Barbeque 67 - The Original Summer Of Love [Drama]

Robert Glenister and Anamaria Marinca in a drama about migrant workers Jimi Hendrix and the true story of the rock festival that launched the Summer of Love. With verbatim accounts from those who took part, including Geno Washington, Zoot Money and Pink Floyd's Nick Mason.

In a Lincolnshire landscape now home to labourers from Eastern Europe, Doug's greatest memory is of Spalding's Barbeque 67. Widowed, retired and depressed, this former tulip farmer (Robert Glenister) is helped to his feet by the young Romanian Tereza (Anamaria Marinca). An intimate friendship blossoms. Tereza grafts at picking vegetables and grading potatoes, but she once fronted her own band, Purple Haze, and Doug finds himself retelling the story of the night when Hendrix came to Spalding and played in the first ever rock festival.

For, amazing as it sounds, this happened exactly 55 years ago. On 29th May 1967 thousands descended on a giant agricultural shed, the Tulip Bulb Auction Hall. Alongside Hendrix, one of the greatest line-ups in rock history included Eric Clapton, Geno Washington, Pink Floyd, The Move, Zoot Money and local band Sound Force Five.

While Doug measures the person he has become against the person that Hendrix invited him to be, events in the town lead to an escalation of hostility to its Romanian workers. A series of confrontations will leave both Doug and Tereza to make decisions about where their futures lie.

Cast:

Doug - Robert Glenister

Tereza - Anamaria Marinca

John - Gerard McDermott

Young Doug - Tom Glenister

Young John - Joe Parker

Jimi Hendrix - Shaq B. Grant

Stefan - Timotei Cobeanu

Mr Carlton - Roger Alborough

Additional, real-life contributors:

Jane Cooper

Lynton Guest

Doug Kendall

Christopher Longstaff

Rob Mardle

Vic Martin

Rob Offer

Mick Peacey

Alastair Stewart

Colin Ward

Written by Andy Barrett

Sound Design: David Thomas

Director: Andy Jordan

Producer: Jonathan Banatvala

Executive Producer: Melanie Nock

An International Arts Partnership production for BBC Radio 4

Migrant workers, Jimi Hendrix and the true story of the start of the Summer of Love.

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Robert Glenister and Anamaria Marinca in a drama about migrant workers, Jimi Hendrix and the true story of the Lincolnshire Rock Festival that launched the Summer of Love.