Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh

Time: 1928. Place: mainly London.

The decadent exploits of the Bright Young Things of the late 1920s, artistic socialites in a world that vanished before the Second World War.

Starring John Standing as Adam, Lynn Redgrave as Agatha Runciple and Anna Cropper as Nina.

Evelyn Waugh’s 1930 satire adapted by Barry Campbell.

Adam ... John Standing
Agatha Runciple ... Lynn Redgrave
Nina ... Anna Cropper
Lottie ... Julia Lang
Mrs Ape ... Margaret Robertson
Drunken Major ... Alan Lawrance
Lord Balcairn ... Ian Lubbock
Colonel Blount ... Anthony Jacobs
Social editress ... Grizelda Hervey
Ginger Littlejohn ... Sean Arnold
Mrs Florin ... Lynn Carson
Benfleet, a publisher ... Leo Maguire
Matron ... Diana Robson
Customs Chief/Judge ... Malcolm Hayes
Mr. Brown - Prime Minister ... Gerald Cross
Mrs. Brown ... Pauline Wynn
Miles Malpractice ... Richard Griffiths
Margot Metroland ... Carol Boyer
Faith ... Patricia Gallimore
Chastity ... Elizabeth Morgan
all other parts by members of the cast

Producer: R D Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1970.