Alan Bennett - Single Spies: An Englishman Abroad and A Question of Attribution
4 Extra Debut. Alan Bennett introduces his drama-double choice as Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra celebrates his 90th birthday. Simon Callow as Guy Burgess. Edward Petheridge as Anthony Blunt.
To celebrate his 90th birthday (9 May 2024) and recorded especially for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra – the award-winning playwright and actor, Alan Bennett introduces his choice from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio archive.
Two classic Alan Bennett spy dramas performed together.
AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD
1958. A squalid flat in Moscow.
Over a paltry lunch, exiled spy Guy Burgess interrogates actress Coral Browne about English society gossip and then asks her to get him some new clothes from London.
Guy Burgess .... Simon Callow
Coral .... Brigit Forsyth
Tailor .... Robert Pickavance
Tolya/Shop assistant .... Peter Swander
Pianola and Balalaika played by Matthew Compton and David Carol.
A QUESTION OF ATTRIBUTION
Set in the 1960s, before Professor Anthony Blunt, the director of the Courtauld Institute, was exposed and disgraced as a spy.
Blunt is replacing a Titian at Buckingham Palace when Her Majesty the Queen comes in.
The painting is a fake.
Anthony Blunt .... Edward Petherbridge
Chubb .... Nicky Henson
The Queen .... Prunella Scales
Colin .... Harry Myers
Restorer .... Robert Pickavance
Philips .... Dan Stevens
Producer Susan Roberts
First broadcast on Radio 4 in September 2006.
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