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The Evelyn Waugh BBC Radio Drama Collection

By: Evelyn Waugh,Jeremy Front
Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff,Ben Miles,Emilia Fox,full cast,Kieran Hodgson,Paul Ready,Rory Kinnear,Tim McInnerny,Toby Jones,Tom Hollander
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Summary

Evelyn Waugh is one of the pre-eminent English novelists of the 20th century. This collection comprises six of his finest works, dramatised by award-winning writer Jeremy Front. 

Decline and Fall
Paul Pennyfeather, an earnest, scholarly Oxford student, knows nothing of 1920's high-life – until one night he encounters The Bollinger Club.... This darkly comic romp set in the early Jazz Age stars Kieran Hodgson, John Sessions, Emilia Fox and Tom Hollander.

Brideshead Revisited
During the Second World War, a disillusioned Captain Charles Ryder finds himself posted to Brideshead Castle: the scene of the happiest years of his life and the beginnings of his friendship with Sebastian Flyte. A classic tale of life, love and a forgotten era, starring Ben Miles, Jamie Bamber, Anne-Marie Duff and Toby Jones.

Scoop
Hapless journalist William Boot is mistakenly sent to report on a war in Africa, where he finds love and ends up in the middle of a revolution... Waugh’s celebrated satire of newspaper life stars Rory Kinnear and Tim McInnerny.

Sword of Honour (The Waugh Trilogy)
This three-part dramatisation of Waugh’s satirical masterpiece follows the comic adventures of Guy Crouchbank during World War II. In Men at Arms, Guy is scarred by a broken marriage and searching for a purpose to live. When war breaks out, he feels he may have at last found a cause worth fighting for. Officers and Gentlemen sees Guy sent home in disgrace following a misbegotten raid in Dakar. But his next posting takes him somewhere totally unexpected.... In Unconditional Surrender, Guy is beginning to lose his idealism about the war – but his military career is revived with selection for a mission to Italy. 

Winner of Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) at the 2014 BBC Audio Drama Awards, this moving trilogy stars Paul Ready as Guy with Tim McInnerny as the Narrator, Tim Pigott-Smith as Brigadier Ritchie-Hook, Lee Ingleby as Trimmer and Lydia Leonard as Virginia.

Text copyright © Evelyn Waugh 1928 (Decline and Fall), 1938 (Scoop), 1945 (Brideshead Revisited), 1952 (Men at Arms), 1955 (Officers and Gentlemen), 1961 (Unconditional Surrender). All rights reserved.

Dramatised by Jeremy Front

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 October-10 November 2013

©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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a comprehensive collection from bbc archive

this collection of dramatisation from the BBC Archive has given me a great introduction to Waugh's main works. terrific cast of actors. brideshead is my favourite but the Men at arms trilogy is an insight into WW2. very interesting. great to have them all in one place.

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Excellence in Audio

Once again does The BBC entwine is in its web of dreams! With a magnificent cast and the Emperor of the written word, we are transported with eager precision back to the land of The mind of Evelyn Waugh! Well done BBC and Audible! You have done it again!

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Simply, the Best!

Classic Waugh story describing the son of an ancient Catholic family returning to England to fight in the Second World War. Waugh would have loved to have been Crouchback, one feels.

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A wonderful dramatisation

A worthy addition to any Audible collection. I thoroughly recommend to anyone wanting to discover Waugh.

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Avoid this adaptation like the plague!

The difference between this adaptation and the narration (also available on Audible), by Jeremy Irons, is the difference between Brideshead Castle and a plaster, potemkim reproduction.

Not only does the adaptation lose most of the priceless Waugh narrative but the acting is lightweight and flimsy.

It may appear good value to get three Waugh novels for the price of one but in reality you get none.

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not my cup of tea

thought I'd enjoy it. I didn't. perhaps too outdated for me. I found the acting wooden at times.

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Not as good as the originals

Although we’ll done, these adaptations lose a lot of the original wit. Even the best scriptwriter can’t do Waugh better than Waugh. Rather listen to the originals. Decline and Fall is very funny, as is Scoop. Men at Arms is a brilliant evocation of World War 2.

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Utterly wonderful

I could listen to the whole thing on loop. famous voices throughout, masterfully adapted. pure nostalgia

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Better indexing please

V well produced and dramatised
With more than one novel, chapter headings/book titles rather than just numbers essential

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Fantastic stories, cast and dramatisation!

I love Evelyn Waugh, have read all of his books and these dramatisations were just perfect. my only complaint is that they ended too soon.

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