Maugham, William Somerset

Last Edited: 14-Mar-2018 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
Broadcast
29-Sep-2004
R7
21-Apr-2005
22-Apr-2005
Before the Party


Read by Amanda Root
Produced by Catherine Beacon
31:07, 29180, S
31:04, 29136, S
R7
10-Dec-2007 to
Ashenden, Gentleman Spy
Read by Alex Jennings
Abridged by Nevill Teller
Produced by Eoin O’Callaghan
26:56, 25254, S
27:26, 25731, S
27:17, 25583, S
27:04, 25384, S
27:14, 25545, S
11-Nov-2008
The Taipan
read by Martin Jarvis
Producers Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres
14:05, 13214, S
BBC R4
27-Dec-2004 to
31-Dec-2004
Short Stories
  1. The Wash Tub
  2. Mr Know All
  3. The Promise
  4. The Poet
  5. Louise
Read by Anton Lesser
Producer Duncan Minshull
13:52, 8122, M
13:56, 8167, M
13:03, 7648, M
13:08, 7701, M
13:51, 8112, M
BBC R4
05-Jul-1988
The Verger
Read By: Brian Gear
Producer: Pamela Howe
14:31, 6811, m
14-Jun-1960
Louise Irene Sutcliffe, Brewster Mason, Hester Paton Brown, Frederick
Treves, Richard Bebb, Judy Bailev, John Rye
adapted by John Gouldsmith
Produced by Norman Wright
26:34, 24906, M
BBC R4
26-Dec-1973
The Treasure
Carleton Hobbs, Richard Hurndall, Gwen Watford, Ella Milne, Margot
Boyd, Wilfrid Carter, John Pullen, James Thomason, Peter Pratt
Adapted by: Liane Aukin
Producer: Keith Williams
44:40, 41874, M
BBC WS
03-Nov-1977
The Circle
Christopher Cazenove, Michael Aldridge and Rosalind Ayres
Directed by Dickon Reed
60:41, 14226, M
BBC R4
25-Apr-1970
The Circle
Alan Wheatley, Peter Tuddenham, Dorit Welles, Patricia Gallimore,
Brian Hewlett, Carleton Hobbs, Grizelda Hervey, Stephen Murray
Produced By: Val Gielgud
88:43, 83173, M
BBC WS
1978
The Constant Wife
Elizabeth Bell and Michael Deacon
Director: Gordon House
60:12, 14112, M
BBC R2
21-May-1969
The Happy Couple
Carleton Hobbs, Jean Anderson, William Fox, Marjorie Westbury,
Howieson Culff, Vlvienne Chatterton
Dramatised by Lance Sieveking
Produced by David Davis
45:42, 42843, M
BBC Home Svc.
17-Jul-1965
The Sacred Flame
Jill Balcon, Carleton Hobbs, John Graham, Stephen Jack, Sybil
Thorndike, Jo Manning Wilson, Pat Pleasance, Denis Goacher
adapted by Peter Watts
Produced By: Graham Gauld
90:59, 85303, M
BBC R4
08-Apr-1989
The Sacred Flame
Wendy Hiller, Hannah Gordon, Janet Maw, Alan Wheatley,
Preston Lockwood, Julian Glover, David Goudge, Melinda Walker
Directed by Graham Gauld
83:58, 39184, S
BBC Home Svc.
17-Jul-1965
The Narrow Corner
Raymond Huntley, George Merritt, Denys Hawthorne, William Eedle,
Sheila Grant, Barbara Mitchell, Peter Pratt, Peter Claughton, Will
Leighton, Geoffrey Wincott, Lewis Stringer, Antony Viccars
Dramatised by Howard Agg
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
90:19, 84673, M
BBC R4
01-Apr-1989
The Narrow Corner

Garard Green, Owen Scott, Douglas Blackwell, Philip Sully, Carol
Marsh, Jeffrey Segal, Cara Kelly, Peter Craze, Lewis Stringer
Dramatised by Jeffrey Segal

Directed by Graham Gauld
87:35, 61595, S
BBC R4
26-Dec-1970
The Tenth Man
Clifford Norgate, Patricia Gallimore, Hector Ross, Joan Matheson,
Martin Friend, Carleton Hobbs, Peter Williams, Gerald Cross,
Michael Kilgarriff, Charles Simon, Patrick Tull, Venetia Maxwell,
David Robb
Adapted for radio by Peggy Wells
Produced by David Geary
85:43, 80348, S
BBC R4
15-MAy-1971
The Bishop's Apron
George Baker, Peter Pratt, Lydia Sherwood, Pat Pleasance, John Rye,
Geoffrey Beevers, Norah Blaney, Jo Manning Wilson, Michael Spice,
Noel Iliff, Ursula Hirst, Martin Friend, Sheila Grant, Denis McCarthy,
Betty Baskcomb, Marjorie Forsyth, Leslie Heritage
Dramatised By: Donald Tosh
Produced By: Graham Gauld
87:09, 81706, M
BBC R4
28-Dec-1986
Christmas Holiday
Peter Rumney, Elizabeth Lindsay, Anthony Daniels, Monica Grey,
Jeffrey Segal, Jenny Funnell, George Parsons, Mary Wimbush,
Carole Boyd, Richard Durden, David Goodland
Dramatised by Jeffrey Segal

Directed by Graham Gauld
86:40, 81257, S
BBC R4
18-Nov-1970
The Unconquered
Carleton Hobbs, Anthony Hall, Carol Marsh, Gordon Gardner,
Betty Hardy, Peter Tuddenham, Hector Ross, Edward Kelsey
Dramatised for radio by Michael J. Bird

Produced by Graham Gauld
43:46, 41036, M
BBC R4
20-Jan-1971
Winter Cruise
Carleton Hobbs, Marjorie Westbury, Peter Pratt, Noel Hood, Duncan
McIntyre, Ian Frost, Rolf Lefebvre, Malcolm Hayes, Sean Arnold,
Patrick Tull
Adapted by Joan O'Connor

Produced by Gerry Jones
42:35, 39928, M
BBC R4
07-Feb-1998
Our Betters
Kathleen Turner, Rula Lenska, Barbara Jefford, Nigel Davenport,
Arthur Fenwick, William Hootkins, Stephen Billington, Nicholas Caunter,
Paul Stewart, Sheri Graubert, Charles Edwards
Director Janet Whitaker
89:21, 52355, M
18-Dec-2005
31-Dec-2005
The Razor's Edge


Nicholas le Prevost, John Light, Megan Dodds, Edward Petherbridge,
David Bannerman, Sam Dale, Amerjit Deu, Laurel Lefkow,
Carolyn Pickles
dramatised by Ronald Frame
Producer/ director Gaynor Macfarlane
57:13, 53647, S
57:00, 53432, S
BBC WS
24-Feb-1983 to
16-Mar-1983, &
29-Nov-1983
12-Dec-1983
01-Mar-1984
Short Stories
  1. P And O
  2. Flotsam And Jetsam
  3. The Facts Of Life
  4. Lord Mountdrago
  5. The Unconquered
  6. Winter Cruise
  1. Hannah Gordon
  2. Douglas Blackwell and Maddie Head
  3. Kenneth Branagh and John Rye
  4. Charles Gray and Stephen Thorne
  5. Nigel Anthony and Janet Moore
  6. Elizabeth Spriggs

Dramatised by David Buck
directed by Gordon House

27:08, 6362, M
28:54,
6777, M
28:04, 6581, M
29:03, 6813, M
27:39, 6484, M
27:16, 6391, M
21-Jul-2008 to
25-Jul-2008
Mr Maugham’s Journey Home
  1. P and O
  2. The Letter
  3. Daisy
  4. Book Bag
  5. Before the Party
David Troughton, Glen Cunningham, Olwyn May, Jonathan Keeble,
David Fleeshman, Paul Courtney-Hume, Adonis James Anthony,
Julia Roundthwaite, Victoria Brazier, Sue Jenkins, Mark Parry,
Kerry Pears, Barbara Martin
Adapted for radio by Kate Clanchy
Produced by Pam Marshall and Carrie Booth
14:11, 13311, S
13:58, 13099, S
13:47, 12936, S
14:00, 13133, S
14:15, 13373, S
23-Jan-2012 to
27-Jan-2012
The Painted Veil Sarah Smart, Nicholas Farrell, James Nickerson, Chris Lee, Conrad
Nelson, Isabelle Defaut, Caroline Loncq, Julia Rounthwaite,
Shamae Griffin
Chinese consultant - Jing Griffin
dramatised by Lizzie Nunnery
Directed by Pauline Harris
13:42, 12836, S
13:51, 12965, S
13:45, 12869, S
13:46, 12885, S
13:56, 13041, S
BBC WS
1981
For Services Rendered
Tony Steepman, Anna Cropper, jo Manning Wilson, Elizabeth Rider,
Keith Smith, Nigel Anthony, Christopher Good, Douglas Blackwell,
Denise Brier, Anne Churchman, Geoffrey Siegal
Adapted by Geoffrey Siegal
directed by Gordon House
62:26, 14636, M
07-Sep-2013
For Services Rendered
David Calder, Sian Thomas, Tom Espiner, Cath Whitefield, Louise
Brealey, Mariah Gale, Michael Shaeffer, Justin Salinger, Ron Cook,
Hettie Baynes Russell, John Rowe, Philippa Stanton
adapted and directed by Lu Kemp
85:15, 79761, S
BBC R4
06-Mar-1996 to
10-Apr-1996
BBC R7
2009
Maugham's Eye View
  1. The Creative Impulse
  2. The Vessel of Wrath
  3. The Round Dozen
  4. Footprints in the Jungle
  5. Facts of Life
  6. Before the Party
  1. Geoffrey Whitehead, David Collings, John Hartley, David
    Timson, Zulema Dene, Tracy Wiles, Janet Whitaker,
    Sylvia Syms, Desmond Barrit, Anne Field
  2. David Timson, Andrew Branch, Anna Massey, Bill Nighy,
    Timothy Spall
  3. Jane Whittenshaw, Paul Jenkins, Stephen Critchlow, Michael
    Williams, Joanna David, Denys Hawthorne, Zulema Dene
  4. Benedict Wong, Tracy Wiles, John Hartley, Caroline Strong,
    Stephen Critchlow, Roger May, Patricia Hodge, David
    Collings, Geoffrey Whitehead
  5. Geoffrey Whitehead, David Collings, Stephen Critchlow,
    Denys Hawthorne, Paul Jenkins, Paul Rhys, Robert Lang,
    Melanie Hudson
  6. Dorothy Tutin, Derek Waring, Amanda Waring, Richard
    McCabe, Caroline Strong, Stephen Critchlow
dramatised by Neville Teller
narrated by Dirk Bogarde
Director Janet Whitaker
29:33, 27696, S
29:34, 27716, S
29:14, 27407, S
29:17, 27453, S
29:21, 27520, S
29:30, 27651, S

Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
BBC R4X
28-Feb-2015
The Lives and Work of Somerset Maugham Simon Fanshawe
Producer Mike Greenwood
177:41, 204547, S