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Ah but it's not just the BBC plays, unfortunately. There are American plays muddled through it and I'm afraid that they are just simply unlistenable! Could you really put all your BBC plays together in one list? There's obviously a demand for the BBC ones as there are plenty of little channels that pop up with just a few, all the time.
A young listener here. There's plenty of modern dramas produced by BBC Sounds which are, if you ask me, worth listening to ( just try giving 24 Kildare Road a listen, you may like it). There can be some dramas which you may not find something to write home about.
@@sajanpanchkoti3951 I'm old. I used to enjoy the original iplayer, but sounds became too complex meaning I could never find what I wanted. I'm in the Philippines.
These wonderful productions remind me of what the BBC used to be like - civilised, adult, high quality. What my country was like when I was young. Sane!! Than you for posting these very much.
@@BlazerManiacNumber96 Of course!! But we had far fewer people, a more culturally coherent nation. We had far fewer material possessions and more physical hardship but much better music, and the BBC was our own university and music hall and debating chamber.!!There were bad things...but it was saner and culturally, there was more genuine excellence. Big business hadn'r come in and ruined the integrity of universities etc.
I am gobsmacked at the power of memory. I recall most clearly that I was french polishing a large dining table when I first heard this radio play. It must be over 40 years ago ! I now can only remember with some effort, what I had for dinner yesterday ;
What an immense pleasure these bbc radio dramas☺️! I ´ve been living in the South of France for many decades, - I was born in Lithuania and speak&read quite a few languages after living in various countries, but these BBC radio dramas are definitely the best I’ve been listening to. The quality is amazingly good compared to what’s offered nowadays not only in GB but all over the world. Thank you so much for posting these true jewels 🤩. Hopefully you’ll be able to go on pleasing hundreds of nostalgic people like me for a very long time. Thank you again.
I don't know if other people have noticed this, but it seems to me that the older programs like this one (pre 2001) have a warmer, softer, richer sound quality than more modern BBC productions. Maybe it was when they switched from analog to digital recording formats? In any respect, i find the older productions much more satisfying aurally.
Pluses and minuses re the switchover. I remember listening to plays whilst driving around the country& often missing vital parts due to interference and signal,corruption, not now. Also I have a DAC (digital to analog converter):to get that warmth back. 🙂
BBC Radio 4 FM, 15 May 1982 Writer: Joan Sadler Directed by: Margaret Etall Inspector Burgess: Michael McStay Harriet Bell: Jean Trend Alan Bell: Steve Hodson Dora Pollak: Sheila Reid Ernest Pollak/Ramos: Ronald Herdman Col Charles Fergusson: Philip Voss Commander Henry Morgan: Michael Miller Hilda Morgan: Lisa Daniely Elaine Stoner: Elaine Mitchell Donald Stoner: Hugh Dickson Beaty Fuller: Miranda Forbes Police Sgt: Alex Jennings Radio Announcer/Harbor Police: Patrick Healy
I thoroughly agree, it really annoys me watching movies tv series when very coarse language is just used to shock. No need for any bad language, it certainly didn't add anything to the story. Cheers Rosemary Perth Western Australia (70 yrs)
Used to love afternoons on radio 4 - woman’s hour 2-3, then afternoon theatre 3-4. Always good, understandable and entertaining. I must admit I listen to radio 4 less and less.
I am so happy that I found your channel. This was wonderful. I grew up listening to plays and radio drama. Springbok Radio here in South Africa was fantastic. We even went to live taping in the Sea Point studios in Cape Town. So thank you for the memories. Looking forward to many more. Love from South Africa.
the list of my favorite listening experiences just keeps growing ... ty for the amazing top quality ( endless :) hrs of entertainment that you bring to us. you are a ⭐
Honestly , This Is Better Than anything Hollywood Has zOffered In A Long Long Time as Far as Entertaining , Glad I Stumbled Across Chesterson Theatre , Thanks To Orson Welles Radio Shows That's How I Found The Channel , The " War Of The Worlds" That Halloween Night Radio Show That Panicked Those who heard the broadcast Is My All Time Favorite Radio Show , I've Listened to it counties Times , I Have Enjoyed Chesterson Theatre Much Since I Found Y'all, Thanks For The GREAT Entertainment
So nice that Authors didn't use foul language, explicit sex, or violence to get the true meaning across. Just goes to show how a whole generation has lost imagination through visual effects. I'd rather read a book, so good you can visualize the scene, hear the characters voices, and where sex doesn't have to be explained in any detail, except the anticipation of of the expectectation...isn't that the journey?
Just wonderful. Thank you so much for these uploads. They keep me company during my long slogs on the farm. In this particular one, it was amusing to hear the actor struggle with an Austrian accent...I didn't know Austria was on the Greco-Iberian peninsula!
@@dianapeek6936 Absolutely, but really they have nothing to be forgiven for by me, I found it amusing. If anyone it's the Austrians that need to forgive the characterization of their accent.
Same . it's June 2021 ad I just put on BBC Sounds.....what. A joke . sad. True engrossing entertainment like this...passing an afternoon thoroughly enjoying something like this....those days are gone. Even with the internet. It's just not the same. Everyone tries to be like HBO.
Your right not to have a TV I gave mine away to young students who were looking for 1 about 30 yrs ago and I've never missed it not buying a license ,I have my mobile phone I listen to audio radio playes absolutely Brilliant ,as a teenager I used to listen to the radio and loved the plays
With a very young Alex Jennings as a police sergeant. The play is from 1982, the same year he made his television debut in a small speaking part in part one of Smiley's People (with sir Alec Guiness) and with an incredible career ahead of him
Contributors Writer: Joan Sadler Directed by: Margaret Etall Inspector Burgess: Michael McStay Harriet Bell: Jean Trend Alan Bell: Steve Hodson Dora Pollak: Sheila Reid Ernest Pollak: Ronald Herdman Col Charles Fergusson: Philip Voss Commander Henry Morgan: Michael Miller Hilda Morgan: Lisa Daniely Elaine Stoner: Elaine Mitchell Donald Stoner: Hugh Dickson Beaty Fuller: Miranda Forbes Police Sgt: Alex Jennings
Very good & thanks for uploading. Kept me guessing until near the end, even if I had heard it before (maybe a slightly different version? Can't be sure now).
Much better entertainment than modern BBC radio plays....the contemporary plays are far too intense, they try too hard to be clever and sensational, pretentious, also the authors seem to think it's their responsibility to educate the rest of the population about the latest politically correct thinking attitude we are forced to adopt.
The UK is deteriorating out of all recognition, so woke that you can hardly breathe without offending someone. You walk on eggshells in some quarters, and it's becoming lost to strangers who are taking over. Tragic. These plays are an oasis.
Thanx Uncle Chesterton...HEY ! ---- My money was actually on BEN..'.the Dog'- What a fearless Chappie he was ! . He always seemed to be around when the going got 'Wuff'.....and had such a Fearless and Snappy way with him and seemed to be able to retrieve a good situation from a bad one....! Ah....such is life.
Same. I'm somewhat addicted! I just now downloaded a free app "BBC Sounds". I am finding many podcasts of vintage radio shows thru that. Hi from Oz! 👇💜🙃
Thank you for listening! We invite you to listen to more plays on our all-day live stream here: Listen.ChestertonRadio.com We also have a player with over 900 Saturday Night Theatre shows! Plays.ChestertonRadio.com
perfect writing for radio drama. forget who is speaking? some closely following quip will identify the speaker. transitions easily recognized. love❤❤❤❤it!
Mr. Chesterton, could it be possible to give the date the play was performed? For example, on this one they keep mentioning mid sixties years and having a reference date would help to follow the play. Of course I know there are some plays where they mention the “present” date hence no need to do so. Thank you a lot for downloading all this material. They are excellent .
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Thanks for keeping good plays alive. How far the BBC has fallen. 😢
Thanks for listening and the kind comments. We have more plays on our 24/7 live stream linked here: Listen.ChestertonRadio.com We also have over 900 Saturday Night Theater shows on-demand in this player: Plays.ChestertonRadio.com
Ah but it's not just the BBC plays, unfortunately. There are American plays muddled through it and I'm afraid that they are just simply unlistenable! Could you really put all your BBC plays together in one list? There's obviously a demand for the BBC ones as there are plenty of little channels that pop up with just a few, all the time.
A young listener here. There's plenty of modern dramas produced by BBC Sounds which are, if you ask me, worth listening to ( just try giving 24 Kildare Road a listen, you may like it). There can be some dramas which you may not find something to write home about.
@@sajanpanchkoti3951 I'm old. I used to enjoy the original iplayer, but sounds became too complex meaning I could never find what I wanted. I'm in the Philippines.
BBC is appalling now. Attenborough aside.
These wonderful productions remind me of what the BBC used to be like - civilised, adult, high quality. What my country was like when I was young. Sane!! Than you for posting these very much.
I guarantee you when you were young, old people were complaining about how much better things were in their youth
@@BlazerManiacNumber96 Of course!! But we had far fewer people, a more culturally coherent nation. We had far fewer material possessions and more physical hardship but much better music, and the BBC was our own university and music hall and debating chamber.!!There were bad things...but it was saner and culturally, there was more genuine excellence. Big business hadn'r come in and ruined the integrity of universities etc.
@@deborahrobertson8606 "...culturally coherent" = Matchy Matchy, at best.
@@BlazerManiacNumber96 That is to say the least disingenuous, also, no one was born wise..
I absolutely concur, the BBC is a divisive organisation that is not to be trusted.
Much better than most of today's TV shows
With audio dramas, you are free to use your imagination.
Wonderful escape from the wasteland of television. Thank you for providing them for us.
I agree. Been listening to many BBC Radio shows and new fiction podcasts recently, mostly sci-fi and mysteries.
Insomnia's one and only benefit is finding treasures like this. Many thanks
I am gobsmacked at the power of memory. I recall most clearly that I was french polishing a large dining table when I first heard this radio play. It must be over 40 years ago !
I now can only remember with some effort, what I had for dinner yesterday ;
Hope you're still dining on that venerable table 🤗
@@15multiventure51 Sadly no. The new owners of our old house bought it when we moved to a smaller house
This is great when you're tired & can't keep your eyes fixed on a screen! Just sit back & close your eyes - quality drama. - Love from Sydney♡
Exactly like I use it Elizabeth. It relaxes me.
Audio dramas allow to shut your eyes and imagine and relax.
Or, you lean back, shut your eyes and fall asleep.
What an immense pleasure these bbc radio dramas☺️! I ´ve been living in the South of France for many decades, - I was born in
Lithuania and speak&read quite a few languages after living in various countries, but these BBC radio dramas are definitely the best I’ve been listening to. The quality is amazingly good compared to what’s offered nowadays not only in GB but all over the world. Thank you so much for posting these true jewels 🤩. Hopefully you’ll be able to go on pleasing hundreds of nostalgic people like me for a very long time. Thank you again.
I remember these wonderful productions. Regret the passing of quality radio dramas but love the comments from around the globe. I am not alone.
Actual dialogue , well written, clear and clean diction , I am thrilled !
Excellent
What a wonderful channel this is. I can’t bear this modern world and it’s so lovely to escape into the past and nicer times. Thank you 😊
Good to know I’m not alone on thinking this.
I don't know if other people have noticed this, but it seems to me that the older programs like this one (pre 2001) have a warmer, softer, richer sound quality than more modern BBC productions. Maybe it was when they switched from analog to digital recording formats? In any respect, i find the older productions much more satisfying aurally.
You have described exactly how I feel when listening.
Pluses and minuses re the switchover. I remember listening to plays whilst driving around the country& often missing vital parts due to interference and signal,corruption, not now. Also I have a DAC (digital to analog converter):to get that warmth back. 🙂
There was a utube video about frequency of music. New frequency makes you more aggressive. Could be something similar.
Couldn't agree with you more.
It’s when they lost their soul.
1 June 2024 - Listening from Central Kentucky. Great story. I so love these shows…as long as commercials are at the beginning and the end. 🙃
I am in California but love these shows. I am grateful they were archived since I did not get to hear them on the radiol
BBC Radio 4 FM, 15 May 1982
Writer: Joan Sadler
Directed by: Margaret Etall
Inspector Burgess: Michael McStay
Harriet Bell: Jean Trend
Alan Bell: Steve Hodson
Dora Pollak: Sheila Reid
Ernest Pollak/Ramos: Ronald Herdman
Col Charles Fergusson: Philip Voss
Commander Henry Morgan: Michael Miller
Hilda Morgan: Lisa Daniely
Elaine Stoner: Elaine Mitchell
Donald Stoner: Hugh Dickson
Beaty Fuller: Miranda Forbes
Police Sgt: Alex Jennings
Radio Announcer/Harbor Police: Patrick Healy
Very little info on Joan Sadler
available. She did write at least one other play in early 60s. ?
Rather sad she appears to be forgotten .
Funny, I just found out who Michael McStay was today. He was playing a character in the 1971 three-part series "The Passenger"
I found these gems and look forward to listening nightly instead of sleeping 😂. I live in Toronto, Ontario. Thank you 👍😊
Thank you for the download. Wonderful play. Adelaide South Australia. 24.8.21.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Listening in Birmingham, AL while my 4 dogs sleep peacefully. ❤all is well - hello everybody, these shoes are so comforting
Very good. It’s a pleasure to listen to proper diction without any foul language.
Agree.
Real English !!! What a concept!!!!!
I thoroughly agree, it really annoys me watching movies tv series when very coarse language is just used to shock. No need for any bad language, it certainly didn't add anything to the story. Cheers Rosemary Perth Western Australia (70 yrs)
Yes! I wholeheartedly agree! Such a treat for the ears.
That's for sure.
Thank you.
Listening in New Zealand during a very cold winter
Great story, well acted. You cant beat a good whodunit. Excellent.
Where can I find more of these ???
Used to love afternoons on radio 4 - woman’s hour 2-3, then afternoon theatre 3-4. Always good, understandable and entertaining. I must admit I listen to radio 4 less and less.
I do like these Inspector Burgess stories - thank you very much.
A Saturday night theatre gem. All thanks to Chesterton radio...thank you so much ❤❤❤
Absolutely perfect, proper stories that get you gripped and make you think. Who done it? Brilliant, thank you.
Listening to radio shows is like theater for the mind
Absolute bliss. Thank you to whomever has given us access to this fantastic medium for our imaginations’ delight. I am so grateful to you.
When you're ready or listen to your favorite tales, you can picture the scenes in your head. See yet cannot see at the same time.
I am so happy that I found your channel. This was wonderful. I grew up listening to plays and radio drama. Springbok Radio here in South Africa was fantastic. We even went to live taping in the Sea Point studios in Cape Town. So thank you for the memories. Looking forward to many more. Love from South Africa.
Yes springbok radio luv it. Sat mornings Philinon um Kaka. Ouma cath. S.a.
Radio Jacaranda in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe had a great serialized radio drama every day. Valley of the Vines by Joy Packer was my favorite.
Great brilliant drama wonderful to listened to Great to use the imagination keep on the Great work
My lucky day! So happy to have stumbled upon your channel. Thank you for sharing these wonderful radio plays.
As far as i know, we never had radio plays like this in America. At least, not lately. Its quite lovely to close my eyes and imagine!
The dulcet tones of the bbc, an oasis of calm civility.
It USED to be....
@@2msvalkyrie529 oh dear. Days of yore. Before the dark times, before the empire. ;)
Sadly it's not like that any longer, the BBC has declined beyond all recognition, just like huge parts of the UK .
Very good. I love the classic- ness of this. Thank you for sharing 🌺
Is this free?? Vto listen?. Ihopecso do tellvouma cath.
Fabulous night listening. A beautiful alternative to the daily news🤓
Agree!!
I agree with your assessment - and 🖤 your comment re an alternative to daily news!
the list of my favorite listening experiences just keeps growing ... ty for the amazing top quality ( endless :) hrs of entertainment that you bring to us. you are a ⭐
Honestly , This Is Better Than anything Hollywood Has zOffered In A Long Long Time as Far as Entertaining , Glad I Stumbled Across Chesterson Theatre , Thanks To Orson Welles Radio Shows That's How I Found The Channel , The " War Of The Worlds" That Halloween Night Radio Show That Panicked Those who heard the broadcast Is My All Time Favorite Radio Show , I've Listened to it counties Times , I Have Enjoyed Chesterson Theatre Much Since I Found Y'all, Thanks For The GREAT Entertainment
Very good! And the actors are excellent!
Thanks so much for these
Wonderful. I love these radio dramas. ❤️
So nice that Authors didn't use foul language, explicit sex, or violence to get the true meaning across.
Just goes to show how a whole generation has lost imagination through visual effects. I'd rather read a book, so good you can visualize the scene, hear the characters voices, and where sex doesn't have to be explained in any detail, except the anticipation of of the expectectation...isn't that the journey?
Lovely stuff! Thanks.
This was broadcasted on BBC Radio 4 Saturday 15th May 1982 8.30 pm. 📻 Over forty years ago 😮 Listening in 2023. 🇬🇧🇯🇵
THANK YOU. NO IDEA WHY THE CHANNEL DOESN'T SHARE THE DATES.
Brilliant drama.. I just love the Saturday night theatre radio plays..thanks for sharing.. regards Dave 😁👍👍👍👍
Nail-biting stuff at the end! Thank you
Innerly thanks. Wonderful manuscripts and acting. Best regards from Reykjavik, Iceland.
An excellent drama.
Thank you so much.....🌷💐🌸
Great upload. Thanks
Thank you 👍
Very good 👍 Thank you for sharing them with us 😀
Really excellent. Edge of the seat.
I've always liked listening to radio shows like old time radio and especially Mystery Theater television for the mind.
Lovely! Thanks!
A slow start building to a smashing story.
Loved it. Thank you. Much better than the new stuff on Radio 4😊
I LOVED this play 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻More like this please 🙏🏻
Thanks for posting!
Great story! Thank you.
Super and very enjoyable throughout
Excellent! Thank you for sharing ❤
Just wonderful. Thank you so much for these uploads. They keep me company during my long slogs on the farm.
In this particular one, it was amusing to hear the actor struggle with an Austrian accent...I didn't know Austria was on the Greco-Iberian peninsula!
Some how or another you can forgive them though can't you?
@@dianapeek6936 Absolutely, but really they have nothing to be forgiven for by me, I found it amusing. If anyone it's the Austrians that need to forgive the characterization of their accent.
enjoyed this immensely. no women tortured, which is fantastic for a change and so many possible baddies. Good stuff. many thanks.
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Brilliant 😊❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼
Yes another super presentation from the BBC
Just love these,such great stories
Loved this!
I LOVED this play 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 More like this please 🙏🏻
That was brilliant! Thank you....
Love these so much.
Very entertaining and intriguing. Thank you.
Superb thank you for posting
So good to listen to. Just looked at recent Radio 4 dramas in the afternoon . Oh boy, no thanks.
She was not to upset when her husband died
I thought I had missed something, I re-listened to the start of the play
Get that chip off your shoulder Alan, you're missing some good stuff. Stone, for example
Radio 4 . New criteria for Radio
Drama : See box ; Tick box !
Same . it's June 2021 ad I just put on BBC Sounds.....what. A joke . sad. True engrossing entertainment like this...passing an afternoon thoroughly enjoying something like this....those days are gone. Even with the internet. It's just not the same. Everyone tries to be like HBO.
Many thanks for this wonderful production, I can barely watch TV these days, polluted by reality show insanity.
Good story!
I don't have a television, by choice, I prefer to live my way and refuse to move with ALL of the times.
I think there are more of us than we think.
Not having a television is the new vegan
Your right not to have a TV I gave mine away to young students who were looking for 1 about 30 yrs ago and I've never missed it not buying a license ,I have my mobile phone I listen to audio radio playes absolutely Brilliant ,as a teenager I used to listen to the radio and loved the plays
With a very young Alex Jennings as a police sergeant. The play is from 1982, the same year he made his television debut in a small speaking part in part one of Smiley's People (with sir Alec Guiness) and with an incredible career ahead of him
WITH OBI WAN?! THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT?!
@@buriedstereo6959 jennings is the guy who throws up when they roll over the body.
Contributors
Writer:
Joan Sadler
Directed by:
Margaret Etall
Inspector Burgess:
Michael McStay
Harriet Bell:
Jean Trend
Alan Bell:
Steve Hodson
Dora Pollak:
Sheila Reid
Ernest Pollak:
Ronald Herdman
Col Charles Fergusson:
Philip Voss
Commander Henry Morgan:
Michael Miller
Hilda Morgan:
Lisa Daniely
Elaine Stoner:
Elaine Mitchell
Donald Stoner:
Hugh Dickson
Beaty Fuller:
Miranda Forbes
Police Sgt:
Alex Jennings
Very good & thanks for uploading.
Kept me guessing until near the end, even if I had heard it before (maybe a slightly different version? Can't be sure now).
New play for me. Love the comments.
Gracias
Thank you! 😊
Much better entertainment than modern BBC radio plays....the contemporary plays are far too intense, they try too hard to be clever and sensational, pretentious, also the authors seem to think it's their responsibility to educate the rest of the population about the latest politically correct thinking attitude we are forced to adopt.
agree 100%
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When the media is used as an instrument of propaganda and social engineering rather than entertainment
Pretentious perfectly describes the slant in too much modern day programming.
I thought I recognised that view, the terrace overlooking the river in the centre of Bibury !
Thank you
I LOOOVE this ! ❤ in USA, BUT, my heart is mostly in WONDERFUL ENGLAND !!! 😘
The UK is deteriorating out of all recognition, so woke that you can hardly breathe without offending someone. You walk on eggshells in some quarters, and it's becoming lost to strangers who are taking over. Tragic. These plays are an oasis.
@@dianapeek6936
The past does seem to be our only refuge.
Thank you
The pictures are so much better on the radio.
Superb play 👍
Thanx Uncle Chesterton...HEY ! ---- My money was actually on BEN..'.the Dog'- What a fearless Chappie he was ! . He always seemed to be around when the going got 'Wuff'.....and had such a Fearless and Snappy way with him and seemed to be able to retrieve a good situation from a bad one....! Ah....such is life.
Very funny! 😂👍👊🏻
Audio dramas...My favorite place to be.
Same. I'm somewhat addicted! I just now downloaded a free app "BBC Sounds". I am finding many podcasts of vintage radio shows thru that. Hi from Oz! 👇💜🙃
@@cousinsister69 haha that’s good to hear. I love listening whenever I’m animating or editing, it stirs up your imagination.
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for listening! We invite you to listen to more plays on our all-day live stream here: Listen.ChestertonRadio.com We also have a player with over 900 Saturday Night Theatre shows! Plays.ChestertonRadio.com
A world that doesn't and never will exist.
No tv here. Nothing
I am interested in. Don't miss it at all. ❤
Almost 40 years with out one.
Your station rocks 🥊 😊😅
Fabulous
Wife is not too bothered
perfect writing for radio drama. forget who is speaking? some closely following quip will identify the speaker. transitions easily recognized. love❤❤❤❤it!
Ready to listen
John Castle has to be the announcer in the beginning and at the end. Very distinctive voice!
YEAR OF THE BROADCAST, PLEASE! GREAT FUN, OF COURSE.
1982
Mr. Chesterton, could it be possible to give the date the play was performed? For example, on this one they keep mentioning mid sixties years and having a reference date would help to follow the play. Of course I know there are some plays where they mention the “present” date hence no need to do so. Thank you a lot for downloading all this material. They are excellent .
I think it is about 1978, because of the music playing in the sisters flat. They talk about the 60s as being quite some time ago in the dialogue.
@@alexandras2670 , thanks and congratulations. Had not thought of doing this , mind you, I don’t know if I had “the ear “ for doing so. Take care
@@yutub6928 Following your kind reply, I googled the play and it was actually first broadcast in April 1982 on BBC Radio 4.