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Last broadcast on Sun, 12 Jul 2009, 20:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
An adaptation by Michael Symmons of Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Idylls of the King, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith and broadcast to mark the bicentenary of the poet's birth.
In this extraordinary epic poem, Tennyson transforms Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, infusing the legend of King Arthur with a passionate intensity. Told here in five acts, the central arc of the narrative encompasses Arthur's arrival, his relationship with Lancelot and Guinevere, the Holy Grail, the last tournament and his death.
Narrator/Tennyson ...... Tim Pigott-Smith
Arthur ...... Jonathan Keeble
Lancelot ...... Simon Harrison
Guinevere ...... Kathryn Hunt
Lord Astolat/Bedivere ...... Malcolm Raeburn
Leodogran/Churl ...... Terence Mann
Lavaine/Tristram ...... Tom Ferguson
Dagonet ...... Russell Dixon
Elaine ...... Elen Rhys
Music by Paul Carghill
Directed by Susan Roberts.
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Sun 12 Jul 200920:00
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