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GEORGE ELIOT: A LIFE IN FIVE CHARACTERS (OMNIBUS) (320kbs-m4a/159mb/69mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 17th February 2024
George Eliot's life through five of her characters.
With readings from the novels and letters by Juliet Stevenson
Kathryn Hughes draws out the intimate link between Eliot's characters and her life with the help of the author of a recent biography, Professor Philip Davis.
Omnibus of five parts.
1. Eliot's girlhood through Maggie from The Mill on the Floss
2. The morally serious young woman through Dorothea Brooke in Middlemarch
3. The growth of the sympathetic novelist through Janet from Scenes from Clerical Life
4. The experience of step-parenthood through Silas Marner
5. The choices for Victorian women through Gwendolen Harleth in Daniel Deronda
With contributions from contemporary writers:
Tessa Hadley
Sarah Moss
Sathnam Sanghera
David Constantine
Kathy O'Shaughnessy
Producer: Beaty Rubens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2019.
GEORGE ELIOT - DANIEL DERONDA (320kbs-m4a/391mb/2hrs50mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th to 26th June 2020
George Eliot's 1876 classic novel of love and idealism, dramatised in three parts by Robert Forrest.
Starring Anna Chancellor and Michael Perceval-Maxwell.
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999.
GEORGE ELIOT - DANIEL DERONDA - 1. ATTRACTION (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th June 2020
From the moment their eyes meet across a packed gaming room, Daniel Deronda is as drawn to Gwendolen Harleth as she is to him.
Gwendolen Harleth ...... Anna Chancellor
Deronda ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Grandcourt ...... James Bryce
Mrs Davilow ...... Joanna Tope
Klesmer ...... Finlay Welsh
Mirah ...... Lucy Patterson
Baroness Langen ...... Sarah Collier
Sir Hugo ...... Sandy Neilson
Catherine ...... Katherine Igoe
Lydia ...... Noreen Leighton
Lush ...... Simon Tait
Rex ...... Gregor Powrie
GEORGE ELIOT - DANIEL DERONDA - 2. MARRIAGE (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th June 2020
Gwendolen is now trapped in a cruel and loveless marriage with the philandering Grandcourt.
Gwendolen Harleth ...... Anna Chancellor
Deronda ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Grandcourt ...... James Bryce
Mrs Davilow ...... Joanna Tope
Klesmer ...... Finlay Welsh
Mirah ...... Lucy Patterson
Mrs Arrowpoint ...... Sarah Collier
Sir Hugo ...... Sandy Neilson
Mordecai ...... Mark McDonnell
Mrs Meyrick ...... Gerda Stevenson
Ezra Cohen ...... Steven McNicoll
GEORGE ELIOT - DANIEL DERONDA - 3. TENSIONS (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th June 2020
In the sun-drenched port of Genoa, Gwendolen and Daniel's fates become eternally and tragically entwined.
Gwendolen Harleth ...... Anna Chancellor
Deronda ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
Grandcourt ...... James Bryce
Mrs Davilow ...... Joanna Tope
Klesmer ...... Finlay Welsh
Mirah ...... Lucy Patterson
Lydia ...... Noreen Leighton
Lush ...... Simon Tait
Leonara ...... Vivienne Dixon
Mordecai ...... Mark McDonnell
GEORGE ELIOT - THE MILL ON THE FLOSS (OMNIBUS) (320kbs-m4a/322mb/2hrs19mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th to 18th April 2022
George Eliot's novel of grand passions and tormented lives to mark the 140th Anniversary of George Eliot's death this year.
Written by George Eliot
Adapted by Rhiannon Tise
Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale
George Eliot's most autobiographical novel draws on her personal pain at the loss of the close bond with her brother who had cut off all contact with her. It resulted in one of the great novels of childhood, and one of literature's most unforgettable heroines. Like Anne of Green Gables and Jane Eyre, Maggie captures the dilemma of being the clever girl in the family, the ugly duckling, the misplaced foundling who longs to be recognised for the genius she secretly knows herself to be.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2020.
GEORGE ELIOT - THE MILL ON THE FLOSS (OMNIBUS) - EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/161mb/70mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th April 2022
A brother and sister, pitted against one another in love and life. An absorbing tragedy of family discord and financial ruin, of sibling love and bitterness. And a powerful tale of desire, betrayal and moral conflict.
George Eliot, the Narrator ... Anna Maxwell Martin
Young Maggie ... Amy-Jayne Leigh
Young Tom ... Oliver Zetterstrom
Young Lucy ... Grace Doherty
Mr Tulliver ... Roger Ringrose
Mrs Tulliver ... Alison Belbin
Maggie ... Joanna Vanderham
Tom ... Will Kirk
Lucy ... Ell Potter
Philip ... Chris Lew Kum Hoi
Stephen ... Jack Farthing
Mrs Moss ... Heather Craney
Mr Wakem ... John Dougall
Mrs Glegg ... Elizabeth Counsell
Mr Stelling ... John Lightbody
Dr Kenn ... Hasan Dixon
Luke/Bob ... Kurtis Lowe
Keiza/Sally ... Bettrys Jones
GEORGE ELIOT - THE MILL ON THE FLOSS (OMNIBUS) - EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/161mb/70mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th April 2022
George Eliot's absorbing tragedy of financial ruin, desire, betrayal and moral conflict.
Four years have passed and Maggie is reunited with a friend from the past and Tom is determined to help his father win back The Mill.
George Eliot, the Narrator ..... Anna Maxwell Martin
Maggie ..... Joanna Vanderham
Stephen ..... Jack Farthing
Philip ..... Chris Lew Kum Hoi
Tom ..... Will Kirk
Lucy ..... Ell Potter
Mr Tulliver ..... Roger Ringrose
Mrs Tulliver ..... Alison Belbin
Mr Wakem ..... John Dougall
Bob ..... Kurtis Lowe
Mrs Moss ..... Heather Craney
Dr Kenn ..... Hasan Dixon
Mrs Glegg ..... Elizabeth Counsell
GEORGE ELIOT - ADAM BEDE (OMNIBUS) (320kbs-m4a/461mb/3hrs20mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd January to 6th February 2022
George Eliot's haunting story of love betrayed and love rewarded.
Dramatised By Robert Forrest.
An immediate bestseller in 1859, Eliot's second novel established her reputation and paved the way for masterpieces such as The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch.
Director: Patrick Rayner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
GEORGE ELIOT - ADAM BEDE (OMNIBUS) - EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/153mb/67mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd January 2022
Summer, 1799 in the Staffordshire village of Hayslope, and one of Lisbeth Bede's sons has marriage on his mind.
Adam ...... Thomas Arnold
Lisbeth ...... Ann Scott-Jones
Seth ...... John Kielty
Dinah ...... Victoria Liddelle
GEORGE ELIOT - ADAM BEDE (OMNIBUS) - EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/151mb/66mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th January 2022
Will the captain's military career, or someone else, prevent a marriage to Hetty?
Adam ...... Thomas Arnold
Hetty ...... Katherine Igoe
Lisbeth ...... Ann Scott-Jones
Arthur ...... Richard Greenwood
Seth ...... John Kielty
Dinah ...... Victoria Liddelle
Mr Irwine ...... Crawford Logan
GEORGE ELIOT - ADAM BEDE (OMNIBUS) - EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/155mb/68mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 6th February 2022
After the death of her child, Hetty must face her punishment. Can Dinah help her to ease her guilt?
Hetty ...... Katherine Igoe
Dinah ...... Victoria Liddelle
Mr Irwine ...... Crawford Logan
Adam ...... Thomas Arnold
Sheriff ...... James Bryce
Arthur ...... Richard Greenwood
Seth ...... John Kielty
