Martin Freeman to star in Radio 3’s autumn drama season
BBC Radio 3 is set to broadcast an adaptation of B S Johnson’s novel The Unfortunates, starring Sherlock actor Martin Freeman, as part of its autumn drama season.
The drama will comprise eighteen sections, which will be broadcast in a random order. The original book featured 27 chapters, with a first and last chapter specified but the remaining 25 designed to be read in any order.
Meanwhile, Radio 3 will also broadcast four plays under the title of The Great Game. The plays were originally performed at the Tricycle Theatre and trace the history of the war in Afghanistan from the 1840s to present day.
Radio 3’s autumn line-up will also include new productions of Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, which will star Damian Lewis and Greta Scacchi, and Brian Friel’s Faith Healer,starring Phil Daniels.
Radio 3 head of speech Abigail Appleton said: “Radio 3 drama is the perfect medium to engage listeners’ imaginations and we’re delighted to have been able to cast some outstanding actors who will do justice to these stories.”
Other plays in the season include new works by Sarah Daniels, who has penned Social Work, and Melissa Murray, who has written Perpetual Light.
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