Everything is Thunder - Michael Robson - BBC Saturday Night Theatre

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[@ericfry5759]

This play is not for the Classic Drama listener. It’s a sort of paperback novel, that moves along at a good rate, and doesn’t get bogged down. We have a hero, a baddy, a femme fatale, an assortment of dubious persons, a large variety of sound effects, and international travel. I enjoyed the ride. Thanks ..Eric

[@lauralaladarling3775]

Thank you for uploading. I really enjoyed the suspension and adventures. Xx

[@jeremypearson6852]

“What would happen to HK without the monarchy?” I think we know the answer to that now. An expat in S Florida.

[@Lakeslover1]

A real adventure!

[@zoyablake9538]

Less than a month ago Lewis was a complacent and relatively useful member of the community. He was 40 and his life seemed perfectly planned. But it only takes a redundancy, a trip to France and an obsession with a beautiful women to turn his life upside down...

[@waynegeordiesdad648]

Thank you Zoya Cheers from Canada North

[@sophiachavez3377]

Thanks for telling everyone the plot.

[@nanettew4398]

@@sophiachavez3377😂

[@ceciliamurphy1518]

Enjoyed every moment. Looking forward to sequel.

[@ccammor8474]

Reminded me of The 39 Steps. A comically improbable story but fun all the same.

[@angelalalley7593]

Yes, I thought it was Hitchcockian!

[@garyboyle695]

Seriously? What a stupid comment. Do some research into the author, see his background, what he achieved. His writing was based on his reality.

[@janebrown7231]

Don't miss the news afterwards! 1:30. Who remembers Red Adair successfully capping the Bravo rig blowout in the North Sea in 1977? A little bonus there! Thanks again for another enjoyable upload. 😊

[@grimtt]

Did the BBC present a radio play based on the Bravo rig story? I wasn’t alive then but seems like I have heard a radio drama story along those lines…

[@dicostigan1449]

You have just jogged my memory . . . a joke about Ginger Rogers and Red Adair going the rounds in a tiny ex-pat community . . . looking back, 1977 was the beginning of the end of our Western Christian culture. Sad. Very, very sad.

[@janebrown7231]

@@dicostigan1449 I don't remember that joke, but I can see how it might work!

[@janebrown7231]

@grimtt The BBC did a 'Sound Portrait' short series on oil rigs... not quite a drama, but an impression of life and events. Maybe you remember this? Oil Rig BBC Radio 4 First broadcast: Wed 24th Aug 1977, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM A sound portrait of a visit. Earlier this year the blow-out on a North Sea drilling platform, tackled so excitingly by Red Adair and his team, was a timely reminder of the dangerous conditions under which our North Sea prosperity is won. In this shortened version of the programme broadcast in February on Radio 3, a BBC team records in sound and voices the experience of living on board an exploration rig. "A devastating impression of reality." (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH) (Stereo/Binaural) (The full binaural effect of this programme can be achieved by listening through stereo headphones)

[@janebrown7231]

Saturday-Night Theatre: Everything is Thunder First broadcast: Sat 30th Apr 1977, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM by Michael Robson. [Starring] Daniel Massey as Lewis Harper, with Patricia Gallimore as Natasha Arabin, Gabriel Woolf as David Waring and Anthony Newlands as Max van Lindt. "Less than a month ago I was a complacent and relatively useful member of the community. My life was orderly and pleasurable. At 40 I was a man who might not go far, but I'd gone far enough to meet my never too outlandish requirements. Then one Monday afternoon in April, I was summoned to the Managing Director's office ... and my descent into hell began.... " (Rptd: Mon 3.5) Contributors Writer: Michael Robson Director/Producer: David Spenser Lewis Harper: Daniel Massey Natasha Arabin: Patricia Gallimore David Waring: Gabriel Woolf Max van Lindt: Anthony Newlands Alec Garrard: William Eedle Charlie Everest: Hugh Manning Maryse Everest: Nicolette McKenzie Sally Richardson: Shirley Dixon Choi-Sang Cheng: Eric Young Chief Inspector Murray: Peter Craze Helen Lee: Sheila Grant Ah Fat Chow: Christopher Kum Captain: Bruce Beeby [Actor]: John Wu [Actor]: Rex Wei Source: Radio Times

[@grimtt]

👍Thanks for this!

[@janebrown7231]

@@grimtt My pleasure!

[@Angela-cc1hd]

Entertaining but what a Fool Lewis is falling for every trick in the book 🙄

[@jacksonburnette762]

Very entertaining.

[@colinglass1342]

Its so funny i don't watch tv any more now that I have these marvourless audio plays dramas to listen to 🐸🧐🤡💬Can anyone or does anyone have a RECORDING A copy of THE BBC RADIO 📻 THREE-PLAY "GARRISON HALIBUT" that they can down load. I HEARD IT BACK in 1976 on radio three I THINK IT WAS BROADCAST in 1976 DESCRIBED AS AN EXTRAVAGANA OF RADIO FUN AND IMAGINATION as i havant heard it since 1977 a true gem.

[@nellietv1968]

I enjoyed this. Is there any chance of uploading the sequel 'The Dark Banquet' as mentioned at the end.

[@jatrius]

The Dark Backward, I believe, but yes, I do hope that it's in the pipeline.

[@mattfreeman1572]

I'm desperate to hear 'The Dark Backward' (DB), as I love this play, utter nonsense but fun, however I understand that the sequel DB is "lost"?

[@grimtt]

@@jatrius, @Neil Beattie “The Dark Banquet “ is the sequel to “The Light that Failed”…

[@mathonamoore123]

@@grimtt hi, can you please explain? I loved this play mind you, it is more like an audio book but it is the best play I have heard here. I too, want to find part 2, that's how I ended up here but its only part one. Are the 2 you just mentioned parts 2 and 3 of 'Everything is Thunder'? Please, not that I will have any luck locating them. I will google the two titles that you just mentioned. God bless.

[@grimtt]

@@mathonamoore123 i apologize! The sequel to “Everything is Thunder” is “The Dark Backwards.” Then one poster mistyped and called it “The Dark Banquet”, so I was making a joke about “The Light that Failed” being followed by… Sorry, I know it didn’t make a lot of sense… I too have tried to find “The Dark Backwards “ but haven’t had any success. Maybe Chesterton Radio will be able to locate a copy and we can find out what happens in the end… 👍😊

[@fluffyfour]

Do you have the second part of this please? (The Dark Backward) I'm sure many of us would like to know what really happened.

[@mathonamoore123]

Hello, I was just about to ask that! It's 17th of September 2021 and I have just heard this today. I'm dying to listen to part two! I googled it and ended up here!! I also asked the other person, would they please post part two. I hope someone reads this and posts part 2. I also asked the other poster, how do they find these radio plays, in the first place because I want to hear ones from the 1940s from Australia, America and Canada too, just for a change. God bless, the care x

[@mrbazzabee4013]

Thanks Dear Uncle Chesterton.....even my 'Dolly' enjoyed that one tonight-Bless Her - On account of the lead mans unwavering stupidity !......and it's not really like her. Oh BTW....I shall be round 'Chesterton Manor' - next Friday night after Dolly's 5-A-Side All-In Cribbage tournament. Good Night Dear sweet Uncle Chesterton.

[@piotrwisniewski9478]

I generally like plays like this, but I found this one curiously unsatisfying, in spite of fine playing by Daniel Massey (some of the other acting was less competent than I expect from BBC radio of this period).

[@dizheller2101]

I found the story somewhat trite. 'Harper' behaves like the fact that he considers himself "in love" with the girl gives him the right to expect and demand certain responses from the girl. Immature, like at lovesick teenager.

[@mathonamoore123]

I found this brilliant!! It's a brilliant story and more like an audio book but I can't believe you don't like it!! The story is brilliant and I think it would make a blockbuster movie too!! I'm hoping for a part 2 to this story! Most people loved it but we can't all think alike! God bless.

[@incrediblesimilarity5858]

51 minutes into the program, and I pretty much fed up with Natasha. She's wishy-washy and can't make up her mind. She has no problem being between two men. Her beautiful appearance is blinding our hero. She has character flaws. Let's see how the rest of this play rolls out. Perhaps I'll change my opinion by the end of the story. ---------------- 35 minutes later into the story, and I was right with what I wrote up above. That woman was awful, I saw right through her. One good thing about my old age, I've learned a few things in life. Cheers! 😎😎⭐⭐

[@mrbazzabee4013]

Don't be shy Incy...say what you mean. Ha'.

[@ayferbektas7034]

I wonder how she is in Part II, The Dark Backward. Unfortunately, Part II isn't available. I couldn't find it.

[@grimtt]

I’m with you Inc Sim, while I’d go for further stories of our hero, I wasn’t too sad when it ended without our him “getting the girl.” In fact he acted a bit of a whiny butt about the whole thing, oh well! 😆And Bektas is right, the sequel to this story appears to be lost to posterity. Neat news presentation that followed though!

[@rosebud3971]

😊😊😊

[@andrewkendall7814]

Max seemed quite a reasonable bloke, whereas Lewis came across as quite the plonker.

[@rickorchard5190]

J

[@peterpunch8136]

Aaahh.. Natasha.... ZA chtou.!!!!!!!. (For What...!!!!)

[@suevans6436]

What a stupid story.

[@michaelynedwards1043]

Yes, had no respect for main character who stalks someone’s partner & wonders why he’s not welcome, what a jerk. Bet he winds up w/ Helen.

[@Angela-cc1hd]

What a stupid man lewis😮