Kipling, Rudyard

Last Edited: 15-Nov-2017 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
19-Nov-2006
 		Barrack Room Ballads

Kenneth Cranham
Produced by Tim Dee
 		28:09, 26397, S
17-Jan-2007
 		The Gardener

Read by Patricia Hodge
Produced by Di Spears
 		14:03, 6589, m
12-Nov-2008
 		Lispeth


Read by Rosalind Ayres
Producedby Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres
 		14:05, 13217, S
19-Jul-2008 to
16-Aug-2008
 		Jungle Book
 		Miche K Nyah, Eartha Kitt, Freddie Jones, Jonathan Hyde,
Shaheen Khan, Peter Whitman, Barry Woolgart, Malcolm
Ward, Peter Marinker, Sam Dastow, Robert Glenister,
Timothy Bateson, Jonathan Tafler, Melissa Sinden
dramatized by Micheline Wandor
directed by Chris Wallis
 		27:29, 25781, S
28:29, 26708, S
29:03, 27247, S
29:06, 27282, S
27:00, 25325, S
BBC R4
31-Dec-1984 to
04-Jan-1985

2nd series
unknown dates
from cassettes
 The Just So Stories
in broadcast order 1-5,
in book order 6-12
  1. The Elephant's Child
  2. The Beginning Of The Armadillos
  3. How The Leopard Got His Spots
  4. How The Whale Got His Throat
  5. The Butterfly That Stamped

  6. How The Camel Got His Hump
  7. How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin
  8. The Sing-Song Of Old Man
    Kangaroo
  9. How The First Letter Was Written
  10. How The Alphabet Was Made
  11. The Crab That Played With The
    Sea
  12. The Cat That Walked By Himself
 Abridged and read by David Davis
Produced by Graham Gauld
 12 files
3:01:09,
165 MB, S
BBC R4X

Series 1 missing
07-Sep-2014?
Series 2
23-Jun-2014 to
27-Jun-2014
 The Just So Stories
  1. The Beginning of the Armadillos
  2. ?
  3. ?
  4. ?
  5. ?

  6. How The Camel Got His Hump
  7. The Crab That Played With The
    Sea
  8. The Sing-Song Of Old Man
    Kangaroo
  9. The Butterfly That Stamped
  10. The Elephant's Child

 read by Samuel West
produced by Rahmid Sabah
Series 1
13:49, 12953, S




Series 2
5:15, 4918, S
20:27, 19171, S
6:01, 5635, S
20:02, 18783, S
14:53, 13949, S
BBC R4
24-Nov-2002
 Just So Stories James Fleet, Alice Ford, Sakuntala Ramanee, Trevor
Laird, Paul Sharma, Iestyn Jones, Elry Thomas
Dramatised By: Nandita Ghose
Director: Geni Hall-Kenny
 56:51, 66625, S
BBC Home Svc.
19-Oct-1963
21-Oct-1963
 Kim
 Felix Aylmer, George Coulouris, Wilfrid Lawson, David
Spenser, Ralph Truman, Elizabeth Morgan, Timothy
Harley, Jo Manning Whitney, Glyn Deaf, Peter Bari,
John Ruddock, Isabel Rennie, Lewis Stringer, Eva Stuart,
Willam Cox, Mary O'Farrell, Andrew Sachs, Alan Haines,
Earles Gris, Austin Tretin, Bruce Condell
adapted and produced by John Tydeman
 74:07, 17373, M
75:02, 17589, M
BBC R4
16-Nov-1994 to
07-Dec-1994
 Kipling in Love
  1. His Wedded Wife
  2. Lispeth
  3. Venus Annodomini
  4. The Courting of Dinah Shadd
  5. In the Pride of His Youth
  6. Love o' Women
  7. Beyond the Pale
  8. On Greenhow Hill
  1. Tom Bevan, Amerjit Deu, Richard Pearce, Michael
    Troughton, Lyndham Gregory, Barry J Gordon,
    Richard Bates, Elalne Claxton, Vlvlenne Rochester,
    Jack Klaff, Terry John
  2. Mamta Kaash, Dominic Letts, Shelley Thompson,
    Charubala Chokshi, Peter Penry Jones, Tina Gray,
    Rajeev Mukkar, Bhasker, Lyndam Gregory, Colin Pinney
  3. Alex Jennings, Moir Leslie, Michael Troughton, Barry
    J Gordon, Lyndam Gregory, Frances Jeater, Graham
    Seed, Richard Tate, Timothy Carlton, Rachel Atkins,
    John Evitts
  4. John Evitts, Dominic Letts, Lyndam Gregory, Michael
    Troughton, Gareth Armstrong, Tom Bevan, Peter
    Kenny, Colin Thomas, Teresa Gallagher, Jack Klaff,
    Steve Hodson, Terry John, Barry J Gordon, Marcella
    Riordan, Cathy Sara, Elaine Claxton, Alex Jennings
  5. Samuel West, Louise Germaine, Dominic Letts,
    Michael Onslow, Lyndam Gregory, Meera Syal, John
    Evitts, Al Hunter-Ashton, Gurdial Siri, James Taylor,
    Elaine Claxton
  6. John Duttine, Frances Jeater, Jack Klaff, Terry John,
    Steve Hodson, Teresa Gallagher, James Taylor,
    Peter Whitman, Tom Bevan
  7. Nina Wadia, Gareth Armstrong, Renu Setna, Lyndam
    Gregory, Gurdial Sira, Amerjit Deu, Charubala
    Chokshi, Heather Emmanuel, Frances Jeater,
    John Evitts
  8. Michael Onslow, Harry Stamper, Amerjit Deu,
    Dominic Letts, Elaine Claxton, Lyndam Gregory,
    Steve Hodson, Julia Ford, Jack Klaff, Terry John,
    Barry J Gordon, John Evitts, Gareth Armstrong
dramatised for radio by Ed Thomason
Music by Trevor Allan Davies
Producer Adrian Bean
25:53, 24373, S
28:15, 26479, S
26:35, 24919, S
29:17, 27461, S
29:11, 27365, S
29:34, 27723, S
29:24, 27558, S
28:21, 26576, S
US NPR
18-Jun-2000
 2000X:
As Easy As ABC 		Tony Jaye, Ira Burton, Artie Johnson, Brian Finney,
Joe Greco, JJ Johnston, Laura Kellogg,
43:15, 15203, S
BBC R4X
16-Mar-2014
 At The Pit's Mouth
 read by Brian Gear
produced by Viv Beebe
 13:50, 12964, S
CSA Word
2007
 Plain Tales from the Hills
 read by Martin Jarvis
 4 files
4:59:54,
68.7 MB, M
unknown
 Plain Tales from the Hills Tim Pigott-Smith
 32 files
7:02:53,
96.8 MB, M
BBC WS
19-Aug-1982 to
13-Jan-1983
 Six By Kipling
  1. They
  2. Mary Postgate
  3. Beauty Spots
  4. The Woman In His Life
  5. The House Surgeon
  6. The Root Of The Trouble
  1. Annette Crosbie, Douglas Blackwell, Tony Britton,
    Maddie Head, Elizabeth Lindsay, Katherine Parr,
    Gordon Reid, Jonathan Scott, Jean Trend
  2. Patience Collier, Gwen Watford, Kenneth Branham,
    Michael Bilton, Miranda Forbes, Andrew Hilton,
    Elizabeth Lindsay, Haydn Wood
  3. George Leyton, Ronald Herdman, Ronald Baddiley,
    Ray Brown, Robin Brown, Arnold Diamond, Miranda
    Forbes, Christopher Saul, Jean Trend
  4. Peter Egan, Steve Hodson, John Livesey, Frances
    Jeater, Crawford Logan, Henry Stamper
  5. Barry Foster, Timothy Bateson, Maddie, Katherine
    Parr, Hugh Dickson, Jean England, Frances Jeater
  6. Richard Pasco, Tim Preese, James Kearey, Nigel
    Graham, Alex Jennings, Maddie Head, Stuart Organ
Dramatised for radio by Naomi Capon
directed by Dickon Reed
 30:18, 7103, M
30:13, 7084, M
30:32, 7159, M
30:20, 7111, M
30:18, 7103, M
30:07, 7059, M
Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date Title Cast Parameters
10-Nov-2005  Kipling and France
 Rather a Motorious Letter
Their Name Liveth For Evermore  		Julian Barnes, Hermione Lee
Rudyard Kipling's words are read by David Haig
Produced by Robin Reid  		27:49, 26075, S
28:09, 26405, S 
15-Nov-2005 Kipling’s Son Julian Barnes, Hermione Lee
Rudyard Kipling's words are read by David Haig and Jamie Parker
Produced by Robin Reid		 13:57, 13086, S
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