1. The Bollinger Club
A quiet, earnest Oxford student knows nothing of 1920s high-life until he encounters the Bollinger Club. Stars Kieran Hodgson.
Paul Pennyfeather, a quiet, earnest, scholarly young student at Oxford knows nothing of 1920's high-life until one night he encounters The Bollinger Club ...
Evelyn's Waugh's fast paced roller-coaster is set in the early jazz age, peopled by larger than life characters and a few grotesques
A real gem in the canon of British comic fiction.
Starring Kieran Hodgson, Geoffrey Whitehead and John Sessions
Dramatised by Jeremy Front.
Paul Pennyfeather ..... Kieran Hodgson
Dr Fagan ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Grimes ..... John Sessions
Prendergast ..... James Fleet
Philbrick ..... Ben Crowe
Margot Beste-Chetwynde ..... Emilia Fox
Peter Beste-Chetwynde ..... Alex Lawther
Flossie ..... Tilly Vosburgh
Lady Circumference/Dingy ..... Felicity Montagu
Tangent ..... Richard Linnell
Clutterbuck ..... Mark Edel-Hunt
Cholmondley ..... Jude Akuwudike
Mr Davies/Paul's Guardian ..... Stephen Critchlow
Trumpington ..... Sam Valentine
Sniggs ..... Sam Dale
Postlethwaite ..... David Acton
Levy ..... Ian Conningham
Jeremy Front won the Best Dramatisation in the BBC 2014 Drama Audio Awards for Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour.
Producer: Marion Nancarrow
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Paul Pennyfeather | Kieran Hodgson |
| Dr Fagan | Geoffrey Whitehead |
| Grimes | John Sessions |
| Prendergast | James Fleet |
| Philbrick | Ben Crowe |
| Margot Beste-Chetwynde | Emilia Fox |
| Peter Beste-Chetwynde | Alex Lawther |
| Flossie | Tilly Vosburgh |
| Lady Circumference | Felicity Montagu |
| Dingy | Felicity Montagu |
| Tangent | Richard Linnell |
| Clutterbuck | Mark Edel-Hunt |
| Cholmondley | Jude Akuwudike |
| Mr Davies | Stephen Critchlow |
| Paul's Guardian | Stephen Critchlow |
| Trumpington | Sam Valentine |
| Sniggs | Sam Dale |
| Postlethwaite | David Acton |
| Levy | Ian Conningham |
| Producer | Marion Nancarrow |
| Director | Tracey Neale |
| Author | Evelyn Waugh |
| Adaptor | Jeremy Front |
Broadcasts
Sun 26 Apr 201515:00BBC Radio 4- Sat 2 May 201521:00BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 16 May 201910:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 16 May 201915:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 17 May 201903:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 25 Jun 202415:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 25 Jun 202421:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 26 Jun 202405:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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