Three programmes in celebration of the Noel Coward centenary.
8.30 My Life with Noel
Coward's companion, the actor Graham Payn, celebrates the Coward centenary with reminiscences of his life with Noel.
Written by Barry Day.
Producer Ned Chaillet
(Repeat)
8.45 Hands across the Sea
Adapted by Malcolm McKee. Director Sue Wilson.
Set in 1935, Noel Coward's frothy cocktail catches the cream of London society in a mad whirl. Piggie and Peter Gilpin find themselves receiving tedious and unwanted visitors and are determined not to endure them alone.
Adapted by Malcolm McKee.
With Stephanie Beacham, Michael Cochrane, Sunny Ormonde, Susie Blake, Clifford Rose, Malcolm McKee, Christopher Scott, Josephine Tewson and Andrew Wincott.
9.20 Shadow Play
Adapted by Malcolm McKee. Director Sue Wilson.
Vicky and Simon Gayforth's love has been utterly romantic, but can the marriage withstand society's intrusion on their idyll? Coward's musical dream play takes wit and sentiment to the brink of madness.
With Steven Pacey, Julia Watson, Susie Blake, Michael Cochrane, Cathy Sara, Malcolm McKee, Sunny Ormonde and Roger May. Musicians: Malcolm McKee,
Paul Arden Taylor, Audrey Douglas, Katherine Gittings, Suzanne Walden and
Kevin Waterman.