Channel Title: Arch Phoenix Stanton Channel Description: This channel is currently offline - my sincere apologies to all my subscribers. Hope to be back later in the year. It is non profit making. It has taken some effort to start again. Previous channel very successful and I always abided by copyright instructions. Any music was a minute in a radio play and available elsewhere on free to listen channels including youtube. <video> RADIO DRAMA: WITCH WATER by Don Webb Description: Witch Water Green by Don Webb was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 15 March 1984 Story: Barbara Tate and her baby girl are on their own in their new home, a converted mill, deep in the country. The move has been a strain, she's lonely, the baby is unsettled, but there's another reason for the disquiet she feels.... somewhere. Broadcast as part of the Spine Chillers series. Cast: Barbara Tate: Pam Ferris Dr Jane Rayner: Jenny Lee The Rev Roy Brown: Nigel Anthony Johnny Goad: Brian Southwood Wendy Williams: Kate Lee </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: I SAID THE SPARROW by Michael Davies Description: I Said The Sparrow by Michael Davies was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 27 March 1982. Story: A nuclear submarine is about to leave on routine sea trials- sea trials which will not only lead the submarine into terrible danger, but will also reveal the truth behind the crash of the aircraft RJ101. Cast: Dr Rosemary Helman: Shirley Dixon Henry Maslin: Alan Dudley John Saunderson: Peter Jeffrey Lord Glengower: Cyril Luckham Dr Nigel Morgan: Gareth Armstrong Harry Anderson: Jim McManus Duncan McManus: David Graham Graham Bowles: Michael Maloney Cathy Bowles: Theresa Streatfeild Mrs Bowles: Katherine Parr Philip Maitiand: Clifford Norgate Gordon Harkness: Michael McStay Helen: Tammy Ustinov Mrs Helman: Pauline Letts First Lieutenant: George Parsons Captain of Dorsal: Gregory de Polnay Cox'n: Ronald Herdman Wren Officer Carn: Frances Jeater Officer Swinburn: David McAlister Captain of Fearless: Crawford Logan Naval policeman: Andrew Secombe Signalman: Spencer Banks First seaman: Stephen Garlick Second seaman: Hugh Dickson Laboratory assistant: Michael Tudor Barnes Director: Gerry Jones </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: A SHOEBOX OF SNOW Description: A Shoebox Of Snow by Julie Mayhew was broadcast on BBC RADIO 4 on 16 Sep 2011. [Music removed because of copyright so there are no credits, however - two of the cast members are asked at the end of the play to comment on objects they have chose to save]. Story: Albert and Renie never leave their condemned flat, cocooned inside by all they've ever owned. Christopher must persuade them. But what are they saving it for? Cast: Albert Richard Briers Renie Edna Dore Christopher Joe Armstrong Janine Julie Mayhew </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: MORTMAIN by John Metcalfe Description: Mortmain by John Metcalfe was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 22 April 1992. Story: Broadcast as part of the Ghosts From the Past series: A honeymoon couple are trapped in a bizarre nightmare world of possession. Cast: John: Robert Glenister Humphrey: David March Salome: Helena Breck Occy: Ann Windsor Edward: Ronald Herdman Heather: Gudrun Ure Andrew: Jonathan Adams Tom: John Church Dramatised by Rebecca Wilmshurst Director: Martin Jenkins </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: MRS M by David Campton Description: Mrs M by David Campton was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 22 February 1984 Story: Broadcast as part of the Spine Chillers series - Mrs Meadowsweet offers visitors to her country guesthouse, a truly care-free holiday. Everybody is so happy. A little vague perhaps, but certainly happy. Newcomers Madge and Arthur are suspicious, but Mrs M is able to convert them. Cast: Mrs Meadowsweet: Rosemary Leach Madge: Anne Jameson Arthur: Roger Hume Simon: Terry Molloy Miss Brazenose: Joyce Gibbs Inga: Patricia Gallimore Director: Peter Windows </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: THE DEATH OF GRASS by John Christopher Description: The Death of Grass by John Christopher was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009. Story: A 1956 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel: South-East Asia has been hit by a virus that killed its rice crops, causing a terrible famine. John Custance and his family visit his brother's farm in Westmorland in Cumbria, certain that the virus couldn't reach there. Cast: Narrator: David Mitchell John: Darrell Brockis Ann: Rebecca Eqan Roger: Gus Brown David: Jonathan Dryden Taylor Mr Spruce: Jonathan Dryden Taylor Pirrie: Bruce Alexander Man: Andrew Mayer Ashton: Andrew Mayer Millicent: Abigail Burdess Olivia: Morag Cross Dramatised by: Jonathan Dryden Producer: Ellen Dryden </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: THE CHILDREN'S HOUR by Lillian Hellman Description: The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 24 April 1971. Story: The Children's Hour is a 1934 American play by Lillian Hellman. It is a drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie. An angry student, Mary Tilford, runs away from the school and to avoid being sent back she tells her grandmother that the two headmistresses are in a relationship. The accusation proceeds to destroy the women's careers, relationships and lives. Cast: Mrs Mortar: Betty Baskcomb Peggy: Nicola Jenkins Catherine: Rosalind Adams Lois: Jill Shilling Evelyn: Linette McMorrough Helen: Therese McMurray Rosalie: Jean Rogers Mary Tilford: Judy Bennett Karen: Prunella Scales Martha: Jill Bennett Joe Cardin: John Pullen Agatha: Betty Baskcomb Mrs Tilford: Margot Boyd Grocery boy: Richard Griffiths Producer: Christopher Venning </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: THE BLACKPOOL DETECTIVE by Peter Whalley Description: The Blackpool Detective by Peter Whalley was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 FM on 17th May 2001. Story: Ben Lomax, is an impetuous 29-year-old Blackpool detective, new to the job. He is actually an out-of-work actor who returns to his home town with his girlfriendto run his convalescing father's private-investigation agency. He starts off in what appears to be a straightforward surveillance case, but which turns out to be something far more serious. Cast: Ben: Jason Done Anna: Abigail Ramsay Beatrice: Sarah Parks Vince: Glenn Cunningham Stan: John Branwell Melodie: Debbie McAndrew Colin: Keiran Cunningham Det Thompson/Graham: Mark Chatterton Director: Pauline Harris </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: THE APPOINTED HOUR by Douglas Clark Description: The Appointed Hour by Douglas Clark was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 1 July 1972. Story; I am placing you under close arrest and charging you with High Treason, Levying War against His Majesty. Adhering to His Majesty's enemies, Breach of Faith, Breach of Attestation, and Disloyalty to His Majesty ... ' Cast: Lt Charles Holt: John Samson 2nd Lt Rolly Swaffer: Sean Barrett Maj Berty Gray: John Bentley Capt Brocky Benfit: Michael McClain Lt-Col Conway: Douglas Blackwell Capt Newman: Richard Hampton Maj Miller: Alexander John 2nd Lt Carne: Sean Arnold President of Court Martial: John Bryning Defending Officer,: Brian Haines Prosecuting Officer: William Eedli Producer Roger Pine </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: TRIAL BY JUDGE by Michael Hardwick Description: Trial By Judge By Michael Hardwick was broadcast on BBC Home Service Basic on 28 March 1964. Story: 'Sir Evelyn Hampton was nearly eighty years of age, and this was his last case. To Sir Evelyn himself his retirement stood for the relinquishment of responsibility; to his son Andrew it seemed the laying down of a power like the Power of God.' Cast: Grace Aldridge: Mary Chester Harker: Wilfrid Carter Arthur Clawson: Lewis Stringer Inspector Pitt: Norman Claridge Hilda Dunn: Eva Stuart James Dunn: Alan Haines Andrew Hampton: William Fox Violet Hampton: Nicolette Bernard Sir Evelyn Hampton: Felix Aylmer Lady Hampton: Grizelda Hervey Solicitor General: Hamlyn Benson Herbert Pomfrey, Q.C.: Eric Anderson Dr Winter: Kenneth Hyde Sir Ernest Rowney: Austin Trevor Other parts played by: members of the cast Producer: Betty Davies </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: THE WEATHERWOMAN by Bruce Bedford Description: Weatherwoman by Bruce Bedford was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on12 August 1995. Story: As building begins on the dam below Maggie's hotel, she starts constructing her own project. The play is a disturbing modern fable about a woman who will move heaven and earth to make her greatest dream come true. Cast: Maggie: Eliza Langland Martin: Crawford Logan Ben: John Buick Trevor: Joey Cooper Paula: Sybil Wintrope Miss Thwaite: Joanna Tope Doug: James Bryce Maggie's father: Alexander Morton Young Maggie: Isabel Wright Summers/Registrar: Mark McDonnell Sarah: Sharon Maharaj Director: Hamish Wilson </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: FIGURES by Colin Haydn Evans Description: Figures by Colin Haydn Evans was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 15 February 1984. Story: As soon as Ann saw the house she knew it had to be hers. Its past turns out to be part of her future. So all she has to do is sit in the upstairs room that had been kept locked for so long and wait. Broadcast as part of the Spine-Chillers series. Cast: Ann: Anna Massey Ralph Symons: Blain Fairman Rebecca Symons: Jill Lidstone Peter Fuller: Jon Strickland Alex Slade: Michael Bilton Director: Ian Cotterell </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: ZACK by Harold Brighouse Description: Zack by Harold Brighouse was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 17 October 1981. Story: Zack Munning was the despair of his mother and brother and a bit of a joke to his neighours. It took an outsider to see, or think she saw, more in him than everyone else. Cast: Mrs Munning: Marlene Sidaway Sally Teale: Sue Jenkins Paul Munning: Ray Barraclough Virginia Cavender: Rosalind Shanks Zachariah Munning: Bob Mason Martha Wrigley: Angela Curran James Abbott: Geoffrey Banks Joe Wrigley: James Tomlinson Thomas Mowatt: David Fleesiiman Harry Shoebridge: Jack Carr Directed by Tony Cliff BBC Manchester </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: THE MAROON CORTINA by Peter Whalley Description: The Maroon Cortina by Peter Whalley was originally broadcast as part of the Saturday-Night Theatre on Sat 27th Oct 1984, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Story: A few domestic problems mar the birthday celebrations of the Janice Clark - such persistent belief the police seem to have that her son, Alan, murdered his girlfriend. Of course nobody really believes that, certainly not Barry, her husband, who insists it's all a plot to hit back at him. Then her best friend Pauline seems to suspect Janice of playing around with her husband. Ron. and on top of all that none of her guests seem to fancy pizza. Cast: Barry: Don Henderson Janice: Lynda Rooke Ron: Geoffrey Hinsuff Pauline: Kate Fitzgerald Curtiss: Colin Meredith Alan: Joe Searby Directed by Philip Martin BBC Birmingham PLEASE NOTE: The Ads are not my doing it is because there is a song in the play which is covered by copyright - I have not monetised the video myself. The copyright holder can chose to place ads on it. If I remove the song as I have in other plays listeners complain there is some of the play missing. </video> <video> BBC RADIO DRAMA: REGATTA by Douglas Young Description: Regatta by Douglas Young was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 13 April 1985. [Music removed in play because of copyright] Story: A tale of Edwardian espionage - 1909: the European courts are nests of intrigue, as the Great Powers arm. At Rosyth dockyard on the Forth, a German plot is detected - but what exactly are they up to? Cast: Nicol Nasmyth: Lain Agnew Bolltho: Sandy Neilson Palgrave: Leon Sinden Cora: Grace Glover Nejdanov: Finlay Welsh Jettmar: Don Gallagher Flechtner: John Shedden Hannah: Terry Cavers Mrs Moncrieff: Harriet Buchan Editor: Ralph Riach Pianist: Robert Pettigrew Directed By: Patrick Rayner BBC Scotland </video>

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This channel is currently offline - my sincere apologies to all my subscribers. Hope to be back later in the year.

It is non profit making.

It has taken some effort to start again. Previous channel very successful and I always abided by copyright instructions. Any music was a minute in a radio play and available elsewhere on free to listen channels including youtube.

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