BBC Radio 4 Extra - Radio Drama at Ninety: Julius Caesar

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The first radio drama, a scene from Julius Caesar, was broadcast 90 years ago. Now performed by Harriet Walter and Jenny Jules from Phyllida Lloyd's all-female Donmar production.

5 minutes

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Sun 17 Feb 201301:55

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Radio Drama at Ninety: Messages
Stephen Mangan, Celia Imrie, Toby Jones and Gwyneth Williams send their birthday messages.
Read the producer's blog about the start of Radio Drama
Jeremy Mortimer on the history behind the first drama broadcast & re-recording this scene.

Birthday Message from Gwyneth Williams
Duration: 00:51
Julius Caesar – Mark Antony Funeral oration (1933). With Sir Frank Benson as Mark Antony.
Duration: 03:32
‘Savoy Hill’ (1959) Rex Palmer talks to Val Gielgud and Eric Maschwitz about the very early days of radio drama recording.
Duration: 01:20
Clip of Danger by Richard Hughes: A remake of the first original radio drama.
Duration: 01:29

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BBC Radio 4 Extra
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BBC Radio 4 Extra

'Taught, yelled at, encouraged and licked into shape': A childhood at the BBC

Sian Philips writes about her first star turn on Children's Hour.

Recording the Quarrel Scene from Julius Caesar