Trezza Azzopardi - The Song House [15 Minute Drama]

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Omnibus

20100709

Dramatisation of Trezza Azzopardi's psychological thriller.

20100705

An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel, a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past. During a rainy summer Maggie arrives for a job interview at a large house in the country. The house is empty apart from Kenneth, an elderly man, who wants a secretary to do an unusual live-in job. He wants someone to listen to his music collection, and transcribe his impressions and memories connected to each piece of music. Kenneth is odd, isolated, perhaps on the edge of dementia, slightly threatening. But Maggie is mysterious too and she has some hidden plan in taking this job. She knows this place, she's been here before. Piece by piece, as the rain intensifies and the river begins to flood, we learn about Maggie's shocking past.

Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker. Critics praise her story-telling ability, her psychological acuity and her intense poetic atmosphere.

MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM

NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN

KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE

ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER

WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS

RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE

Adapted by Elizabeth Burke

Produced and Directed by Kate McAll.

A older man wants a musical ghostwriter, but she has a dark secret.

20100706

An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel - a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past. During a rainy summer, Maggie arrives for a job interview at a large house in the country. The house is empty apart from Kenneth, an elderly man, who wants a secretary to do an unusual live-in job. He wants someone to listen to his vast and eclectic music collection, then transcribe his impressions and memories connected to each piece of music. Kenneth is odd, isolated, perhaps on the edge of dementia. He wants to record what each piece of music means to him while he can still remember. But Maggie is mysterious too and she has some hidden plan in taking this job. Lonely and dependent, Kenneth has no inkling as yet of the real reason she's here.

Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker.

MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM

NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN

KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE

ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER

WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS

RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE

Adapted by Elizabeth Burke. Produced and Directed by: Kate McAll.

Maggie begins work as Kenneth's live-in secretary, but he is unaware of her secret motive.

20100707

An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel - a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past.

During a rainy summer, Maggie has taken a job as a live-in secretary in a large house in the country. Ostensibly she's there to catalogue Kenneth's music collection, and to write a memoir of the elderly man's life. Kenneth is odd, isolated, perhaps on the edge of dementia. He wants to record what each piece of music means to him while he can still remember. Now he has fallen in love with her. But Maggie has a deeper purpose, one she has not yet revealed to him. She is trying to find out what happened to her as a child, when she was abducted, at the age of four.

Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker.

MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM

NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN

KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE

ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER

WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS

RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE

Adapted by Elizabeth Burke Produced and Directed by: Kate McAll.

Despite the 30-year age gap, Kenneth finds himself falling for Maggie.

20100708

An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel, a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past. During a rainy summer Maggie arrives for a job interview at a large house in the country. The house is empty apart from Kenneth, an elderly man, who wants a secretary to do an unusual live-in job. He wants someone to listen to his vast and eclectic music collection, and transcribe his impressions and memories connected to each piece of music. She is to be a kind of ghostwriter of his autobiography, through music. Kenneth is odd, isolated, perhaps on the edge of dementia, slightly threatening. But Maggie is mysterious too and she has some hidden plan in taking this job. She knows this place, she's been here before. Piece by piece, as the rain intensifies and the river begins to flood, we learn about Maggie's shocking past and the childhood trauma that involves Kenneth's son, William.

Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker.

MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM

NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN

KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE

ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER

WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS

RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE

Adapted by Elizabeth Burke Produced and Directed by : Kate McAll.

Kenneth's desperate, drunken phone messages bring his son William rushing to the house.

20070615

20100709 (R4)

An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel, a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past.

Kenneth has fallen in love with a woman thirty years younger, Maggie,who'd been working for him as a live-in secretary. As for Maggie, she has motives of her own - she's been trying to investigate a traumatic incident in her childhood, when she was abducted by Kenneth's son, William. So far, Kenneth doesn't know what really happened; and William doesn't know who Maggie really is. But as the river floods, all three make their way to the safety of the big house - and a final confrontation.

Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker.

MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM

NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN

KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE

ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER

WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS

RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE

Adapted by Elizabeth Burke. Produced and Directed by: Kate McAll.

As the river begins to flood, Maggie, William and Kenneth make their way to the big house.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
	Omnibus	20100709		Dramatisation of Trezza Azzopardi's psychological thriller.
01		20100705		An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel, a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past. During a rainy summer Maggie arrives for a job interview at a large house in the country. The house is empty apart from Kenneth, an elderly man, who wants a secretary to do an unusual live-in job. He wants someone to listen to his music collection, and transcribe his impressions and memories connected to each piece of music. Kenneth is odd, isolated, perhaps on the edge of dementia, slightly threatening. But Maggie is mysterious too and she has some hidden plan in taking this job. She knows this place, she's been here before. Piece by piece, as the rain intensifies and the river begins to flood, we learn about Maggie's shocking past. Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker. Critics praise her story-telling ability, her psychological acuity and her intense poetic atmosphere. MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE Adapted by Elizabeth Burke Produced and Directed by Kate McAll. A older man wants a musical ghostwriter, but she has a dark secret.
02		20100706		An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel - a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past. During a rainy summer, Maggie arrives for a job interview at a large house in the country. The house is empty apart from Kenneth, an elderly man, who wants a secretary to do an unusual live-in job. He wants someone to listen to his vast and eclectic music collection, then transcribe his impressions and memories connected to each piece of music. Kenneth is odd, isolated, perhaps on the edge of dementia. He wants to record what each piece of music means to him while he can still remember. But Maggie is mysterious too and she has some hidden plan in taking this job. Lonely and dependent, Kenneth has no inkling as yet of the real reason she's here. Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker. MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE Adapted by Elizabeth Burke. Produced and Directed by: Kate McAll. Maggie begins work as Kenneth's live-in secretary, but he is unaware of her secret motive.
03		20100707		An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel - a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past. During a rainy summer, Maggie has taken a job as a live-in secretary in a large house in the country. Ostensibly she's there to catalogue Kenneth's music collection, and to write a memoir of the elderly man's life. Kenneth is odd, isolated, perhaps on the edge of dementia. He wants to record what each piece of music means to him while he can still remember. Now he has fallen in love with her. But Maggie has a deeper purpose, one she has not yet revealed to him. She is trying to find out what happened to her as a child, when she was abducted, at the age of four. Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker. MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE Adapted by Elizabeth Burke Produced and Directed by: Kate McAll. Despite the 30-year age gap, Kenneth finds himself falling for Maggie.
04		20100708		An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel, a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past. During a rainy summer Maggie arrives for a job interview at a large house in the country. The house is empty apart from Kenneth, an elderly man, who wants a secretary to do an unusual live-in job. He wants someone to listen to his vast and eclectic music collection, and transcribe his impressions and memories connected to each piece of music. She is to be a kind of ghostwriter of his autobiography, through music. Kenneth is odd, isolated, perhaps on the edge of dementia, slightly threatening. But Maggie is mysterious too and she has some hidden plan in taking this job. She knows this place, she's been here before. Piece by piece, as the rain intensifies and the river begins to flood, we learn about Maggie's shocking past and the childhood trauma that involves Kenneth's son, William. Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker. MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE Adapted by Elizabeth Burke Produced and Directed by : Kate McAll. Kenneth's desperate, drunken phone messages bring his son William rushing to the house.
05		20070615	20100709 (R4)	An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel, a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past. Kenneth has fallen in love with a woman thirty years younger, Maggie,who'd been working for him as a live-in secretary. As for Maggie, she has motives of her own - she's been trying to investigate a traumatic incident in her childhood, when she was abducted by Kenneth's son, William. So far, Kenneth doesn't know what really happened; and William doesn't know who Maggie really is. But as the river floods, all three make their way to the safety of the big house - and a final confrontation. Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker. MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE Adapted by Elizabeth Burke. Produced and Directed by: Kate McAll. As the river begins to flood, Maggie, William and Kenneth make their way to the big house.