Four Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas

The Crack

A four-part series of interwoven dramas, set in Liverpool over a long weekend 
 
Friday by Tracy Aston – Edith and Albert are on the run: Edith from the Old Folks' Home and Albert from his family and fast-approaching insanity. Having discovered Albert talking to a dead body in the cathedral gardens, Edith takes him away from the scene and under her wing. Starring Patricia Hayes as Edith and Michael Angelis as Albert. 
 
Saturday by Pat Anderson – Working at the barber's, Carol's body clock is ticking, like a time bomb waiting to go off. Her boyfriend's answering machine mocks her, and God deserts her. Carol's life is about to change. Starring Cathy Tyson as Carol. 
 
Sunday by Stephen Butchard – Joe was a priest. Mary is his mother. Joe has taken work in a local bookies and become the topic of local gossip. Even a murder on the community's doorstep can't shift him from the spotlight. Starring Michael Christopher as Joe. 
 
Monday by Jeff Young – Eddie, alias ‘Edward the Confessor’, is a petty thief and seller of chocolates and bin bags. Separated from his wife and daughter, he searches after recognition. There's been a murder in town and, if nicking chocolates hasn't made him ‘someone’, then maybe his next confession will. Starring Alan Igbon as Eddie.

A four-part series of interwoven dramas, set in Liverpool over a long weekend 
 
Friday by Tracy Aston – Edith and Albert are on the run: Edith from the Old Folks' Home and Albert from his family and fast-approaching insanity. Having discovered Albert talking to a dead body in the cathedral gardens, Edith takes him away from the scene and under her wing. Starring Patricia Hayes as Edith and Michael Angelis as Albert. 
 
Saturday by Pat Anderson – Working at the barber's, Carol's body clock is ticking, like a time bomb waiting to go off. Her boyfriend's answering machine mocks her, and God deserts her. Carol's life is about to change. Starring Cathy Tyson as Carol. 
 
Sunday by Stephen Butchard – Joe was a priest. Mary is his mother. Joe has taken work in a local bookies and become the topic of local gossip. Even a murder on the community's doorstep can't shift him from the spotlight. Starring Michael Christopher as Joe. 
 
Monday by Jeff Young – Eddie, alias ‘Edward the Confessor’, is a petty thief and seller of chocolates and bin bags. Separated from his wife and daughter, he searches after recognition. There's been a murder in town and, if nicking chocolates hasn't made him ‘someone’, then maybe his next confession will. Starring Alan Igbon as Eddie.

Simon Armitage

Jeff Young

Christopher Eccleston

Kirsty Wark

Full Cast

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

A combination of verse from Simon Armitage and prose from Jeff Young lends a voice to the chain of events depicted on the famous Bayeux Tapestry. This production chronicles the history surrounding the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the ascension of Duke William of Normandy to the English throne. 
 
Harold, Duke of Wessex, takes the English throne, despite Edward the Confessor's wish that William Duke of Normandy should be his heir. Seeking retribution, William sails to England and heads his troops towards Hastings, where the battle eventually concludes with Harold's death by an arrow shot to the eye. Poetry and prose are interspersed with war correspondent-style reports on the action. As the royal dukes ponder their lot, assorted commoners of the day discuss fear, heroism and grief.

Jeff Young

Books by Jeff Young

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