Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne (1973) - BBC Radio Drama

[@nickyapps]

Upon hearing of the sad death of Bernard Cribbins today, I was so thrilled to find this lovely recording. My Dad taped it at the time, but the cassette was almost worn out from being played on so many occasions. Dad played the part of Badger in a theatre production, and had him off to a tee "When I was young, we ALWAYS had mornings like this". Loved Richard Goolden too as dear old Moley "Oh my oh my Oh my". We developed so many family sayings from this classic, and always went for a "picanic"

[@sandraelder1101]

If only my generation had had such delightful gems!

[@fredfielder80]

I played Badger in the St. Andrew,s school production in 1963 and will never forget Phoebe.

[@mrjones9449]

Fantastic! Superb vocal range and brilliant storytelling..love the songs particularly the intro and poor old toad..when I finally start a family my children will be listening to this!

[@carolinehibberd8432]

Oh wow, right back to my child hood, heaven!!!

[@desdicado999]

I saw this as a play in London in 1965?/66,i was five years old ,what an absolute delight

[@savannahmanley4049]

Felix Bloxham

[@melissasaint3283]

Oh my goodness. What a well produced treasure!!

[@chrisbennett4139]

Loved it .. fantastic ... I'm off down to the river to look for mole ..toad and the rat .. Any body want to come ????

[@poetryjones7946]

I’ll bring the picnic basket! 🖐🏼🖐🏼🖐🏼🖐🏼

[@beverlybenson9981]

Thank you for sharing this audio of a great story. ❤️

[@janetbroad6262]

I was brought up loving Wind in the Willows and recorded this from the radio when it was first on. Listened to it many times, thank you so much for posting this, I just love it! From a different kind of rabbit 😂😂

[@viviennedosier4845]

Thank you very much.A total delight!

[@christinabell8742]

Delightful, so much fun to listen !! Thank you

[@chrispomphrett4283]

Thank you for posting this. My cassette tape i recorded back in the 70s has shed a lot of its oxide coating and degraded the sound making it sound very woolly. Yours has enabled me to relive my youth!

[@andrearyan5660]

What a wonderful trip back to my childhood. Very well done for old adults who still have a love of their chidhod.

[@ianb431]

This brought back melodic memories of doing this version in a school play in 1970. Magical!

[@mathonamoore123]

Greetings from Ireland. Thank you for uploading this video. I subscribed to you yesterday, don't give up if you still want to grow your channel as, Rome wasn't built in a day. . God bless, Friday the 22nd July of 2022. ☘️🇮🇪☘️

[@Theswerethebestthebest]

Thank you so much for this story this is something from the past that a lot of families would never forget and passed down from generation to generation. There are so many lost things that people of today don't even know about but the sadder part about : Theres people today that don't even know how to appreciate things like this story that was created to make people happy Other than the people on this Channel listening to something that you could say is a masterpiece from our past. But my short message to everyone that appreciates this and remembers the old radio plays as I did. tell your family try to get them interested in it. I did I actually have a 10 year. old nephew that listens to the shadow, NOW. -___ yes a video computer kid that enjoy something from the past when I was a kid. If you can get our younger generation interested as I did THE. LEGACY OF. OLD -- TIME RADIO. WILL. NEVER. DIE. !!!_!!!_!!! And when my nephew Gets older and has children it will still be passed on

[@djs9415]

And whack'em and whack'em and whack'em. Reminds me of mild mannered Peter Davison as Campion taking on the bad guys in look to the lady with these encouraging words being told to his friends...we'll whack'em and whack'em and whack'em... Made me smile.

[@janetpenny5561]

My husband also has a C90 tape of this. He and now our children grew up on it and can and do quote it frequently. Thank you for posting this!

[@bengwarwick1]

I too had this on cassette. I can still quote great swathes of it. Wonderful performances.

[@TheFirstsopranosrule]

Thanks so much for sharing, marvelous! It's at a slightly faster pace than the original recording :) This production has been dear to our family for over 40 years.

[@i.m.7710]

What bliss! Every word!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏻👏🏼👏🏿👏👏🏾

[@peterkleinman3526]

Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne April 21, 1973, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Night Theatre adapted from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame music arranged for this production by Peter Hope Producer: Martin Jenkins Marigold: Tina Heath Nurse: Diana Bishop Mole: Richard Goolden Rat: Bernard Cribbins Badger: Cyril Luckham Toad: Derek Smith Alfred: Brian Haines Chief Weasel: William Fox Chief Stoat: Fraser Kerr Chief Ferret: William Sleigh Judge: Hugh Paddick Usher: Terry Scully Policeman: Ronald Herdman Phoebe: Kate Binchy Washerwoman: Jo Manning Wilson Frightened Ferret: Sam Dastor Brave Weasel: Nigel Graham Duck: John Forrest Turkey: Andrew Rivers

[@deeenque]

Was it Gambon with the intro?

[@mckavitt13]

Many thanks for all the cast. Hearing women’s voices & seeing only men’s names is quite disturbing. “Messing about in boats”.

[@mckavitt13]

@@deeenque I just asked the same question. But wouldn’t he have said who he was? Maybe not.

[@CreatePerform]

This is so atmospheric. Brilliant to hear it again. Thanks for posting. :) x

[@shrodingerspettingzoo6654]

Unutterably Brilliant

[@IbnBahtuta]

I nearly fell asleep at the beginning. Glad I didn't. Thanks for the upload :)

[@eliotreader8220]

saw a stage production of Wind in the Willows a few years back. Rat and Mole was played by two young Ladies who did a great job of playing their parts. the actors who played Mr Toad and Mr B did a lovely job of their parts. a very good show indeed

[@TheWildponys]

Lovely beautiful

[@ThonColinFilms]

Wow- thanks for posting this! I still have the C90 tape from when my Dad taped this off the radio. Alongside Dougal and the Blue Cat, my sisters and I listened to this on repeat every night until we fell asleep. I could recite the whole thing. I do wonder why it is slightly sped up on this recording though? I wrote to Bernard Cribbins in 1996 when I saw him in the audience at the theatre in Woking. I thanked him for Toad. He wrote back to me and said "You've spent long enough listening to Toad- here's Pooh!" and enclosed a tape of him reading Winnie the Pooh. What a guy!

[@manichairdo6346]

Adjust speed to 0.75.

[@neilangus4401]

Absolutely marvelous I'm listening to this at the age of 62 It's never Too late

[@buriedstereo6959]

@@manichairdo6346 this is a magical secret!!!!!

[@bengwarwick1]

I had this on cassette too! And I listened to it constantly exactly as you did. And I too can still recite most of it word for word and with every single inflection. A definitive production with a perfect cast and brilliant direction by Martin Jenkins.

[@tonystone6139]

Llll

[@idecantwellbarnes6707]

This is perfectly wonderful.Thank you so much..

[@TruthSeeker-yv7my]

Thank you great stuff 🍿

[@susanmulloy4059]

Loved this production#

[@erszidombihansen1237]

Such a delight! Thank you ever so much for posting! 💗

[@Klaproossje]

omg!!!! I'm in love!! so much fun to listen!!

[@spensert4933]

Brilliant performers. Brilliant!

[@milliken603]

Never gets old

[@daveken9936]

Wonderful

[@poetryjones7946]

8:10 That fabulous & famous picnic 🌹👏🏻

[@cecilefox9136]

It´s so beautifully read!

[@markburnett8]

Enjoyed this. Thank you! :)

[@markussixtenstam105]

A pure bliss.

[@cecilefox9136]

Thank you for posting this!!!

[@rebeccaday8612]

RIP Bernard Cribbins.

[@r4b32t11]

PURE MAGIC 🙏🏼🤗

[@louisbrugnoni7639]

Never heard this before. Even as a child

[@CarolPrice4p]

Best of the best.

[@philmurphy5584]

Beautiful

[@osmanbey3281]

We'll take off our braces and take off our coats and wallop the weasels, ferrets and stoats!!

[@malcolmdale]

Play it at 0.75 speed and it sounds more like it.

[@jhb1493]

Anyone else think maybe Toady was based on the Prince Regent?

[@eliotreader8220]

Knowing what Mr Toad is like there mite only had been five of the Villains

[@weewiliewinkie]

Thank you ever so for posting this lovely piece of radio theatre. Do any of you wonderful people know the rather melodic-lullaby theme song at the beginning? If so would you please let me know.

[@icebabe327]

I think it is just called Wind in the Willows. I had to sing it for an amateur production when I was a teenager - late 70s.

[@bigwillc83]

PPL back then were still ppl with real emotion ppl have lost something we need to find again.F

[@newworldastrology1102]

The “down with toad” song reminds me of something from The Nightmare Before Christmas, perhaps composer Danny Elfman used this as inspiration.

[@margaretisabellezerner4556]

Would anyone have a copy of Norman Shelley reading Wind in the Willows?

[@whisper8742]

So...This is something I'll look for

[@eliotreader8220]

sounds like the head Villain was spying on Toad's trial

[@e1e2t3]

Hmmm. Kenneth Grahame wrote Wind in the Willows, not A.A. Milne. Perhaps Milne did the adaptation. Milne wrote Winnie the Pooh.

[@sammyhawkins5590]

e1e2t3 milne also wrote "toad of toad hall", which has led to some confusion.

[@mckavitt13]

He did adapt it.

[@felicitytoad]

🙂🙂

[@louietheswan9689]

cool

[@mckavitt13]

Michael Gambon introduces, no? - Guess not. Similar voice, tho’.

[@timetochronicle]

1:02:00 - DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM I AM THE TOAD, B**** ~ The absolute mad amphibian, that toad.

[@eliotreader8220]

sounds like he's confessed to the crime

[@dmann1115]

A.A. Milne?