BBC Radio Drama Collection - C.S. Forester Audiobook

Written by C.S. Forester
Read by Samantha Bond, Toby Jones, Greg Wise, Sophie Thompson, Richard Lumsden, Don Gilet, Kevin Doyle, Tessa Peake-Jones, Crawford Logan, David Seddon, Christopher Webster, David Holt, Kieron Self, Matthew G
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Dramatization

C.S. Forester: The African Queen, The Gun and More
5 Full Cast Dramatisations of Iconic Novels
By: C.S. Forester
Narrated by: Samantha Bond, Toby Jones, Greg Wise, Sophie Thompson, Richard Lumsden, Don Gilet, Kevin Doyle, Tessa Peake-Jones, Crawford Logan, David Seddon, Christopher Webster, David Holt, Kieron Self, Matthew Gravelle, full cast
Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
Radio/TV Program
Release date: 13-06-2024
Language: English
Publisher: BBC Audio

Full cast BBC Radio productions of five of C. S. Forester’s classic novels

Most famous for his Hornblower series, iconic writer C. S. Forester tells tales of adventure like no other. This BBC radio collection features modern adaptations of five of his acclaimed novels, including The African Queen (famously adapted as an Oscar-winning film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn) and The Gun, which was turned into the hit Hollywood movie The Pride and the Passion.

The African Queen – East Africa, 1915. When missionary Rose Sayer’s brother dies and the German army invade their village, she finds herself thrown together with cowardly Cockney Charlie Allnut in his rickety steam-powered boat, The African Queen. Together, they brave German attacks, rapids, malaria and mechanical mishaps – but can they survive each other’s company? This radio dramatisation goes back to the novel, reinstating Forester’s original ending and giving Charlie his Cockney identity back. Samantha Bond stars as Rose, with Toby Jones as Charlie.

London Noir – Based on early novels by C. S. Forester, these three psychological thrillers take crime writing in a new direction by portraying ordinary, desperate people engaging in monstrous acts. Set in the 1920s, Payment Deferred centres around a bank clerk who commits a heinous crime to get out of debt, while Plain Murder sees three ad men plotting the ‘perfect murder’. And in The Pursued, it is 1935, and an elderly lady becomes obsessed with revenge when her daughter is found dead. Greg Wise narrates these chilling dramas, with casts including Sam Dale, Bryan Dick and Sophie Thompson.

The Gun – This masterful historical drama tells the story of a massive 18-pounder gun that falls into the hands of Spanish partisans during the Peninsular War. Dragged across the mountains and plains of Spain, it becomes a potent symbol of pride and resistance – and changes the lives of those who fight each other to the death to gain control of it. Scott Arthur and Matthew Grevelle star in this gripping tale of guerrilla warfare.

Text copyright C. S. Forester 1926 (Payment Deferred), 1930 (Plain Murder), 1933 (The Gun), 1935 (The African Queen, The Pursued)