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501214 e081 Lady Gambles

Plot Summary for The Lady Gambles (1949)

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her. Written by Mike Rogers

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Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

Sunday 23 September 2007 20:00-21:40 (Radio 3)

The classic play published in 1604 about a man who defies the
authority of God by selling his soul to the Devil in return
for 24 years of knowledge and power on Earth.

Faustus ....................... Paterson Joseph
Mephistopheles ..................... Ray Fearon
Wagner ............................. Toby Jones
Evil Angel ....................... Janet McTeer
Good Angel/Duchess ............... Tanya Moodie
Lucifer ......................... Julian Bleach
Old Man ......................... David Bradley
Robin .......................... Nicholas Burns
Rafe ........................... Iain Robertson
Valdes/Pope ...................... David Bamber
Cornelius ......................... Paul Bazely
Emperor .......................... Anton Lesser
Scholar/Horse-Courser ... John Lloyd Fillingham
Scholar/Knight ...................... Don Gilet
Scholar/Duke .................... Derek Riddell

Original music composed by Olly Fox.

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Open University Doctor Faustus guide

Discover more about the making of Doctor Faustus, including
audio interviews with key members of the cast and the producer,
text materials around Marlowe and also an introductory guide
to reading renaissance plays.

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The Whole of the Moon - Series 2

Legal drama serial by Colin MacDonald.

Broadcast Monday 15 to Friday 19 February 2010 (Woman's Hour Drama)

In the second series of the legal drama set in contemporary Edinburgh, Jo Ross's career has taken off.

Jo Ross (Vicki Liddelle) is about to prosecute her first murder case as an Advocate Depute at Edinburgh's High Court, but she is beginning to suspect that the youth in the dock may be innocent. Unmasking the killer would destroy her own case.  But making a wrong choice could destroy her career.

Jo ...... Vicki Liddelle
Iain ...... Steven McNicoll
Mrs Ross/Irene Lee/Old Woman ... Eliza Langland
Frank Gray/Lord Watten ... Simon Tait
Peter Loudon ...... Greg Powrie
DCI Brand/Tom Stein/Alan Tait ... Lewis Howden
Chris Murray/Elliot ... Andrew Clark

Producer: Patrick Rayner

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The Whole of the Moon
Legal drama serial by Colin MacDonald.
 
broadcast 29 Sept 03 Oct 2008 (Woman's Hour Drama)

From The Radio Times
The loss of a parent when they are just 50 is bound to be a shock, but for the bright, ambitious barrister at the heart of this legal drama it's not her father's death so much as both her parents' lives that shake her to her very core. Sorting through her dad's clothes she comes across a slip of paper with seemingly random jottings upon it. Her natural instinct to find out what they mean uncovers things that you just don't want to imagine your parents ever having been involved in. It's a dark journey.

Jo .......................................... Vicki Liddelle
Iain ....................................... Steven McNicoll
Ross ............................................ Simon Tait
Frank ........................................... Paul Young
David .......................................... Robin Laing
Fiona ....................................... Eliza Langland
Gillian Watt .................................. Wendy Seager

1/5 Dark secrets, intrigue and romance as rising as Edinburgh prosecutor Jo Ross investigates a crime uncomfortably close to home.

2/5 An old jacket reveals some startling evidence.

3/5 The wine-stained Iain Rae plays Watson to Jo's Holmes.

4/5 Jo's investigations take her into Edinburgh's underworld.

5/5 The Book of Psalms provides the final, vital clue.

saved and shared by dearleuk via radioarchive.cc

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The Haunter of the Dark

Written by Julie Hoverson
from the story by H.P. Lovecraft

[The same guys appeared in our earlier episode The Picture in the House]

Five friends gather for another story - this one of an artist doomed for his curiousity.  

Cast List
Edward - Bryan Hendrickson
Blake - Derek Fetters
       (Unspeakable and Inhuman)
Charles - Michael Coleman
       (Tales of the Extraordinary)
Warren - Glen Hallstrom
Richard - Philemon Vanderbeck
Herbert - Carl Cubbedge

Music by Kevin MacLeod
      (Incompetech.com)
Editing and Sound:   Julie Hoverson
Cover Design:  Brett Coulstock
      [cover art attributions] 
 
 
"What kind of a place is it?
Why it's another brownstone dinner party, can't you tell?"
[The same characters appeared in our earlier episode The Picture in the House]

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[Not actually a show for Children!!!]

Bingo the Birthday Clown,

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We're Alive - Chapter 7 - Blood Sweat and Fears - Part 1 of 3

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Episode Three: Wherein our heroes battle tigers, caverns of fire, and deranged mob wives..

The Mad Monk of Mongolia

Tales of the Extraordinary presents the first of its legendary live performances at The Spot in Culver City, CA. The commercials are improvised out of thin air and the audience joins in on the fun, providing sound effects for our heroes’ journey through the plains of Mongolia in search of the lost Crown of Khan. Their only hope of finding it before the invading Japanese Imperial Army lies with their new guide: the surprisingly not-dead monk, Rasputin!

Oh, and Randolph Moon fights some pirates, gets kidnapped by Gatsby’s crazed former owner, and takes on the mob!

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Wormwood Episode 12: Karma

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An engrossing depiction of life in the NWT in the early 1900's, 13 January 2003

Author: (gord26) from Toronto, Canada

"Mrs. Mike" is a better than average early Hollywood depiction of life in Canada's far north. Life in the North-West Territories in the early 1900's had moments of great beauty but was for the most part, harsh and cruel. The film captured the essence of this without resorting to standard stereotypes. There isn't a single manhunt of the "a Mountie always gets his man" variety in the whole plot. Most of the characters managed to portray depth and an insight into their difficult lives.

Evelyn Keyes shines as the Boston-born wife of a Mountie in Canada's remote North-West Territories. While trying to live as a loving, dedicated wife, she struggles with the lack of comforts and the dangers in a frontier existence, and ultimately, her own self-doubts.

Dick Powell's manner would suit him more easily in the big city, but he passes as a stoic never-say-die Mountie. He provides a stable base in the film, and is the narrator of the story, but his performance has to take second place to Miss Keyes as "Mrs. Mike".

By present day standards, the native characters are not politically correct with their broken English and simplistic presentations. For 1940's Hollywood, they are given a bit more opportunity to show some humor and dignity, and that they are human beings as well. The gentle performance by Ro Mere Darling as Mrs. Henderson, the native wife of Trader Henderson, attempts to break through the pre-conceived ideas of most of the movie audience, both in the 1940's and sadly, of many today.

This movie is definitely worth watching for simple good entertainment, and a glimpse at a lost way of life.

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