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Category Archives: Radio
BBC to Rebroadcast Brideshead Radio Series
BBC has announced their rebroadcast of the radio version of Brideshead Revisited. This is in the adaptation by Jeremy Front and will appear over four episodes beginning next Monday, 25 May at 1000a on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Each episode … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Radio, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4 Extra, Jeremy Front
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Radio Adaptation of Decline & Fall Rebroadcast
BBC Radio 4 Extra will rebroadcast its two-episode adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall starting this Thursday. This adaptation by Jeremy Front was first transmitted in 2015, and this is apparently its first rebroadcast. Front has also adapted other … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Newspapers, Radio, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail, Jeremy Front, Player.fm
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BBC Radio 4 to Rebroadcast Four-Part Brideshead
The four-part dramatization of Brideshead Revisited will be rebroadcast starting next Monday, 4 September on BBC Radio 4 Extra. This is based on the adaptation of Jeremy Front first transmitted in 2007. It had been repeated several times since then, … Continue reading
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BBC Broadcast from Castle Howard Chapel
Last Sunday’s broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 program Sunday Worship came from the chapel of Castle Howard. The celebrant was the Right Reverend James Jones, retired Anglican Bishop of Liverpool, and his subject was “Responding to God’s Grace.” He … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Radio
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Bishop James Jones, Castle Howard
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Cecil Beaton Film and Graham Greene Radio Drama
The director of a new documentary film about Cecil Beaton discusses his life in an article in The Times: “The dark side of Cecil Beaton.” This is Lisa Immordino Vreeland and her film is entitled Love, Cecil. Here’s an excerpt … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Biographies, Letters, Newspapers, Radio
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Cecil Beaton, D.J.Taylor, Graham Greene, The Tablet, The Times
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Scoop Rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 Extra earlier this week rebroadcast a two-hour adaptation of Waugh’s 1938 novel Scoop. This was written by Jeremy Front who has also adapted for radio Decline and Fall (2016), Sword of Honour (2013) and Brideshead Revisited (2003). The Scoop dramatization was first … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Radio, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Front
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BBC Rebroadcasts Brideshead Radio Adaptation
BBC Radio 4 Extra will rebroadcast the 4-episode series of Brideshead Revisited starting tomorrow (Tuesday, 4 October) at 10am. Each episode is 1 hour, and they will be broadcast on successive days at the same time each day until the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Radio, Radio Programs, Sword of Honour
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BBC Posts Photo of Capt. Waugh at Brains Trust
BBC Radio 4 has posted on its Twitter page a photo of Waugh taken at his appearance in a wartime broadcast of its popular Home Service radio program called Brains Trust. The posting is in connection with National Book Lovers Day … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Letters, Radio, Radio Programs, Twitter, World War II
Tagged BBC Home Service, Brains Trust
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