{"product_id":"book-k0q2","title":"The Susan Hill BBC Radio Drama Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extensive collection of full-cast dramatisations and long-lost original radio plays by Dame Susan Hill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author Dame Susan Hill is best known for her hit ghost story \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in Black\u003c\/i\u003e and her popular ‘Simon Serailler’ detective series, but she has also written extensively for radio. This audio anthology includes full-cast adaptations of two of her early novels, plus an additional 12 BBC Radio plays, many of them available for the very first time since their original broadcasts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGentlemen and Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e tells of the friendship and loneliness of a family living in a small Midland village, while \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrange Meeting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e explores the relationship between two young subalterns in the First World War. These moving dramatisations star \u003cb\u003ePatricia Hayes, Stephanie Cole, Martin Jarvis\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eDavid Timson\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThemes of interdependence and isolation run through all Hill’s radio plays, which she describes as dealing with ‘human beings in confrontation’. In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaking Leave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a nephew visits the family he barely knows; in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLizard in the Grass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, an orphan living in a clifftop convent is persecuted by one of the nuns, in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cold Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, tempers fray when four explorers become snowbound in Antarctica and in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsider the Lilies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, an ageing bachelor who sees angels finds himself drawn to a dying girl. \u003cb\u003eRichard Hurndall, Helen Worth, Terry Scully, John Rollason\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eTony Britton\u003c\/b\u003e are among the star casts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Window on the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e focuses on students Nell (\u003cb\u003ePatricia Gallimore\u003c\/b\u003e) and Jess (\u003cb\u003eJulie Hallam\u003c\/b\u003e), who are mere observers of life – until one of them acts to alter the situation. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrip Jack Naked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e finds sick recluse James (\u003cb\u003eIan Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e) shaken out of his austere existence by a visit from his estranged wife, but in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sound that Time Makes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, wife and mother Fay (\u003cb\u003ePatricia Gallimore\u003c\/b\u003e) is obsessively haunted by her schooldays. And with her wedding approaching, Helena (\u003cb\u003eCarole Hayman\u003c\/b\u003e) struggles to let go of her childhood in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Comes the Bride\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChances\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e features two interlinked monologues, read by Dames \u003cb\u003eJudi Dench\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePeggy Ashcroft\u003c\/b\u003e, in which an Irish maid at a seaside hotel ponders her life, and a guest remembers better days and higher standards. A dying Frenchwoman summons her estranged daughter in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut in the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, starring \u003cb\u003ePauline Letts\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eFiona Walker\u003c\/b\u003e. Finally, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutumn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e focus on two couples, one elderly and resident in an old folks’ home, the other middle-aged and attempting to escape the past by moving house. \u003cb\u003eDoreen Mantle, Cyril Luckham, June Brown\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBernard Hepton\u003c\/b\u003e star as the spouses searching for meaning and connection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopyright © Susan Hill 1968 (\u003ci\u003eGentlemen and Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e), 1971 (\u003ci\u003eStrange Meeting, Taking Leave, Lizard in the Grass\u003c\/i\u003e), 1972 (\u003ci\u003eThe Cold Country\u003c\/i\u003e), 1973 (\u003ci\u003eConsider the Lilies\u003c\/i\u003e), 1975 (\u003ci\u003eA Window on the World, Strip Jack Naked\u003c\/i\u003e), 1980 (\u003ci\u003eThe Sound that Time Makes, Here Comes the Bride\u003c\/i\u003e), 1981 (\u003ci\u003eChances\u003c\/i\u003e), 1982 (\u003ci\u003eOut in the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e), 1985 (\u003ci\u003eWinter\u003c\/i\u003e), 1986 (\u003ci\u003eAutumn\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eContents:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGentlemen and Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrange Meeting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaking Leave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLizard in the Grass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cold Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsider the Lilies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Window on the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrip Jack Naked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sound that Time Makes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere Comes the Bride\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChances\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut in the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutumn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopyright © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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