Tag Archives: BBC Radio 4 Extra

Roundup: Letters and A Lecture

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

—BBC Radio Four Extra has announced the rebroadcast of a 1996 adaptation of Waugh’s novel A Handful of Dust. This will be contained in two one-hour episodes. The first is broadcast on Tuesday, 24 October at 0500 repeated at 1500 … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio Adaptation of Put Out More Flags

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 Extra will broadcast a 3 hour radio adaptation of Put Out More Flags in early December. This will be aired on three successive days starting Monday, 5 December at 0500 and repeated at 1000 and 1500, with … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio 4 to Rebroadcast A Handful of Dust

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

Tne BBC will rebroadcast its two hour, two episode radio adaptation of  A Handful of Dust. This will be transmitted on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Thursday, 24 February at 1000a and will be available thereafter on BBC iPlayer. Here … Continue reading →

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BBC to Rebroadcast Brideshead Radio Series

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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BBC Radio 4 to Rebroadcast Waugh Stories

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 Extra will next week rebroadcast readings of three Evelyn Waugh short stories. Each broadcast will last 15 minutes: “Cruise”: Tuesday, 20 November, 11am. This was first broadcast in 2007 and is read by Abigail Docherty. It was … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio 4 to Rebroadcast Waugh Short Story

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s short story “On Guard” will be rebroadcast in two parts next week on BBC Radio 4 Extra. The story was originally published in Harper’s Bazaar (London) in December 1934. It is included in Waugh’s 1936 collection Mr Loveday’s Little Outing … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio to Air Discussion of Scoop

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The next installment of  BBC’s A Good Read on Monday 21 November will include a discussion of Waugh’s novel Scoop. Here’s the description from the BBC Radio 4 Extra schedule: Rosie Boycott and her guests – novelist William Boyd and journalist Paul Foot – … Continue reading →

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BBC Rebroadcasts Brideshead Radio Adaptation

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Waugh Story on BBC Radio

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 Extra will broadcast an adaptation of Waugh’s short story “Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing.” This will be a 45-minute performance transmitted tomorrow (Wednesday, 11 November) at 11:15 and 21:15 British time. It will be available on the internet shortly after the … Continue reading →

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