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"P.D. James" (94 results)
Mark Lawson examines dramatic and literary portrayals of Jesus Christ, from Dorothy L Sayers' landmark r...
An adaptation of the classic children's novel by Roald Dahl, starring Bernard Cribbins. James Henry Trotter had been living with his terrible aunts...
Documentary on the life and works of MR James, considered by many to be England's finest writer of ghost stories.
Mark Gatiss steps into the mind of M.R. James, the English master of the supernatural tale, attempting to uncover the inspiration behind stories tha...
Today, poet and critic Tom Paulin examines the work of James Joyce, whose writing, once banned for obscenity, re...
Razia Iqbal interviews P.D. James.
Andrew Marr looks at James Boswell, a man torn between his patriotic duty and his desire ...
James Berry discusses his poem 'To Travel This Ship' from the book 'Windrush Songs'.
A terrifying tale about a governess who protects two children against what she thinks are forces of evil. Stars John Lynch.
Are two children under an evil influence? Or is it in the imagination of their governess? Stars Cathy Sara and Joseph Tremain.
James Corden, actor and writer of Gavin and Stacey, is Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor and writer. As a child he longed to act - he f...
Sue MacGregor and her guests - broadcaster, Esther Rantzen and psychologist, Oliver James - entertain an audience in The Bar...
As part of the BBC's #LovetoRead celebrations, James Naughtie delves into the archives in search of books that made him int...
Keira Knightley and James McAvoy star in a film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel Atonement, directed by Jo...
A literary landmark and it's effect on a city; an examination of how Dublin has embraced Ulysses. With Peter White.
Andrew Marr discusses Ulysses and the legacy of Joyce with writers Edna O'Brien, Colm Toibin and Mary Costello.
Celebrating Ulysses at 100 by revisiting a very special 1982 documentary, featuring Ted Hickey looking at Joyce's rela...
It's 100 years since one of the most influential novels of the 20th century was published. Hear the memories of some of the great I...
Clive James hosts discussion prog with guests Jeanette Winterson (Author) David Mamet (playwright) and Deborah Moggach.
Joyce's early life in Dublin, full of japes with friends and then an eye to exile. Narrated by Jim Norton with ...
Stephen Dedalus and Buck Mulligan look out over Dublin Bay. It is 8.00 am on the 16th June 1904. With Andrew Scott, Kevin Trainor and Stephen Rea...
Based on the Henry James ghost story and recorded at Glasgow's Tramway.
Adaptation by Allan McClelland of James Joyce's Ulysses, with Milo O'Shea as Bloom, June Tobin as Molly and Simon Ward as Stephen Dedalus.
Two part television series adapated from the suspenseful P.D. James murder mystery, featuring Martin Shaw as detective Adam Dalgliesh. Following the murder o...
A theatre company who travelled Britain in a van in 1922, how James Joyce's eyesight troubles influenced his writing of Ulys...
Dermot Bolger's touching story of how James Joyce's Ulysses influenced and inspired one woman's life.
Bidisha discusses whether James Joyce's Ulysses could be a self-help guide in disguise,
Johny Pitts explores the books of the 1920s with Alison McLeod, Bill Goldstein, James Clammer and Jo Hamya - as...
Chris Power is joined by Colm Toibin and Merve Emre to explore the enduring legacy of James Joyce's Ulysses, as this ground-br...
Anne Enright selects the first episode of James Joyce's Ulysses, closely deciphers the opening pages, and examines th...
This year is the 100th anniversary of Ulysses by James Joyce, one of the most influential novels of the 20th Century. Ulysses is the story of on...
Maverick American director Joseph Strick talks about his film Ulysses - an adaptation of James Joyce's novel - from which the BBFC demanded 29 cu...
Mark Lawson chairs a discussion about the powerful influence of Ulysses today and in the years since its publication in 1922, with guests including Anne Fogart...
An ancient whistle dating back to the times of the Knights Templar spells danger for the man who finds it. Classic MR James chil...
Adaptation of Henry James's classic ghost story. A young governess is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, but becomes fearful ...
Myfanwy Piper's liBretto of Henry James's famous short story leaves much to our imagination and Britten's score is haunting, terrifying and bri...
Ten episode series written by James Andrew Hall, directed by Barry Letts and produced by Terrance Dicks for the BBC. Nominated for a BAFTA in the Ch...
Read by P D James.
Adaptation of Wilkie Collins' mystery drama, starring Tara Fitzgerald; James Wilby; Simon Callow and Ian Richardson.
James Naughtie and an audience meet Booker-prize winning novelist Graham Swift to talk about Waterland, his much acclaimed novel.
What made Joyce choose to set his “odyssey” within these confines? And what has been the cultural impact and long afterlife of the one-day ...
In the first edition of this new programme, James Naughtie talks to author, Sebastian Faulks, about his best-selling novel, Birdsong.
James Naughtie talks to author Toni Morrison about her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Beloved.
Arundhati Roy talks to James Naughtie and readers about her Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things.
James Naughtie and readers talk to Benjamin Zephaniah, the poet and novelist who is equally popular with both adults and children. The chosen n...
Clive Anderson and guests John Sutherland, Brenda Maddox, James Naughtie and Claire Tomalin discuss which book (Vanity Fair, Wuthering Heights, Jan...
Maureen Lipman's latest part is in Charlotte Keatley's play, My Mother Said I Never Should at the St James' Theatre, about the relationships between...
In a special edition of the programme, James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to author Douglas Adams about his classic world-wide bestseller Th...
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