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Brian Sibley

12 days of Christmas thing

A celebration of Richmal Crompton's anarchic schoolboy, written and presented by BRIAN SIBLEY with JOHN McANDREW as William Brown. Produced  by Miriam Newman and first broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1984.

Just – William!

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

P L TRAVERS' Christmas Fable dramatised by BRIAN SIBLEY with music composed and performed by DAVID HEWSON. Starring WENDY HILLER as the Narrator, ALEC McCOWEN as the Fox and JENNY HOWE as the Mother with RICHARD PEARCE as the Child, RONALD HERDMAN as the Ass, DANNY SCHILLER as the Sheep, DANIELLE ALLEN as the Dove and MAXINE AUDLEY as the Cow. The Children were played by Sebastian Brennan, Dominic Gerrard and Ben Dell. Produced by GLYN DEARMAN and Directed by KAY PATRICK. First broadcast on BBC Radio 1990.

The Fox at the Manger

Miss Hargreaves by Frank Baker, Dramatised by Brian Sibley and starring Jean Anderson, David Swift, Dale Rapley, Nicholas Gilbrook, Jo Kendall, Elizabeth Mansfield, Leonard Fenton, Anna Cropper, Donald Gee, Christopher Good, David Gouge, Joe Matheson, Danny Schiller and Simon Treese. Music composed by Dave Hewson and played by the composer with Cindy Foster (Violin) and Rupert Parker (Harp) Directed by Glyn Dearman. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989

Miss Hargreaves – Part 2

Miss Hargreaves – Part 1

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

A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens, Dramatised by Brian Sibley with songs and original music by Nick Clark. Directed by Dave Millard and first staged by The Lansbury Players at the Emery Theatre in December 2003.

Cast: Di Barber, Christina Christodoulou, Keith Cummings, Peter Dunn, Noel O'Callaghan, Joyce Gambles, Lauren Hill, Christine Holliss, Richard Holliss, Robert Ingham, Dave Millard, Brian Sibley, Michelle Sansom, John Wain.

A Christmas Carol (Brian Sibley / Lansbury Players, 2003)

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

TERRY PRATCHETT in conversation with BRIAN SIBLEY
on the publication of 'The Hogfather'
Reader: STEPHEN THORNE
Producer: NICK RANKIN
First broadcast on 'Meridian', BBC World Service 
30 December 1996