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Last Edited: 28-Mar-2017 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
CBS
28-Jun-1946
The Mercury
Summer Theatre
on the Air


Jane Eyre
Orson Welles, Alice Frost
29:09, 13661, M
NBC
31-Mar-1940
The Campbell
Playhouse
Jane Eyre Orson Welles, Madeleine Carroll, Cecilia Loftus, Robert Coote,
Serita Whooton, George Coulouris, Edgar Barrier
58:57. 27635, M
BBC Home Service
12-May-1962
Jane Eyre
Caroline Maude, Alan Brown,  Vera Lennox, Daphne Oden-Pearce,
Lisa White, Peter Montiere, Nigel Goodwin, Lionel Hamilton,
Glyn Jones, Margaret Denier, Robert Mill, Janice Edgard,
Cynthia Biseret, Norman Wyngrow
dramatised by Helen Jerome
adapted by Philip Gladstone-Jones
produced by Hugh Stewart and Lionel Hamilton
87:32, 81891, m
26-Mar-1972 to
23-Apr-1972
Jane Eyre
Meg Wynn Owen, Patrick Allen, J. Bennett, Sheila Grant,
Olwen Griffiths, Eva Stuart, Kathleen Helme, Betty Baskcomb,
Lewis Stringer, Clifford Norgate, Jane Knowles, Caroline John,
Deddie Davies, Betty Hardy, Jo Manning Wilson, Nancy Nevinson,
Julie Bennett, Olwen Griffiths, Madi Hedd, Nigel Anthony,
Martin Friend, Jenny McCracken, Michael Harbour, David Gooderson,
Peter Marinker, John Rye, Patricia Leventon, Kate Binchy,
Ella Miln, William Eadle, Katherine Parr, Ronald Herdman
Pianist - Winifred Davey
Dramatised by Barbara Couper
Directed by Betty Davies
50:03, 23468, S
52:30, 24612, S
52:55, 24814, S
51:36, 24192, S
52:33, 24640, S
#1 missing first
minute or two
Broadcast R7:
14-Jan-2004 to
19-Jan-2004
--
11-Oct-2004 to
14-Oct-2004
Jane Eyre
Sophie Thompson, Ciarin Hinds, Elizabeth Bell, Julian Glover,
Anne Stellibrass, Frances Jeater, Elaine Claxton, Tina Gray,
Daniel May, Una Beason, Gareth Armstrong, Vivian Rochester,
Christian Millwood, Gavin Muir, John Datine, Angela Downe,
Colin Pinney
Dramatized by Micheline Wandor
Directed by Cherry Cookson
57:42, 54096, S
57:35, 53992, S
57:49, 54216, S
57:30, 53908, S
ABC RN
06-Aug-2012 to
24-Aug-2012
Jane Eyre
Abridger Lance Richardson
Reader Blazey Best
Producer Anne Wynter
14:43, 13786, S
14:45, 13817, S
14:36, 13667, S
14:34, 13639, S
14:43, 13779, S
14:33, 13631, S
14:34, 13643, S
14:34, 13639, S
14:39, 13711, S
14:44, 13792, S
14:37, 13679, S
14:35, 13648, S
14:33, 13821, S
14:35, 13651, S
14:36, 13972, S
BBC R4
29-Feb-2016 to
11-Mar-2016
Jane Eyre Amanda Hale, Tom Burke, Susan Jameson, Nell Venables,
Tom Taylor, Tracy Wiles, Katie Redford, Gerard McDermott,
Rebecca Hamilton, Debra Baker, Evie Killip, Ewan Bailey,
George Watkins
dramatised by Rachel Joyce
Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale
13:29, 12613, S
13:46, 12879, S
13:16, 12421, S
13:48, 12914, S
13:31, 12646, S
13:32, 12673, S
13:42, 12817, S
13:21, 12499, S
13:30, 12629, S
13:31, 12648, S
audiobook
Jane Eyre read by Josephine Bailey
18 CDs/MP3s
20:56:55, 364 MB
1853
Broadcast R7:
29-Sep-2004
30-Sep-2004
01-Oct-2004
Villette
Catherine McCormack, Sheila Reed, Benedict Rodbourne, Kiera
Knightly, Julie Cox, Mary Wimbush, Paul Jessue, Nancy Carroll,
Joseph Fiennes, Harriet Walter, Elizabeth O’Brien, Joanna Page,
James Lawrenceson, Elizabeth Dermott Walsh
Music by Jamie McCarthy
Dramatised by James Freal
Directed by Catherine Bailey and James Freal
57:12, 53629, S
57:09, 53580, S
57:19, 53736, S
R4:
03-Aug-2009 to
14-Aug-2009
Villette
  1. Bretton
  2. Turning A New Leaf
  3. Isidore
  4. The Long Vacation
  5. La Terresse
  6. A Burial
  7. Monsieur Paul
  8. Friendship
  9. Cloud
  10. Finis
Anna Maxwell Martin, Lizzy Watts, Nell Venables, Joan Walker,
Benjamin Askew, Sam Dale
adapted by Rachel Joyce
Directed by Tracey Neale
13:25, 12580, S
13:52, 13005, S
13:50, 12974, S
13:49, 12963, S
13:59, 13121, S
13:45, 12903, S
13:51, 12994, S
13:41, 12845, S
13:39, 12798, S
13:59, 13121, S
Broadcast R7:
12-May-2005 to
19-May-2005
Shirley
Moira Lesley, Helena Breck, Neil Capel, Nerissa Knights,
Peter Barton, Derek Smith, Rene Krupinsky, Piers Henshel,
Nigel Calibone, Mike Barrett, Geoffrey Banks, Lesley Staples,
Ann Harris, Rosalie Williams, Dorcas Morgan, Simon Malloy,
John Branwell, Harry Beattie, John Jardin, Stephen Hancock,
Dilys Ley, Mattie Head, Colin Meredith, Christian Rodsga,
Belinda Chapman, Philip Glancy, Linda Gardner, Howard Ward,
Christopher Kent, Joan Campion
Narrated by Valerie Windsor
Dramatized by Betty Davis
Directed by Kay Patrick
54:08, 50758, S
54:10, 50792, S
54:16, 50878, S
52:45, 49466, S
54:31, 51116, S
52:44, 49446, S
BBC R4
10-Mar-2014 to
21-Mar-2014
Shirley
  1. Cousins
  2. Caroline Goes Visiting
  3. Good Works
  4. Whitsuntide
  5. A Proposal
  6. The Valley of the
    Shadow of Death
  7. The First Blue Stocking
  8. News
  9. Confessions
  10. The Winding Up
Lesley Sharp, Jemima Rooper, Joanne Froggatt, Joseph Kloska,
Joel MacCormack, Christine Kavanagh, Sean Murray, Priyanga
Burford, David Seddon
adapted by Rachel Joyce
Directed by Tracey Neale
13:46, 12892, S
13:46, 12895, S
13:40, 12799, S
13:40, 12798, S
13:50, 12955, S
13:41, 12807, S
13:22, 12524, S
13:29, 12632, S
13:44, 12869, S
13:49, 12936, S
R4:
26-Sep-2005 to
R7:
10-Aug-2009 to
21-Aug-2009
The Professor
  1. Trade
  2. Freedom
  3. Belgium
  4. Zoraide
  5. Deceit
  6. Frances
  7. Loss
  8. Turmoil
  9. Joy and Sorrow
  10. Victor
Paul Venables, Jonathan Keeble, Ruth Sillers, Gerard McDermott,
Jack Miller, Shaun Dooley, Roger May, Niamh Cusack,
Claire Price, Penelope Rawlins
dramatised by Rachel Joyce
Producer/director Tracey Neale
13:52, 13000, S
13:45, 12906, S
13:49, 12954, S
13:52, 13007, S
13:44, 12876, S
13:47, 12939, S
13:46, 12912, S
13:52, 13009, S
13:42, 12858, S
13:59, 13111, S
audiobook
Blackstone Books
The Professor read by Frederick Davidson
190 tracks
9:38:58, 195 MB

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