The only drama I love

The only drama I love ♦️ Othello by William Shakespeare ♦️ Donmar Warehouse/BBC Radio 3 (2008)

Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes

Full text of the play

Othello ...... Chiwetel Ejiofor

Emilia ...... Michelle Fairley

Cassio ...... Tom Hiddleston

Iago ...... Ewan McGregor

Desdemona ...... Kelly Reilly

Directed by Michael Grandage

Company: Donmar Warehouse

This production ran from 27 November 2007 - 23 February 2008 at the Donmar Warehouse. The production appeared as a recording for radio, broadcast on 4 May 2008 on BBC Radio 3, with Chiwetel Ejiofor as Othello and the rest of the original cast.

Source: BBC Radio3

"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare (audio) (2/1)

"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare (audio) (2/2)

Ian McKellen as Romeo Anna Calder-Marshall as Juliet

With Patricia Routledge Robert Eddison , Ronald Pickup Margaret Tyzack, David Weston and Joseph O'Conor.

Produced by John Tydeman and Patricia Routledge

Recorded 3 March 1970 for broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 6 April 1970

Original text

The only drama I love ♦️ The Leopard ♦️  BBC Radio 3 (2008)

"Don Fabrizio, a member of the old Italian aristocracy, contemplates his obsolescence amidst the great social changes during the Risorgimento of the 19th century. The head of an opulent household in Sicily, he reflects nostalgically on the past as his family grows to maturity and Garibaldi's republican movement puts an end to the feudal system and the traditions of the old bourgeoisie."

Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes

Don Fabrizio ...... Stanley Townsend Princess Stella/Concetta at 70 ...... Julie Legrand Concetta ...... Claire Price Angelica ...... Hayley Atwell Ciccio/Pallavicino/Priest ...... Joseph Alessi Father Pirrone ...... James Hayes Francesco/Carlo ...... Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Tancredi ...... Tom Hiddleston Calogero/Chevalley ...... Anthony O'Donnell Giovanni ...... Harry McEntire Angelica at 70 ...... Claire Nielson

Director: Lucy Bailey Producer: Nicholas Newton

Adapted for radio by Michael Hastings

Sea Wall Film with Andrew Scott

Empire Without End ♦️ Caesar series on BBC Radio 4 (2007)

"An unlikely group of kingmakers gathers together to select the Roman Emperor, as the forces of Attila the Hun threaten the Empire's stability. Drama by Mike Walker based on Suetonius's work, with Tom Hiddleston, David Collings, Adjoa Andoh, George Baker, Sam Dale and Victor Sobchak."

Series 3, Episode 3

Duration: 57 minutes

Director Jenny Mortimer Romulus ...... Tom Hiddleston Priscus ...... David Collings Barbaria ...... Adjoa Andoh Emperor Leo ...... George Baker Maximinus ...... Sam Dale Attila ...... Victor Sobchak Orestes ...... Mark Straker Odo ...... Joseph Kloska Ricimer ...... Christian Rodska Other parts played by Saikat Ahamed and Paul Richard Biggin

Another Country by Julian Mitchell ♦️ Cambridge Spies on BBC Radio 4 (2006)

"Another Country" by Julian Mitchell is loosely based on the life of the spy and double agent Guy Burgess (Guy Bennett in the play/radio drama). It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery of the English public school system.

(In the film adaptation of the same, Guy Bennett is played by Rupert Everett and Tommy Judd is played by Colin Firth.  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6uewhx)

Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes

Ben Righton as Guy Bennett Tom Hiddleston as Tommy Judd

The Trial of the Angry Brigade by G. White ♦️ BBC Radio 4 (2002)

If you want to hear Tom only then start from 18:00 and 44:00

The Angry Brigade were a group of young anarchists who planted a series of explosives in Britain in the late 1970s. This dramatisation marked the 30th anniversary of their controversial trial, which became the longest in British criminal court history.

Duration: 59 minutes

Director: Peter Kavanagh Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Cdr Bond: Kenneth Cranham

Ian: Mark Strong John Matthew: Gerard McDermott Sgt Davies: Tamer Hassan Howard: Ian Masters John Barker: Tom Hiddleston Anna: Helen Longworth Hilary: Fiona Clarke James: Carl Prekopp

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand - Drama on BBC Radio 3 (2008)

Adapted for radio by John Tydeman, translated from French by Anthony Burgess.

Set in 17th century France, Rostand's play features the eponymous poet-swordsman with a misshapen nose who falls in love with the beautiful Roxane. She loves the dashing Gascon soldier Christian de Neuvillette and Cyrano finds himself writing love poems on his behalf.

Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes

Cyrano - Kenneth Branagh Roxane - Jodhi May De Guiche - John Shrapnel Christian - Tom Hiddleston

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Betrayal by Harold Pinter - Saturday Drama on BBC Radio 4 (2012)

Betrayal: Harold Pinter's acclaimed drama about a love affair and the intricate nature of deceit which is told in reverse time from its poignant ending to its thrilling first kiss.

Credits: Emma - Olivia Colman Jerry - Andrew Scott Robert - Charles Edwards Waiter - Gerard McDermott

Writer - Harold Pinter Director - Gaynor Macfarlane Producer - Gaynor Macfarlane