A collection of fullcast dramas and readings from the giant of travel writing plus a bonus documentary
Author and adventurer Bruce Chatwin was one of the 20th Centurys most charismatic writers His first book In Patagonia changed the face of travel writing and made him a literary sensation Collected here are dramatisations and readings of some of his bestknown work as well as a bonus programme shedding light on his relationships and writing
In Patagonia Chatwins picaresque masterpiece has been described as probably the most influential travel book written since the war This transportive dramatisation stars Russell Tovey as a writer on a quest to the very end of the world in search of mythical beasts
On the Black Hill Recorded on location in the Black Mountains this is the moving tale of the lifelong bond between two identical twins and their unbreakable tie to the land they farm Ioan Meredith stars as Lewis and Benjamin Jones
What Am I Doing Here Patrick Malahide reads five essential pieces taken from Chatwins posthumous collection of essays In The Volga Your Fathers Eyes Are Blue Again The Bey The Albatross and Konstantin Melnikov we are taken on a cruise down Russias great brown waterway on the Maxim Gorky hear of hope regained and share a toast to fantastic projects realised and unrealised
The Songlines Michael Siberry reads this 10part abridged account of Chatwins travels across Australia in search of the Aboriginal songlines invisible pathways that are both intricate sources of personal identity and territorial markers
The Essay Postcards Bruce Chatwin Chatwins editor and biographer Susannah Clapp looks through the postcards she received from him over the years reflecting on what these missives reveal about the iconic writer
Cast and credits
Written by Bruce Chatwin
Text copyright Bruce Chatwin 1977 In Patagonia 1982 On the Black Hill 1987 The Songlines
What Am I Doing Here copyright The Estate of Bruce Chatwin 1989
In Patagonia
Cast Russell Tovey David Sterne Noni Lewis Hasan Dixon Melissa Vaughan Ewan Bailey Florencia Cordeu Helen Schlesinger Julio Galn
Directed by Ciaran Bermingham
Adapted by Sebastian Bazckiewicz
Production Coordinator Jenny Mendez
Piano Satoshi Kubo
Sound Keith Graham and Jenni Burnett
With thanks to Susannah Clapp
First broadcast BBC Radio 4 6 Aug 2023
On the Black Hill
Cast Ioan Meredith Gwen Watford Ian Hogg Robin Davies Gerald James June Barrie Dorien Thomas Sue Broomfield Sue Soames Peter Howell Huw Tudor Matthew Routley Simon Price Claire Watkins Sian Watkins
Directed on location in the Black Mountains by Adrian Mourby BBC Wales
Dramatised by Charles Way with Robert Blythe
First broadcast BBC Radio 4 2 Mar 1987
The Volga
Read by Patrick Malahide
First broadcast BBC Radio 3 1112 May 1989
What Am I Doing Here
Read by Patrick Malahide
First broadcast BBC Radio 3 3 Sep 1990
Konstantin Melnikov
Read by Patrick Malahide
First broadcast BBC Radio 3 10 Sep 1990
The Songlines
Abridged in ten episodes by David Buck
Read by Michael Siberry
First broadcast BBC Radio 4 22 Jun3 Jul 1987
The Essay Postcards Bruce Chatwin
Presented by Susannah Clapp
First broadcast BBC Radio 3 1 Jul 2009
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