Monday 3 September 2012

Theatre in T.V. & Radio WB: 03/09/12

This is a new feature I wanted to add to the blog. Granted it should be from Saturday-Friday but I'm a bit late with this one. Let me know if you're planning to watch or listen to any of these and what you thought of them!

Monday 3rd September

Sky Arts 1      8.00p.m.
In Confidence - Alan Acykbourn

Radio 4          2.15p.m.
Afternoon Drama: Craven:Looking for Mr King
Comtemporary murder mystery starring Maxine Peake


Tuesday 4th September

Sky Arts 1      8.00p.m.
Voices of a Generation - Michael Gambon
Profile and Interview

Radio 4          4.30 p.m.
Great Lives: Stan Laurel
Ken Dodd explores the life of the comic actor.


Wednesday 5th September

Radio 4          2.15p.m.
Afternoon Drama: The Meaning of Love
Romantic Comedy

Radio 4 Extra   3.00p.m.
Death at the Desert Inn
Comedy Murder Mystery featuring characters such as Judy Garland, a showgirl and Broadway Agent. Starring Malcolm Sinclair as Noel Coward.


Thursday 6th September

BBC 2      4.00 a.m. (Friday Morning)
Shakespeare Unlocked: Julius Caesar
Exploring key scenes from the play.

Radio 4      2.15p.m.
Afternoon Drama: A9
By Helen Cooper.
Complications arise when war hero Bernard's will is revealed.


Friday 7th September

Sky Arts 2     7.00p.m.
Discovering Hamlet
The challenges of staging Shakespeare's play.

Sky Arts 2      8.00p.m.
Being Shakespeare
Simon Callow in his West End performance as the Bard.

Radio 4          2.15p.m.
Afternoon Drama: A Cold Supper Behind Harrods
by David Morley
50 years after the end of WW2 three veterans meet to discuss the murder of a colleague by the Gestapo. What they discover has shocking results. Starring David Jason, Stephanie Cole and Anton Lesser.

Radio 4         9.00p.m.
Friday Drama: An American Rose
by Charlotte Jones.
Tells the story of Rosemary Kennedy. Starring Fenella Woolgar.