Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 282,022 playable programmes from the BBC

THE TRIAL OF THOMAS BECKET

on BBC Radio 3

by Nesta Pain with Robert Hardy
Michael Hordern , Lee Montague A reconstruction of events at the Castle of Northampton when Thomas Becket , Archbishop of Canterbury, was called to answer a charge that he had failed to perform a feudal duty to the Kins. The programme is based on the accounts of eye-witnesses and the letters of Becket and Gilbert Foliot.
Produced by NESTA PAIN
Michael Hordern is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Nesta Pain
Unknown:
Robert Hardy
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Lee Montague
Unknown:
Thomas Becket
Unknown:
Gilbert Foliot.
Produced By:
Nesta Pain
Produced By:
Michael Hordern
The Earl of Leicester:
Michael Spice
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury:
Lee Montague
Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London:
Michael Hordern
Herbert of Bosham, Becket's confessor:
Michael Deacon
King Henry:
Robert Hardy
Bishop:Henry of Winchester:
Rolf Lefebvre
Bishop:Roger of York:
James Thomason
Bishop:Hilary of Chichester:
Brian Badcoe
Bishop:Bartholomew of Exeter:
Ralph Truman
Bishop:Robert of Hereford:
John Bentley
William FitzStephen, Becket's chaplain:
Peter Baldwin

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More