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Post by Stephen Doran on May 25, 2007 10:10:34 GMT
I know no recording of orwell himself exists - what I'm interested in are radio adaptations of his material. can anyone provide any information about which of his novels have been broadcast and when? And, of course, whether any are likely to exist in the archives.
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Post by William Martin on May 25, 2007 15:16:29 GMT
The NAZIs listened in on some of Orwells World Service broadcasts to India perhaps there are recordings in Germany.Did he do these personaly or just write them?
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Post by Paul Hayes on Jul 11, 2007 6:56:33 GMT
I know no recording of orwell himself exists - what I'm interested in are radio adaptations of his material. can anyone provide any information about which of his novels have been broadcast and when? And, of course, whether any are likely to exist in the archives. There was an adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four done on the BBC Home Service in 1966, with Patrick Troughton starring as Winston. I don't think there's an official BBC copy in the archives, but it certainly exists in private hands.
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Post by Ian Gutteridge on Jul 11, 2007 21:27:59 GMT
Animal Farm was done in 2005 and will certainly exist in the archives.
Ian Gutteridge
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Post by Paul Hayes on Jul 12, 2007 21:14:20 GMT
Animal Farm was done in 2005 and will certainly exist in the archives. Ian Gutteridge ...and the same book was first adapted for BBC radio by Orwell himself, back in 1947. Interestingly, I was just reading today in Peter Davison's The Lost Orwell that he added some extra lines for Clover, Molly, Muriel and a Cow which he felt explained a certain scene better. But the BBC chose to cut them from the script.
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Post by Joe Haynes on Jul 21, 2007 12:05:48 GMT
does anyone have a link to the suposde video footage of Orwell?
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Post by Paul Hayes on Jul 22, 2007 17:22:59 GMT
Do you mean the Eton Wall Game and Southwold Festival clips from the South Bank Show programme in 2003?
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Post by Joe Haynes on Jul 23, 2007 16:13:31 GMT
Yes thats what i mean. i havent ever seen the clips
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Post by Paul Hayes on Jul 23, 2007 19:35:15 GMT
Neither of them are any great shakes. With the Eton one, it's known he played in the particular game being filmed, but nobody's ever been able to tell which boy seen is him, or even if he actually appears on screen in the film at all.
The Southwold one is a bit of a stretch - I can see how the figure walking along the pavement *might* be him, but it's not completely convincing.
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Post by gcm on Jul 23, 2007 20:08:23 GMT
I watched the south bank programme, and think i have it on tape hereabouts - If i remember correctly, all of the clips of Orwell were fakes produced especially for the show. IIRC the idea of the show was to show how Orwell might have been captured on film - but in reality never was.
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Post by Paul Hayes on Jul 23, 2007 21:03:19 GMT
No, you're thinking of the BBC Two programme of around the same time, with Chris Langham as Orwell.
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Post by gcm on Jul 24, 2007 17:12:07 GMT
Thanks -you are of course quite right - I stand corrected .
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