Orwell, George

Last Edited: 19-Jun-2018 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
Publ. 1945
01-Aug-2005 to
05-Aug-2005
R7
to
13-Jun-2008
Animal Farm
Read by Bill Nighy
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Dy Speirs
14:13, 13345, S
13:42, 12855, S
13:51, 12992, S
13:48, 12954. S
13:49, 12961, S
Publ. 1945
26-Jan-2013
Animal Farm Tamsin Greig, Nicky Henson, Toby Jones, Patrick Brennan,
Ralph Ineson, Liza Sadovy, Robert Blythe, Paul
Stonehouse, Sarah Thom, Lizzy Watts, Eleanor
Crooks, Ben Crowe, Will Howard, Gerard McDermott,
Adam Nagaitis, Stephanie Racine
Director ..... Alison Hindell
86:58, 81360, S
BBC WS
26-Jan-1976
Animal Farm
Catherine Parr, Douglas Blackwell, Trevor Martin, David
March, Sean Barrett, Micheal Lambert, David Brierley,
Gordon Faith, Hilda Fenimore, Alison Goins, John Collins,
Patricia Levinton, Jonathan Scott, Edward Seckerson,
Roy Spencer, Joanna Wake
adapted by Rayner Edmundson
produced by Dickon Reid
90:12, 21143, M
BBC HS
03-Mar-1952
Animal Farm
no credits
82:12, 77066, M
13-Nov-2008 Shooting an Elephant
Read by Matthew Wolf 
Producers Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres
13:56, 13070, S
22-Apr-2007
29-Apr-2007
Down and Out in Paris and London
Samuel Barnett, Stephen Greif, Claire Vousden, Rachel
Bavidge, Sam Dale, John Dougall, Jasmine Callan,
Anthony Glennon, Jasmine Callum, Jim Norton, Naomi
Frederick, Jason Thorpe
adapted by PG Morgan
Producer Steven Canny
56:21, 52831, S
56:21, 52838, S
28-Jan-2013 to
08-Feb-2013
Down and Out in Paris and London Read by Joseph Millson
Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
13:48, 12919, S
13:32, 12667, S
13:40, 12802, S
13:48, 12930, S
13:39, 12776, S
13:10, 12326, S
13:25, 12558, S
13:46, 12892, S
13:25, 12567, S
13:47, 12908, S
27-Jan-2013
03-Feb-2013
Homage to Catalonia
Joseph Millson, Lyndsey Marshal, Ewan Bailey, Javier
Marzan, Hywel John, Richard Laing, John McAndrew, Jon
Lolis, Ben McGregor, Gareth Pierce, Asier Newman
Adapted by Mike Walker
directed by Kate McAll
56:27, 52816, S
56:35, 52943, S
R7:
16-Nov-2009
Keep The Aspidistra Flying Jonathan Tafler, Victoria Carling, Valentine Pelker, Emily
Richards, Polly James, Michael Deacon, William Symons
dramtised by Sam McBratney
produced by Jeremy Mortimer
56:49, 53281, S
BBC WS
09-Nov-1983
Keep The Aspidistra Flying
Tim Bentinck, Jane Asher, Michael Cochrane, ...
directed by Derek Hoddinott
58:24, 13691, M
ABC RN
05-Sep-2011 to
30-Sep-2011
1984 Read by: Nicholas Bell
Producer: Justine Sloane-Lees
14:32, 13603, S
14:32, 13603, S
14:32, 13603, S
14:32, 13603, S
14:32, 13608, S
14:32, 13603, S
14:30, 13571, S
14:32, 13603, S
14:32, 13603, S
14:32, 13608, S
14:32, 13603, S
14:32, 13603, S
14:32, 13608, S
14:32, 13608, S
14:32, 13603, S
14:32, 13603, S
14:32, 13608, S
14:36, 13671, S
14:32, 13608, S
14:32, 13603, S
Pacifica Radio
KPFA
27-Jun-2017
1984 Charles Morgan and June Foray
15 files
14:27:55, 229 MB, S
BBC R2
15-Apr-2005 to
03-Jun-2005
1984
Read by Corin Redgrave
Abridged by Neville Teller
Produced by Clive Stanhope
8 files
01:59:53, 131 MB, S
unknown
1984
read by Derek Jacobi

116:06, 68035, M
BBC R4
02-Jan-1984 to
20-Jan-1984
1984
read by Kenneth Haigh
Abridged by Keith Darvill
Producer: Maurice Leitch

15 files
3:35:57, 123 MB,
Chivers CD
1984
read by Samuel West
10 files
10:39:46, 366 MB, m
BBC HS
11-Oct-1965
1984
Patrick Troughton, Sylvia Syms, Michael McClain, Mary
Wimbush, Cecile Chevreau, Brian Hewlett, Elizabeth
Proud, Allan McClelland, John Dearth, Norman Wynne,
Hector Ross, John Collin, Cyril Shaps, Gordon Faith
Produced By: John Gibson
91:49, 43042, M
ABC, NBC Radio
Theatre Guild
on the Air
26-Apr-1953
#150 1984

57:33, 10117, M
10-Feb-2013
17-Feb-2013
1984 Christopher Eccleston, Pippa Nixon, Tim Pigott-Smith, Kim
Wall, Sam Alexander, Susie Riddell, Christine Absalom, Don
Gilet, Joe Sims, Joshua Swinney, Robert Blythe
Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer
57:00, 53334, S
56:40, 53020, S
18-Feb-2013 to
22-Feb-2013
Essays and Journalism
  1. A Hanging
  2. Confessions of a Book Reviewer
  3. My Country Right or Left
  4. Pleasure Spots
  5. As I Please
Reader ..... Clive Merrison
Producer ..... David Jackson Young
13:23, 12539, S
13:33, 12696, S
13:43, 12841, S
13:39, 12787, S
13:18, 12455, S
BBC R4
09-Mar-1992
A Clergyman's Daughter
Amanda Redman, Hugh Dickson, Marion Diamond, Glyn
Grain, John Salthouse, Jane Whittenshaw, David
Bannerman, Frances Jeater, Stephen Thorn
Adapted by John Peacock
Director Celia De Wolff
69:18, 64977, S
cassettes
unknown
Coming Up For Air
read by Patrick Tull
12 files
07:41:58, 211 MB, m
some clipping

Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
28-Jan-2013 Burma by Mike Walker     
09-Feb-2013 The Road to Nineteen Eighty-Four David Aaronovitch
Peter Davison, Frances Stonor Saunders, DJ Taylor, Hugh Wilford
Producer: Phil Tinline
56:28, 52835, S
04-Feb-2013 Dreaming by Mike Walker     
11-Feb-2013 Loving by Jonathan Holloway    
18-Feb-2013 Jura by Jonathan Holloway