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Marilyn Imrie Radio Plays

Some of the radio productions Marilyn worked on:

2019-08-21, 14-15, Rumpole and the Quality of Life
2019-08-14, 14-15, Rumpole and the Official Secret
2019-08-07, 14-15, Rumpole and the Golden Thread
2019-08-04, 19-15, Me and My Shadow, By Georgia Pritchett. The Titter sisters
2019-07-05, 11-30, Mrs Sidhu's Deadly Highland Game A Kick in the Grallochs
2019-06-28, 11-30, Mrs Sidhu's Deadly Highland Game Ep 3, The Secret of the Unmade
2019-06-21, 11-30, Mrs Sidhu's Deadly Highland Game Ep 2, Loch Meat Stock And Two
2019-06-14, 11-30, Mrs Sidhu's Deadly Highland Game A Pie to Die For
2019-04-29, 14-15, The Ferryhill Philosophers Two Georges and An Epigram of Epicurus
2019-04-28, 19-15, Stand-Up Specials, Lucy Porter in the Family Way... Again
2019-04-22, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Google Grief and All The Gold Of Darius
2019-04-15, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers The Toddler in the Pond and A Bottle of Pop
2019-04-08, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Moral Luck and the F Word
2019-04-01, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Psychological Continuity & the Waterfall of Self
2019-03-20, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Minority Rights - Hanging Gardens of Babylon
2019-03-13, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Thought Experiments - Little Scrap of a Thing
2019-03-06, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Political Obligations and the Occasional Toke
2019-02-27, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Moral Status and the Golden Boy
2019-02-20, 14-15, The Ferryhill Philosophers Lies Damn Lies and Conversational Implicature.
2019-02-13, 14-15, The Ferryhill Philosophers Filial Duties and Special Goods
2019-02-06, 14-15, The Ferryhill Philosophers Wants and Desires
2019-01-30, 14-15, The Ferryhill Philosophers A Good Thing for a Good Reason
2019-01-21, 11-30, For the Love of Leo 4, Princess of the Russias
2019-01-14, 11-30, For the Love of Leo 3, The Bishop's Wife
2019-01-07, 11-30, For the Love of Leo 2, The Countess of Mars
2018-12-31, 11-30, For the Love of Leo 1, Margot of the Eighteenth Green
2018-12-24, 14-15, Rumpole and Memories of Christmas Past
2018-11-21, 11-30, A Faraway Back of Beyond Place, A musical drama
2018-11-14, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 8 Melancholy Baby
2018-11-08, 23-00, Secrets and Lattes, Series 2 The Plan's the Thing
2018-11-07, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 8 Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus
2018-11-04, 15-00, Henry James, The Portrait of a Gentleman
2018-11-01, 23-00, Secrets and Lattes, Home and Away
2018-10-31, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 7 The Pool
2018-10-25, 23-00, Secrets and Lattes, All Change
2018-10-24, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 7 Two Desperate Men
2018-10-18, 23-00, Secrets and Lattes, Strictly Christmas
2018-10-17, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 7 The Flying Scotsman
2018-10-16, 14-15, With My Little Eye
2018-10-11, 23-00, Secrets and Lattes, Series 2 Off Piste
2018-10-10, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 7 The Leaving of Barra
2018-10-04, 23-00, Secrets and Lattes, Series 2 All Change
2018-07-14, 14-30, Morse, In the Shallows
2018-05-09, 14-15, Rumpole and the Quality of Life
2018-05-08, 14-15, Rumpole and the Official Secret
2018-05-07, 14-15, Rumpole and the Golden Thread
2018-04-29, 19-15, Stand-Up Specials, Lucy Porter in the Family Way
2018-03-20, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Minority Rights - Hanging Gardens of Babylon
2018-03-19, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Thought Experiments - A Little Scrap of a Thing
2018-02-23, 14-15, Drama, Rumpole and Hilda
2018-02-22, 14-15, Drama, Rumpole on Trial
2017-10-25, 11-30, Mrs Sidhu Investigates, Murder With Masala, Series1 She Sleeps...
2017-10-18, 11-30, Mrs Sidhu Investigates, Murder With Masala, 1 Murder Corked
2017-10-11, 11-30, Mrs Sidhu Investigates, Murder With Masala, 1 Poisoned Puddle
2017-10-04, 11-30, Mrs Sidhu Investigates, Murder With Masala, 1 Samosas Suspicion
2017-09-20, 14-15, Drama, Rumpole and The Quacks
2017-09-19, 14-15, Drama, Rumpole for the Prosecution
2017-09-18, 14-15, Drama, Rumpole and The Way Through the Woods
2017-09-12, 23-00, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 6 Meg's Tale
2017-08-29, 23-00, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 6 The Showman
2017-08-22, 23-00, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 6 A Dish of Neapolitan
2017-08-12, 14-30, Drama, Henry James, The Portrait of a Gentleman
2017-06-03, 15-00, Drama, The Weekend
2017-04-15, 14-30, Drama, BACH, The Great Passion
2017-03-25, 14-30, Drama, House of Ghosts, A Case for Inspector Morse
2017-03-15, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Political Obligations and the Occasional Toke
2017-03-14, 14-15, Drama, The Ferryhill Philosophers Moral Status and the Golden Boy
2017-03-03, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 1 'Oh God it's Christmas...'
2017-02-24, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 1 A Paler Shade of White
2017-02-17, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 1 Heart Failures
2017-02-10, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 1 Spring Awakening
2017-02-03, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 1 Growing Pains
2017-01-27, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 1 In the Beginning
2016-12-27, 14-15, Drama, Rumpole and the New Year's Resolutions
2016-12-25, 15-15, Drama, Rumpole and Memories of Christmas Past
2016-12-21, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 8 Melancholy Baby
2016-12-14, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus
2016-12-08, 18-30, The Fair Intellectual Club, A Fling with Mr Franklin
2016-12-01, 18-30, The Fair Intellectual Club, An Engagement with Mr Hogarth
2016-11-24, 18-30, The Fair Intellectual Club, A Sojourn with Mr Swift
2016-11-17, 18-30, The Fair Intellectual Club, An Encounter with Mr Handel
2016-11-10, 18-30, The Fair Intellectual Club, A Rendezvous with Mr Voltaire
2016-11-03, 18-30, The Fair Intellectual Club, An Encounter with Mr Newton
2016-04-02, 14-30, Saturday Drama, Denmark Hill
2016-03-29, 14-15, Drama, Rumpole and Hilda
2016-03-28, 14-15, Drama, Rumpole on Trial
2016-02-05, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Lies Damn Lies and ...
2016-02-04, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Filial Duties and Special Goods
2016-01-16, 23-30, Edinburgh at the Year's Midnight, A Winter Journey in Poetry
2016-01-15, 14-15, Two Pipe Problems The House on the Marsh
2016-01-14, 14-15, Two Pipe Problems I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends
2016-01-10, 16-30, Edinburgh at the Year's Midnight, A Winter Journey in Poetry
2016-01-06, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 7 The Pool
2015-12-23, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 7 Two Desperate Men
2015-12-16, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 7 The Flying Scotsman
2015-12-09, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 7 The Leaving of Barra
2015-08-10, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 2 The Plan's the Thing
2015-08-03, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 2 Home and Away
2015-07-27, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 2 All Change
2015-07-24, 14-15, Rumpole and the Tap End
2015-07-20, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 2 Strictly Christmas
2015-07-17, 14-15, Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
2015-07-13, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 2 Off Piste
2015-07-10, 14-15, Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation
2015-07-06, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Series 2 All Change
2015-07-03, 14-15, Rumpole and the Portia of our Chambers
2015-01-07, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers Wants and Desires
2015-01-06, 14-15, Ferryhill Philosophers A Good Thing for a Good Reason
2014-12-28, 16-30, Found at Sea, Andrew Greig's open dinghy voyage
2014-12-12, 14-15, Rumpole and the Expert Witness
2014-12-11, 14-15, Rumpole Ep 1
2014-12-05, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 5 The Hat
2014-09-27, 14-30, Saturday Drama, Denmark Hill
2014-08-27, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 2 The Next Story
2014-08-20, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 2 Sex Guns and Frida Kahlo
2014-08-13, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 2 Under the Same Night Stars
2014-08-06, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 2 Ep 3
2014-07-30, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 2 Ep 2
2014-07-23, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 2 The Break-Up
2014-07-18, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 6 Meg's Tale
2014-07-11, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 6 The Showman
2014-07-04, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 6 A Dish of Neapolitan
2014-05-12, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, 'Oh God it's Christmas...'
2014-05-05, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, A Paler Shade of White
2014-04-28, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Heart Failures
2014-04-21, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Spring Awakening
2014-04-14, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, Growing Pains
2014-04-07, 11-30, Secrets and Lattes, In the Beginning
2014-03-21, 14-15, Rumpole and the Sleeping Partners
2014-03-20, 14-15, Rumpole and the Old Boy Net
2014-01-10, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 5 The Spider
2013-12-27, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 5 Hector's House of Windsor
2013-11-22, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 3 Ep 6
2013-11-19, 14-15, Two Pipe Problems The House on the Marsh
2013-11-18, 14-15, Two Pipe Problems I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends
2013-11-15, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 3 Ep 5
2013-11-08, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 3 Ep 4
2013-11-01, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 3 Ep 3
2013-10-25, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 3 Ep 2
2013-10-18, 11-30, The Gobetweenies, Series 3 Ep 1
2013-07-12, 14-15, Rumpole and the Explosive Evidence
2013-07-05, 14-15, Rumpole and the Man of God
2013-04-22, 14-15, Two Pipe Problems I Love a Lassie
2013-04-15, 14-15, Two Pipe Problems A Rose by Any Other Name
2013-04-08, 14-15, Two-Pipe Problem The Case of the Missing Meerschaum
2013-03-15, 14-15, Mr Bridger's Orphan
2013-02-22, 21-00, Friday Drama, The Song Thief
2013-02-12, 14-15, Dusty Won't Play
2013-01-27, 19-15, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 5 The Spider
2013-01-20, 19-15, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 5 The Hat
2013-01-13, 19-15, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 5 Hector's House of Windsor
2012-12-25, 14-15, Rumpole and the Expert Witness
2012-12-18, 14-15, Rumpole Ep 1
2012-11-14, 14-15, Two Pipe Problems I Love a Lassie
2012-08-10, 11-30, The Gobetweenies - Series 2 The Next Story
2012-08-03, 11-30, The Gobetweenies - Series 2 Sex Guns and Frida Kahlo
2012-07-27, 11-30, The Gobetweenies - Series 2 Under the Same Night Stars
2012-07-25, 11-00, Looking for Ruritania
2012-07-20, 11-30, The Gobetweenies - Series 2 Ep 3
2012-07-14, 21-00, Classic Serial - The Diary of a Nobody Ep 2
2012-07-13, 11-30, The Gobetweenies - Series 2 Ep 2
2012-07-08, 15-00, Classic Serial - The Diary of a Nobody Ep 2
2012-07-07, 21-00, Classic Serial - The Diary of a Nobody Ep 1
2012-07-06, 11-30, The Gobetweenies - Series 2 The Break-Up
2012-07-01, 15-00, Classic Serial - The Diary of a Nobody Ep 1
2012-05-25, 10-45, 15 Minute Drama - In the Van Ep 5
2012-05-24, 10-45, 15 Minute Drama - In the Van Ep 4
2012-05-23, 10-45, 15 Minute Drama - In the Van Ep 3
2012-05-22, 10-45, 15 Minute Drama - In the Van Ep 2,
2012-05-21, 10-45, 15 Minute Drama - In the Van Ep 1, Clare Bayley
2012-03-31, 14-30, Saturday Drama - The Jubilee Singers
2012-03-02, 14-15, Rumpole and the Explosive Evidence
2012-03-01, 14-15, Rumpole and the Man of God
2012-02-24, 22-45, Book at Bedtime - The Dream Life of Sukhanov Ep 10
2012-02-23, 22-45, Book at Bedtime - The Dream Life of Sukhanov Ep 9
2012-02-22, 22-45, Book at Bedtime - The Dream Life of Sukhanov Ep 8
2012-02-21, 22-45, Book at Bedtime - The Dream Life of Sukhanov Ep 7
2012-02-20, 22-45, Book at Bedtime - The Dream Life of Sukhanov Ep 6
2012-02-17, 22-45, Book at Bedtime - The Dream Life of Sukhanov Ep 5
2012-02-16, 22-45, Book at Bedtime - The Dream Life of Sukhanov Ep 4
2012-02-15, 22-45, Book at Bedtime - The Dream Life of Sukhanov Ep 3
2012-02-14, 22-45, Book at Bedtime - The Dream Life of Sukhanov Ep 2
2012-02-13, 22-45, Book at Bedtime - The Dream Life of Sukhanov Ep 1
2011-11-30, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse - Ser4 In the Name of the Wee Man
2011-11-23, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse - Ser4 Stanley Baxter and Rona Munro
2011-11-21, 11-30, Inspector Steine - The End, The Brighton boys
2011-11-16, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse - Ser4 The Porter's Story
2011-11-14, 11-30, Inspector Steine - Not Long
2011-11-12, 21-00, Classic Serial - The Heat of the Day Ep 2
2011-11-07, 11-30, Inspector Steine - The Home Stretch,
2011-11-06, 15-00, Classic Serial - The Heat of the Day Ep 2, Elizabeth Bowen
2011-11-05, 21-00, Classic Serial - The Heat of the Day Ep 1, Ad. T Powell and HBorwick
2011-10-31, 11-30, Inspector Steine - The End in Sight
2011-10-24, 11-30, Inspector Steine - Ep2, comedy by Lynne Truss
2011-10-23, 00-30, Reading - Wrestling Angels The Jeweller's Wife, a woman's infertility
2011-10-17, 11-30, Inspector Steine - Towards the End
2011-10-16, 00-30, Wrestling Angels The Assassin's Mother-in-Law
2011-10-09, 00-30, Wrestling Angels Once I Was Dead
2011-08-12, 14-15, Two-Pipe Problem The Case of the Missing Meerschaum
2011-06-10, 14-15, Rumpole Going for Silk, Rumpole has suc
2011-06-03, 14-15, Rumpole on Trial, John Mortimer
2011-05-27, 11-30, The Gobetweenies - 1 Befriending Freddie
2011-05-20, 11-30, The Gobetweenies - 1 Commendation and Competition
2011-05-13, 11-30, The Gobetweenies - 1 Sniffing Stevie and the Gym Horse
2011-05-06, 11-30, The Gobetweenies - 1 Meet The Millers
2011-03-27, 15-00, The Lost World - Our Eyes Have Seen Great Wonders, 2/2
2011-03-20, 15-00, The Lost World A Bridge to the Unknown, 1/2
2011-02-23, 14-15, Afternoon Drama - Two Pipe Problems Have You Come Far?
2011-02-22, 14-15, Afternoon Drama - Two Pipe Problems Ep 1, By Michael Chaplin
2010-12-31, 14-15, Afternoon Drama - Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders 2
2010-12-30, 14-15, Afternoon Drama - Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders 1
2010-10-16, 14-30, Saturday Drama - Utz, A British academic travels to 1960s Prague
2010-10-01, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse - Ser4 In the Name of the Wee Man
2010-09-24, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse - Ser4 Ep 2, no title
2010-09-17, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse - Ser4 The Porter's Story
2010-08-10, 14-15, Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle, ad. Richard Stoneman
2010-08-09, 14-15, Rumpole and the Family Pride, a.d Richard Stoneman
2010-06-23, 14-15, Afternoon Drama - Two Pipe Problem 2010 The Memory Man Forgets
2010-06-22, 14-15, Afternoon Drama - Two Pipe Problem 2010 Right Old Charlie
2010-05-18, 18-30, Baggage - Series 4 You're a Long Time Dead
2010-05-15, 14-30, Saturday Drama - The Jubilee Singers, by Adrian Mitchell
2010-05-04, 18-30, Baggage - Series 4 Tales of the Unexpected
2010-04-27, 18-30, Baggage - Ser 4 The Father the Mother the Dead Friend and Her Lover
2010-04-20, 18-30, Baggage - Series 4 Carping Diem
2010-04-13, 18-30, Baggage - Series 4 Ashes to Auld Reekie
2010-04-10, 21-00, Clarissa,Freedom Regained, 4/4 Freedom Regained
2010-04-03, 21-00, Clarissa, Imprisonment, 3/4
2010-03-21, 15-00, Clarissa, The Flight
2010-03-14, 15-00, Clarissa, The Pursuit, dram. Hattie Naylor
2010-01-30, 14-30, Saturday Drama - Dr Johnson's Dictionary of Crime, A for Assassin
2010-01-28, 14-15, Two-Pipe Problems The Trusty Valet and the Crusty Butler
2010-01-21, 14-15, Two-Pipe Problems A Streetcar Named Revenge
2009-12-18, 14-15, Rumpole and the Reign of Terror 2
2009-12-17, 14-15, Rumpole and the Reign of Terror 1
2009-10-07, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Ser2 Flying Down to Greenock
2009-09-30, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Ser3 Fife Circle
2009-09-23, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Ser2 Pasta Alfreddo at Cafe Alessandro
2009-09-16, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Ser2 The King's Kilt
2009-08-12, 11-30, Baggage, Series 4 You're a Long Time Dead
2009-08-08, 14-30, Friday Drama, The Song Thief
2009-08-05, 11-30, Baggage, Series 4 For a' that and a' that
2009-07-29, 11-30, Baggage, Series 4 Tales of the Unexpected
2009-07-22, 11-30, Baggage, Ser 4 The Father the Mother the Dead Friend and Her Lover
2009-07-15, 11-30, Baggage, Series 4 Carping Diem
2009-07-08, 11-30, Baggage, Series 4 Ashes to Auld Reekie
2009-07-04, 14-30, Saturday Drama, Utz
2009-06-25, 23-00, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 3 The Man in the Garden
2009-06-18, 23-00, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 3 Astonishing Archie
2009-05-26, 14-15, Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders Alone and Without a Leader
2009-05-19, 14-15, Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders Old Unhappy Far-Off Things
2009-04-28, 14-15, Two Pipe Problems Have You Come Far?
2009-04-27, 14-15, Two Pipe Problems Ep 1
2009-04-10, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 3 The Man in the Garden
2009-04-03, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 3 Fife Circle
2009-03-27, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 3 Astonishing Archie
2009-02-13, 14-15, Rumpole and the Right to Privacy
2009-02-12, 14-15, Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf
2009-01-22, 15-30, Afternoon Reading, Wrestling Angels The Jeweller's Wife
2009-01-21, 15-30, Afternoon Reading, Wrestling Angels The Assassin's Mother-in-Law
2009-01-20, 15-30, Afternoon Reading, Wrestling Angels Once I Was Dead
2008-08-18, 11-30, Baggage, 6/6. Keep Right on to the End of the
2008-08-12, 14-15, Two-Pipe Problems Plays by Michael Chaplin
2008-08-11, 11-30, Baggage, 5/6. Human Doings Ruth jumps off the
2008-08-04, 11-30, Baggage, 4/6. Not Quite Part of the Plan In s
2008-07-28, 11-30, Baggage, 3/6. The Regeneration Game Caroline'
2008-07-21, 11-30, Baggage, 2/6. Family Matters Families and fla
2008-07-14, 11-30, Baggage, 1/6. The Homecoming Ruth may be in l
2008-05-29, 14-15, Rumpole, 2 Going for Silk
2008-05-28, 14-15, Rumpole, 1
2008-04-19, 14-30, Saturday Play, Dr Johnson's Dictionary of Crime
2008-01-21, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, 3/3. Flying Dow
2008-01-14, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, 2/3. Pasta
2008-01-09, 11-30, Baggage, 6/6. Keep Right on to the End of the
2008-01-07, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter. 1, /3. The King
2008-01-02, 11-30, Baggage, 5/6. Human Doings
2007-12-26, 11-30, Baggage, 4/6. Not Quite Part of the Plan.
2007-12-19, 11-30, Baggage, 3/6. The Regeneration Game.
2007-12-05, 11-30, Baggage, New series 1/6. The Homecoming
2007-09-24, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, 4/4. Wheeling Them in.
2007-09-17, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, 3/4. Mortal Memories.
2007-09-10, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, 2/4. no title
2007-09-03, 11-30, Stanley Baxter Playhouse, 1/4. Cold Call. By David Holt.
2007-08-22, 14-15, Rumpole, 2/2. The Past Catches Up with Us All.
2007-08-19, 15-00, Classic Serial, The Card, 2/2.
2007-08-15, 14-15, Rumpole, 1/2. Truth Makes All Things Plain.
2007-08-12, 15-00, Classic Serial, The Card, 1/2. A Hatbox Full of Sovereigns.
2007-08-03, 21-00, The Friday Play, Life after Scandal, By Robin Soans.
2007-07-23, 14-15, Afternoon Play, A Two Pipe Problem
2007-05-17, 15-45, Spitting Bars, 1/2 Inside Talent.
2007-04-23, 11-30, Baggage, 4/6. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Lover.
2007-04-19, 14-15, Afternoon Play,, The Price of a Fish Supper
2007-04-09, 11-30, Baggage, 2/6. Procreation and Procrastination.
2007-04-02, 11-30, Baggage, 1/6. Lovesick and Sickening.
2007-03-27, 14-15, Afternoon Play, Velvet Love,
2006-11-20, 14-15, Afternoon Play, McNaughton, the trial of Daniel McNaughton
2006-11-06, 19-45, The Farming of Bones, 1/5. Water. Set in Dominica and Haiti
2006-10-03, 14-15, Afternoon Play, Palm Therapy, Simone is about to hit 30
2006-09-30, 21-00, Classic Serial, Lady Chatterley's Lover, 2/2. Departure.
2006-09-23, 21-00, Classic Serial, Lady Chatterley's Lover, 1/2. Arrival.
2006-08-25, 11-30, Baggage, 5/6. Highland Fling. It's not Edinburgh.
2006-08-19, 21-00, Classic Serial, Great Expectations, 3/3. The Truth.
2006-08-18, 11-30, Baggage, 4/6. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Lover.
2006-08-13, 15-00, Classic Serial, Great Expectations, 3/3. The Truth.
2006-08-12, 21-00, Classic Serial, Great Expectations, 2/3. The Gentleman.
2006-08-11, 11-30, Baggage, 3/6. And So to Bath.
2006-08-06, 15-00, Classic Serial, Great Expectations, 2/3. The Gentleman.
2006-08-05, 21-00, Classic Serial, Great Expectations, 1/3. The Common Boy.
2006-07-30, 15-00, Classic Serial, Great Expectations, 1/3 The Common Boy.
2006-07-26, 14-15, Rumpole and the the Right to Privacy. Rumpole leaves t
2006-07-19, 14-15, Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf. Rumpole leaves Lond
2006-07-12, 14-15, Rumpole Redeemed, 4/4
2006-07-05, 11-30, Baggage, 5/6. Christmas Crises. It's Edinburgh.
2006-07-03, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, 4/4. Wheeling Them in.
2006-06-30, 21-00, Price of Light: Maria Theresia von Paradis, blind musical prodigy
2006-06-28, 14-15, Afternoon Play, Rumpole and the Scales of Justice, 2/4.
2006-06-27, 13-30, A People's Music
2006-06-26, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, 3/4. Mortal Memories.
2006-06-21, 11-30, Baggage, 3/6. Halloween Havoc.
2006-06-19, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, 2/4. First Impressions.
2006-06-14, 11-30, Baggage, 2/6. Festival Flatmates.
2006-06-12, 11-30, The Stanley Baxter Playhouse, New series 1/4. Cold Call
2006-06-07, 11-30, Baggage, 1/6. Midsummer Mayhem
2006-04-25, 14-15, How to Live, Performance artist Bobby Baker
2006-03-28, 14-15, The Room, Rash and Doxa can't get into the room
2006-02-18, 14-30, The Luneberg Variation, a duel-to-the-death of a chess game


NOTES ON SOME OF THE PLAYS


14 Jul 18: Saturday Play: Morse - In The Sunshine
By Alma Cullen. An Oxford don is found dead in the river. Morse: Neil Pearson, Lewis: Lee Ingleby, Supt. Strange: Pip Torrens, Dr. Hinkley: Anna Chancellor, Anthony Yateman: Kevin Eldon, The Master: Anton Lesser, Annie: Ashley Smith, Hazel: Rachel Atkins, Unsworth: Edward Killingback, Gregson: Harry Lister Smith, Evans: Henry Pettigrew, Vic Nelson: Okorie Chukwu, Quentin Spencer: Ben Crowe. Producer: Marilyn Imrie.

20 Mar 18: The Ferryhill Philosophers, 2
By Michael Chaplin. Ep title: Minority Rights and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Jemal fights to stay in Ferryhill after his family's secret is exposed. Joe: Alun Armstrong, Hermione: Deborah Findlay, Jemal: Danny Sapani, Jimmy Kelly: Christopher Connel, Gloria: Phillippa Wilson, Sesuna and Salma: Gbemisola Ikumelo. Producer: Catherine Bailey, director: Marilyn Imrie. Indie (Catherine Bailey Productions).

19 Mar 18: The Ferryhill Philosophers, 1
By Michael Chaplin. Ep title: Thought Experiments and a little Scrap of a Thing. Joe's daughter is about to go to university; she is also pregnant. Hermione Pink: Deborah Findlay, Joe Snowball: Alun Armstrong, Lucy Snowball: Lauren Kellegher, Peter Smith: Dean Bone, Gloria: Phillippa Wilson, Gillian Smith: Tracy Gillman. Producer: Catherine Bailey, director: Marilyn Imrie. Indie (Catherine Bailey Productions).

23 Feb 18: Rumpole - Rumpole and Hilda
By John Mortimer, ad. Richard Stoneman, rpt. A story in which the friction between Hilda and Rumpole is central. A solicitor asks Rumpole to defend a man who is accused of murdering his father. The solicitor is well-groomed, charming and sensitive, unlike Hilda's tiresome husband. Rumpole: Julian Rhind-Tutt, with Jasmine Hyde, Stuart McQuarrie, Nigel Anthony as Erskine-Brown, Stephen Critchlow and Cathy Sara. Producer: Catheine Bailey; director Marilyn Imrie. Indie (Catherine Bailey Productions).

22 Feb 18: Rumpole - Rumpole on Trial
By John Mortimer, ad. Richard Stoneman, rpt. Rumpople accuses a judge of misleading the jury and gets severely admonished. He frinds himself on trial. Julian Rhind-Tutt as Rumpole, with Jasmine Hyde as Hilda, Cathy Sara, Gus Brown, Nigel Anthony as Justice Gwent-Evans and Erskine-Brown, Michael Cochrane, Stephen Critchlow. Producer: Catheine Bailey; director Marilyn Imrie. Indie (Catherine Bailey Productions).

2011-10-30, Classic Serial - The Heat of the Day, Ep.1
Novel by Elizabeth Bowen, ad. Tristram Powell and Honor Borwick. A wartime novel of betrayal adapted from a screenplay by Harold Pinter. Stella discovers that her lover, Robert, who works for British Intelligence, is suspected of selling classified information to the enemy. Harrison, the man who has tracked Robert down, wants Stella as the price for his silence. Caught between these two men, not sure whom to believe, Stella finds her world crumbling. In the novel, the writer draws heavily on her affair with Charles Ritchie, a Canadian diplomat, to whom the book is dedicated. Screenwriter ..... Henry Goodman Harrison ..... Matthew Marsh Stella ...... Anna Chancellor Robert ..... Tom Goodman-Hill Louie/ Anne ...... Teresa Gallagher Roderick ...... Daniel Weyman Ernestine ...... Honeysuckle Weeks Mrs Kelway/ Mrs Tringsby ...... Tina Gray Cousin Francis/ Blythe ...... Nigel Anthony Nettie ....... Gemma JonesPeter ...... Ben Baker Directed by Tristram Powell. Producer: Marilyn Imrie. Indie (Catherine Bailey).

2010-10-01, 11-30 Stanley Baxter Playhouse, Series 4, In the Name of the Wee Man
Stanley Baxter, inspired in his own career by Tommy Lorne's outstanding impersonations, pantomime dame performances and comic timing; pays tribute to a comedian from the early 1900s. SB..... "As an eight year old boy I was taken to the Theatre Royal to see him as Dame in Babes in the Wood. Although he died only a year later and I was to see him no more, his hilarious and extraordinary stage persona is still etched in my memory." Stanley recounts some Eps in Tommy's short life, which he recreated in this production, assisted by John Sessions. Tommy Lorne ..... Stanley Baxter, Willie Barbour ..... John Sessions, Harry McKelvie ..... John Ramage, Mary ..... Gabriel Quigley, Danny ..... David Holt, Producer: Marilyn Imrie. Indie (Catherine Bailey).

2009-07-04, Saturday Play: Utz
Novel by Bruce Chatwin, dram. Gregory Norminton. A British academic travels to 1960s Prague to research the art collection of Rudolf II. A historian friend introduces him to the eccentric and utterly dogged porcelain collector, Kaspar Joachim Utz. From this encounter an extraordinary story of obsession and survival emerges: for Utz has protected his vast collection of Meissen figurines from Nazis, Stalinist ideologues and the demands of Communist museum curators. Cast:Utz/Janitor ..... Jack Klaff, Marta ..... Pam Ferris, Dr Orlik/Curator ..... Sam Kelly Narrator ..... Daniel Weyman, Oxford Don/Man/ Head Waiter ..... Gregory Norminton, Elena/Teresa Kryl ..... Michaela Stonisova, Ana/Photographer ..... Dolya Gavanski, Producer: Marilyn Imrie. Indie (Corporation for Independent Media).

2009-06-25, 23-00 Stanley Baxter Playhouse
Series 3, The Man in the Garden. Series of three comic plays starring Stanley Baxter. A lonely lady on a holiday in the remote West Highlands of Scotland finds herself falling in love with two members of the same family, born 60 years apart. By Rona Munro. Duncan ...... Stanley Baxter, Ellie ...... Penelope Wilton, Receptionist ...... Bill Paterson, Produced by Marilyn Imrie. Indie (Catherine Bailey productions)

2008-08-12, Two-Pipe Problems
Plays by Michael Chaplin, set in The Old Beeches, a retirement home for elderly thespians. Inmates William and Sandy still nurse a certain affectionate animosity towards one another since they starred as Holmes and Watson in a 1960s television series. 2/2. The Trusty Valet and the Crusty Butler. William and Sandy venture outside the Old Beeches to a movie set, accompanied by the intrepid care assistant Karen, as they take on the world of celluloid. Sandy Boyle ...... Stanley Baxter, William Parnes ...... Richard Briers, Inspector Bradstreet ...... David Shaw-Parker, Karen ...... Tracy Wiles, Laura Lyons ...... Ellie Beaven, Thaddeus Sholto ...... Lloyd Hutchinson, John Barrymore ...... Geoffrey Whitehead, Produced by Marilyn Imrie.

2007-08-03, Friday Play: Life after Scandal
By Robin Soans. An expose of the private stories behind public scandal, using verbatim accounts of those involved. Melissa/Christine Hamilton/Margaret Cook: Helen McCrory, Duncan Roy/Charles Ingram/David Leigh: Ron Cook, Edwina Currie/Diana Ingram: Sian Thomas, Jonathan Aitken: Corin Redgrave, Lord Charles Brockett/Craig Murray: Adrian Scarborough, Lord Edward Montagu: Karl Johnson, Neil Hamilton/Paparazzo/James Herring: Jason Watkins, Producer: Marilyn Imrie, Director: Hilary Norrish, Pianist Neil Brand.

2007-04-19, The Price of a Fish Supper
By Catherine Czerkawska. Rab is a fisherman, like his father and grandfather before him. The decline of the Scottish fishing industry and the loss of his brother at sea have hit him hard. A long monologue, with Paul Morrow as Rab. Producer Marilyn Imrie ; director Gerda Stevenson. It was a stage play, and a BBC producer who had seen it at the Oran Mor in Glasgow advised that it be submitted, after which, it was commissioned. It's since been published in a new anthology, Scottish Shorts, by Nick Hern Books, launched at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2009.

2006-11-20, McNaughton
By Steve Gooch. In 1843 the trial of Daniel McNaughton made legal history. McNaughton had killed Edward Drummond , secretary to the Prime Minister, Robert Peel , having intended the bullet for Peel himself. It was the first time someone was found not guilty by reasons of insanity. Producer Marilyn Imrie. Daniel McNaughton: Ian Hogg, Other voices: Tom George.

2006-09-23, Classic Serial: Lady Chatterley's Lover
1/2. Arrival. In David Lawrence's classic exploration of the nature of sexual love, the young and beautiful Constance is married to Lord Clifford, wounded in the First World War and now confined to a wheelchair. Her life at Wragby Hall is bleak and lonely - until an encounter with Oliver Mellors changes everything. Dramatised by MicheleneWandor. Musicians: Melanie Pappenheim and Harvey Brought ; producer Marilyn Imrie. Constance: Lia Williams, Lord Clifford: Roger Allam, Oliver: Robert Glenister, Mrs Bolton: Lynn Farleiqh, Hilda: Jasmine Hyde, Sir Malcolm: David Rintoul, Duncan: Julian Rhind-Tutt.

2006-08-18, 11-30 Baggage
4/6. 11.30am. By Hilary Lyon; comedy series.The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Lover. It's Edinburgh, it's summer, and the living isn't easy. Caroline's ex-husband finds himself a new husband, Fionas mother finds herself lost and Ruth gets lost trying to find herself. Drama centred on the lives of three 40-ish women who've been friends for years. Producer Gordon Kennedy ; director Marilyn Imrie. Caroline: Hilary Lyon, Fiona: Phyllis Logan, Ruth: Adie Allen, Simeon: Stuart McOuarrie, Roddy: Robin Cameron, Rev Nicholas: Moray Hunter, Gladys: June Watson, Kir: Peter Capaldi.

2006-08-13, Classic Serial .......... Great Expectations
3/3. The Truth. By Charles Dickens. Pip discovers the truth about his benefactor, the sorrows of Estella's life, and the value of loyalty, faithfulness and friendship. Dramatised by Martyn Wade. Music by Harvey Brough ; producer Marilyn Imrie. Pip .......... Oliver Milburn, Joe .......... Jim Carter, Biddy .......... Robin Weaver, Miss Havisham .......... Janet Suzman, Estella .......... Anna Maxwell Martin, Herbert .......... Adrian Scarborough, Jaggers .......... Roger Allam, Wemmick .......... Stephen Critchlow, Magwitch .......... Ken Campbell, Molly .......... Maggie McCarthy, Compeyson .......... Harry Myers, Watchman .......... Ben Crowe.

ONLY IN LONDON....2005
Broadcast in five 15-min Eps as the Woman's Hour serial. As a flight from Dubai touches down in London, three people from different parts of the world are thrown together: beautiful, lost Lamis, the lively Moroccan Amira, and her new friend Samir, who, like her, loves not wisely but too well. (......paraphrased from "Radio Times"-N.D.) By Hanan Al-Shayk, dram. Shelley Silas. With Suzanna Nour, Tom Beard, Shappi Khorsandi, Nitzan Sharron, John Rowe, Nick Maloney, Helen Schlesinger, Daryl Moore, Nadim Sawalha, Nina Wadia. Produced by Marilyn Imrie; dir. Deborah Paige.

Lie Down Comic....2004
R4, 2 Jan 04, Fri play, 60m. The story of a comedian who befriends one of his female fans. She is dying and raging against it. The two initially don't hit it off, but eventually find inspiration in each other's company. They end up talking about their shared fear. With Sinead Cusack, Tom Hollander, Alison Pettitt and Tilly Gaunt; director Marilyn Imrie. Additional material by Kevin Day.

RUMPOLE....2003
2003 series, by John Mortimer (q.v.). All produced by Marilyn Imrie.

THE BOOK OF LOVE....2003
A two-part dramatisation of William Hazlitt's "Liber Amoris". Hazlitt, the essayist, was 43 when he fell passionately in love with a young woman half his age. He became paranoid and jealous in his pursuit of her, and if he was like the production suggests, was not an attractive character. Tim McInnerney was Hazlitt, Claire Skinner was Sarah, and the other cast members were Alison Steadman, Imelda Staunton, Julian Wadham, William Houston and John Bett. The producer was Marilym Imrie.

MY LAST DUCHESS....2001
By Martyn Wade. Based on a Browning poem, which was inspired by a fresco of an Italian aristocrat's wife. With Roger Allam, Emily Mortimer, Tim McInnerney and Robert Hands; dir. Marilyn Imrie.

ALIEN SISTER....2001
45m. By Judy Upton. Dark, comic tale about what happens to the family of a teenage computer expert when his elder sister suddenly returns home four years after she disappeared. With the help of a chemistry set and some interrogation techniques cribbed off the internet, Connor sets out to prove she's an alien. With Joel Samuels as Connor, Laura Sadler as Lucy; also stars Duncan Preston, Tessa Peake-Jones, Frankie Carson, Jessie Harris and Jon Glover. Directed by Mark Brickman; produced by Marilyn Imrie.

PURGATORY (R3 1991?)
By Marcy Kahan. Starred Miriam Karlin and Bill Paterson in a metaphysical comedy about three people in a room after death. Directed by Marilyn Imrie.

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD....date nk
McCarty's six-part dramatisation of Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd continues. Directed by Marilyn Imrie, it stars Janet Maw, Tim McInnerny, David Burke and Emily Morgan and comes highly recommended. (BBC7 repeat, Mar 2004)

Marilyn Imrie is also mentioned in "The Decline and Fall of Radio Drama", by Barry Pike (1998), which is on the Articles page. Click Radio Plays to find it.




compiled by Nigel Deacon / Diversity website

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