Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
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| 20150512 | WB Yeats was born 150 years ago. His biographer Roy Foster explores why The Second Coming, one of his celebrated poems, written in 1919, has continued to capture the zeitgeist. Once more, as so many times before, a beast seems to be slouching towards Bethlehem. With readings by Sinead Cusack and Stephen Rea. Producer: Tim Dee. WB Yeats was born 150 years ago. Roy Foster explores why his poems still tell truths. | |
| 01 | 20200921 | Biyi Bandele dramatises Chinua Achebe's classic tale about the rise and fall of Okonkwo, a powerful Igbo clan leader. When a neighbouring clan commits an offence against Umuofia; to avoid war, the offending clan gives Umuofia a young boy, Ikemefuna who is entrusted to Okonkwo. OKONKWO.....Okezie Morro IKEMEFUNA/ UZOWULU.....Clinton Liberty CHINYERE....Grace Cookey-Gam EKWEFI/ EZINMA.....Marilyn Nnadebe OBIERIKA.....Cyril Nri ODUKWE/ EZEUGU.....Richard Pepple Directed by Nadia Molinari Original Music by Tayo Akinbode Sound design by Sharon Hughes Okonkwo looks after a young man given to Umuofia as a peace offering from another clan. Chinua Achebe's, powerful tale of an Igbo community under colonial rule. |
| 02 | 20200922 | Biyi Bandele dramatises Chinua Achebe's classic tale set in 1890's about the rise and fall of Okonkwo a powerful Igbo clan leader. Having lived with Okonkwo for three years, Ikemefuna is treated like a son until the day that the Oracle of the Hills and Caves pronounces a different fate for him. OBIERIKA.....Cyril Nri OKONKWO.....Okezie Morro IKEMEFUNA.....Clinton Liberty CHINYERE.....Grace Cookey-Gam Directed by Nadia Molinari Original Music by Tayo Akinbode Sound Design by Sharon Hughes A proclamation from the Oracle about Ikemefuna, forces Okonkwo to make a difficult choice Chinua Achebe's, powerful tale of an Igbo community under colonial rule. |
| 03 | 20200923 | Chinua Achebe's classic tale about the rise and fall of Okonkwo dramatised by Biyi Bandele At the funeral of the great warrior Ogbuefi Ezeudu, Okonkwo accidentally commits a crime against the Earth Goddess and is forced to flee. OBIERIKA.....Cyril Nri OKONKWO.....Okezie Morro NWOYE/ ONE-HANDED SPIRIT....Michael Ajao Directed by Nadia Molinari Original Music by Tayo Akinbode Sound design by Sharon Hughes Chinua Achebe's, powerful tale of an Igbo community under colonial rule. |
| 04 | 20200924 | Chinua Achebe's classic tale following the rise and fall of a powerful Igbo clan leader Okonkwo is dramatised by Biyi Bandele. When Christian missionaries arrive and proclaim that the Igbo Gods are false, Okonkwo is angered but his son Nwoye has a different view. OBIERIKA.....Cyril Nri REV BROWN.....Andonis Anthony NWOYE .....Michael Ajao MR KIAGA/ ENOCH.....Sule Rimi OKONKWO.....Okezie Morro Directed by Nadia Molinari Original Music by Tayo Akinbode Sound design by Sharon Hughes The arrival of Christian missionaries causes division between Okonkwo and his son Nwoye. Chinua Achebe's, powerful tale of an Igbo community under colonial rule. |
| 05 | 20200925 | The tragic concluding episode of Chinua Achebe's classic novel about the rise and fall of Okonkwo dramatised by Biyi Bandele. As the Christian Missionaries and the British Colonial Officers take ever stronger control over Umuofia will Okonkwo be able to persuade his fellow clan members to fight for their independence? OKONKWO.....Okezie Morro OBIERIKA.....Cyril Nri AJOFIA / HEAD MESSENGER.....Sule Rimi REV BROWN/ DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.....Andonis Anthony NWOYE / INTERPRETER.....Michael Ajao EKWUEME.....Richard Pepple Directed by Nadia Molinari Original Music by Tayo Akinbode Sound Design by Sharon Hughes Chinua Achebe's, powerful tale of an Igbo community under colonial rule. |