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| Addio | ...Anna Massey reads a short story by Penelope GILLIATT. Produced by CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| After The Funeral | ...... |
| Aire And Angels | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON... |
| And Counting | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Another Shakespeare | ...Director: CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Bartleby The Scrivener | ...... |
| Be Prepared [drama] | ...... |
| Behavioural Sciences | ...directed by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Bellingham And The Ambassador | ...Dunn/Hardy....Geoffrey WhiteheadDirected by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Better To Have Loved | ...Director: CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Bird In The Tree, The | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Birds Fall Down, The | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| Black Queen To King's Castle | ...... |
| Blue Flower, The | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Blue Veils And Golden Sands | ...directed by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Bodies And Souls | ...directed by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Book Lovers | ...Directed by - CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Bookcases | ...LONDON, 1853. The orderly life of Spavin and Spavin, religious publishers, is transformed by the arrival of an actress, who has set her sights on one of the partners; and her son, who wants to take over the firm. With Michael Cochrane, Elizabeth Spriggs and Maggie Steed. Director CHERRY COOKSON1853 - a firm of religious publishers is transformed by an actress and her son. Stars Michael Cochrane. From August 1998.... |
| Burning My Boats | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Ceremony Of Innocence, The | ...By Martyn Wade, starring Simon Russell Beale as Benjamin Britten and Julian Wadham as Peter Pears. It is 50 years since the first Aldeburgh Festival, and this new play about the life and work of Benjamin Britten explores his professional and personal passions. The play focuses on the foundation of the festival and, through it, the nature of his interest in the young people who played roles in the first performances of some of his compositions. Also starring Anna Massey, John Wood and Alan MacNaughtan. Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| City Of The Mind | ...By Penelope Lively, dramatised by Peter Wolf. Present and past collide evocatively in this atmospheric story of a successful ARCHITECT who, as he travels around the city, tries to come to terms with past failures. A chance meeting provides the means for his recovery. With David Troughton, Christopher Wright and Sarah Jane Holm. Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Clever As Paint | ...By Kim Morrisey. The leading members of the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite movement produced many memorable paintings and poems. But their private lives were tempestuous and often tragic... With Paul Rhys, Imogen Stubbs, Jonathan Cake and Alison Pettitt. Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Confessions | ...Christine....Janice AcquahMark....Stephen CritchlowMary....Carla SimpsonNeil....Richard FirthDirected by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Daunt And Dervish | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Dead Men's Shoes | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Death In Venice | ...By Thomas Mann, dramatised for radio by Peter Wolf. Starring Clive Francis as Gustav von Aschenbach, Penny Downie as Anja, John Rowe as the Writer and Peter England as Tadzio. A famous German writer tries to find the happiness and inspiration that is evading him by travelling to Venice after a premonition that his life will be transformed there. At first, he notices only the decay and disease lurking behind the beautiful facades. Then, just as he is about to leave, he becomes obsessed by the beauty of a young Polish boy staying at the same hotel. With Tessa Worsley, Eve Karpf, Stephen Critchlow and Anthony Ofoegbu. Director CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Devonia | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Discourse Of Two Once Young Women, The | ...directed by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Dogged Persistence | ...Director: CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Down, Down, Down You Go | ...Katy....Jessica CrossleyDirected by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Eroica | ...By Ian Curteis. At a critical period in his life, when success as a composer is becoming assured, Beethoven discovers that he is going deaf. He goes into retreat away from his family and friends, and most notably from the woman that he loves. With Richenda Carey, Roger Walker and Andrew Wincott. Director: CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Every Eye | ...Jasper....Philip FoxDirected by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Far Cry From Kensington, A | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Fog And Shifting Pebbles | ...... |
| Fountain Overflows, The | ...... |
| Framley Parsonage | ...Directed by - CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Frenchman's Creek | ...Written by Daphne Du Maurier. Dramatised in six parts by Michelene Wandor. Starring Lorna HEILBRON, Struan Rodger, Michael Tudor BARNES and Norman BIRD. Producer CHERRY COOKSONContributors... |
| From Paradise To Heaven | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Georgiana, Duchess Of Devonshire | ...By Amanda Foreman, dramatised in 15 parts by Jennifer Curry. 1: `Society Wedding, 1774'. In the late 18th century, Georgiana Spencer married into the powerful Duke of Devonshire's family and became the most celebrated woman of her age. With Juliet Aubrey, Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Maggie Steed and John Rowe. Directors: CHERRY COOKSON and Janet Whitaker ... |
| Hard Row To Porlock | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| Hermit Lucas | ...director: CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Home Of Their Own, A | ...directed by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| In The Bosom Of The Family | ...... |
| In The Cage | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| In The Woods | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Incident At Harar | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Inheritance, The | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| King Lear | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Lantern Slides | ...By Mark Pottle, based on the diaries and letters written by Violet Bonham Carter - daughter of Herbert Asquith - between 1904 and 1918. This dramatisation deals with a period in her life in which an intense relationship brought her great joy - until its tragic conclusion. Helena Bonham Carter plays Violet, her real-life grandmother. With Alex Jennings and John Rowe. Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Last Chronicle Of Barset, The | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Last Piano Player, The | ...Director: CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Legion Of The Lost | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Life Sentence | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Listening To Time | ...German voices....Michael ShelfordDirected by CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| Love Divine | ...Martyn Wade's three-part serial about the life of John Wesley, the father of Methodism. 1: `The Holy Club'. Having begun to develop his ideology while at Oxford, Wesley and his brother travel to America to try to convert the immigrants there. With Clive Francis, Michael Cochrane and Mary Wimbush. Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Mad Bad | ...CHERRY COOKSON (Producer)... |
| Man In The Elephant Mask, The | ...Peter Wolf's two-part serial presents an alternative portrait of ``Elephant Man'' John Merrick, who, despite his afflictions, felt that his uniqueness was a blessing. 1: `Patron Saint of Outcasts'. With Roger Allam and Tim Pigott-Smith. Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Mantle Of The Earth, The | ...Director: CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Mind's Eye, The | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Minuet | ...Director: CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Miss Kilmansegg And Her Precious Leg | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| My Uncle Silas | ...CHERRY COOKSON (Producer)... |
| No Signposts In The Sea | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON... |
| On Earth, In Heaven | ...... |
| Open To The Public | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Pair Of Blue Eyes, A | ...Thomas Hardy's bittersweet love story, dramatised in three parts by Jane Beeson. 1: The daughter of a local parson makes an unsuccessful attempt at eloping with a young ARCHITECT. With Nigel Stock, Alan Dudley and Katherine Parr. Director CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| Pallisers, The | ...Trollope....David Troughton Palliser....Ben Miles Lady Glencora....Sophie Thompson Lady Laura....Juliet Stevenson Mme Goesler....Stella Gonet Phineas Finn....Conleth Hill Chiltern....Scott Handy Kennedy....Kevin McMonagle Duke Of Omnium....Robert Lang Gresham....Nickolas Grace Bonteen....Ioan Meredith Violet....Jaimi Barbakoff Slide....Damian Lynch Sir Omicron Pie....Jonathan Keeble Sir Lamda Mewnew....Stephen Critchlow Original music by Elizabeth Parker Directed by CHERRY COOKSON [Rptd Sat 9.00pm]... |
| Pass The Parcel | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| Past Refrain | ...By Jill Hyem. Lara hears a foreign tune on the radio, which sparks off a deep-seated anxiety. Is there something in her past that she does not know about? With Tracy Wiles, Ben Crowe and Mary Wimbush. Director: CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Paupers And Pig Killers | ...CHERRY COOKSON (Producer)... |
| Prince, The [drama] | ...Director: CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Ps I Love You [by Graeme Curry] | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Rebecca [drama - 1989] | ...dramatisation by Brian Miller, dir. CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Red Star Belgrade | ...By Peter Wolf. In 1941, as the Nazis begin their invasion of the Balkans, half of the Belgrade football team is wiped out as the pitch is bombed. In prison camp, the survivors form a new team to play a match against the prison guards, but the price of winning will be their lives. With Bill Nighy, Mark Bazeley, Stephen Critchlow and Tracy-Ann Oberman. Directed by CHERRY COOKSONIn a Nazi prison camp, the survivors of the Belgrade football team form a new team to play a match against the prison guards.... |
| Safe As Houses | ...directed by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Sappho's Orchard | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Sara | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Secure Within | ...In Martyn Wade's black comedy, Owen's loathing of the outside world has led him to barricade himself and his family inside their home. Having decapitated an intruder, Owen locks himself away, unaware that in his absence his wife and her stepson are planning a little revenge... With Anna Massey, Brenda Blethyn, Stephen Moore and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Shades Of Blue | ...CHERRY COOKSON (Producer)... |
| Small House At Allington, The | ...Directed by - CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Spring Forward, Fall Back | ...directed by CHERRY COOKSON... |
| Strange Meeting | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| Swami And Winston, The | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| System Of Justice | ...A contemporary drama by Melissa Murray revealing some curiosities of the legal system. Two solicitors - sparring partners and ex-lovers - come to blows over a criminal case in which a vital piece of evidence is misfiled - with the risk of ruination for one or both of them. With Kelly Hunter and Greg Wise. Director: CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Therese Raquin | ...Emile Zola's powerful novel, set in 19th-century Paris, is dramatised by Melissa Murray. The heroine is forced to marry her sickly cousin and, as a consequence, embarks with her new lover on a journey of passion, lust, murder and revenge. With Helen Mccrory, Alex Jennings and Anna Massey. Director CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| Thirty Minute Theatre | ...CHERRY COOKSON (Producer)... |
| Three Country Stories | ...HE Bates' short stories, abridged and read by David Neal, and produced by CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| To Serve Them All My Days | ...Directed by - CHERRY COOKSON... |
| To The Lighthouse [drama] | ...Director: CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| Touch Of Mistletoe, A | ...By Barbara Comyns. Dramatised in four episodes by Melissa Murray. Episode One. Justly celebrated for her distinctive style, Barbara Comyns' novel is about two sisters who escape from their drunken mother and tryto make their way in the world. One is beautiful, the other resourceful, but both find life a struggle though with often hilarious consequences. Blanche....Juliet Aubrey Vicky....Jemima Rooper Mother....Richenda Carey Hobbs....Andrew Harrison Edward....Tom George Mrs. Groningen....Carolyn Jones Mr. Groningen....Stephen Critchlow Miss Bowles....Liza Sadovy Directed by CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| Trilby | ...... |
| Wakefield | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSONA dull middle-aged man plots to temporarily leave home to see the effect on his wife.... |
| Warden, The | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Whims And Oddities | ...Directed by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? | ...Nick....William HopeDirected by CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Wind Pump, The | ...Play by Dawn Lowe-Watson. After 50 years, a Japanese POW agrees to be interviewed about his experiences by a young journalist. The encounter stirs up more than one event from the sleeping past. With james laurenson and Charlotte Attenborough. Produced by CHERRY COOKSON.... |
| Working In Harmony | ...CHERRY COOKSON is an experienced producer of radio drama with a flair for music (she is a trained musician). Elizabeth Parker is an experienced composer with a flair for radio (she worked in the BBC's renowned Radiophonic Workshop for 18 years). Their most recent collaboration is The Pallisers, the adaptation of Anthony Trollope's political novels which is the current Radio 4 Classic Serial. In this programme, Cookson and Parker talk about how, through their collaboration on many radio dramas, they have formed a close working relationship.... |
| Writing Home | ...Director CHERRY COOKSON ... |
| Years Between, The | ...Dramatised for radio by Jill Hyem. Set in the early 1940s, Diana's world is shattered when her MP husband, Michael, is reported missing, presumed killed in action. Once over the shock she builds a new life and takes over his seat in parliament. Diana Quick (pictured above) stars in the role of Diana, and the cast also includes Roger Allam and David Collings. It was directed by CHERRY COOKSON and first broadcast as a Saturday Playhouse in 1995.... |
| Young Victoria | ...Ten-part serial based on the letters and diaries of the young Queen Victoria, by Juliet Ace, With Imogen Stubbs, Adrian Lukis, Anna Massey and Christopher Cazenove. Directed by CHERRY COOKSON... |