{"product_id":"9781787530645","title":"Charles Dickens - the Bbc Radio Drama Collection Volume Four : A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, the Mystery of Edwi -- CD- (Unabridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGripping full-cast radio dramatisations of four of Charles Dickens' classic masterpieces\n\u003cbr\u003eCharles Dickens is one of the most renowned novelists of all time, and this final volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes some of his most complex and compelling novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Tale of Two Cities\n\u003cbr\u003eSet during the French Revolution, this radio retelling of Dickens' powerful story of love, cruelty, violence and redemptionwon the 2012 Bronze Sony Award for Best Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGreat Expectations\n\u003cbr\u003eThis classic tale explores the turbulent childhood of orphan Pip, his quest to find his true identity, and his growth to maturity through misfortune and misery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur Mutual Friend\n\u003cbr\u003eCharles Dickens' last complete novel is a sweeping satire of wealth and corruption, centred around London's great river Thames.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood\n\u003cbr\u003eIn Dickens' unfinished masterpiece, the arrival in Cloisterham of Neville and Helena Landless, twins from Ceylon, sets in motion a chain of events which leads to murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a star-studded cast including Robert Lindsay, Douglas Hodge, Geraldine McEwan, Amanda Redman, Alex Jennings and Ian Holm, these BBC radio adaptations are rich in drama, romance, suspense and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCast and credits\n\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Charles Dickens\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Tale of Two Cities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens..................................................................Robert Lindsay\n\u003cbr\u003eJarvis Lorry..................................................................Jonathan Coy\n\u003cbr\u003eMiss Pross..................................................................Alison Steadman\n\u003cbr\u003eLucie Manette..................................................................Lydia Wilson\n\u003cbr\u003eDr Alexandre Manette..................................................................Karl Johnson\n\u003cbr\u003eCharles Darnay..................................................................Andrew Scott\n\u003cbr\u003eSydney Carton..................................................................Paul Ready\n\u003cbr\u003eErnest Defarge..................................................................James Lailey\n\u003cbr\u003eTheresa Defarge..................................................................Tracy Wiles\n\u003cbr\u003eGaspard\/Stryver..................................................................Simon Bubb\n\u003cbr\u003eJerry Cruncher..................................................................Carl Prekopp\n\u003cbr\u003eJoe..................................................................Rikki Lawton\n\u003cbr\u003eMarquis St Evremonde..................................................................Clive Merrison\n\u003cbr\u003eBarsad..................................................................Gerard McDermott\n\u003cbr\u003eOther parts played by Adam Billington, Christopher Webster, Adjoa Andoh, Daniel Cooper, Paul Moriarty, Alex Rivers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirected by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer\n\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Mike Walker\n\u003cbr\u003eMusic by Lennert Busch\n\u003cbr\u003eSound production by Anne Bunting\n\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26- 30 December 2011\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePip..................................................................Douglas Hodge\n\u003cbr\u003eMiss Havisham..................................................................Geraldine McEwan\n\u003cbr\u003eEstella..................................................................Amanda Redman\n\u003cbr\u003eJoe Gardgery..................................................................Jim Carter\n\u003cbr\u003eMrs Joe..................................................................Maggie Steed\n\u003cbr\u003eJaggers..................................................................John Shrapnel\n\u003cbr\u003eWemmick..................................................................Timothy Bateson\n\u003cbr\u003eHerbert Pocket..................................................................James Simmons\n\u003cbr\u003eMagwitch..................................................................Robert Lang\n\u003cbr\u003eUncle Pumblechook..................................................................Norman Jones\n\u003cbr\u003eAged Parent..................................................................Michael Turner\n\u003cbr\u003eBiddy..................................................................Emma Gregory\n\u003cbr\u003eBentley Drummle..................................................................Alan Barker\n\u003cbr\u003eOrlick..................................................................Brian Hewlett\n\u003cbr\u003eOther parts played by Fraser Kerr, Gary King, Mark Straker, Norman Jones, Polly Maberley, Terence Edmond, Timothy Carlton, Elizabeth Kelly, Henry Power, Jenny Howe, Auriol Smith, Brett Usher, James Greene, James Simmons, Joanna Myers, Timothy Alcock, Nigel Carrington, Ronald Herdman, Jane Whittenshaw, Stephen Garlick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirected by Sally Avens\n\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Ray Jenkins\n\u003cbr\u003eMusic by Malcolm Clarke\n\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 5 Live, 6 October-22 December 1991\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur Mutual Friend\n\u003cbr\u003eCharles Dickens..................................................................Alex Jennings\n\u003cbr\u003eBella Wilfer..................................................................Daisy Haggard\n\u003cbr\u003eLizzie Hexam..................................................................Lizzy Watts\n\u003cbr\u003eJohn Rokesmith..................................................................Carl Prekopp\n\u003cbr\u003eEugene Wrayburn..................................................................Patrick Kennedy\n\u003cbr\u003eMortimer Lightwood..................................................................Matt Addis\n\u003cbr\u003eNicodemus Boffin..................................................................Jason Watkins\n\u003cbr\u003eMrs Boffin..................................................................Pauline Quirke\n\u003cbr\u003ePa Wilfer..................................................................Philip Fox\n\u003cbr\u003eMa Wilfer..................................................................Annabelle Dowler\n\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Hexam..................................................................Adam Arnold\n\u003cbr\u003eGaffer Hexam..................................................................Malcolm Tierney\n\u003cbr\u003eSilas Wegg..................................................................Lee Ross\n\u003cbr\u003eAenus Venus..................................................................Stephen Hogan\n\u003cbr\u003eRogue Riderhood..................................................................Jamie Foreman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOther parts played by Paul Rider, Janice Acquah, Lynn Farleigh, Benjamin Askew, Neil Stuke, Nicola Miles-Wildin, Jonathan Tafler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirected by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer\n\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Mike Walker\n\u003cbr\u003eMusic by Roger Goula\n\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9 November-4 December 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Jasper..................................................................Ian Holm\n\u003cbr\u003eEdwin Drood..................................................................Mark Payton\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Reverend Crisparkle..................................................................Gareth Thomas\n\u003cbr\u003eNeville Landless..................................................................Simon Treves\n\u003cbr\u003eHelena Landless..................................................................Helena Breck\n\u003cbr\u003eDeputy..................................................................Susan Sheridan\n\u003cbr\u003ePrincess Puffer..................................................................Mary Wimbush\n\u003cbr\u003eMiss Twinkleton..................................................................Margaret Courtenay\n\u003cbr\u003eRosa Bud..................................................................Moir Leslie\n\u003cbr\u003eGrewgious..................................................................John Gabriel\n\u003cbr\u003eBazzard..................................................................John Samson\n\u003cbr\u003eDurdles..................................................................Gordon Gostelow\n\u003cbr\u003eJeweller..................................................................John Moffatt\n\u003cbr\u003eJoe..................................................................David Goudge\n\u003cbr\u003eOther parts played by Timothy Bateson, Anna Cropper, Marcia King, Michael Cochrane, Vincent Brimble, Timothy Alcock, Margot Boyd, David King, Burt Kwouk, Noriko Aida, Madeline Smith, Hilda Kriseman, Jo Kendall, Anne Jameson, Michael Graham Cox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirected by Gordon House\n\u003cbr\u003eConcluded by Leon Garfield\n\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by David 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