Bernard Cribbins - Front Row

BERNARD CRIBBINS - FRONT ROW (320kbs-m4a/23mb/10mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 8th October 2018

The actor and entertainer Bernard Cribbins, who will be 90 in December, discusses his new memoir Bernard Who?: 75 Years of Doing Just About Everything, in which he tells his own story, very much in his own way, about a busy career which includes Jackanory, Right Said Fred, Doctor Who, The Wombles, Shakespeare, Hitchcock's Frenzy, The Railway Children, Crooks in Cloisters, three Carry On films and lots of radio.

John Antrobus And Spike Milligan - The Bed-Sitting Room

JOHN ANTROBUS AND SPIKE MILLIGAN - THE BED-SITTING ROOM (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Three years since the nuclear misunderstanding which led to the third world war ("and it's no idle boast when I remind you that this was the shortest world war on record... two minutes twenty eight seconds... including the signing of the Peace Treaty which is now on sale at Her Majesty's Stationery Office with a free T-shirt") survivors gather together on the former-streets of London.

In amongst the rubble, Captain Kak and his fiancee Penelope find Lord Fortnum, who is convinced he's turning into a bed-sitting room. With property prices what they are, Kak should be on to a good thing.

This atmospheric, surrealist play was originally written by John Antrobus and Spike Milligan.

Adapted by John Antrobus and Paul Merton.

Captain Kak ...... Paul Merton
Lord Fortnum ...... Derek Jacobi
Mate ...... Bernard Cribbins
Penelope ...... Catherine Tate
The BBC ...... Corrie Corfield
Mrs Ethel Skroake ...... Suki Webster
The Vicar ...... John Antrobus
Captain ...... Sean Baker
Seaman ...... Richard Pepple

Music and FX by Jerry Peal.

Director: Sam Michell.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015.

Bernard Cribbins' Comedy Classics

BERNARD CRIBBINS' COMEDY CLASSICS (320kbs-m4a/126mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Bernard Cribbins shares his favourite comedy records and showbiz memories.

Bernard's selection includes his own popular hits, 'Hole In The Ground' and 'Right Said Fred'.

Plus tracks by Noel Coward, Gracie Fields, The Goons, Peter Sellers and many more.

Producers: James Alexander and Marion Roe

First broadcast on BBC Local Radio in December 2018.

Graham Greene - Monsignor Quixote (Omnibus)

GRAHAM GREENE - MONSIGNOR QUIXOTE (OMNIBUS) (320kbs-m4a/314mb/2hrs16mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022 & 1st January 2023

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Graham Greene's comic reworking of Cervantes' classic novel, set in rural Spain a few years after the death of Franco.

Starring Bernard Cribbins.

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.

GRAHAM GREENE - MONSIGNOR QUIXOTE (OMNIBUS) - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/157mb/68mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Father Quixote makes a friend of an Italian bishop, with unexpected consequences.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Father Quixote ...... Bernard Cribbins
Sancho ...... Philip Jackson
Teresa ...... Susan Jameson
The Italian Bishop ...... Sean Baker
The Spanish Bishop ...... Brian Protheroe
Father Herrera ...... Nick Underwood
Shop Assistant ...... James Lailey
Guardia 1 ...... Sam Rix
Guardia 2 ...... Sean Baker
Guardia 3 ...... Tom Forrister

GRAHAM GREENE - MONSIGNOR QUIXOTE (OMNIBUS) - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/156mb/68mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st January 2023

A robber is helped by Father Quixote and Sancho, who pay an unexpected price.

Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Father Quixote ...... Bernard Cribbins
Sancho ...... Philip Jackson
Teresa ...... Susan Jameson
The Robber/Father Jose/Father Leopoldo ...... James Lailey
The Spanish Bishop ...... Brian Protheroe
Doctor Galvan/ Senor Diego ...... Sean Baker
The Youth/Man 2 ...... Tom Forrister
Man 1 ...... Jason Barnett
Guardia 4 ...... Sam Rix

Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES - DON QUIXOTE (320kbs-m4a/411mb/2hrs58mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th & 31st December 2022

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

The 1605 classic adventure of an intrepid Spanish knight and his humble squire. Stars Bob Grant and Bernard Cribbins.

The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de Ie Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra.

Dramatised in two parts by John Arden.

Music composed by Stephen Boxer.

Director: Alfred Bradley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1980.

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES - DON QUIXOTE - 1. SETTING OFF (320kbs-m4a/205mb/89mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Don Quixote dons his rusty armour, mounts his broken down horse and sets off with Sancho Panza, his faithful squire, to put the world to rights.

Don Quixote .... Bob Grant
Sancho Panza .... Bernard Cribbins
Cervantes .... Ronald Baddiley
Aldonza .... Meg Johnson
Moor .... Geoffrey Banks
Innkeeper .... Kenneth Alan Taylor
Father Perez .... David Sumner
Barber-Surgeon .... Peter Wheeler
Housekeeper .... Kathleen Helme
Antonia .... Kate Lee
Dorothea .... Linda Gardner
Market boy .... Alan Parnaby
Serjeant .... Alan Meadows
Don Fernando .... Simon Molloy

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES - DON QUIXOTE - 2. THE CHALLENGE (320kbs-m4a/205mb/89mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st December 2022

The intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors.

Don Quixote .... Bob Grant
Sancho Panza .... Bernard Cribbins
Cervantes .... Ronald Baddiley
Father Perez .... David Sumner
Barber-Surgeon .... Peter Wheeler
Housekeeper .... Kathleen Helme
Duke .... Russell Dixon
Teresa Panza .... Paula Tilbrook
Altisidora .... Harriet Walter
Scholar .... Malcolm Hebden
Puppet Master .... Ken Campbell
Duchess .... Judith Arthy
Veiled Lady .... Anne Reid
Steward .... John McGregor
Antonia .... Kate Lee
Samson .... Stephen Boxer

Alan Plater - The What On The Landing

ALAN PLATER - THE WHAT ON THE LANDING (320kbs-m4a/100mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Albert Chipchase hears somebody pull the chain in the lavatory.

Nothing unusual about that, except that his wife is attending her evening class in Elementary Archaeology and he is in the house alone.

Starring Bernard Cribbins.

Written by Alan Plater.

Narrator .... Geoffrey Banks
Albert Chipchase .... Bernard Cribbins
Edna Chipchase .... Catherine Naish
Hodges .... Harold Innocent
Mrs Sprake .... Juliet Cooke
Svenson / Rev Jack Vincent .... Geoffrey Wheeler
Spilsby .... James Beck
Secretary .... Stephanie Turner

Producer: Alfred Bradley

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in August 1967.

Bernard Cribbins - Bernard Who?

BERNARD CRIBBINS - BERNARD WHO? (320kbs-m4a/126mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Bernard talks to his friend and producer Martin Jenkins about his extraordinary career, and a cast of friends share their memories of working with Bernard, including David Tennant, Barbara Windsor, Barry Cryer and the late Richard Briers.

He's been directed by Hitchcock, starred alongside a galaxy of screen legends including Peter Sellers and Kenneth Williams, is good mates with David Tennant, and has performed with Barbara Windsor wearing nothing but a bikini.

This is Bernard's own intimate retrospective of his career, told in conversation with his friend for more than 50 years, the acclaimed radio drama producer Martin Jenkins.

Producer: Eve Streeter

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April/May 2013.

BERNARD CRIBBINS - BERNARD WHO? - 1. EARLY YEARS AND MAKING FILMS (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Somehow Bernard Cribbins has earned a special place in the hearts of every generation; whether you're a fan of the Carry On films or his 1960s chart hits Right Said Fred and Hole in the Ground, grew up watching The Railway Children or listened to him read more than 100 classic tales on Jackanory. And he has continued to wow younger audiences as Wilfred Mott in Doctor Who, and most recently as the storytelling sailor Old Jack in the new BBC children's television series on CBeebies.

In the first of two programmes, Bernard looks back at his early career at Oldham Rep, where he started as an actor and assistant stage manager aged 13, on his national service with the parachute regiment in Palestine, and the big break that took him to London's West End, and from there to the Carry On films.

Barry Cryer, Barbara Windsor, the playwright Ray Cooney and Richard Briers, recorded shortly before his death, share their memories of Bernard the man and the performer.

Plus Bernard's personal recollections of working with the legendary Peter Sellers, Alfred Hitchcock and Peter Cushing.

BERNARD CRIBBINS - BERNARD WHO? - 2. FRED, THE WOMBLES AND THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

In the last of two programmes, legendary Beatles producer George Martin recalls working with Bernard on the 1962 chart-toppers Right Said Fred and Hole in the Ground. Bernard reveals the secret to his storytelling magic on Jackanory, which captured the hearts and imaginations of a generation of children - including David Tennant. We hear how Bernard found the voices for Uncle Bulgaria and Tomsk in The Wombles and Jenny Agutter, his co-star in The Railway Children, discloses what she believes to be the secret of Bernard's eternal youth.

David Tennant and the writer Russell T Davies give their insights on working with Bernard on Dr Who, and the joy of reminding the viewing public what an exceptional actor he is. "He can break your heart with a single line," says Russell T Davies.