GB Films
Radio Drama
Radio Drama
The hardest working words in showbusiness
Yes well, I'm stuck for words here. It was a privilege to work on this, everyone both sides of the mike were great. But I think it is true to say that this was bigger and better than all of us put together.
'An amazing and moving piece of radio' (The Sunday Times)
'Ambitious, unusually painstaking and understated' (The Daily Telegraph)
'Heart in mouth material' (The Daily Mail)
'Echoed 'War of the Worlds' by Orson Welles' (The Times)
I wrote a long piece for a museum magazine about it
Though this dramatisation had some positives - Joe Dunlop's adaptation, Donald Sinden narrating, Paul Rhys, Philip Madoc and Helen Baxendale in the leads, great post-production by Brian Thompson - the truth is I was too new to directing and was overawed by the book and the film. The scenes and story are there but the drama isn't. Pity. It got onto BBC cassette which you can pick up for £150 on Ebay, which makes me think I better have a scratch around in the attic to see if I have any.