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The Tin Drum

BBC dramatisation of the Gunter Grass novel
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The Classic Serial: The Tin Drum
Sun 2nd Jun 1996, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM
By Gunter Grass


Abridged in two parts by Mike Walker


With Phil Daniels as Oskar and Kenneth Cranham as Matzerath.


On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures in post-war Germany.


1: Germany 1930. Hitler rises to power.


Three-year-old Oskar decides to stop growing and stop talking. Instead he plays his tin drum.


Percussion by Unmen.
Director Peter Kavanagh


Oscar:.....Phil Daniels
Matzarat:....Kenneth Cranham
Agnes:...Lesley Manville
Midwife:.....Tessa Worsley
Fisherman:....John Hartley
Greff:....Paul Jenkins.
Jan:.....Stephen Critchlow
Gretchen:...Kristin Milward
Bebra:....David Collings
Roswitha:....Jane Whittenshaw
Marcus:.....John Turner


The Classic Serial: The Tin Drum
Sun 9th Jun 1996, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM
By Giinter Grass


Abridged in two parts by Mike Walker. With Phil Daniels as Oskar.

2: World War II is raging.
Oskar, on the run, discovers sex, jazz and the black market.


Percussion by Unmen.
Director Peter Kavanagh

  1. The Tin Drum - 1 (51.3Mb)
  2. The Tin Drum - 2 (50.4Mb)

MP3 files hosted by archive.org.