Henry Goodman stars as Primo Levi in a major dramatisation of Levi's short stories about our human relationship with the chemical elements. Introduced by Janet Suzman and dramatised by Graham White from the translation by Raymond Rosenthal.

Arsenic and Silver: At his retirement party, Primo recounts amusing stories from a professional chemist's life.

Older Primo ..... Henry Goodman
Younger Primo ..... Akbar Kurtha
Versino ..... Jessica Turner
Lentini ..... Nicholas Murchie
Bruni ..... David Horovitch
Cometto ..... John Rowe
Lucia ..... Juliet Aubrey
Gallery Director ..... Stephen Critchlow
Emilio ..... Caolan McCarthy
Farmer ..... David Hounslow
Customer ..... Ben Crowe
Bonino ..... Sam Dale
Gina ..... Rebecca Hamilton

Produced and directed by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby Show less