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Classic Serial: A Tale of Two Cities: 1: Beginnings

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Charles Dickens, adapted in seven daily parts by Nick McCarty.

A man buried 18 years and now 'recalled to life'; the first link in a chain binding London and Paris at the height of the French Revolution
(Stereo) (R)

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Adapted by:
Nick McCarty
Music:
Wilfredo Acosta
Technical Presentation:
Peter Novis
Technical Presentation:
Wilfredo Acosta
Technical Presentation:
Ian Harker
Technical Presentation:
Susan Keynon
Assistant to Director:
Tracey Neale
Director:
Ian Cotterell
Sydney Carton:
Charles Dance
Charles Darnay:
John Duttine
Mr Lorry:
Richard Pasco
Dr Manette:
Maurice Denham
Lucie Manette:
Charlotte Attenborough
Miss Pross:
Barbara Leigh Hunt
Jerry Cruncher:
John Hollis
Mrs Cruncher:
Eva Stuart
Young Jerry:
Richard Pearce
Mr Stryver:
Aubrey Woods
Madame Defarge:
Margaret Robertson
Monsieur Defarge:
John Bull
Marquis de St Evremonde:
John Moffatt
Barsad:
Geoffrey Whitehead
[Actress]:
Helena Breck
[Actor]:
Nicholas Courtney
[Actor]:
Peter Craze
[Actor]:
Ken Cumberlidge
[Actor]:
Christopher Good
[Actor]:
Michael Graham Cox
[Actress]:
Sheila Grant
[Actor]:
James Grout
[Actress]:
Rebecca Jones
[Actress]:
Jo Kendall
[Actor]:
Godfrey Kenton
[Actor]:
David March
[Actor]:
Ian Michie
[Actor]:
Leslie Mills
[Actor]:
Dominic Rickhards
[Actor]:
Brian Sanders
[Actress]:
Susan Sheridan
[Actor]:
Philip Sully
[Actor]:
Jonathan Tafler
[Actor]:
Ian Targett
[Actor]:
Richard Tate
[Actor]:
John Warner

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