Ayckbourn, Alan

Last Edited: 08-Feb-2017 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recordings are good unless otherwise indicated.

Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
1967
R4:
03-May-1976
Relatively Speaking
Michael Aldridge, Rosemary Leach, Nigel Lambert, Joanna Wake
Directed by Kay Patrick
87:18, 162719, S
BBC R3:
09-Feb-1990
Joking Apart
Pam Ferris, Malcolm Raeburn, Peter Linford, Karen Drury, Nigel
Anthony, Pam Buckle, John Branwell, Robyn Brunskill,
Elizabeth Lindsay
Director: Michael Fox
95:12, 133878, S
some clipping
Granada TV
28-Sep-1990
Bedroom Farce
Michael Denison, Joan Hickson, Michael Kitchen, Polly Adams,
Derek Newark, Brenda Blethyn, Stephen Moore, Maria Aitken
Director: Christopher Morahan
Producer: Pieter Rogers
(TV soundtrack)
101:24, 95070, m
BBC R3:
10-May-1992
Man of the Moment
Jon Strickland, Peter Vaughan, Lia Williams, Alice Arnold, Adam
Godley, Buffy Davis, Nicholas Marchine, Neil Roberts,
Christopher House, Sarah Morgan
adapted by Richard Wigmore
Director: Gordon House
114:12, 29979, S
11-Apr-2009
Man of the Moment
Lisa Dillon, Janie Dee, Alex Jennings, Tim Pigott-Smith, Damian
O'Hare, Ella Smith, Alan Shearman, Michael Simkins, John
Baddeley, Kenneth Danziger, Matthew Wolf, Matilda, Alfie Wickham
Directed by Martin Jarvis
87:12, 81751, S
BBC WS:
12-May-1996
The Time Of My Life
Richard Briers, Hannah Gordon, Leah Williams, John Strickland,
Adam Godley, Melanie Hudson, Nigel Anthony
Directed by Gordon House
88:57, 20852, m
1981
BBC WS:
14-Jun-1997
Way Upstream
Russell Dixon, Samantha Bond, Adam Godley, Jenny Funnell, Neil
Pearson, Emily Raymond, Jillie Meers
Adapted by Richard Wigmore
directed by Gordon House
86:36, 81201, m
R4:
26-Dec-1999
R7:
26-Jun-2004
Season’s Greetings
Sophie Thompson, Geoffrey Palmer, John Sessions, Frances Barber,
Ruth Lass, Bill Nighy, Phil Daniels, Leah Williams, Andrew Lincoln
adapted by Vanessa Rosenthal
Directed by Polly Thomas
88:36, 83065, S
Broadcast R7:
19-Dec-2004
Season’s Greetings Peter Vaughn, Maggie McCarthy, Nicky Hanson, Jennifer Pearcey,
Ronald Herdman, Susan Yubel, Robin Somers, Heather Bell,
Guy Houlton
Adapted by Richard Wigmore
Directed by Gordon House
R4 Version:
87:33, 164173, S
BBC R3:
14-May-2000
Woman In Mind
Julia McKenzie, Jon Strickland, Jonathan Hyde, Tilly Gaunt,
Robert Hands, Martin Jarvis, Marcia Warren, Jamie Glover
Director: Pete Atkin
117:15, 162143, S
11-Jan-2014 Woman in Mind Lesley Sharp, Ben Miles, Malcolm Sinclair, Carolyn Pickles,
Owen Teale, Emily Beecham, John Norton, Harry Jardine
Directed by Emma Harding
86:57, 81342, S
1978
R7:
25-Jan-2004
11-Mar-2007
Absent Friends
David Jason, Miriam Margolyes, Jo Manning Wilson, Angela
Pleasance, Anthony Jackson, John Ball
Adapted by Peter King
Produced by Dickon Reid
56:53, 53331, S
Broadcast R7:
07-Mar-2004
07-Aug-2005
Intimate Exchanges 2:
Events on a Hotel Terrace

Robin Hereford, Lavinia Burtram
Adapted for Radio by Richard Wigmore
Directed by Gordon House

Note: See
http://intimateexchanges.alanayckbourn.net/IE_Structure.htm

for the author's explanation of the structure of the large and
complex Intimate Exchanges. Only four of the possible eight
plays were performed by the BBC.
88:02, 82540, S
Broadcast R7:
14-Mar-2004
19-Sep-2004
Intimate Exchanges 4:
A Game of Golf
Robin Hereford, Lavinia Burtram
Adapted for Radio by Richard Wigmore
Directed by Gordon House
88:52, 83314, S
Broadcast R7:
21-Mar-2004
31-Jul-2005
Intimate Exchanges 6:
A Pageant
Robin Hereford, Lavinia Burtram
Adapted for Radio by Richard Wigmore
Directed by Gordon House
87:16, 81824, S
Broadcast R7:
28-Mar-2004
24-Jul-2005
Intimate Exchanges 8:
Love in the Mist
Robin Hereford, Lavinia Burtram
Adapted for Radio by Richard Wigmore
Directed by Gordon House
88:31, 82992, S
Broadcast R7:
19-Jun-2004
Just between Ourselves
Peter Vaughan, Jennifer Pearcey, Nigel Anthony, Frances Jeater,
Hilda Kreisman
Adapted  by Richard Wigmore
Directed by Gordon House
89:45, 84152, S
R4:
13-Sep-2008
Just between Ourselves
Stephen Critchlow, Samantha Spiro, Auriol Smith, Chris Pavlo,
Alison Pettitt
Music by David Chilton
director Gordon House
84:10, 78912, S
Broadcast R7:
03-Jul-2004
10-Jul-2004
The Revengers’ Comedies
Lia Williams, Jon Strickland, Barbara Flynn, Adam Godley, Geoff
Shankley, Jack May, Jenny Howe, George Parsons, Malcolm
Ward, Deborah Berlin, Margaret John, Natasha Pine,
Susannah Corbett
Directed by Gordon House
90:31, 84876, S
89:15, 83684, S
Broadcast R7:
27-May-2006
Things We Do for Love
Joanna van Ghisighem, Teresa Gallagher, Cameron Stewart,
Gavin Muir
Adapted by Martin Reid and Gordon House
Directed by Gordon House
87:40, 82198, S
Broadcast R7:
21-May-2006
The Norman Conquests:
Table Manners
Robin Hereford, Diane Bull, Tessa Peake Jones, Simon Jones,
John Strickland, Lisa Ryder
Adapted by Neville Teller
Directed by Gordon House
85:59, 80624, S
21-Mar-2015 The Norman Conquests:
Table Manners
Julian Rhind-Tutt, Helen Baxendale, Nigel Planer, Jeff Rawle,
Clare Lawrence-Moody, Tracy-Ann Oberman
Music arranged and performed by Stephen Benham
Directed by Peter Kavanagh
86:49, 81222, S
Broadcast R7:
28-May-2006
The Norman Conquests:
Living Together
Robin Hereford, Diane Bull, Tessa Peake Jones, Simon Jones,
John Strickland, Lisa Ryder
Adapted by Neville Teller
Directed by Gordon House
80:10, 75158, S
14-Mar-2015
The Norman Conquests:
Living Together
Julian Rhind-Tutt, Helen Baxendale, Nigel Planer, Jeff Rawle,
Clare Lawrence-Moody, Tracy-Ann Oberman
Music arranged and performed by Stephen Benham
Directed by Peter Kavanagh
85:38, 80112, S
Broadcast R7:
04-Jun-2006
The Norman Conquests:
Round and Round the Garden
Robin Hereford, Diane Bull, Tessa Peake Jones, Simon Jones,
John Strickland, Lisa Ryder
Adapted by Neville Teller
Directed by Gordon House
82:31, 77374, S
28-Mar-2015
The Norman Conquests:
Round and Round the Garden
Julian Rhind-Tutt, Helen Baxendale, Nigel Planer, Jeff Rawle,
Clare Lawrence-Moody, Tracy-Ann Oberman
Music arranged and performed by Stephen Benham
Directed by Peter Kavanagh
86:09, 80595, S
26-Aug-2006
Whenever
Roger Allam, Saskia Butler, Barbara Dickson, Sarah Monton,
Jonjo O'Neill, Liza Sadovy, Malcolm Sinclair, Tony Timberlake,
Nigel Williams
Music by Dennis King
Director Bruce Hyman
87:52, 82389, S
BBC R3:
12-Apr-2009
A Small Family Business
Alfred Molina, Adam Godley, Rosalind Ayres, Joanne Whalley,
Kenneth Danziger, Roy Dotrice, Millicent Martin, Jill
Gascoine, Julian Sands, Darren Richardson, Moira Quirk,
Fuschia Sumner, Matthew Wolf
Consultant: Alan Ayckbourn
Director: Martin Jarvis
118:39, 111252, S
BBC R3:
03-Jun-2012
Henceforward
Jared Harris, Simon Templeman, Sophie Winkleman, Rosa
Calcraft, Joanne Whalley, Darren Richardson, Moira Quirk,
Daisy Hydon, Matthew Wolf, NAN 300F
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
Director: Martin Jarvis
121:21, 113773, S
BBC WS
1978
Countdown
No credits
61:17, 14367, M
BBC R4
06-Jul-1981
Joking Apart
Fiona Walker, Jonathan Newth, Malcolm Hebden, Oriel
Smith, Peter John, Ann Rye, Christopher Saul, Sheridan Ball
Director: Caroline Smith
BBC R4X
87:45, 82259, S
BBC WS
1981
Ernie's Incredible Illucinations
Michael Feast, Ann Churchman, Douglas Blackwell, Sean
Probert, John Webb, Hayden Wood, Sonia Fraser, Jane
Knowles, Katherine Hurt
directed by Derek Holland
30:11, 7075, M
BBC WS
18-Apr-1985
Mother Figure;
Between Mouthfuls;
Gosforth's Fete
Three short plays by Alan
Ayckbourn
Gwen Sherrill, Helen Macintosh, Colin Starkey, Reginald Marsh,
Mary Wimbush, John Webb, Helena Breck, Adrian Egan.
William Eadle, Madeline Morgan, David Garth, Robin Somers
Adapted by Richard Wigmore
directed by Gordon House
60:28, 14176, M

Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
15-Sep-2011 Ayckbourn in Action
Julia McKenzie, Michael Gambon, Peter Bowles, Suzie Blake,
Penelope Wilton, Martin Jarvis
Producer: Susan Marling

27:51, 26071, S
BBC R3:
13-Apr-2009
Night Waves Landmarks:
The Norman Conquests

Matthew Sweet
Penelope Wilton, Mark Ravenhill, Paul Allen, Matthew Warchus,
Amelia Bullimore, Koshi Odashima
produced by Philippa Ritchie

43:58, 41232, S