Stephen Oliver's opening theme music to the BBC's 1981 radio serialisation of J R R Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings', dramatised by Brian Sibley and Michael Bakewell

The Lord of the Rings (Main Theme)

A Cautionary Tale for Christmas Showing that it is Better to Give than to Receive, written by BRIAN SIBLEY and starring PENELOPE KEITH as Miss Cynthia Bracegirdle with TIMOTHY BATESON as Mr Graball of Graball, Twister and Fleesum. Directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977

...And Yet Another Partridge In A Pear Tree

Cecil B DeMille interviews Walt Disney. From Lux Radio Theatre show 'Song of Songs' which aired on CBS on 1937-12-20. The complete show has a length of 56:23 and is available via the Internet Archive (track 38, 'Song of Songs'). The interview starts at 46:47 and runs until 50:40.

[Disney] Snow White: Walt and DeMille / Premiere / Oscars

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Interview with Walt Disney by Cecil B. DeMille (1937)

[Sibley/Tolkien] The Lord of the Rings: Microphones In Middle Earth

Hype!

Sunday March 8th 1981

Peter Woodthorpe's Gollum

Working Together

Michael Hordon & Sir Robert Stevens

Casting

The Power of Music

"Intercutting..."

"How Did You Know?!"

Bakshi's Interpretation

"It's a Magical Story..."

Ray Bradbury's THE SCYTHE dramatised by Brian Sibley with John Guerrasio, Bryony Glasgow, Hugh Dickson, Barbara Barnes and Barclay Wright. Introduced by Ray Bradbury and directed by Tabitha Potts. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 4 December 1997

The Scythe [Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre]

The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M Boston, Dramatised by Brian Sibley. Starring Patricia Routledge with Dominic Childs, Bobby Williams, Jennifer Wheelan, Nicholas Hoult, Gavin Muir, Elizabeth Bell, Tom George and Gemma Saunders. Music by the Fratelli Brothers. Directed by Marilyn Imrie and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday 18 December 1999 (15:00-16:30)

The Children of Green Knowe

Peter Cushing talks to Brian Sibley

Marge Champion talks to Brian Sibley
Tuesday, 10 November 2009 at 00:04

Marge Champion talks to Brian Sibley (2009)

The Woodland Gospels by JEREMY LLOYD, Dramatised for Radio by BRIAN SIBLEY. Starring David Langton, Jeremy Lloyd, Clive Swift, Nigel Davenport, Beryl Reid and Leslie Phillips.
Produced by Graham Gauld. Directed by John Forrest.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 FM, 23 December 1984 at 18:15

The Woodland Gospels – According To Captain Beaky And His Band

DANNY, CHAMPION OF THE WORLD by Roald Dahl, dramatised by Brian Sibley, with Jack Dee, Nick Robinson, Andrew Sachs, Bill Treacher, Hywel Bennett, Crawford Logan and Cast. Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 23 & 24 December 1999.  Directed by John Taylor.

Danny Champion of the World (Part 1)

THE ILLUSTRATED MAN by Ray Bradbury with Iain Glen (The Illustrated Man), Jamie Parker (The Youth), Elaine Claxton (The Tattoo Witch), Wilf Scolding (The Driver), Stephen Hogan (Smith), Patrick Kennedy (Brayling & Brayling II), Nell Heron (Mink), Heather Craney (Mother), Clive Hayward (Father), Lucy Hutchinson (Anna),  Jaimi Barbakoff (Stone), Alec Newman (Holliss), John P. Arnold (Applegate) and Craig Ells (Stimpson). Directed by Gemma Jenkins. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014

[Sibley/Bradbury] The Illustrated Man (2015 Repeat)

The Illustrated Man

THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T H White Dramatised by Brian Sibley 
Part 6: The Candle in the Wind with Paul Ready as King Arthur, David Warner as Merlyn and Cast

[Sibley] The Once and Future King

The Once and Future King – Part 6: The Candle in the Wind

THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T H White Dramatised by Brian Sibley
Part 5: The Lengthening Shadow with Paul Ready as Arthur, David Warner as Merlyn and Cast

The Once and Future King – Part 5: The Lengthening Shadow

THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T H White Dramatised by Brian Sibley
Part 4: The Ill-made Knight with Paul Ready as Arthur, David Warner as Merlyn and Cast

The Once and Future King – Part 4: The Ill-made Knight

THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T H White Dramatised by Brian Sibley
Part 3: The Queen of Air and Darkness with Paul Ready as Arthur, David Warner as Merlyn and Cast

The Once and Future King – Part 3: The Queen of Air and Darkness

THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T H White Dramatised by Brian Sibley
Part 2: The Sword in the Stone with Paul Ready as Arthur, David Warner as Merlyn and Cast

The Once and Future King – Part 2: The Sword in the Stone

THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T H White Dramatised by Brian Sibley
Part 1: The Coming of Merlyn with Paul Ready as Arthur, David Warner as Merlyn and Cast

The Once and Future King – Part 1: The Coming of Merlyn

TITUS GROAN, the second part of Mervyn Peake's 'Titus' novels, dramatised by Brian Sibley.  Starring Sting, Freddie Jones, Bernard Hepton, Judi Parfitt, Eleanor Bron, David Warner, Judy Parfitt, Sheila Hancock, Maurice Denham, Robert Eddison, Cyril Shaps, Hilda Schroeder, Jill Lidstone. Directed by Glyn Daerman. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984. Winner of the Sony Radio Award for Best Dramatisation (Brian Sibley) and Best Radio Production (Glyn Dearman); nominated for Best Actor (Bernard Hepton).

[Sibley] Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Novels: 1 - Titus Groan

Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Novels: 1 - Titus Groan

Fantasy novelist, TERRY PRATCHETT in conversation with BRIAN SIBLEY
Unedited interview conducted for BBC World Service 7 November 1995
Producer: Nick Rankin

Terry Pratchett – The Master of Discworld

ADRIANA CASELOTTI answers questions about her vocal role as Snow White in a tape recording made for BRIAN SIBLEY on 5 June 1987 as part of his research for a book marking the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney's SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

Snow White Speaks! Adriana Caselotti answering questiions for Brian Sibley

ADRIANA CASELOTTI singing for BRIAN SIBLEY: 'Bésame Mucho', 'Strangers in the Night', 'Harbor Lights', 'Autumn Leaves', Beyond the Reef' (both vocals), 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco' and 'I'm Wishing'. The first six tracks were recorded in November 1986 when Caselotti was seventy; the sixth recording (made for the Fantasyland Wishing Well in Disneyland, California) was recorded in 1983 when she was age sixty-seven.

Adriana Caselotti Sings!

BBC Radio feature about the creator of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' and the books in Famous Railway series. Written and presented by BRIAN SIBLEY, with contributions from Wilbert AWDRY, Margret AWDRY, Christopher AWDRY, Richard Awdry and Britt ALLCROFT. Readings by Alison DRAPER. Produced by John FORREST
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 15 May 1986

The Thomas the Tank Engine Man

The Night of the New Moon
Dramatised for Radio by Brian Sibley from the book by Laurens Van Der Post (as adapted by Peter Bevan) 
with Sir Laurens Van Der Post (Storyteller), David Collings (Laurens Van Der Post in 1945 and in the TV interview), Togo Igawa (Dr Yashiro & Commandant Haruchi), Hugh Dickson (Nichols), David Ashton (Donaldson),  Richard Rees (Sgt Mori),  Michael Tudor Barnes (TV Interviewer, USA), Ken Cumberlidge (TV Producer, USA), Ian Michie (Studio Manager, USA); Japanese Myth and haikus read by Megumi Shimanuki; other parts played by Vincent Wong,  Chua Kah Joo and Eva Stuart
Directed for BBC Radio 4 by Richard Imison, broadcast: 15 September 1988

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