Defoe

Defoe: The Facts and the Fictions

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 14^th Jul 2016, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 14^th Jul 2016, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Mark Lawson explores the influence of Daniel Defoe. In the company of writers, critics and cartoonists, he tells the story of the man who never stopped telling stories. Show more

Defoe

Defoe: Merchant, Writer, Convict, Spy

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 8^th Jul 2016, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 8^th Jul 2016, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Ben Miles is Daniel Defoe in Philip Palmer's drama about the great writer's earlier years, when he was a hack, political meddler, spy, as well as inmate at Newgate gaol. Show more

Contributors

Daniel Defoe:: Ben Miles
Mary Defoe:: Niamh Cusack
Robert Harley:: Pip Torrens
Gaoler:: Nick Underwood
Gaoler:: Brian Protheroe
Director:: Sasha Yevtushenko
Writer:: Philip Palmer

Genres

Drama

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Defoe

Source: BBC Online

Defoe

A Journal of the Plague Year

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Sun 17^th Jul 2016, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 27^th May 2017, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ben Miles stars as the chameleon writer, businessman, debtor and hack, Daniel Defoe. In 1722, Defoe begins his fictional journal of the Great Plague. Dramatised by Michael Butt. Show more