And more French Rev on the radio on saturday 26th and 2nd...

[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

The filmscript for the film that Richard (Gandhi) Attenborough has never managed to get made, on Tom Paine in the American and French revolutions, is being broadcast in two parts as radio plays, 2.30-4pm BST (British Summer Time) this saturday 26th July, and next sat, 2nd August. "These Are The Times" by Trevor Griffiths. The first part is the American war of Independence, the Second part, on the 2nd, the part covering the Revolution (Paine was sentenced to death in Britain for sedition, fled to France, was elected to the Convention, then sentenced to death there as well!). There's an interview with Trevor Griffiths on the script - which he's spent 20 years on - online, on the BBC website ' listen again facility - it'll be up there till monday. Front Row, Tuesday 22nd, about 14 minutes into the programme. http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:a1_SLsISdAoJ:www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/past_programmes.shtml+these+are+the+times+radio+4+part+two&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=safari
The plays themselves should be available online for 7 days after broadcast.

Comments

[jonahmama.livejournal.com]

Wow - thanks for posting this, I really want to listen to this! You might also post this on early_republic (American Revolution community).

I've often thought Tom Paine's life would make a great film, but didn't realize someone had a script done. Wonder why it's never been made here. HBO had some success with "John Adams" - it seems a natural choice for them to follow up by making this script. Hmmm... might look into this at some point.