Wilde, Oscar Fingal O’Flaherty

Last Edited: 26-Mar-2019 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
Publ. 1887
R7:
16-Dec-2004
17-Dec-2004
20-Dec-2004
The Canterville Ghost
Read by Alistair McGowan
Produced by Gemma Jenkins

24:24, 11445, m
27:46, 13023, m
24:56, 11691, m

BBC R4
06-Nov-1993
The Canterville Ghost Edward Petherbridge, Angus McKinnus, Gwyneth Guthrie,
Eileen McCallum, Mary Riggins, Rose Mcbain, Ann Marie Zola,
Anthony Cochrane, Raymond Ross, John Buick, Paul Birchyard,
Penny Holman-Smith, Ally Walton
Dramatised for radio by Nick McCarty
Directed in Edinburgh by Hamish Wilson
86:50, 122129, S
Publ. 1888
R7:
25-Mar-2005
The Happy Prince
Read by John Moffat
Produced by Enyd Williams

14:10, 13288, S
27-Dec-2005
The Happy Prince
Read by Bernard Cribbins
Produced by Martin Jenkins

13:35, 12742, S
BBC Sounds
21-Dec-2018

The Happy Prince
(read by Tony Turner)
22:54, 21476, S
Publ. 1888
R7:
08-Apr-2005
The Nightingale and the Rose Read by John Moffat
Produced by Enyd Williams
14:11, 13307, S
Publ. 1888
R7:
01-Apr-2005
The Remarkable Rocket Read by John Moffat
Produced by Enyd Williams
14:26, 13536, S
Publ. 1888
03-Jun-2005
16-Jul-2006
The Selfish Giant Read by Andrew Sachs
Produced by Jill Waters
13:06, 6142, m
Publ. 1888
BBC R4
25-Dec-1997
BBC R7
12-Dec-2010

The Selfish Giant Read by John Moffat
Produced by Enyd Williams
13:07, 12302, S
BBC Sounds
21-Dec-2018

The Selfish Giant
read by Joseph Ayre
10:52, 10196, S
Publ. 1890
BBC R4
30-Jan-2000
06-Feb-2000
The Picture of Dorian Gray Jamie Glover, Ian McDiarmid, Steven Pacey, Tilly Gaunt,
Elizabeth Mansfie!d, Harry Myers, Brett Usher, Mary Wimbush,
Gavin Muir, Elizabeth Bell, Tessa Worsley, Tom George
Dramatised by: Nick McCarty
Music composed and played by: David Chitton
Piano: Simon Morecroft
Director: Gordon House
57:08, 53566, S
57:07, 53548, S
BBC R3
12-Apr-2015

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Peter Guinness, Maggie Steed, Jasper Britton, Richard Lintern,
Tom Canton, Gunnar Cauthery, Owen Sharpe, Geraldine
Alexander, Zoe Telford, Barbara Barnes
Adapted and directed by Neil Bartlett
Produced by Turan Ali

89:55, 126281, S
LA Theatre
Works
2013
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Steve Juergens, Jim Ortlieb, Colleen Crimmins, Roger Mueller,
Tom Carroll, Pauline Brailsford, Martin Duffy, Rush Pearson
directors Terry McCabe and Jeffrey Ortmann
2 files
1:57:58, 108 MB, S
BBC WS
1977
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Patrick Ryecart, David March
Adapted by John Osbourne
Director: Gordon House
60:43, 14233, M
Publ. 1891
R7:
11-Apr-2005
to
13-Apr-2005
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime Read by Michael Maloney 27:58, 26230, S
27:41, 25970, S
27:58, 25968, S
R4:
26-Feb-2006
05-Mar-2006
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime Rupert Penry-Jones, Gillian Kearney, David Bamber, David
Bradley, Phyllida Law, Patrick Ryecart, Patrick Kennedy,
Michael Kilgarriff, David Holt, Doreen Mantle, Clive Swift,
Christopher Rozycki
Dramatized by Mike Walker
Producer/director Gemma McMullan
56:08, 52627, S
56:57, 53394, S
BBC WS
14-Jun-1993
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
Adapted from the story and performed by Brian D. Barnes
Directed by Jill Graham
51:30, 12075, M
Publ. 1892
R7:
12-Dec-2010

Lady Windermere's Fan
Jerlie Richardson, Gary Bond, Penelope Keith, Edward Fox
produced by David Johnson

104:23, 97868, S
LA Theatre
Works
unknown

Lady Windermere's Fan
Gina Field, Judy Geeson, Joanna Going, Arthur Hanket, Lisa
Harrow, Dominic Keating, Miriam Margolyes, Roger Rees,
Eric Stoltz, James Warwick and Tom Wheatley
2 files
1:57:58, 108 MB, S
BBC R4
28-Dec-1968
Lady Windermere's Fan
Rosalind Shanks, Peter Baldwin, Timothy West, Fabia Drake,
Maureen Beck, Grizelda Hervey, Maxine Audley, Godfrey
Kenton, John Pullen, John Forrest, Ian Thompson, John Wyse
Produced By: Ronald Mason
86:49, 81398, S
BBC R3
15-Apr-2018
Lady Windermere's Fan
Mira Sorvino, Susannah Fielding, James Callis, Jonathan Cake,
Rosalind Ayres, Ian Ogilvy, Peter Woodward, Matthew Wolf,
Darren Keefe , Darren Richardson, Elizabeth Knowelden,
Edita Brychta, Jean Gilpin
Director: Martin Jarvis
103:50, 97355, S
BBC WS
04-Nov-1980
Lady Windermere's Fan
Rosalind Shanks, Martin Jarvis, Isabelle Dean, John Moffat
Directed by Christopher Venning
57:41, 13524, M
BBC WS
19 Oct 2000
Lady Windermere's Fan
Eleanor Tremain, David Calder, Jonathan Cake, Isla Blair
Dramatised by Micheline Wandor
Directed by Gordon House
87:50, 20590, M
Publ. 1893
31-Dec-1991
R7:
02-Apr-2005
A Woman of No Importance Diana Rigg, Martin Jarvis, Annette Crosby, Susan
Sheridan, Dominic Letts, Teresa Gallaher, Irene
Sutcliffe, Oriol Smith, Jack Clough, David King,
Geoffrey Chater, Peter Penry-Jones, Adjua Andou
Directed by Adrian Bean
85:21, 80032, S
LA Theatre
Works
29-Mar-2009
A Woman of No Importance
Rosalind Ayres, Jane Carr, Peter Dennis, Judy Geeson, Paul
Gutrecht, Martin Jarvis, Cherie Lunghi, Robert Machray,
Miriam Margolyes, Samantha Mathis and Jim Norton
Interview with Oscar Wilde's only grandson Merlin Holland
119:00, 111573, S
Publ. 1895
R7:
27-Nov-2010
An Ideal Husband Alex Jennings, Emma Fielding, Janet McTear, Geoffrey Parr,
Jasper Britton, Joanna Page,Sarah Kestelman, Lucy Wymar,
Patience Tomlinson, Oliver leSuerre, Hugh Dickson,
Derek Beard, John Cummings
adapted and directed by David Timson
119:10, 111734, S
LA Theatre
Works
unknown

An Ideal Husband
Jacqueline Bisset, Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis, Miriam
Margolyes, Alfred Molina, Yeardley Smith, Robert Machray
2 files
1:57:58, 108 MB, S
BBC R4
16-Dec-2018
22-Dec-2018
An Ideal Husband
John Heffernan, Miranda Raison, Ryan Whittle, Lucy Doyle,
Saffron Coomber, Michael Bertenshaw, Elizabeth Counsell,
Tony Turner, Sean Murray
Musical direction and arrangement by Colin Sell
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko
2 files
1:52:37, 103 Mb, S
BBC WS
10-Feb-1987
An Ideal Husband
Geraldine McEwan, Michael Cochrane, Melinda Walker,
Margot Boyd
Adapted for radio by Walter Hall
directed by Walter Acosta
57:37, 13510, M
BBC R4
05-Dec-1970
An Ideal Husband
Ellen Pollock, Lisa Rayne, Richard Griffiths, Jill Simcox, Ralph
Truman, Jane Wenham, Jane Knowles, Rosemary Martin,
Noel Johnson, Ronald Lewis, James Thomason
Produced By: David Geary
84:37, 79149, M
Publ. 1895
R7:
01-Jan-2005
The Importance of Being Earnest
Judi Dench, Martin Cloombs, Michael Sheen, Samantha
Bond, Amanda Root, Miriam Margoyles, John Moffat,
Michael Hordern, Terence Alexander
Piano by Terence Albright
Directed by Glyn Vere
117:30, 110168, S
BBC R4
20-Nov-1971
The Importance of Being Earnest
Dorothy Lane, John Rye, Peter Tuddenham, Christine Finn,
Pinkie Johnston, Hazel Coppen, Rolf Lefebvre, Gerald Cross,
Antony Higginson
Pianist: Anna Berenska
Producer: Betty Davies
4 files
95:16, 43.6 MB, M
BBC R4
15-Dec-2018
The Importance of Being Earnest
Mathew Baynton, Stephen Hogan, Abhin Galeya, Jeany Spark,
Gemma Jones, Kerry Gooderson, Elizabeth Counsell, Sean
Murray, Ryan Early
Music arranged and directed by Colin Sell
Directed by Emma Harding
86:40, 81265, S
BBC ?
?
The Importance of Being Earnest
Greg Wise, Miriam Margolyes
directed by Shaun MacLaughlin
106:54, 100232, S
BBC Home Svc
10-Jun-1951
The Importance of Being Earnest
Ronald Ward, John Turnbull, John Gielgud, Edith Evans,
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Betty Hardy, Angela Baddeley,
Roger Delgado, David Horne
Adapted and produced by Peter Watts
87:09, 81712, s
BBC R3
25-Dec-1977
The Importance of Being Earnest
Richard Pasco, Jeremy Clyde, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Prunella
Scales, Maurice Denham, Sylvia Coleridge, Fabia Drake,
Gerald Cross, Richard Burnett, Jonathan Scott
Edited By: Owen Dudley Worthing
Music Played By: Terence Allbright
Directed By: Ian Cotterell
2:17:58, 129354, S
LA Theatre
Works
unknown

The Importance of Being Earnest
Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James
Marsters, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf, Sarah Zimmerman
2 files
1:57:58, 108 MB, S
BBC WS
17-Oct-1979
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Clyde, Liza Goddard and Patricia Brake
Adapted and directed by Gordon House
90:08, 21130, M
BBC WS
5 Mar 1997
The Importance of Being Earnest
Elizabeth Spriggs, Tom Hollander and Nathaniel Parker
87:49, 20588, M
1897-98
R4:
16-Jan-2004
The Ballad of London Gaol
Read by Samuel West
Introduced by Roger McGough
Produced by Mark Smalley
27:39, 25923, S
Publ. 1905
R4:
16-May-2005
to
20-May-2005
De Profundis
Read by Simon Russell Beale
Introduced by Nicholas Boulton
Abridged by Robert Forrest
Produced by Lou Kemp
13:58, 13098, S
13:44, 12868, S
14:03, 13165, S
13:50, 12979, S
14:01, 13140, S

Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date Title Cast Parameters
R7:
28-Mar-2005
to
01-Apr-2005 
The Letters of Oscar Wilde Read by Simon Callow
Commentary by Merlin Holland
Produced by Polly Thomas and Catherine Beacon
13:48, 12942, S
13:55, 13056, S
14:00, 13140, S
13:55, 13050, S
14:08, 13256, S 
14-Nov-2011 Oscar and Al Pacino Al Pacino
Mark Rickards
27:32, 25770, S