Late Call - Angus Fraser - BBC Saturday Night Theatre

Saturday Night Theatre was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4. The strand showcased feature-length, middle-brow single plays on Saturday evenings for more than 50 years, having been launched in April 1943. The plays featured in the strand included stage plays, book adaptations and original dramatisations. For most of its history, programmes ran for 90 minutes and were largely entertainment-centred, such as thrillers, comedies and mysteries.
Saturday Night Theatre was noted as the major drama of the week on BBC Radio 4, until it was scrapped as a programme strand in 1996. Shorter plays continued to be broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday evenings from 1996 until the relaunch of the channel's schedule in April 1998 by James Boyle, when single dramas were removed from the Saturday evening schedule. Since 1998, the main weekly play on the station has been The Saturday Play, a daytime programme that runs for 60-90 minutes.
There have since been campaigns to bring back Saturday Night Theatre, but in the context of BBC budget cuts, that have included the 2010 axing of Radio 4's Friday Play (established in 1998, when Saturday Night Theatre was abolished), any return looks unlikely.
Originally Broadcast 11/1/1969
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[@clivefuller-hale5073]

Brian Haines was a personal friend of mine and he had a long career in radio drama...he told me about recording this play!

[@user-ik7ql3lj4h]

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[@hermajesty52]

how exciting

[@davidskeeterskeeter1835]

Looking forward to this friends,😀👏👏👏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@mckavitt13]

So am I!

[@elaineedgar2913]

I persevered only because of ‘Steve’ but the ghastly pseudo Americanised child’s voice, finished me.

[@kellygnow1]

Thank you.

[@celiacoyle7218]

Just because you find it "boring" might not be the play. Ever thought it might be you!

[@Hugh-er5qi]

Domestic tedium not so much boring as banal!

[@hermajesty52]

WORST child's voice EVER!! Good story though.

[@justinesugden5259]

😂 Should have left her out in the rain.

[@lindapreater840]

Enjoyed this

[@TheWendable]

Ok...giving it a go only because of your comment 😛.

[@clivejones1152]

The life of Mrs.C as she retires from keeping an hotel. Lots of trauma with husband and children but the wonderful Steve sees it through.

[@tracyandmichaelrowlands3291]

Cc. I cccivvcvciv. Bnn::vvv'vcvcvvvvvvb

[@roderickfernandez5382]

I love this story it was my second listening but I can't stand the way they treat the grandmother some of them and the Sun is a real pompous twit. Reminds me a bit of my granny

[@cousinsister69]

Unusual theme. Enjoyable. From Oz. 👇💜🙃

[@Lakeslover1]

Great listening

[@Angela-cc1hd]

Sound is not so good, unfortunately!

[@user-di2er6cw2j]

So she became happier without her husband?

[@charliesmith_]

Couldn't listen those passive aggressive boys.... brrr....

[@christinepratt5120]

The child’s voice was awful.

[@margaretormerod6943]

This story would have been better without that awful child's voice
Good story though.

[@elaineedgar2913]

Boring.