Armitage, Simon

Last Edited: 07-May-2016 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.
 

Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
BBC WS
28-May-2005
04-Jun-2005
11-Jun-2005
18-Jun-2005
The Odyssey
Tim Mclnnerny and Amanda Redman
Directed by Janet Whittaker
57:17, 13429, M
57:32, 13487, M
57:32, 13487, M
57:35, 13501, M
21-Dec-2006
repeated
19-Feb-2009
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Ian McKellen, Samuel West, David Fleeshman, Deborah
McAndrew, Conrad Nelson
Music by Gary Yershon; director Susan Roberts
44:31, 41736, S
18-Jul-2007
The Sighting of the Century/
Bringing It All Back Home
Written and read by Simon Armitage
Producer Jane Greenwood
13:42, 12852, S
11-Mar-2011
Black Roses:
The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
with an interview with Sylvia Lancaster
Rachel Austin
Produced by Susan Roberts
43:44, 41007, S
15-Jul-2012 Poems from the Pennines
Simon Armitage
Producer: Laura Parfitt
27:51, 26064, S
11-Jan-2015
18-Jan-2015
The Last Days of Troy
David Birrell, Jake Fairbrother, Richard Bremmer, Colin Tierney,
Gillian Bevan, Clare Calbraith, Simon Harrison, Lily Cole, Tom
Stuart, Francesca Zoutwelle, Garry Cooper, Brendan O'Hea,
Luca Rawlinson
Original Music by Alex Baranowski
Directed for Radio by Susan Roberts
56:57, 53291, S
56:52, 53205, S
18-Apr-2015
The Raft of the Medusa
Amaka Okafor
Jude    Catherine Cusack
Gregor    Gabriel Constantin
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer
Producers: Jeremy Mortimer and Kate Bland
56:28, 52825, S
15-Jun-2015 to
19-Jun-2015
Walking Away
written and read by Simon Armitage
abridged by Libby Spurrier
produced by Joanna Green

13:50, 12958, S
13:26, 12574, S
13:35, 12716, S
13:35, 12723, S
13:26, 12579, S
21-Sep-2015
Eurydice and Orpheus
Claire Price, Bryan Dick, Jonathan Keeble, Alexandra Mathie,
Stephen Fletcher
Harpist - Jon Banks
With electronic music composed by PJ Harvey
Produced by Susan Roberts
43:35, 40786, S
24-Apr-2016
01-May-2016
Missing Presumed Dead: The Odyssey
Colin Tierney, Simon Dutton, Polly Frame, Susie Trayling,
Lee Armstrong, Roger Evans, David Hartley, Ranjit
Krishnamma, Chris Reilly, Sule Rimi, Danusia Samal
music by James Fortune
Directed by Susan Roberts
56:58, 53291, S
56:44, 53084, S

Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
24-Aug-2011 Black Roses Debate
Matthew Taylor, Mrs Sylvia Lancaster
Producer: Peter Everett
42:35, 39850, S