I Am Lucy Wragby - BBC Saturday Night Theater - Nicholas Blake

Cecil Day-Lewis often writing as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake.
During World War II, Day-Lewis worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information for the UK government, and also served in the Musbury branch of the British Home Guard. He is the father of actor Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis.
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.
Do you enjoy the variety of Chesterton Radio shows? Please consider supporting us.
/ chestertonradio Join our family and access Patron-only podcasts
Shop.Chesterton...
Enjoy our shows anytime!
BBCSaturdayNigh...
Listen.Chestert...
Player.Chestert...
Orthodoxy.Chest...
EverlastingMan....
Eugenics.Cheste...
Distributism.Ch...
Gunsmoke.Cheste...
AveMariaHour.Ch...
Stations.Cheste...
GreatestStoryEv...
JackBenny.Chest...
ClassicFilms.Ch...
GrandOleOpry.Ch...
NationalBarnDan...
LesMiserables.C...
BraveNewWorld.C...
1984.Chesterton...
D-Day.Chesterto...
RerumNovarum.Ch...
Stations.Cheste...
Latin.Chesterto...
TheseAreOurMen....
ArchitectureCod...
Superman.Cheste...
GIJive.Chestert...
NocturneNightfl...

[@cynthiazeitner2098]

In a time when everyone seems too busy to find time to say vegetables and has taken to saying veggies instead I love hearing beautiful, interesting words, descriptions and dialogue that almost sounds like poetry! Its a Sunday dinner, Christmas morning and the 4th of July fireworks for the ears and the brain!!!

[@ChestertonRadio]

Thanks for listening. What a great description!

[@marionkeville1731]

@@ChestertonRadio love you guys so much

[@suspendeddisbelief401]

I know exactly what you mean. When reading a good book you realise just how many words have been lost or shortened. I particularly dislike 'kids' instead of children, why did baby goats seem a fitting replacement? Language is so wonderful, when used elaborately I'm often asked if "I've swallowed a dictionary". Shame.

[@mikewellwood1412]

I don't mind shortened words in general, but for some reason, that word "veggies" does irritate me; it sounds infantile somehow.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Nicholas Blake was the pen name used by Post Laureate Cecil Day Lewis ( yes ! Father of you know who ! ). He wrote a series of witty , stylish detective stories featuring Nigel Strangeways. Well worth reading !!

[@camelia9802]

A very good play indeed. Thanks for uploading 👍

[@davelawday6609]

Brilliant drama..thanks for sharing..regards Dave 😁👍👍👍👍

[@helenferullo5706]

Thank you so much. Thoroughly enjoyed this play 😊

[@clivejones1152]

A cold war spy thriller with nice domestic touches. Little Lucy really does play an important part in this exciting drama.

[@tottiemae2258]

Thank you for the excellent synopsis. 🙄

[@kronos458]

The play is based on 'The sad variety' Synopsis: Nigel Strangeways is asked by the Security department to guard Professor Wragby and his daughter. Wragby has a secret the Russians are out to get. But by the time Nigel arrives, the Russians have already kidnapped the Professor’s daughter. The Professor will do anything to get her back … and Strangeways is thrown into a bizarre game of hide-and-seek where the prizes are a terrified girl, a deadly secret and a slab in the morgue.

[@ayferbektas7034]

Thank you for the synopsis. 👍This is great. I am adding the actors:🙋‍♀️ genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3c9d6145d69c4279bf1f3dd5b087d99b

[@betsya7054]

Delightful! Now I have to find his novels

[@tracesprite6078]

Interesting and well acted.

[@lydiamarks8577]

👍👍 Thank you so much for uploading - most enjoyable.

[@dwndmc]

Thank you-very good!

[@colinglass7929]

Reminds me of Seance on a wet afternoon although in different circumstances well thought out play.

[@vizveebee]

Loved the portrayal of Lucy

[@kellygnow1]

Thank you.

[@Gillby47]

I greatly appreciate all downloads of radio plays but a synopsis of the play would be of more use than a description of the sad demise of radio plays.If I buy a book I don't just look at the title but at the description of the story to see if it would be one that I would enjoy. A pet hate is children being voiced by adult women,thank goodness this is no longer done.Having said all of this I do thank you for the opportunity to hear this play.

[@DenisePoole-Closet-Crafts]

Thank you for sharing 😀

[@arabellacox]

Love these old accents!

[@kayi9236]

Thank you, great drama, well acted.

[@Loredanaec]

Very good play - most enjoyable....jolly good show - say what!!?? 😂😂🌸

[@davidskeeterskeeter1835]

An absolute joy,,thank you so much 👏👏👏🇬🇧

[@jillianstokoe4697]

Excellent!

[@susiebaker1188]

excellent .thank you as always so very much appreciated.

[@euniceprobert9060]

Hi. AS you put the same info into every upload, please could you cut back on it and put a precis of the play, actors etc instead?

[@ChestertonRadio]

Thank you for listening. Glad you enjoy the plays. Information on some of these plays is limited. If you'd like to compile a list of actors, a synopsis or a review we'd be glad to share them with the rest of the Chesterton Radio family!

[@TedaR]

@@ChestertonRadio The info you do share is quite interesting & appreciated I myself just assumed that if you had play specifics you would include them, as you sometimes do. I imagine accurate info is not always easy to come by. TY for all you do for us Theater of the Mind folk! Cheers yall fr Nashville, TN!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

@ Eunice Probert Maybe he could send you a copy of the script with CV s of the actors attached ?

[@jansmith6121]

@@2msvalkyrie529 What’s with the snide remarks just because someone asks a legitimate question? I find the huge block of the same info over and over, along with the long lists of links to be fairly useless. It’s not the listener’s job to compile info or give a synopsis. And has anyone ever looked at those links? There’s one there about “eugenics”?????? Seriously? Do any of you even know what “eugenics” IS???? Every time anyone just asks if this so called Chesterton could a tiny synopsis or some basic info about a specific upload some of you people jump down their throats and insult them with snide remarks. Everyone has a right to ask and express an opinion. This Chesterton “person” is not just some guy. It’s an organization with an agenda. Do a little research.

[@moiralynnetulloch650]

@@jansmith6121 people jump down your throat as you put it, because they are upset. The thought of those who give up their free time and energy to share these wonderful plays might be put off uploading by those who criticize their work angers them. If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all!

[@colinglass1342]

Like the intro with dark music A hint of melodrama They Do make exceedingly good dramas ile enjoy every second of this exciting drama this is so good.

[@catrincribb1628]

synopsis please .

[@ChestertonRadio]

Thank you for listening. There is limited information available about these shows and plays. If you'd like to compile a cast list, synopsis or review as you listen we'd be glad to share them with the Chesterton Radio family!

[@dabsy1]

many thanks for uploading all these fine drama/plays. How come there are sometimes no broadcasting dates?

[@bmf1949]

In the days before PTSD…,

[@christinethornhill]

I love Lucy .....

[@virginiamay8868]

I missed the part that said something like...'worldly goods of that shadows of the internal.' It was at about 47:00 minutes. Thank you!! :-)

[@jeffdixon5853]

That was good. I hope that little boy got his 5 pounds though.

[@sandranaylor2348]

Lost interest In this story