Episodes
| First Broadcast | Comments |
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| 20050403 | The Don By Jeff Young. Inspired by Cervantes? Don Quixote, The Don is a gentle dreamer, dishevelled and battered by too many years spent in life?s shadows. Through the clubs and pubs of Northern England, The Don, played by Bill Nighy, staggers forever in pursuit of his imaginary lover Dulcie ? his muse, his ideal 'lady', with his neighbour Sancho in tow. The Don....Bill Nighy Sancho....Danny Webb Priest....Sam Kelly Receptionist....Rosie Cavaliero Barber....Deka Walmsley Steve....Declan Wilson Landlady....Elizabeth Bell Man....Oliver Jackson Music composed and performed by Harvey Brough, with lyrics by Jeff Young Dulcie voiced by Clara Sanabras Mike Outram (guitar) Directed by Kate Rowland. Snow By Orhan Pamuk. Ka, a poet and political exile, returns to Turkey to write an investigative piece about troubling events in the mysterious, snow shrouded city of Kars; a place haunted by the silences of its own history. Snow is a spectacular tour de force, evoking the spiritual fragility of the non -western world, its ambivalence about the godless West, and its fury. Orhan....Robert Glenister Ka....William Houston Ipek....Lia Wiliams Kadife....Jasmine Hyde Necip/Fazil....Philip Arditti Turgut Bey....Philip Jackson Sunay Zaim....Jak Klaff Funda Esser....Nina Wadia Director....Nadim Sawalha Blue....Michael Maloney Cavit/ Agent....Ben Crowe Z Demirkol....Stephen Critchlow Dramatised by James Friel Translated by Maureen Freely Additional music composed and performed by Melanie Pappenheim Directed by Marilyn Imrie |
| 20040905 | By Jeff Young. Inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote, The Don is a gentle dreamer, disheveled and battered by too many years spent in life's shadows. Through the function suites, pubs and wedding dos of northern England, The Don, played by the incomparable Bill Nighy, staggers forever in pursuit of his imaginary lover Dulcie - his muse, his ideal 'lady', with his neighbour Sancho in tow. The Don....Bill Nighy Sancho....Danny Webb Priest....Sam Kelly Receptionist....Rosie Cavaliero Barber....Deka Walmsley Steve....Declan Wilson Landlady....Elizabeth Bell Lad....Oliver Jackson Dulcie....Clara Sanabras Music composed and performed by Harvey Brough Lyrics by Jeff Young Mike Outram (guitar) The Don.... Bill Nighy Sancho.... Danny Webb Priest.... Sam Kelly Receptionist.... Rosie Cavaliero Barber.... Deka Walmsley Steve.... Declan Wilson Landlady.... Elizabeth Bell Lad.... Oliver Jackson Dulcie.... Clara Sanabras Mike Outram (guitar). |