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

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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!

[@clivefuller-hale5073]

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.

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[@christinecoates6518]

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.

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[@steviegaga]

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

[@paullewis2413]

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 .

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[@christinecoates6518]

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

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Really good afternoon story,much better than TV.well done

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Love radio dramas.keep them coming

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

[@muiresuilgorm3452]

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

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

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Wonderful play. Thank you for posting

[@camelia9802]

An excellent play - thanks for uploading.

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Great play, loved it, many thanks.xx

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[@Yossiloveu]

Wonderful, as usual❤🎉

[@nesanesa9547]

80 yo loved this so much ❤.Afraid i missed the point at the very end!!! Anybody??❤

[@joycarmichael1476]

😂Often happens to me. British radio plays often leave you like that

[@andrewhannah4331]

Love radio drama.great at bedtime

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

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

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

[@athenaathena1307]

Great story and performance. Thanks for sharing.

[@minzygreen1167]

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

[@tuxedomask7071]

Funny how John Bentley doesn't sound like himself at all. Great acting!

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[@MsDormy]

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

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Thank you once again 👍👍

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Great ,...thank You!!!

[@riverbilly64]

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?! 🤔

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

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Wonderful

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

[@2msvalkyrie529]

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 !!

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Great stuff

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

[@2msvalkyrie529]

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 ? ?.

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Great play

[@Patzgtr]

Loved this. Great story.

[@tomb4496]

Brilliant

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so enjoyable

[@2msvalkyrie529]

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

[@franzelias5368]

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]

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

[@janebrown7231]

(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]

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]

@@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.

[@lavenderfields929]

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

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❤❤❤

[@juliam7056]

entertaining !

[@jamesmason8052]

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

[@anaderol5408]

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

[@tobytobias136]

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

[@jamesmatthews4151]

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]

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

[@richardw3470]

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

[@kerryh3833]

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

[@richardw3470]

@@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.)

[@katyvdb5993]

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]

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

[@indigobunting2431]

I have trouble following the story.

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

Some priest!

[@maureenhumphries8607]

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

[@burnettis1]

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

[@stevebryce54]

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

[@TSquared2001]

Penelope Wilton?

[@burnettis1]

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

[@bertspeggly4428]

Capper's voice is so abrasive and annoying I almost stopped listening.