Malice At Autumn's End - John Hyatt - BBC Saturday Night Theatre

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  • Опубліковано 4 жов 2020
  • A scared woman in a Church sets the stage for a tale of murder and betrayal involving a priest's murky past, a retired policeman's vendetta, and a local coven. Can newly-minted Inspector Hegel untie the knot before a witch's curse is carried out?
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  • @dianecuster
    @dianecuster 9 місяців тому +12

    Talented speakers make such a difference in "storytelling". Thanks.

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  • @nicolejs9009
    @nicolejs9009 3 роки тому +22

    I love old radio shows like these. When I was a child in the 1970s I listened to Mystery Theater. In the last 10 years or so, I found apps in the play store with thousands of radio shows. I would've loved being alive during that time.

    • @kerryh3833
      @kerryh3833 3 роки тому +1

      What apps?

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      @nicolejs9009 3 роки тому +4

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      @nicolejs9009 3 роки тому +1

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  • @clivefuller-hale5073
    @clivefuller-hale5073 3 роки тому +52

    I corresponded with John Bentley over a 30 year period he had a long radio career going back to the mid 1930s plus many films and west end plays not to forget regional tours and television. He also had a fine singing voice. I had not heard this play before so a real bonus. Thank you for posting it.

  • @tinaanderson6853
    @tinaanderson6853 2 роки тому +33

    Superb writing, acting, sound effects and stories! I listen to these in my office whilst working or at home puttering about the house! Love listening to these in the evenings! Thank you for sharing these outstanding programs!

  • @christinecoates6518
    @christinecoates6518 3 роки тому +12

    Am just listening to this now on youtube.I listen to many dramas this way.This drama is very good and makes good listening on a rainy afternoon.

  • @paullewis2413
    @paullewis2413 2 роки тому +32

    So pleased I discovered this YT channel. Love listening to these old radio programmes, proves the point that the imagination can be better than seeing the narrative, of course strongly helped by real professionals who don´t blur their words like in so many modern dramas .

  • @christinecoates6518
    @christinecoates6518 2 роки тому +10

    What a great story.Witchcraft and murder all in one!!Great acting too.Nice armchair listening on a winter afternoon.

  • @margaretbanks8969
    @margaretbanks8969 3 місяці тому +2

    Wonderful

  • @lorrainevanlelyveld8065
    @lorrainevanlelyveld8065 3 роки тому +6

    ..... blotting paper 😏😏😏and autograph book!! That brings back lots of memories. And it's a long long long time ago. Love from South Africa. 😘😘

  • @steviegaga
    @steviegaga 2 роки тому +14

    Just wonderfully done. Story, radio play adaptation of it, cast, production. A treat. Thanks!

  • @muiresuilgorm3452
    @muiresuilgorm3452 3 роки тому +12

    Thanks, excellent, condensed, engrossing period drama. Just my thing.

  • @lauralaladarling3775
    @lauralaladarling3775 Рік тому +7

    Thank you so much for this UA-cam channel. A marvellous, mysterious and psychological thriller superbly narrated by all the actors, scene setting and captivating atmosphere. Xxx

  • @wendybothma3548
    @wendybothma3548 Рік тому +5

    Wonderful play. Thank you for posting

  • @riverbilly64
    @riverbilly64 Місяць тому

    12 June 2024 - Listening from the Beautiful Blue Grass region of Kentucky. Coffee, birds at the feeder, life is good. Great episode. “Witchcraft, the filthiest thing a copper ever had to soil his hands on.” Wonder if the boys and girls in blue hereabouts feel that way?! 🤔

  • @susanotway7875
    @susanotway7875 2 роки тому +9

    Excellent! Would recommend listening to it. Lots of drama and a great story.

  • @camelia9802
    @camelia9802 2 роки тому +6

    An excellent play - thanks for uploading.

  • @naughtystardust
    @naughtystardust 3 роки тому +5

    Cast in order if appearance:☺️unknown: john bentley.
    unknown: margot boyd
    produced by: norman wright
    the rev g k nicholson: john bentley
    sister alice: margot boyd
    vera: margaret wolfit
    barnard capper: john gabriel
    inspector hegel: wilfrid carter
    tom doyle: alan barry
    miss kraft: madi hedd

  • @MrBazzabee
    @MrBazzabee Рік тому +2

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  • @lyndaa7560
    @lyndaa7560 3 роки тому +9

    Great play, loved it, many thanks.xx

  • @lydiamarks8577
    @lydiamarks8577 3 роки тому +27

    Wonderful 👏🏻👏🏻 Listening to this made my Saturday morning so enjoyable whilst doing everyday tasks. Thank you so much for uploading 👍

  • @johnclarke2661
    @johnclarke2661 9 місяців тому +2

    Great play

  • @Katya-zj7ni
    @Katya-zj7ni 2 роки тому +5

    Wonderful play, acting is superb . Thank you for posting this .

  • @ayferbektas7034
    @ayferbektas7034 3 роки тому +9

    "She has more money than wrinkles." 🤣
    Well, for some people it's the other way around. 🤦‍♀️ 🙋‍♀️

  • @andrewhannah4331
    @andrewhannah4331 3 роки тому +10

    Love radio drama.great at bedtime

  • @mckavitt13
    @mckavitt13 3 роки тому +15

    Am just going to listen now. Can’t wait & don’t have long to. Bet this is going to be great, ***

  • @minzygreen1167
    @minzygreen1167 3 роки тому +19

    This is a brilliant play. Great story. Thank you. 🤗🤗

  • @tomb4496
    @tomb4496 Рік тому +3

    Brilliant

  • @jandeville325
    @jandeville325 9 місяців тому +1

    I so enjoy listening to these while I'm doing my artwork!

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  • @donwardell4605
    @donwardell4605 3 роки тому +10

    Good production values and strong microphone techniques (often forgotten and the core to drama)

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 2 роки тому +1

      Actors who had spent years in Rep learning their craft . Unlike our present crop who go straight from
      Drama school to TV screen . Vocal
      technique is completely neglected . They actually wear throat mics
      on stage !!

  • @Katya-zj7ni
    @Katya-zj7ni 2 роки тому +17

    Excellent. If anyone could write plays if this quality nowadays they’d make a fortune

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 2 роки тому +7

      Indeed ! But who would perform in them. ? Do you really think you could find a cast of that quality among our present crop of actors ? ?.

    • @katiedotson704
      @katiedotson704 6 місяців тому

      @@2msvalkyrie529 And who would listen? Current audiences want glitter, bling, and lewd behavior. There are only a handful of entertainers out there that have the intestinal fortitude to stand on their talent and skill, refusing to behave like a sex-crazed lunatic with a Christmas tree fetish.

  • @MinkaSchlossberger4ever
    @MinkaSchlossberger4ever 8 місяців тому +1

    Great ,...thank You!!!

  • @MsDormy
    @MsDormy 3 роки тому +21

    Awesome! This play is dynamite - first few moments and there’s a confessional and mention of black magic! Thank you so much!

  • @franzelias5368
    @franzelias5368 3 роки тому +6

    The voices are fantastic... but of course that's radio! I have to wonder if Frank Thornton (Are You Being Served?) didn't model himself on John Bentley :-)

    • @charlottedog5232
      @charlottedog5232 2 роки тому +1

      I noticed the same energy as Are You Being Served. Like you feel that energy yourself while watching or just listening.

  • @frankburbridge1258
    @frankburbridge1258 3 роки тому +6

    Thank you once again 👍👍

  • @ZELENKAPB
    @ZELENKAPB 3 роки тому +9

    Loved this. Great story.

  • @simonmcgrath4112
    @simonmcgrath4112 3 роки тому +9

    Great stuff

  • @JimmyChangE16
    @JimmyChangE16 3 роки тому +16

    I really enjoyed this one, great atmosphere and a real vintage feel to it.

  • @salllystone9719
    @salllystone9719 9 місяців тому

    Lovely mythological tale of creation coupled with your soothing voice. Thank you for easing my anxiety.

  • @elhamdaouiyassinejr9483
    @elhamdaouiyassinejr9483 2 роки тому +3

    so enjoyable

  • @2msvalkyrie529
    @2msvalkyrie529 8 місяців тому

    " Please help me Father ......I'm desperate. ! "
    " Call me Dan "
    " I'm desperate Dan ".

  • @nigeloakes1948
    @nigeloakes1948 Рік тому +1

    A bit silly but wonderfully enacted .

  • @lavenderfields929
    @lavenderfields929 5 місяців тому +1

    So enjoyable. So grounding in todays liberal society.🇦🇺

  • @juliam7056
    @juliam7056 2 роки тому +2

    entertaining !

  • @jamesmason8052
    @jamesmason8052 3 роки тому +5

    Great story but I thought in murder cases or death, priests weren’t obligated to keep silent

    • @anaderol5408
      @anaderol5408 3 роки тому +2

      Unless church laws have changed priests are not permitted to divulge information irrespective of. circumstances.

    • @tobytobias136
      @tobytobias136 2 роки тому +1

      Only thing above church law: State and Federal law. And there is the obligation to protect the innocent….

  • @richardw3470
    @richardw3470 3 роки тому +14

    Don't think I'd like to listen to this in bed--under the bed, maybe.

    • @kerryh3833
      @kerryh3833 3 роки тому +1

      Sooo... Not a good idea to use it to go to sleep?

    • @richardw3470
      @richardw3470 3 роки тому +2

      @@kerryh3833 Don't remember this but if it had my heart pounding reminiscent of the old horror movies of the 40-50s, I'd recommend listening in the high sun of noon. (Of course, those oldies are mild compared to the blood and gore of today's films - I suppose.)

  • @rosiemcnaughton9933
    @rosiemcnaughton9933 3 роки тому +2

    Some priest!

  • @jamesmatthews4151
    @jamesmatthews4151 3 роки тому +7

    I suspect that Mr. Kappa was finished off by Sis. Alice in order to protect the priest. Did anyone else take it that way, or do I misinterpret?

    • @dorissoler1987
      @dorissoler1987 10 місяців тому

      I can't think so because the priest will have his past exposed by the witch - she told him do earlier on.

  • @janebrown7231
    @janebrown7231 2 роки тому +2

    (Plot spoiler}
    Saturday-Night Theatre
    Sat 7th Feb 1970, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM
    Malice at Autumn's End by JOHN HYATT with John Bentley. Margot Boyd and John Gabriel
    • Faith and fear weren't enough for her, oh no. As Maiden of the Coven she put herself above such things. But to keep faith and fear alive in her followers she was ready to commit murder
    Cast in order of speaking:
    Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT (Repeated: Monday, 3.15 pm)
    Contributors
    Unknown:
    John Bentley.
    Unknown:
    Margot Boyd
    Produced By:
    Norman Wright
    The Rev G K Nicholson:
    John Bentley
    Sister Alice:
    Margot Boyd
    Vera:
    Margaret Wolfit
    Barnard Capper:
    John Gabriel
    Inspector Hegel:
    Wilfrid Carter
    Tom Doyle:
    Alan Barry
    Miss Kraft:
    Madi Hedd

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 2 роки тому +1

      John Hyatt wrote some very fine
      witty , intelligent dramas for radio.
      At that time. Today he's be lucky
      to get past the BBC doorman. Doesn't tick all the correct boxes !!

    • @janebrown7231
      @janebrown7231 2 роки тому

      @@2msvalkyrie529 Things have certainly changed. The BBC was unique in global broadcasting. It had the budget to commission the best actors, writers, producers and directors. The body of work created is absolutely amazing. We won't see that golden era again, but thank heavens the BBC maintained its archives so well.

  • @burnettis1
    @burnettis1 2 роки тому

    I was right
    I knew it was...
    Apart from Mrs. ANTHROPUS,
    from the Archers
    (Margaret Boyd}
    It was all so dull....!
    🤣

  • @TSquared2001
    @TSquared2001 3 місяці тому

    Penelope Wilton?

  • @stevebryce54
    @stevebryce54 9 місяців тому

    The direction was appalling. Dialogue was delivered at ‘jabber’ speed. Still can’t decide whether Capper was intended to be English, Irish or Welsh

  • @burnettis1
    @burnettis1 2 роки тому +2

    I lost interest
    Too many foolish subplots
    😜
    I did listen to the end...

  • @katyvdb5993
    @katyvdb5993 9 місяців тому

    I enjoyed this very much (though it's really too dark for a cosy armchair listen). However, at the risk of being irritatingly pedantic, no Anglo-Catholic clergyman could possibly be ignorant about St Hilda (1:21:21) who, far from being simply 'a virgin martyr', or indeed any kind of martyr, was the energetic and much-respected Abbess who presided over the Synod of Whitby. Small details like this do rather give away the fact that Nicholson is a script-writer's idea of a priest, not the real thing!

    • @netwitchtatjana4661
      @netwitchtatjana4661 8 місяців тому

      And he certainly didn't know the difference between witchcraft and satanism.

  • @maureenhumphries8607
    @maureenhumphries8607 20 днів тому +1

    I prefer listening to these plays than watching the woke rubbish on tv.