Enjoy this 6-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the story of King Arthur. It is very 2000s! “The series stars Ben Whishaw as Arthur, Ian McDiarmid as Merlin, and Jane Lapotaire as the older Morgan. It was written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Steve May.” Listen here.
Listen to BBC Radio 4’s chilling 2002 adaptation of four classic tales, “Who Goes There?” (the basis of The Thing (1982) and The Thing From Another World (1951)); “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream”; “Delta Sly Honey”; and “Corona.” Listen here.
It’s the 50th anniversary of The Wicker Man (1973) and that means there are so many tributes and special programs and screenings and shenaniganry. We have shared BBC Radio 4 Extra’s special programming, including a radio play starring Brian Blessed as Lord Summerisle. Now it’s time for this […]
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! THE WICKER MAN!!!!! BRIAN BLESSED!!!!!! DECEMBER 2nd!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! (There is a whole day of companion programs on folk horror and folk music also on December 2nd). LISTEN HERE.
Director Jonathan Kent picks Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley) for BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives. (Thanks, Kate!)
Listen to BBC Radio’s 1981 adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings! (Thanks, Ian!)
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