Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850)

Last Edited: 29-Mar-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.

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Date	Title	Cast	Parameters
Publ. 1835 Broadcast:	Le Père Goriot First Intents The Spur Only Ambition Ambition O’erleaps Itself	Stephen Fry, Douglas Hodge, David Ross, Geoffrey Banks, Alix Kingston, Barbara Martin, Noreen Kirshaw, Romy Baskerville, Robin Polly, Ian Mercer, Paul Brawdon, Claire Dow, John Griffith Dramatised by David Hopkins Directed by Kate Rowland	56:53, 26671, m 56:58, 26709, m 57:17, 26858, m 57:16, 26849, m
12-Sep-2005 to 23-Sep-2005	Le Père Goriot (reading)	Read by Benedict Cumberbatch Translated by Marion Ayton Crawford Abridged by Sally Marmion Produced by Dy Spears	14:06, 6615, m 13:57, 6541, m 14:00, 6567, m 14:05, 6606, m 14:03, 6588, m 14:03, 6587, m 14:08, 6627, m 14:02, 6586, m 14:01, 6575, m 14:03, 6589, m
17-Aug-2008 24-Aug-2008	The Black Sheep	Geoffrey Whitehead, Thomas Arnold, Mathew Pidgeon, Briony McRoberts, Phyllida Law, Jon Glover, Christian Rodska, Colette O’Neil, Alan Cox, Nyasha Hatendi, David Holt, Liz Sutherland, Lucy Patterson, Timothy Bateson, Chris Pavlo dramatised by Chris Dolan Producer/director Bruce Young	57:03, 53487, S 57:10, 53595, S
02-Jan-2012 to 13-Jan-2012	Cousin Bette	read by Alex Jennings translated by Marion Ayton Crawford abridger was Sally Marmion producer is Di Speirs	13:47, 12911, S 13:46, 12893, S 13:39, 12777, S 13:50, 12958, S 13:49, 12936, S 13:34, 12707, S 13:40, 12797, S 13:36, 12741, S 13:40, 12805, S 13:43, 12850, S
27-Jul-2014 03-Aug-2014	Eugenie Grandet	Ian McKellen, Alison Pettitt, Shirley Dixon, Anna Calder-Marshall, Blake Ritson, Harry Hadden-Paton, David Horovitch, Jenny Funnell, Geoffrey Beevers, Arthur Hughes Cello and Treble Recorder: Alison Baldwin Original Music: Lucinda Mason Brown adapted by Rose Tremain Produced and directed by Gordon House	56:51, 53189, S 56:55, 53323, S
BBC WS	The Speculator	Martin Jarvis, Emily Richard, Emily Raymond, Mark Payton, Christopher Wright, Brett Usher, Geoffrey Beavers, Ewan Thomas, Douglas Blackwell, Gerard McDermott, John Rowe, Alison Pettit translated and adapted by Stephen Wyatt directed by Gordon House	87:45, 63244, M

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