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Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows

Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger's famous adventure dramatised and narrated by Alan Bennett. With Richard Briers and Derek Waring.

Mole, Rat and Badger try to curb the wild ways of their friend, Toad as they set out on their famous adventure.

Dramatised and narrated by Alan Bennett.

Starring Richard Briers, Derek Waring, Nickolas Grace and Adrian Scarborough.

Alan Bennett's acclaimed Royal National Theatre version of Kenneth Grahame classic story first published in 1908.

Mole ... Adrian Scarborough
Rat ... Richard Briers
Toad ... Nickolas Grace
Badger ... Derek Waring
Albert ... Terence Rigby
Otter ... John Hartley
Chief Weasel ... David March
Weasel Norman ... Stephen Tompkinson
Rupert ... Graham Seed
Monlca ... Allson Dowling
Magistrate ... Leslie Phillips

Narrator: Alan Bennett

Other cast members:

Amy Stanton, Belinda Baldwin, Danny Schiller, David Holt, David Sinclair, Elizabeth Mansfield, Geoffrey Matthews, Jack Stevens, James Hall, James Taylor, Jeffrey Holland,, Jessie Holder, Jill Graham, Luciano Macis, Lucie Fitchett, Maria Charles, Natasha Pyne, Paul Panting, Peter Acre, Peter Kenny, Peter Whitman, Sam Gordon, Simon Treves, Stefan Arestis, Tina Gray, Tom Bevan, Victoria Gunning and Victoria Wojciechowska

Original music and songs by Jeremy Sams.

Musicians:

Sara Clarke, Williams Cox, Julia Findon, Nicola Hadley, Anna Hemery, Juliet Leighton-Jones, Christopher O'Neal, Jane Pickles, Andrew Roberts, Jeremy Sams, Jane Sebba, Kate Somerby, Missak Takoussian, Keith Thompson and Christopher Wells

Producer: David Blount

First broadcast on 主播大秀 Radio 4 in August 1994.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 4 Apr 2021 04:00

Broadcasts

  • Sat 13 Dec 2008 10:00
  • Sat 13 Dec 2008 21:00
  • Sun 14 Dec 2008 04:00
  • Christmas Day 2013 14:00
  • Boxing Day 2013 02:00
  • Sat 3 Apr 2021 06:00
  • Sat 3 Apr 2021 16:00
  • Sun 4 Apr 2021 04:00

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