Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20150426 | 20150502 (R4) | Paul Pennyfeather, a quiet, earnest,scholarly young student at Oxford knows nothing of 1920's high-life until one night he encounters The Bollinger Club ... Evelyn's Waugh's fast paced roller-coaster is set in the early jazz age, peopled by larger than life characters and a few grotesques A real gem in the canon of British comic fiction dramatised by Jeremy Front. Paul Pennyfeather - Kieran Hodgson Dr Fagan - Geoffrey Whitehead Grimes - John Sessions Prendergast - James Fleet Philbrick - Ben Crowe Margot Beste-Chetwynde - Emilia Fox Peter Beste-Chetwynde - Alex Lawther Flossie - Tilly Vosburgh Lady Circumference/Dingy - Felicity Montagu Tangent - Richard Linnell Clutterbuck - Mark Edel-Hunt Cholmondley - Jude Akuwudike Mr Davies/Paul's Guardian - Stephen Critchlow Trumpington - Sam Valentine Sniggs - Sam Dale Postlethwaite - David Acton Levy - Ian Conningham Jeremy Front won the Best Dramatisation in the BBC 2014 Drama Audio Awards for Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour. Producer: Marion Nancarrow Director: Tracey Neale Evelyn Waugh's darkly comic 1920s romp. A fast-paced roller-coaster with a satirical bite. |
| 02 | 20150503 | 20150509 (R4) | Captain Grimes finding himself in 'the soup' again has disappeared and Margot has invited Paul to tutor her son Peter during the school holidays. There he meets the eccentric Otto. Conclusion of Evelyn's Waugh's fast paced roller-coaster set in the early jazz age dramatised by Jeremy Front. Paul - Kieran Hodgson Margot - Emilia Fox Otto - Tom Hollander Peter - Alex Lawther Grimes - John Sessions Prendergast - James Fleet Dr Fagan - Geoffrey Whitehead Philbrick - Ben Crowe Alastair - Sam Valentine Sir Humphrey/Governor 2/Scout - Sam Dale Inspector Bruce/Warder 1 - Stephen Critchlow Lunatic/Warder 2 - Ian Conningham Lucas-Dockerty/Chaplain - David Acton Jane Grimes - Jessica Turner Bessy - Rhiannon Neads First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015. Evelyn Waugh's darkly comic 1920s romp. A fast paced roller-coaster with a satirical bite. |