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Sadly that's entirely out of my hands. The channel isn't monetised, and YT puts ads in because the video contains licenced music. The only thing I can suggest is that you look into the options for ad-suppression that exist.

Tricky, I'm afraid - you're probably aware, but there are two different BBC radio adaptations of that Charles Paris mystery and while you can find the version starring Francis Mathews on youtube etc, the Bill Nighy version from 2023 seems a little more obscure. There are a couple of places that seem to have a one-hour version of the drama, but the original broadcast was four half-hour episodes, so I assume that must be heavily edited. If you're curious to find out for yourself, here it is on another YT channel: ruclips.net/video/xt1yKEnYfRA/видео.html

Like that mona lisa bird.

I was mesmerised. Daphne is a genius at story telling! This isn’t even my usual genre, I wasn’t interest but thought I’d give it a go and just like you I was hooked straight in. I’ve just finished listening and my first thought was, “Yeah, I’d have done the last trip too, knowing the ending was worth paralysis”. Crazy, hey lol.

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​@@MysticalMagpie-wo5fnLIKE A FEW BIRDS I'VE KNOWN 💃👍

​@@lauriedmills7581 THE LAST TRIP..HAHAHA..NO BRAKES EH LAURIE ...SAME AS ME 👍

Interesting observation, I think you're right. I expect you're aware of his portrayal of James Bond on the radio... and even though he's always been pretty busy on tv and film he's never quite become as well known as you'd expect him to...

​@@MysticalMagpie-wo5fn Oh indeed, I found those online (and have re-listened to them through your site) since, as is unaccountably often the case, the BBC only kept them briefly available on their Sounds app. Very good adaptations, I thought!

There's a sequel, 'Golden Pavements', too...

Between this, The Cruel Sea, and The Eagle Has Landed, BBC radio were on a bit of a roll in the 1990s, when it came to outdoing the movie adaptations...

I'm afraid that at the current time the BBC have only broadcast these two series. Series 3 may well be in development, but no sign of it yet...

@@MysticalMagpie-wo5fnthanks .. really enjoyed this one

I'm afraid not, this is from an old analogue source and it's the only copy available to me.

Almost as if Javert is now living out the life of the man he once pursued, the perfect penance...

That does seem to be a problem at your end - I've just checked it on my PC and I get audio throughout the entire video. Similarly, the video's been up for some months now and I've not had complaints of it cutting out. Perhaps you're experiencing a problem with your browser?

Same problem

Here Rhys is one of those actors who would also have been great in the role on television - which isn't always true of radio performances, though equally he was well-known back in '95 so it was easy to visualise him in the role as one listened...

One of my great (but petty) regrets is that I didn't buy a copy of The Cruel Sea from a second-hand book stall years ago. It was a hardback edition, and special because pasted on the inside cover was a typed letter from a German lady whose brother had fought and died in the German navy during the war, and she said how moving she'd found the book in telling the story of sailors at war. Evidently she wanted future readers of the book to appreciate its truth - I can only hope that copy ended up in good hands.

I do actually have all four of them (I was one of those who bought the CDs on release) and am cautiously planning to do the rest if this first one doesn't get shot down for copyright. Their general rarity makes me wonder if they're particularly risky though... This said, I've checked and they are all four of them currently available on Internet Archive, so I'll put the link to that below for you...

Here's all four: archive.org/details/space-1889-audiodrama

@@MysticalMagpie-wo5fn Thank you!

So much of war is a failure. We just see the Hollywood versions of heroic stuff

Ahhhh, are you gonna whine about immigration 😅

They thought they were fighting for a good cause and without them and millions of men like them Hitler would have won. My Dad spent 2 years in hospital recovering from his war wounds. He was the kindest and best man I ever met and I will always miss him. He died on the 4 th July 2017 aged 93. War stinks but ask the Ukrainians if they think they don't need brave Ukrainians to defend their country against the evil Putin

Watch world at war u might think differently.

@@andrewtrimble1095 IT'S A QUOTE FROM THE CAPTAIN AT THE END OF THE FILM...U BOATS SURRENDERING

No guarantees but I'll see what I can do...