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Rosemary Timperley
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Plays, Adaptations, Short Stories and Talks on Radio
On this page you find chronological listings of all the known plays, short
stories and adaptations of Timperley's novels that were broadcast on British radio from
1951 to 1987. As you will see from the list below, Timperley was very prolific in this
field, particularly in the 1960s. In addition, I have listed those radio shows that aired
talks the author gave on several subjects, including memoirs from her personal life, such
as her time working as an agony aunt for Reveille magazine. I would like to give
a special thank you to Chris Lynch for bringing all this information (sourced from the Radio
Times) to my attention. I will also note here that a selection of Timperley's
archived radio plays and short stories are now available to listen to on the Archive.org,
YouTube and BBC websites.
"The Man Who Collected Beauty"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, May 1, 1951
"Harry"
A play adapted from Timperley's short story of the same name and featured on the BBC's
Saturday Matinee show.
BBC Home Service Basic, November 3, 1956
"Children Afraid"
A play adapted from Timperley's novelette of the same name and featured on the BBC's
Saturday Matinee show.
BBC Home Service Basic, February 9, 1957
"The Killing Game"
A play featured on the BBC's Wednesday Matinee show.
BBC Home Service Basic, July 22, 1959
"The Trap"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, February 3, 1960
"Sister V"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, February 22, 1960
"Too Late to be Sorry"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, April 6, 1960
"Robert's Castle"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, May 12, 1960
"Letters from Strangers"
A talk given by the author about her period editing a personal advice column for Reveille
magazine.
BBC Home Service Basic, June 2, 1960
Note: This talk was discussed in the article "Blame it on the Weather" that
appeared in the September 9, 1960 issue of the Australian newspaper The Beverley Times.
"Club of Strangers"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, June 9, 1960
"Cry in the Night"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, July 4, 1960
"A Card From Alison"
A television play from 1959 and adapted for radio broadcast.
BBC Home Service Basic, 27 August, 1960
"Mr. A. - and the Common Touch"
A talk given by the author about the time she applied for a job as a school teacher.
BBC Home Service Basic, September 7, 1960
"The Dreamer"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, September 13, 1960
"Overheard"
A talk given by the author on the subject of eavesdropping and featured on the BBC's
Woman's Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, September 19, 1960
"Bitter Violets"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, September 21, 1960
"The Debt-Worshippers"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, November 15, 1960
"The Striped Dress"
A play written for radio broadcast.
BBC Home Service Basic, November 16, 1960
"She Might Have Been You"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, November 28, 1960
"Fires of Yesterday"
A talk given by the author about her work as a fire-watcher during the Second World War.
BBC Home Service Basic, December 3, 1960
"Dead on Time"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, January 2, 1961
"A Very Lightly Done One"
A talk given by the author and featured on the BBC's Monday Night At Home show.
BBC Home Service Basic, January 9, 1961
"His Desk"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, January 10, 1961
"Some People Like It"
A talk given by the author about the teaching profession and featured on the BBC's Woman's
Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, January 13, 1961
"The Little Space"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, February 7, 1961
"The Velvet Smile" (excerpt)
A reading from an extract of an abridged version of Timperley's novel The Velvet Smile
and featured on the BBC's Woman's Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, February 28, 1961
"The Velvet Smile" (excerpt)
A reading from an extract of an abridged version of Timperley's novel The Velvet Smile
and featured on the BBC's Woman's Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, March 1, 1961
"The Velvet Smile" (excerpt)
A reading from an extract of an abridged version of Timperley's novel The Velvet Smile
and featured on the BBC's Woman's Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, March 2, 1961
"The Velvet Smile" (excerpt)
A reading from an extract of an abridged version of Timperley's novel The Velvet Smile
and featured on the BBC's Woman's Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, March 3, 1961
"The Secret Breakfast"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, May 31, 1961
"The Essay"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, June 28, 1961
"Too Late For Hope"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, June 28, 1961
"Casebooks and Coffee"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, September 9, 1961
"A Scar on the Heart"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, September 18, 1961
"Never Mind"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, October 11, 1961
"A Month With a Lump of Concrete"
A talk given by the author about having a broken arm in a plaster cast and featured on the
BBC's Woman's Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, October 12, 1961
"The Souvenir"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, November 1, 1961
"The Top Man"
A short story featured on the BBC's Tonight's Short Story show.
BBC Home Service Basic, November 9, 1961
"To Share the Shadow"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, November 29, 1961
"Shelter for a Stranger"
It is unclear whether this installment of a serialised item was part of a talk given by
the author or a short story. It was featured on the BBC's Woman's Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, December 13, 1961
"The Silent Child"
A short story featured on the BBC's Christmas Story show.
BBC Light Programme, December 25, 1961
"You Can't Go By Appearances"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, January 8, 1962
"The Eyes of Youth"
A play adapted from Timperley's novel A Dread of Burning and featured on the
BBC's Saturday-Night Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, January 20, 1962
"The Ghost With a Roving Eye"
A short story featured on the BBC's Tonight's Story show.
BBC Home Service Basic, January 23, 1962
"Star Pupil"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, March 7, 1962
"Stranger on the Train"
A short story featured on the BBC's Tonight's Story show.
BBC Home Service Basic, March 22, 1962
"The Ivy Necklace"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, April 17, 1962
"Chalk Dust"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, July 21, 1962
"Waiting for Tom"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, August 1, 1962
"Let Me Out"
A talk given by the author about the various ways in which people attempt to escape from
the reality of day-to-day life.
BBC Home Service Basic, September 22, 1962
"Night After Night"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, October 29, 1962
"The Piggy-Bank's Tale"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, December 18, 1962
"The Mysterious Caller"
A short story featured on the BBC's A Story At Bedtime show.
BBC Home Service Basic, January 24, 1963
"The Pretending Game"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Mid-Week Theatre show.
BBC Light Programme, January 30, 1963
"Night After Night"
A short story adapted as a radio play.
BBC Home Service Basic, February 20, 1963
"She Meant Well"
A play adapted from Timperley's short story "The Mysterious Caller."
BBC Home Service Basic, March 17, 1963
"Yesterday's Voices"
A play adapted from Timperley's novel of the same name and featured on the BBC's
Saturday-Night Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, May 4, 1963
"A Seaside Holiday"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, May 7, 1963
"The Ninth Duckling"
It is unclear whether this was a talk given by the author or a short story. It was
featured on the BBC's Woman's Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, June 21, 1963
"Footpaths in Time"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, August 13, 1963
"In My Opinion"
I believe this was a segment where the author gave advice to a housewife who wanted to be
a writer. It was featured on the BBC's Woman's Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, November 18, 1963
"The Chairman's Wife"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, November 20, 1963
"The Weeping Woman"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, December 4, 1963
"Christmas Meeting"
A short story adapted as a radio play.
BBC Home Service Basic, December 19, 1963
"The Dare Game"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Just Before Midnight show.
BBC Light Programme, January 13, 1964
"Old Enough to be Sensible"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, January 22, 1964
"The Brain"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Just Before Midnight show.
BBC Light Programme, January 28, 1964
"Across the Boundary"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, March 11, 1964
"The Price of Hope"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, March 11, 1964
"Skipping Ropes in the Kasbah"
A talk given by the author about her visit to Tangier in Morocco and featured on the BBC's
Woman's Hour show.
BBC Light Programme, March 17, 1964
"Scent of Jealousy"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Just Before Midnight show.
BBC Light Programme, March 30, 1964
"Visit to the Past"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, April 15, 1964
"In a Strange House"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, June 1, 1964
"The Glass Wall"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's The Sunday Play show.
BBC Home Service Basic, June 7, 1964
"Let Me Go"
A play adapted from Timperley's novel of the same name and featured on the BBC's Afternoon
Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, July 25, 1964
"Five O'Clock Onwards"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, July 29, 1964
"The Lilac Door"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, September 22, 1964
"Who's Afraid ...?
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, October 28, 1964
"Hello, Mr. Lolly!"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, January 12, 1965
"Remembered in Heaven"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, March 9, 1965
"Lame Dogs in the Living Room"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, April 7, 1965
"The Vanishing Woman"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, June 28, 1965
"The Rectory Garden"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, July 26, 1965
"Bridge of Silence"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, August 25, 1965
"Green Ribbon"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Home Service Basic, October 6, 1965
"The Light of the Night"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Light Programme, August 22, 1966
"Hanged on Tuesday"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Radio Four, January 27, 1971
"Shadows of the Past"
A play written for radio broadcast and featured on the BBC's Afternoon Theatre show.
BBC Radio Four, February 26, 1972
"Dead Man's Shoes"
A play written for radio broadcast.
BBC Radio Four, May 30, 1973
"The Tunnel"
A short story featured on London Capital Radio's Moment of Terror show.
Capital Radio, 1973 (exact broadcast date unknown)
"Nanushka"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Radio Four, February 18, 1976
"Little Girl Lost"
A play adapted from Timperley's short story of the same name and featured on the BBC's
Haunted show.
BBC World Service, October 14, 1979
"Walk on the Water"
A play adapted from Timperley's short story of the same name and featured on the BBC's
Haunted show.
BBC World Service, November 21, 1979
"Listen to the Silence"
A play adapted from Timperley's short story of the same name and featured on the BBC's
Haunted show.
BBC World Service, January 30, 1982
"Mists of Memory"
A short story featured on the BBC's Haunted show.
BBC World Service, March 27, 1982
"Channel Crossing"
A play adapted from Timperley's short story of the same name and featured on the BBC's
Haunted show.
BBC World Service, July 5, 1984
"Harry"
A short story featured on the BBC's Morning Story show.
BBC Radio Four, August 29, 1986
"Where Are You, Juliet?"
A play adapted from Timperley's novel Juliet and featured on the BBC's
Saturday-Night Theatre show.
BBC Radio Four, October 10, 1987
Note: Repeat broadcasts have not been included in this checklist.
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