Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4

Subject: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 31 Jan 12 - 09:04 AM

Michael Morpurgo is certainly poular just now! His award-winning novel, Private Peaceful, will be the Saturday Play at 14.30, Saturday 4th February on BBC Radio 4. You can Listen Again on BBC iplayer.

It's been dramatised by Simon Reade and has music by Coope Boyes & Simpson. Full details and cast list (including Nicholas Lyndhurst as Sgt Hanley and Michael Morpurgo as Vicar) are here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bh91t

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 31 Jan 12 - 09:15 AM

Wonderful, we'll be in Spanish sunshine but thank goodness for the I player!!

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 01 Feb 12 - 03:43 AM

Can a Mudelf please merge the threads on this...

Kitty

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 01 Feb 12 - 03:58 AM

Sorry I missed this Kitty.
Just delete superfluous thread please guys.

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: GUEST,Georgina Boyes
Date: 01 Feb 12 - 04:25 AM

To answer the question on the other thread. No, it's a new adaptation of 'Private Peaceful' - the earlier one was Michael Morpurgo narrating his own (shortened) version of his story. The play is an adaptation of the story by Simon Reade and is acted rather than a narration.

Coope Boyes & Simpson provide the music for both though.

Georgina

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: GUEST,surreysinger sans cookie
Date: 01 Feb 12 - 07:37 PM

And as far as I recall it's going to be made available as a podcast?

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 02 Feb 12 - 02:42 AM

Yes, in "full 5.1 surround sound"

More info and some lovely pics of the child actors recording in Iddlesleigh village here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bh91t

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 03 Feb 12 - 03:58 AM

Refresh - it's tomorrow, and I've just heard the trailer with CBS singing Lay me Low...

Kitty

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 04 Feb 12 - 07:57 AM

Bump

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: GUEST,cardboard cutout
Date: 04 Feb 12 - 11:27 AM

Just finished listening to this, half an hour ago!
It was even better than I had expected,given that I had been looking forward to it all week. Make sure you access "Listen again" if you're in the UK and you can!

I wish more radio drama had a traditional music leit-motif embedded in them....

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: Leadfingers
Date: 04 Feb 12 - 11:45 AM

Aside from the C B S stuff it was a bloody good play too

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: JohnB
Date: 06 Feb 12 - 11:22 AM

I thought it was pretty well done too.
JohnB (in Canada)

Subject: RE: Saturday Private Peaceful on BBC Radio 4
From: Gervase
Date: 17 Feb 12 - 08:06 AM

You/ve got one day left to download it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/pp