by F Scott Fitzgerald adapted by Michael Hastings for BBC Radio 4.
Set on the French Riviera in the 1920s, Fitzgerald’s celebrated novel reveals the tragic romance of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt, played by Rebecca Hall, and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver.
by Charles Dickens adapted by Michael Eaton for BBC Radio 4.
A mysterious, late Dickens’ short story starring Paul Scofield.
by Michael Hastings an original drama for BBC Radio 4
A boy’s fascination with collecting used bus tickets after WW2 leads him to discover, over fifty years later, that life is full of unfulfilled dreams, with Stephen Moore and featuring a young Aaron Taylor Johnson.
by James Jones adapted by Michael Hastings for BBC Radio 4.
Strong friendships, love affairs and the naked truth of lives of enlisted men in Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, at the time of Pearl Harbour. Directed by Bill Bryden.
by John Osborne in a version by Bill Bryden and Michael Hastings for BBC Radio 4.
John Osborne’s unperformed screenplay of the tragic defeat of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in 1854, starring Charles Dance, Joseph Fiennes, Donald Sinden, Geoffrey Palmer and directed by Bill Bryden.
by Samuel Beckett.
Beckett’s classic radio play starring Anna Manahan and Nial Toibin, directed by Bill Bryden and recorded at RTE Studios, Dublin for BBC Radio 3.
by Donna Franceschild & Simon Little for BBC Radio 4.
Five stories of people who ring the Samaritans to find the Volunteers have a sympathetic ear and a tender heart.
by Tennessee Williams.
The award winning Birmingham Rep/National Theatre production in the West End at the Noel Coward Theatre, London.
Baby Doll is the story of the childlike bride of a Mississippi cotton gin owner, who becomes the pawn in a battle between her husband and his enemy, starring Charlotte Emmerson and Jonathan Cake. Designed by Bunny Christie and directed by Lucy Bailey.
by Henry James adapted by Bill Bryden for BBC Radio 4.
The tragic story of an young, free-spirited independent American girl as she experiences the social life of 19th century Europe, starring Elizabeth McGovern and Constance Cummings.
by Tony Harrison and the Cottesloe Company. The three parts of the celebrated National Theatre production: The Nativity, The Passion and Doomsday, based on the medieval plays of York, Wakefield and Chester for BBC Radio 4.
