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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 成人快手 2014 Drama Audio Awards for Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour.

Producer: Marion Nancarrow
Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 4 in April 2015.

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Last on

Wed 26 Jun 2024 05:00

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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 2015 15:00
  • Sat 2 May 2015 21:00
  • Thu 16 May 2019 10:00
  • Thu 16 May 2019 15:00
  • Fri 17 May 2019 03:00
  • Tue 25 Jun 2024 15:00
  • Tue 25 Jun 2024 21:00
  • Wed 26 Jun 2024 05:00

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