Memorial to W. S. Gilbert on Victoria Embankment
Gilbert Without Sullivan - Series 1 by Stephen Wyatt
Directed by Sue Wilson
BBC Radio 4
This series was used as one-off fillers when needed
Dramatizations from the stories of WS Gilbert.
Episodes[]
Episode 1 - 25.12.2002 - The Finger Of Fate - Foggerty is a confirmed bachelor in search of peace and quiet. Fate, however, has other plans for him in the shape of Dolly Fortescue.
Episode 2 - 14.05.2003 - An Elixir Of Love - When the Reverend Stanley Gay uses a secret potion to impose his strong views of marriage on his flock, the results are unexpected.
Cast:
- Bishop of Chelsea/Grosvenor....John Fleming
- Jessie Lightly....Cathy Sara
- Sir Caractacus Lightly....Christopher Scott
- The Reverend Stanley Gay....Paul Downing
- W S Gilbert....Jonathan Coy
- Zorah....Gillian Goodman
Episode 3 - 21.05.2003 - The Burglar's Story - Theodore's education is worth any sacrifice by his parents, petty crooks, the Belvawneys. But his chosen career is cut abruptly short by a series of incidents even they could not have envisaged.
Cast:
- Belinda Stoneleigh....Alexandra Lilley
- John Davis....Stephen Boswell
- Lucretia Belvawney....Anny Tobin
- Septimus Belvawney....John Webb
- Stoneleigh....Kim Durham
- Theodore Belvawney....Michael Onslow
- W S Gilbert....Jonathan Coy
Episode 4 - 28.05.2003 - Wide Awake - Unworldly Harold Symperson, boasts of his fortune until he falls victim to his relatives' clever plot to engage him to his spinster cousin.
Cast:
- Aunt Sparrow/Bridget....Joanna Wake
- Barber/James Sparrow....Tom George
- Georgiana Sparrow....Julia Hills
- Harold Symperson....Richard Derrington
- John Sparrow....Jamie Chapman
- Uncle Sparrow....Chris Emmett
Episode 5 - 04.06.2003 - Mr Foster's Good Fairy - Confectioner, Cyril Foster finds himself haunted by his past, until a fairy steps off one of his cakes and offers him an escape.
Cast:
- Cyril Foster....Ian Brooker
- Fairy....Sara Coward
- Jake/Lord Portico/Policeman....Lennox Greaves
- Lady Foster....Sara Coward
- Mr Bortle/Samuel/Sergeant...David Bannerman
- W S Gilbert....Jonathan Coy