Monthly Archive: February 2015

GOOD OMENS ON CD

You can now get Good Omens on cd from Amazon. Good Omens: The BBC Radio 4 dramatisation (BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations) Audio CD – Audiobook, CD, Unabridged by Neil Gaiman (Author), Terry Pratchett (Author) Dirk Maggs (Director) **Neil Gaiman was the WINNER of the BBC Audio Drama Award 2015 for Outstanding Contribution to Radio Drama** A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman’s celebrated apocalyptic comic novel, with bonus length episodes and outtakes. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday in fact. Just after...

THE LAWRENCE RAW REVIEW OF ‘THE  CORRECTIONS’

THE LAWRENCE RAW REVIEW OF ‘THE CORRECTIONS’

Read the review by Lawrence Raw about ‘The Corrections’ which was broadcast on the 13th February.   The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, adapted by Marcy Kahan.  Dir. Emma Harding.  Perf. Richard Schiff, Maggie Steed, Julian Rhind-Tutt.  BBC Radio 4, 5-19 January 2015. BBCiPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04y9lz1 to 23 Feb. 2015. Superficially The Corrections might seem to be a family melodrama reminiscent of the kind of fare that enjoyed a peak of popularity in the fifteen years or so after the end of the Second World War (Death of a Salesman, Picnic, A Streetcar Named Desire).  An elderly matriarch Enid Lambert (Maggie Steed) struggles to keep everyone together, although it is clear that no real...

FANNY AND ALEXANDER

I have just finished recording Fanny and Alexander at BBC Radio 3 at Maida Vale.  It was written by Ingmar Bergman and is quite dark.  I play Alexander and it was a great role to play. There was a strong cast which will be published soon and the script writer is Sharon Oakes, pictured here with me and Hollie Burgess who plays Fanny. Hollie is currently appearing in Broadchurch.

PRAGUE IN WINTER

The week before last I was in Prague.  I was filming an info commercial and it was very cold.  You can see the green gas heater right next to me that was blowing hot air on me all the time.  The whole shoot was really great and I got to travel around the world albeit with the help of CGI. This boy is called Charles, he didn’t speak English but we got on well.  He was my body double. The next photo is the Director , Jeppe Ronde, far right, the camera man, in the middle is Sebastian Blenkov and...

HOW DID I GET HERE

HOW DID I GET HERE

I have been away recently and haven’t had a chance to do my blog. I have been  in the Czech Republic, more of that later. I am recording a new BBC Radio  drama this week.  You can listen in on the 13th February to the latest drama, I have recorded, on BBC Radio 4 with all the details here:-  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051w2zx How Did I Get Here by Jonathan Myerson BBC RADIO 4 Friday14:15   13th February 2015 Rebecca looks after her kids, and her Dad. But Dad isn’t how he used to be. Multi-infarct dementia has made him confused, and forgetful of people...