{"product_id":"book-iks7","title":"Laurie Lee: A BBC Radio Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of full-cast dramatisations plus interviews with Laurie Lee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Lee was a poet, novelist and screenwriter renowned for his bestselling autobiographical trilogy \u003ci\u003eCider With Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Moment of War.\u003c\/i\u003e Among the best loved memoirs in the English language, the books chart Lee's life from his boyhood summers in a remote Cotswold village to joining the Republican International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. Included here are dramatisations of the first two volumes, alongside a specially written radio play and four fascinating interview programmes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCider with Rosie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Recorded on location in and around the Slad valley in Gloucestershire, this lyrical, evocative account of Laurie Lee's childhood in the West Country just after the First World War stars \u003cb\u003eTim McInnerny\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNiamh Cusack\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- It is the mid-1930s and 19-year-old Laurie sets out on foot to London, but soon finds himself en route to Spain. Accompanied by his trusty fiddle, he walks the length of the country - but as he reaches Almunecar, the Spanish Civil War begins… Featuring recordings made in Spain, this irresistible tale stars \u003cb\u003eJonathan Keeble\u003c\/b\u003e as Laurie Lee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Call Me Adam \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- Laurie Lee retells the story of the Bounty mutineers, as they occupy Pitcairn Island and try to create a new life there. Produced by the celebrated poet and playwright Louis MacNeice, this bloodthirsty take on what happened to Fletcher Christian and his crew stars \u003cb\u003eRalph Truman\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWilfred Babbage\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Walks: Laurie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The poet and author takes Christopher Somerville on a stroll around Slad, where he grew up and where \u003ci\u003eCider with Rosie\u003c\/i\u003e is set.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrough My Window: Laurie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Casting his eye over the countryside seen from his window, Laurie Lee waxes lyrical over the view that inspired his most famous work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaurie Lee's Long Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - This interview with Christopher Cooke from 1989 sees Lee discussing his own sense of mortality. These thoughts are accompanied by a reading of poems and tributes from his 1997 Thanksgiving Service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaurie Lee's final interview\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - In this last radio interview, recorded in 1997 by BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Mark Hurrell, Laurie Lee talks about the inspiration for \u003ci\u003eCider With Rosie\u003c\/i\u003e, his epic walk from Stroud to Spain and his love for the landscape around his beloved home village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText copyright © Laurie Lee 1959 (\u003ci\u003eCider with Rosie, I Call Me Adam\u003c\/i\u003e), 1969 (\u003ci\u003eAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCredits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Laurie Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCider with Rosie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Nick Darke\u003cbr\u003eMusic arranged and performed by Paul Burgess\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 12-19 Apr 1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Christopher Denys\u003cbr\u003eMusic arranged and played by Chris Leslie\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Peter Leslie Wild\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 Aug 2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Call Me Adam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduction by Louis MacNeice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Third Programme, 1 Nov 1959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Walks: Laurie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Jude Howells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 Sep 1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrough My Window: Laurie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by John Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5 Aug 1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaurie Lee's Long Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Chris Eldon Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 Oct 1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaurie Lee's final radio interview\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 Apr 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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