Episodes
Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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01 | 20150510 | 20150516 (R4) | In Franz Kafka's mind-warping novel, set in a bureaucratic wonderland, the hapless land-surveyor known only as K answers a summons to work at the mysterious Castle, only to find himself drawn into a labyrinth of terror and absurdity. K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DOMINIC ROWAN Frieda. . . . . . . . . . . .SAMMY T DOBSON Jeremias. . . . . . . . . .MARK BENTON Artur . . . . . . . . . . . .DANIEL WEYMAN Teacher . . . . . . . . . .STEPHEN GREIF Gardena and Amalia. .RACHEL BAVIDGE Olga . . . . . . . . . . . . VICTORIA ELLIOTT Barnabas . . . . . . . . .NEIL GRAINGER Chief Superintendent JONATHAN CULLEN Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . DOMINIC DEAKIN with the Jackie Palmer Children's Choir Dramatist: Ed Harris Producer: John Taylor A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2015. Franz Kafka's novel. A stranger is lured into a bureaucratic world of wonder and terror. |
02 | 20150517 | 20150523 (R4) | While K continues to seek a meeting with the elusive official Klamm, his relationship with Frieda is under strain. He suspects her of maintaining a secret tryst with Klamm, and she of a dalliance with Barnabas' two sisters. Conclusion of Franz Kafka's mind-warping novel, set in a bureaucratic wonderland, K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DOMINIC ROWAN Frieda. . . . . . . . . . . .SAMMY T DOBSON Jeremias. . . . . . . . . .MARK BENTON Artur . . . . . . . . . . . .DANIEL WEYMAN Teacher . . . . . . . . . .STEPHEN GREIF Amalia. . . . . . . . . . . RACHEL BAVIDGE Olga . . . . . . . . . . . . VICTORIA ELLIOTT Barnabas . . . . . . . . . NEIL GRAINGER Papa and Burgel . . . . JONATHAN CULLEN Momus and Fire Chief TREVOR FOX Hollister and Erlanger ROSS WAITON Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . DOMINIC DEAKIN Children: ALEX TAYLOR-McDOWELL, ALICE MARTIN, MADDIE HILL, TEGAN WILLIAMS Dramatist: Ed Harris Producer: John Taylor A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2015. Franz Kafka's mind-warping novel. K is desperate to make a meeting with the elusive Klamm. |