Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a radio serial by Katie Hims, based on the novel by Louis de Bernieres. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007, as installments of the Afternoon Play[1].
Plot[]
A young Italian soldier recounts a desperate tale of love and heroism.
Cast[]
- Pelagia ...... Celia Meiras
- Older Pelagia ...... Mia Soteriou
- Dr Iannis ...... Stephen Greif
- Corelli ...... Daniel Philpott
- Older Corelli ...... Sean Baker
- Narrator ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
- Carlo ...... Anthony Psaila
- Mandras ...... Chris Pavlo
- Velisarios ...... Alexi Kaye Campbell
- Father Arsenios ...... Alex Zorbas
- Lemoni ...... Ania Gordon
- Young Antonia ...... Ania Gordon
- Antonia ...... Faye Castelow
- Francesco's Mother ...... Liza Sadovy
- Stamatis ...... Sean Baker
- Drosoula ...... Anna Savva
- Hector ...... Nitin Ganatra
- Officer ...... Simon Treves
- Young Iannis ...... Thomas Brown-Lowe
- Bunnios ...... Jonathan Keeble
- Weber ...... John Dougall
- Alekos ...... Sam Dale
- Soldiers ...... Jot Davies, John Dougall
- Mandolin music composed and performed by Alison Stephens
- Directed by David Hunter
Episodes[]
| Episode Number | Title | Broadcast Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "A Pea in the Ear" | 17 September 2007 | On the Greek island of Cephallonia, the pastoral bliss of Pelagia and her father Dr Iannis is about to be changed irrevocably by war. |
| 02 | "Invasion of the Italians" | 18 September 2007 | Pelagia has written more than 100 letters to her fisherman fiance Mandras, who is fighting in the Greek army, but she has had no reply. |
| 03 | "Looking for Snails" | 19 September 2007 | Pelagia has fallen for the charming Captain Corelli, but he is technically the enemy. She is still engaged to Mandras, who is away fighting for the resistance movement. |
| 04 | "Earthquake" | 20 September 2007 | After an extraordinary act of heroism, Corelli makes a slow recovery. Two generations pass before resolution comes. |