'Sing in me, muse, and through me tell the story ...'
Part II
Saturday 28 August 2100-2230
As the Olympics come to an end in Greece, Radio 4 tells the great seafaring tale of Odysseus in 3 parts over the one weekend.
PART 2: Odysseus continues the story of his wanderings with his crew and their encounters with Circe the Enchantress, their descent into Hades, the Sirens, the Monster Scylla and the Whirlpool Charybdis before the final disaster on the Isle of the Sun God.
ODYSSEUS -Tim McInnery
CIRCE - Frances Barber
HERMES - Bertie Carvel
EURYLOCHUS - Ewan Bailey
POLITES - John Rowe
SHIPMATE - Jon Glover
ELPENUS - Stephne Hogan
EURYBATES - Philip Fox
KING ALCINOUS - Geoffrey Whitehead
QUEEN ARETE - Cheryl Campbell
PRINCESS NAUSICAA - Alice Hart
GHOST OF ANTICLEIA - Jo Anna McCallum
THE SIRENS - Elena Ferarri, Belinda Sykes, Harriet Williams.
Music by Gary Yershon
MUSICIANS: Keith Thompson, Martin Allen, Robin Jeffrey, Chris Lacey, Elspeth Cowey and Phil Hopkins DIRECTED BY JANET WHITAKER
