Hardy, Thomas

Last Edited: 05-Aug-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
Publ. 1873
R7:
11-Feb-2005
to
15-Feb-2005		 A Pair of Blue Eyes Janet Moore, Michael Maloney, Nigel Stock, Alan Dudley,
Catherine Parr, Sean Arnold, Michael Tudor Barnes, Patience
Tomlinson, Jill Litson, Jeremy Irons, Vivian Pickles, Anna Wing,
Christopher Scott, Sheila Grant, George Parsons, John Livesey
Dramatized by Jane Beeson
Directed by Cherry Cookson		 54:31, 51124, S
55:28, 52012, S
55:17, 51832, S
1990
Broadcast R7
24-Jan-2005
to
31-Jan-2005		 Far from the Madding Crowd
  1. Fortunes
  2. Marry Me
  3. The Seeds of Love
  4. Sergeant Troy
  5. Autumn
  6. Gathering In
Janet Moore, David Burke, Tim McInnerny, Garrard Greene,
Emily Morgan, Hettie Baines, Christopher Scott, Michael
Kilgarrith, Paul Downing, Roger Hammond, William Eadle,
Stephen Garlic, Danny Schiller, James Greene, Penelope Lee,
Richard Tait, Michael Enharbour, Vincent Brimble, Norman
Bird, Rosalind Adams, Michael Graham Cox, Jenny Howell,
Jane Whittenshaw, Dale Mapley
Dramatized by Nick McCarty
Directed by Marilyn Imrie		 56:54, 53357, S
53:21, 50028, S
56:45, 53209, S
57:00, 53445, S
56:56, 53388, S
55:10, 51720, S
BBC R4:
23-Sep-2012
30-Sep-2012
07-Oct-2012		 Far from the Madding Crowd
  1. A Farmer Just Beginning
  2. Cuts and Points
  3. A Successful Rival
 Alex Tregear, Shaun Dooley, Toby Jones, Patrick Kennedy,
Lizzy Watts, Hannah John-Kamen, Robert Blythe, Joe Sims,
Sam Alexander, Patrick Brennan, Don Gilet, Harry Livingstone,
Tracy Wiles, Amaka Okafor
Musicians ... Colin Guthrie, Chris Davies, Lauren Swift
adapted by Graham White
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole		 56:56, 53265, S
56:58, 53293, S
56:57, 53291, S
Publ. 1876
R4:
12-Jun-2005
to
26-Jun-2005		 The Return of the Native David Calder, Emma Fielding, Adam Godley, Timothy Watson,
Annette Badland, Cathy Sara, Ben Crowe, Gerry Hinks,
Stephen Tomlin, Martin Reeve, Oliver Hembrough, Sunny Ormonde,
Ben Tibber, Martyn Read
Traditional music arranged and played by Chris Leslie
Dramatized by David Helcotte
Directed by Rosemary Watts		 57:15, 53682, S
57:05, 53517, S
57:07, 53549, S
Publ. 1876
Tantor Classics
2009
 The Return of the Native Read by Simon Vance
 6 files
13:18:18, 365 MB, M
Publ. 1880
30-Oct-2006
to
10-Nov-2006		 The Trumpet Major read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
abridged and Produced by Lisa Osborne		 13:56, 6535, m
13:46, 6460, m
13:49, 6483, m
13:40, 6409, m
13:49, 6483, m
14:02, 6580, m
13:54, 6523, m
13:40, 6411, m
13:50, 6488, m
13:54, 6518, m
Publ. 1880
BBC R4
14-Mar-1977
 The Trumpet Major Ian Holm, Gareth Thomas, Rosalind Ayres, Christopher Benjamin,
Diana Bishop, Michael Attwell, Peter Woodthorpe, Nicolette
Mckenzie, Anthony Jacobs, Peter Craze, Anne Rosenfeld, David
Ashford, Douglas Blackwell, David Cann, Michael Goldie,
Michael Harbour
Adapted by Michael Kittermaster
Produced and directed by Jane Morgan
89:48, 84198, m
Publ. 1882
23-Aug-2009
30-Aug-2009		 Two on a Tower Maggie O'Neill, Blake Ritson, Conrad Nelson, Amy Humphreys,
Stephen Tomlin, Pauline Jefferson, Richard Heap, Carter
Dowland, Russell Dixon, Carter Thomas
Dramatisation by Jon Sen
Directed by Stefan Escreet		 56:52, 53327, S
56:53, 53340, S
Publ. 1886
Broadcast R7
06-Feb-2004
to
27-Feb-2004
01-Feb-2005
to 		The Mayor of Casterbridge David Coulder, Janet Dale, Andrea Raye, Sandra Berkin,
Jason Fleming, John Nettles, David Holt, Jonathan Wyatt,
Graham Coulclough, Anna Keene, Richard Avery, Mary Wimbush,
Susan Jeffrey, Gillian Goodman, Jerry Hinks, Edward Long,
Martin Reave, Zoe Ganjovy, Peter Tottenham, Martin Hyder
Dramatized by Sally Hedges
Directed by Nigel Bryant 		56:04, 52567, S
Publ. 1886
R4:
18-May-2008
25-May-2008
01-Jun-2008 		The Mayor of Casterbridge John Lynch, Ruth Wilson, Paul Higgins, Maggie Steed,
Olwen May, Burn Gorman, Conrad Nelson, Jonathan Keeble,
Russell Dixon, David Fielder, Sue Ryding, Vashti Maclachlan,
Emma Fielding, Lorna Lewis
dramatized by Helen Edmundson
Directed by Nadia Molinari 		57:41, 54092, S
57:40, 54072, S
57:28, 53881, S
Publ. 1886
BBC R4
24-Nov-1968
to
26-Jan-1969
 The Mayor of Casterbridge Paul Rogers, Meg Wynn Owen, Albert Taylor, Angela Brooking,
Hubert Tucker, John Smith, David Sharp, David Hyde,
Brian Harding
adapted by Desmond Hawkins
produced by Brian Miller
 26:02, 24400, M
25:54, 24289, M
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25:53, 24267, M
25:55, 24297, M
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25:59, 24363, M
25:54, 24276, M
25:58, 24340, M
Publ. 1887
R7:
31-Jul-2006
to
11-Aug-2006		 The Woodlanders Read by Juliet Stevenson
Abridged by Doreen Estell
Produced by Dy Speirs		 14:12, 13321, S
14:05, 13213, S
14:07, 13246, S
14:11, 13302, S
14:12, 13323, S
14:11, 13308, S
14:05, 13209, S
14:14, 13346, S
14:20, 13446, S
14:11, 13303, S
Publ. 1887
BBC WS
14-Jul-1988
to
08-Aug-1988
 The Woodlanders Peter Vaughan, Helena Breck, David Collings, Maureen O'Brien
Dramatised for radio by Gregory Evans
Directed by Gordon House
 59:02, 13839, M
59:46, 14011, M
61:12, 13248, M
58:06, 13619, M
gaps!
Publ. 1888
BBC R4
05-Jun-1990
to
07-Jun-1990















BBC R4
03-Feb-2006
20-Aug-2007
 Wessex Tales
  1. The Three Strangers
  2. The Withered Arm
  3. Fellow-Townsmen
  4. Interlopers at the Knap
  5. The Distracted Preacher
  • The Fiddler of the Reels
    (1893)
  • The Melancholy Hussar
    of the German Legion
    (1894)  
Dotted stories were not in
the original collection.
  1. The Withered Arm
  1.  
  2. Janet McTeer, Janet Dale, Kathryn Hurlbutt, Graham
    Padden, Roger Hume, Bill Wallis
    Dramatised by Colin Haydn Evans
    Director Nigel Bryant
  3.  
  4.  

  • Janet Dale, Stephen Tomlin, Struan Rodger,
    Bethan Ganjavi
    Dramatised by Colin Haydn Evans
    Director Nigel Bryant
  • Moir Leslie, Simon Carter, Andrew Wincott,
    Neal Foster
    Dramatised by Colin Haydn Evans
    Director Nigel Bryant
  1. Victoria Hamilton, Susan Jameson, Ewan Bailey,
    Nick Sayce, Nick Brimble, Ella Smith, John
    Cummins, Gerard McDermott, Wayne Foskett,
    Ayesha Antoine
    dramatised by Louise Doughty
    Director Claudine Toutoungi
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  • 44:48, 42031, S

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Publ. 1891
R7
05-Oct-2003 to
26-Oct-2003
07-Jan-2005
to
10-Jan-2005 		Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Clair Rushbrook, Adam Godley, James Darcy, Keith
Barron, Imelda Browne, Lindsay Marshall, Clair
Corbett, Jennie Stoller, Kenny Blythe, David
Thorpe, Janice Aqua, Philip Joseph
Music by Sylvia Hallet
Directed by Mary Peate 		56:57, 53400, S
56:55, 53374, S
56:55, 53362, S
57:02, 53478, S
Publ. 1891
Blackstone
Audio
2008
 Tess of the D’Urbervilles Read by Ralph Cosham
 12 files
14:15:25, 391 MB, M
Publ. 1891
BBC WS
13-Dec-1982
 Tess of the D’Urbervilles Pippa Guard, Christopher Guard, Eric Deagan, Julia
Lewis, Adrian Eagen, Catherine Hurlbut, Diane
Adelaide, Catherine Parr, David Timson, Miranda
Forbes, Peter Gerald
directed by Derek Hodinot
 90:14, 21150, M
Publ. 1894
Revised 1927
BBC R4
16-Nov-1998
23-Nov-1998
30-Nov-1998
07-Dec-1998



























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BBC R4X
18-Mar-2013
to
22-Mar-2013
and
28-Mar-2016
to
01-Apr-2016
 Life's Little Ironies
  1. An Imaginative Woman
  2. The Son's Veto
  3. For Conscience' Sake
  4. A Tragedy Of Two Ambitions
  5. On the Western Circuit
  6. To Please His Wife
  7. The Fiddler of the Reels
  8. A Few Crusted Characters—
    1. Introduction
    2. Tony Kytes, the
      Arch-Deceiver
    3. The History of the
      Hardcomes
    4. The Superstitious
      Man's Story
    5. Andrey Satchel and
      the Parson and Clerk
    6. Old Andrey's
      Experience as a
      Musician
    7. Absent-Mindedness
      in a Parish Choir
    8. The Winters and the
      Palmleys
    9. Incident in the Life of
      Mr. George Crookhill
    10. Netty Sargent's
      Copyhold
  • Old Mrs Chundle (1929)
  • The Thieves Who Couldn't
    Help Sneezing (1877)
  1. Shirley Dixon, Andrew Wincott, Alan Cox,
    Charlotte Harvey, Harriet Chandler, A    manda
    Root, Sean Baker
    Dramatised by Eric Pringle
    Director Ciive Brill
  2.  
  3.  
  4. David Tennant, Alex Lowe, Anthony Jackson,
    Charlie Simpson, Susan Brown, Abigail
    Daugherty, Maisie Monroe, Isobel Instone,
    Geoffrey Beavers, Alwyn Taylor, Joe
    Halavan, Bryn Monroe
    dramatised by Jane Rogers
    Director Ciive Brill

  6. Mary Wimbush, Sid Livingstone, Jenny
    Howe, Alex McSweeney, Damian Lewis,
    Elu Garnett, Rebecca Saire 
    dramatised by Laurie Graham
    Director Ciive Brill

  8. Based on #8.*
    Hermione Norris , Emily Raymond, Lucy
    Robinson, John McAndrew, Richard Corderey,
    Tom Farrelly, Nicholas Murchie, Will Keen,
    Sarah Jane Holm
    dramatised by Mike Harris
    Director Ciive Brill
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From #8
  1.  
  2. Read by Richard Mitchley
    abridged by Isobel Creed
    produced by Jill Waters
  3. Read by Richard Mitchley
    abridged by Isobel Creed
    produced by Jill Waters
  4. Read by Richard Mitchley
    Abridged by Isobel Creed
    Produced by Lizzie Davies 
  5. Read by Richard Mitchley
    abridged by Isobel Creed
    produced by Jill Waters
  6.  
  7. Read by Richard Mitchley
    abridged and produced by Jill Waters
  8. Read by Richard Mitchley
    Abridged by Isobel Creed
    Produced by Lizzie Davies
  9. Read by Richard Mitchley
    abridged by Isobel Creed
    produced by Jill Waters
  10. Read by Richard Mitchley
    Abridged by Isobel Creed
    Produced by Lizzie Davies
  • Read by Richard Mitchley
    Abridged by Isobel Creed
    Produced by Lizzie Davies
  • Read by Richard Mitchley
    Abridged by Isobel Creed
    Produced by Lizzie Davies

  1. 44:13, 41479, S
  2.  
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  4. 44:47, 42014, S

  6. 44:52, 42095, S

  8. 44:13, 41478, S








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  10. 12:58, 12168, S
  • 13:38, 12781, S
  • 13:16, 12438, S
R7:
22-Oct-2003 to
29-Oct-2003
16-Feb-2005 to 		Jude the Obscure
Michael Pennington, Jesse Lawrence, John Normington,
Constance Chapman, Mark Straker, June Barrie, Esmond
Ridout, Richard Waysley, Hazel Ellerby, Elva Makins,
Elizabeth Garvie, Barry Shaw, John Lindstrom, Gerald
Wells, Judy Gibson, Alexa Romanis, Brian Gear, Gregory
Phillips, Brian Jackson
Dramatised by Elizabeth North
Directed by Brian Miller 		51:57, 48720, S
52:00, 48754, S
52:47, 49498, S
53:34, 50226, S
51:56, 48698, S
55:00, 51578, S
25-Dec-2005 Adventures in Poetry 6-6 –
The Oxen by Thomas Hardy 		Peggy Reynolds
Produced by Viv Beebe 		28:03,
11-Nov-2010 The Last of the Hardy Players Julian Fellowes
Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery 		26:52, 25200, S
Radio 4Xtra
15-Dec-2011		 The Thieves Who Couldn't
Help Sneezing
(see also above)
 		read by Tom Conti
abridged and produced by Frank Stirling		 15:00, 14072, S
Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date Title Cast Parameters
25-Jul-2009 From Dots to Downloads -
Tune-Books on the Web		 Tim van Eyken
produced by Julian May
 		27:51, 26102, S

BBC WS
13-Dec-1982
 Thomas Hardy, The Time-Torn Man
by Claire Tomalin
 Read by Haydn Gwynne
Abridged by Doreen Estall
Producer Elizabeth Allard
 14:10, 13279. S
14:20, 13437, S
14:22, 13473, S
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14:23, 13489, S
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