Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,431 playable programmes from the BBC

Saturday-Night Theatre: The Heir of Ambition

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Lydia Ragosin
with Marius Goring as Benjamin Disraeli and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Mary Anne

'Nature has given me an awful ambition and fiery passions. My life has been a struggle - with moments of rapture.'

(Repeated: Monday, 3.5 pm)
(Jane Wenham is in "Crown Matrimonial" at the Hay-market Theatre, London)
(Not just pretty voices: p 11)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Writer:
Lydia Ragosin
Producer:
Charles Lefeaux
Benjamin Disraeli:
Marius Goring
Mary Anne:
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Wyndham Lewis:
William Eedle
Lord Stanley (later Earl of Derby):
David March
Sir Robert Peel:
Godfrey Kenton
Sarah Disraeli:
Diana Olsson
Mrs Rosina Bulwer:
Diana Bishop
Lord George Bentinck:
Nigel Graham
Mr Gladstone:
William Sleigh
Queen Victoria:
Jane Wenham
Prince Albert:
Brian Haines
Edward Stanley:
John Samson
[Actor]:
Verenon Joyner
[Actor]:
Fraser Kerr
[Actor]:
Rolf Lefebvre
[Actress]:
Elizabeth Morgan
[Actor]:
Terry Scully
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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