Monday 11 July 2022

Thomas Hardy - The Return Of The Native


THOMAS HARDY - THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE (320kbs-m4a/394mb/2hrs51mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th to 28th November 2018

Thomas Hardy's 1878 Wessex novel about love and longing dramatised in three-parts by David Calcutt.

Traditional music arranged and performed by Chris Leslie.

Director: Rosemary Watts

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.

THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE - 1. WAITING (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th November 2018

While Eustacia Vye waits on Egdon Heath for her erstwhile lover Damon Wildeve , his fiancee Tamsin Yeobright has been jilted at the altar.

David Calder stars as Thomas Hardy, Emma Fielding as Eustacia Vye, Adam Godley as Clym Yeobright, Timothy Watson as Damon Wildeve, Ben Crowe as Diggory Venn, Cathy Sara as Tamsin Yeobright, Annette Badland as Mrs Yeobright, Gerry Hinks as Granfer Cantle, Stephen Tomlin as Timothy Fairway, Sunny Ormonde as Susan Nunsuch, Ben Tibber as Johnny Nunsuch, Martin Reeve as Humphrey, Oliver Hembrough as Christian Cantle and Martyn Read as Captain Vye.

THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE - 2. THE RETURN (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 27th November 2018

Clym Yeobright has returned from Paris. A contrived meeting between him and Eustacia has sparked a mutual interest.

Is he the man she's been dreaming of?

David Calder stars as Thomas Hardy, Emma Fielding as Eustacia Vye, Adam Godley as Clym Yeobright, Timothy Watson as Damon Wildeve, Ben Crowe as Diggory Venn, Cathy Sara as Tamsin Yeobright, Annette Badland as Mrs Yeobright, Gerry Hinks as Granfer Cantle, Stephen Tomlin as Timothy Fairway, Sunny Ormonde as Susan Nunsuch, Martin Reeve as Humphrey, Oliver Hembrough as Christian Cantle and Martyn Read as Captain Vye.

THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE - 3. THE RESURGENCE (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th November 2018

Eustacia's disappointment over Clym's intention to stay on Egdon Heath and the resurgence of her passion for Damon Wildeve threaten to blight all their lives.

David Calder stars as Thomas Hardy, Emma Fielding as Eustacia Vye, Adam Godley as Clym Yeobright, Timothy Watson as Damon Wildeve, Ben Crowe as Diggory Venn, Cathy Sara as Tamsin Yeobright, Annette Badland as Mrs Yeobright, Gerry Hinks as Granfer Cantle, Stephen Tomlin as Timothy Fairway, Sunny Ormonde as Susan Nunsuch, Martin Reeve as Humphrey, Oliver Hembrough as Christian Cantle, Martyn Read as Captain Vye and Ben Tibber as Johnny Nonsuch.

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