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Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky

BBC Radio dramatisation of the Patrick Hamilton trilogy
from archive.org

Patrick Hamilton's semi-autobiographical trilogy set in working class, inter-war London.

Dramatised in three parts by Frederic Bradnum.
Producer: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989.

CAST
Bob ...... Steven Pacey
Ella ...... Annette Badland
Jenny ...... Emily Morgan
Ernest Eccles ...... John Moffatt
Rex ...... Christopher Good
Andy ...... David Goudge
Tom ...... Paul Downing
Marian ...... Margot Boyd
Bella ...... Joan Matheson
Violet ...... Alice Arnold
Ella's Mother ...... Anna Cropper
Guvnor ...... David King
Mrs Guvnor ...... Jo Kendall
Prunella .... Elizabeth Mansfield
Sammy.... Tina Marian
Prosser.....Geoffrey Whitehead

Other parts played by:
Vincent Brimble
Brian Miller
Joan Walker
Donald Gee
Michael Kilgarriff
Marcia King

EPISODES
1. The Midnight Bell
London, 1927: Bob meets a prostitute called Jenny and Ella is invited to the theatre by Mr Eccles.

2. The Siege of Pleasure
Prostitute Jenny tells of her fall from grace and Mr Eccles makes plain his feelings for Ella.

3. The Plains of Cement
Bob gives Jenny an ultimatum and Ella confronts Mr Eccles.

  1. The Midnight Bell (132.8Mb)
  2. The Siege of Pleasure (131.9Mb)
  3. The Plains of Cement (132.4Mb)

MP3 files hosted by archive.org.