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15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 19

Episode 5: Tiger Beer Girl

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Will the wish, made in Delhi, come true? Singapore is within sight and her solo flight, halfway across the world, is bringing back both happy and painful memories for Joan. Show more

Contributors

Wiggs/Mme Carter/Mrs Reed:
Tracy Wiles
Mr McCowan/Hotelier:
Patrick Brennan
Becky Sharpe/Martha:
Susie Riddell
Young Woman:
Amaka Okafor
Young Man/Stevens:
Joe Sims
Jacques/Cpt Harkness:
Sam Alexander
SAA Pilot/Jack Roche:
Don Gilet
Shreela/Clemmie Daniels:
Deeivya Meir

Drama on 4

Philip and Sydney

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Alan Pollock. In 1937 Philip Larkin's father took him on holiday to Germany. Philip never spoke of the trip. Alan Pollock's drama imagines what might have happened there. Show more

Contributors

Philip Larkin:
Pip Carter
Sydney Larkin:
Tim McInnerny
Hotel Keeper/Drinker:
John Rowe
Herr Hinck:
Sam Dale
Hans and all other parts:
Gunnar Cauthery

15 Minute Drama

Writing the Century 19

Episode 5: Tiger Beer Girl

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Will the wish, made in Delhi, come true? Singapore is within sight and her solo flight, halfway across the world, is bringing back both happy and painful memories for Joan. Show more

Contributors

Wiggs/Mme Carter/Mrs Reed:
Tracy Wiles
Mr McCowan/Hotelier:
Patrick Brennan
Becky Sharpe/Martha:
Susie Riddell
Young Woman:
Amaka Okafor
Young Man/Stevens:
Joe Sims
Jacques/Cpt Harkness:
Sam Alexander
SAA Pilot/Jack Roche:
Don Gilet
Shreela/Clemmie Daniels:
Deeivya Meir

Richard Holloway moves into the 19th century, looking at the work of some of the Romantic poets, and the impact of the discoveries of Charles Darwin and geologist Charles Lyell. Show more

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