met face to face in Terre Haute prison.
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| 2004 | Naxos AudioBooks
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THE TEMPEST | WRITER: William Shakespeare DIRECTOR: John Tydeman |
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| 2004 | Orion Audio Books
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WOLF BROTHER
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WRITER: Michelle Paver First in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series Publication Date: 16 September 2004 |
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| 2004 | BBC Radio 4 | BE PREPARED | WRITER: Andy Rashleigh ROLE: Robert Baden-Powell
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| 2003 | BBC World Service Radio | HIV/AIDS Concert | Recorded live at the Mermaid
Theatre, London on Friday 7 November 2003 Broadcast 22 November 2003 |
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| 2003 | BBC Radio 4 | Desert Island Discs |
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| 2001 | BBC Radio 4 | LITTLE DORRIT | WRITER: Charles Dickens ROLE: Dickens Co-starring John Wood, Julian Wadham, Margaret Tyzack Six weekly episodes broadcast beginning 22 April 2001 |
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| 1996 | Penguin Books | ODYSSEY (Unabridged) | WRITER: Homer
1997 Audie Award for best solo narration |
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| 1996 | CREATIONS | WRITER: Corigliano
ROLE: Narrator Recorded 12 July 1996; accompanies recording of I Fiamminghi conducted by Rudolf Werthen |
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| 1994 | Harper Collins Audio | THE DANCING BEAR | WRITER: Michael Morpurgo
ROLE: narrator |
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| 1994 | THE SOLDIER'S TALE | ROLE: Narrator
Co-starring: Vanessa Redgrave & Sting. |
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| 1994 | BBC Radio 3 | The Ballad of Reading Gaol | from the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. A
benefit performance of Oscar Wilde 's great poem, introduced by Neil
Dartlett and read by Ian McKellen , Stephen Fry , Neil Tennant , Bette
Bourne and others. Produer Ned Chaillet Transmitted 9 October 1994 |
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| 1994 | Pet Shop Boys | HEART | Music Video Role: Dracula |
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| 1992 | BBC Radio 3 | NAPOLIA MILLIONARIA | WRITER: Eduardo da Filippo. From its successful run at the Royal National Theatre, Peter Tinniswood 's new version of this classic study of Neapolitan life in the Second World War. Starring Ian McKellen and Frances Barber. RNT production directed by Richard Eyre and for radio by Chris Barton Producer Jeremy Howe Transmitted 20 September 1992 |
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| 1990 | BBC Radio | RELATED VARIATIONS | WRITER: Douglas Slater Recorded 4 November 1989 Transmitted 3 April 1990 Rebroadcast in 1994 |
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| 1989 | BBC Radio 3 | WILD HONEY | WRITER: Anton Checkhov, adapted and transated
by Michael Frayn ROLE: Platonov Recorded 7-12 August 1989 Transmitted 15 December 1989 |
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| 1989 | BBC Radio 4 | From the Front Line | Experiences of three soldiers on both sides
of the trenches who died in the 1914-18 war. Poems by WILFRED OWEN read by
Ian McKellen. Letters of GEORGE AND ALBERT STROPHER of Saxmundham, Suffolk,
read by Ivan Cutting. Letters and diaries of LUDWIG KUTTNER of Berlin read
by Marcus Stolberg. Music composed and played by LARRY ADLER. Producer KEITH
SLADE BBC South and East, Elstree. Stereo Transmitted 12 November 1989 |
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| 1988 | BBC Radio 4 | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats | Part 14: "The Ad-Dressing of Cats" Read by
Ian McKellen Transmitted 13 October 1988 |
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| 1988 | WBUR Boston / NPR | SPEAKING FOR EVERYMAN | Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration Air Date: 19 April 1988, 8:30pm Guests: F. Murray Abraham, Sting, Margorie Garber Peabody Broadcasting Award |
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| 1985 | BBC Radio 4 | DEAR AND HONOURED LADY | Extract from act 2 of Noël Coward's
Private
Lives chosen by the Queen Mother, with Judi Dench as Amanda and Ian
McKellen as Elliott Transmitted 4 August 1985 |
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| 1984 | BBC Radio 4 | The Actors are Come Hither | To celebrate Shakespeare's birthday a
distinguished cast performs scenes from his plays with interlinking comments
from critics through the ages. with Maxine Audley , Anna Calder-Marshall ,
Tony Church, Estelle Kohler , Ian Mckellen , Michael Pennington , Dorothy
Tutin , Timothy West and Michael Williams Compiled by DAVID BUCK Directed by
DICKON REED (First broadcast on World Service) Transmitted 24 April 1984 |
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| 1984 | BBC Radio 3 | BARNES' PEOPLE | A series of duologues by PETER BARNES
"It's Cold, Wanderer, It 's Cold" With Mary Ellis A God-fearing terrorist defends his revolutionary beliefs on his last day on earth. Directed by IAN COTTERELL Transmitted 15 February 1984 |
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| 1983 | BBC Radio 3 | SIR THOMAS MORE | WRITER: William Shakespeare,
adapted for radio by Penny Gold DIRECTOR: Martin Jenkins ROLE: Sir Thomas More Music specially composed by Philip Lane Recorded 28 April - 2 May 1983 First transmitted in June 1983 |
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| 1982 | THE DIARY OF A NOBODY WRITER | WRITER: George & Weedon Grossmith
ROLE: Butcher |
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| 1980 | BBC Radio 3 | THREE SISTERS | Rebroadcast of 1965 recording Transmitted 27 January 1980 |
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| 1979 | BBC Radio 3 | A DOLL'S HOUSE | WRITER: Henrik Ibsen DIRECTOR: John Tydeman ROLE: Torvald WIth Susan Fleetwood Michael Gough David Buck and Sheila Reid Transmitted 20 December 1979 |
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| 1979 | BBC Radio 3 | WORDS, WORDS, WORDS | 'A personal Choice of Poetry and Prose'
broadcast in five 20 minute programmes, recorded at the BBC Paris Studio
before an invited audience Directed by Ian Cotterell Transmitted 21 July 1979 (part 1 of 5) |
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| 1979 | BBC Radio 4 | FAME IS THE SPUR | WRITER: Adapted by Ken
Whitmore from Howard Spring's novel DIRECTOR: Trevor Hill ROLE: Hamer Radshaw Recorded by BBC ManchesterTransmitted 7 January
- 25 February 1979 (eight episodes) |
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| 1972 | BBC Radio 2 | Bichu the Jaguar | WRITER: Alan Caillou abridged by Jack
Singleton Transmission 4 December 1972 (first of ten daily parts) |
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| 1972 | BBC Radio 3 | Poems for Good Friday | IAN MCKELLEN and ANNA CROPPER read poems by
Roger Frith Introduced by ARNOLD WESKER Transmitted 31 March 1972 |
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| 1971 | BBC Radio | HENRY VI | WRITER: Shakespeare
ROLE: Dukes of York & Gloucester Broadcast in two parts, BBC Radio 3, 7 & 14 March 1971 |
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| 1971 | BBC Radio | A SORT OF LEGEND | WRITER: Doris Ker ROLE: Rupert Brooke First transmitted on BBC Radio 4, 17 January 1971 |
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| 1970 | BBC Radio 4 | A PROVINCIAL LIFE | WRITER: Anton Chekov adapted by Peter Gill ROLE: Misail Alexander Poloznev CO-STARRING: Joseph O'Conor, Sheila Grant, Shirley Dixon, Eleanor Bron First transmitted: 24 August 1970 |
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| 1970 | BBC Radio | ROMEO AND JULIET | WRITER: Shakespeare
ROLE: Romeo Co-starring: Anna Calder-Marshall (Juliet) and Robert Eddison (Friar Lawrence) Recorded 3 March 1970 for broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 6 April 1970. |
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| 1969 | BBC Radio 4 | THE PROMISE | WRITER: Alexei Arbuzov translated by Ariadne
Nicolaeff ROLE: Leonidik Judi Dench as Lika Ian McShane as Marat 20 October 1969 |
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| 1969 | Prospect Theatre Company | EDWARD II | WRITER: Christopher Marlowe
ROLE: King Edward Recording of Prospect Theatre Company performance |
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| 1968 | BBC Radio | THE FLIES | WRITER: Jean-Paul Sartre translated by
Vernon Dobtcheff Role: Orestes Judi Dench as Electra First transmission 9 June 1968 |
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| 1968 | BBC Radio | THE SEAGULL | WRITER: Anton Chekov
ROLE: Konstantin Irene Worth as Arkadina 13 February 1968 |
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| 1967 | BBC Radio | RICHARD III | WRITER: Shakespeare
ROLE: Lord Hastings Co-starring: Paul Daneman as Richard III, Judi Dench as Lady Anne Recorded in studio B10, Broadcasting House, 24 June - 1 July 1967 First transmission 23 November 1967 |
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| 1967 | BBC Radio | THE FIRST ST. JOAN | WRITER: G. Bernard Shaw
ROLE: Dauphin Four scenes from "St. Joan" introduced by Dame Sybil Thorndike, who acted her original role in this play which took London by storm in 1924 Starring: Sybil Thorndike (Joan), Walter Fitzgerald (Archbishop), Ian McKellen (Dauphin), Clive Morton (Baudricourt), Michael Spice (Dunois), Alan Wheatley (The Inquisitor) Transmitted 27 May 1967 |
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| 1967 | BBC Radio | EDWARD II | WRITER: Christopher Marlowe
ROLE: Gaveston Alec McCowen as King Edward Recording released on vinyl Broadcast on Network Three 17 March 1967 |
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| 1966 | Caedmon | HENRY V | WRITER: Shakespeare
ROLE: Dauphin |
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| 1966 | BBC Radio | HEDDA GABLER | ROLE: Eilert Lovborg 11 December 1966 |
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| 1966 | BBC Radio | HENRY VIII | WRITER: Shakespeare
ROLE: Surrey Keith MIchell as King Henry Irene Worth as Queen Katherine 2 December 1966 |
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| 1966 | Caedmon | EDWARD II | WRITER: Christopher Marlowe
ROLE: Gaveston Alec McCowen as King Edward Recording released on vinyl |
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| 1966 | BBC Home Service | A LILY IN LITTLE INDIA | WRITER: Donald Howarth A radio version of the recent London stage production 6 June 1966 |
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| 1966 | BBC Radio | ELECTRA | WRITER: Eurypides ROLE: Orestes Eileen Atkins as Electra Network Three 11 February 1966 |
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| 1965 | National Theatre | MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | WRITER: Shakespeare
ROLE: Claudio Co-starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Albert Finney, Derek Jacobi, Frank Finlay. Bristol Hippodrome - 22 March 1965: Theatre Royal, Nottingham - 29 March 1965. Recordings |
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| 1965 | BBC Woman's Hour Serial | SONS AND LOVERS | WRITER: D. H. Lawrence
Five weekly installments 31 May to 4 June 1965 |
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| 1965 | Caedmon | THREE SISTERS | WRITER: Anton Chekhov translated by
Elisaveta Fen adapted for radio by Peter Watts ROLE: Tuzenbach Co-starring: Lynn Redgrave, Paul Schofield, and Jill Bennett BBC Home Service Basic Broadcast 24 May 1965 |
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| 1960 | Marlowe Society/Argo Records | HENRY IV PART 2 | WRITER: Shakespeare
ROLE: Davy CO-STARRING:Anthony Jacobs, Gary Watson, Denis Mccarthy, Corin Redgrave, Terence Hardiman, Derek Jacobi, Clive Swift (Falstaff), Philip Strick, Tony Robertson, and Roger Hammond |
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| 1960 | Marlowe Society/Argo Records | A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | WRITER: Shakespeare
ROLE: Lysander |
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| 1958 | Marlowe Society/Argo Records | ANTONY & CLEOPATRA | WRITER: Shakespeare
ROLE: Mardian CO-STARRING: Irene Worth as Cleopatra |