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MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN: SALMAN RUSHDIE IN CONVERSATION (320kbs-m4a/30mb/13mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th August 2017
To accompany BBC Radio 4's major new dramatisation of Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie talks to radio drama director Emma Harding about his multi-award winning novel. They discuss the initial impetus for the novel and the mirroring of his own life as a child born 70 years ago in 1947, the year of India's Partition.
Rushdie also talks about the break-through moment of finding Saleem's voice, his attempt to represent the multiplicity of India in a single novel, and his pessimism about the direction of travel of India and Pakistan today.
Produced by Emma Harding.
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - PART 7: THE SHADOW OF THE MOSQUE (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th August 2017
Salman Rushdie's ground-breaking novel of love, history and magic, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. Starring Nikesh Patel, Aysha Kala and Nitin Ganatra.
Containing two episodes:
The Shadow of the Mosque - With the help of Parvati the Witch, Saleem returns to Bombay.
Midnight - Saleem is reunited with the other Midnight's Children in terrifying circumstances
Sound design by Peter Ringrose
Produced and directed by Emma Harding
All other parts were played by Ronny Jhutti, Abhin Galeya, Emilio Doorgasingh, Selva Rasalingam, Kerry Gooderson and Sheetal Kapoor.
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - PART 5: ALPHA AND OMEGA (320kbs-m4a/101mb/44mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th August 2017
Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. Starring Nikesh Patel, Chetna Pandya and Meera Syal.
Contains two episodes:
Alpha and Omega - Saleem continues to talk telepathically to all the other Midnight's Children, who all have their own unique magical powers.
Revelations - Mary's guilty secret finally becomes too much to bear.
Sound design by Peter Ringrose
Produced and directed by Tracey Neale and Emma Harding.
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - PART 3: SNAKES AND LADDERS (320kbs-m4a/100mb/44mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th August 2017
A new dramatization of Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic. Born at the moment of India's Partition, Saleem grows up in the care of two adoring mothers. Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. Starring Nikesh Patel, Anneika Rose, Zain Syed and Misha Shah.
Sound design by Peter Ringrose
Produced and directed by Tracey Neale and Emma Harding
All other parts were played by Deeivya Meir, Sagar Arya, Selva Rasalingam, Renu Brindle, Silas Carson and Aysha Kala.
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - PART 2: THE BIRTH OF A NATION (320kbs-m4a/32mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th August 2017
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, an ambitious new dramatization of Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic. Saleem Sinai is born on the stroke of midnight on 15th August 1947, at the exact moment that India and Pakistan become separate, independent nations. From that moment on, his fate is mysteriously handcuffed to the history of his country.
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. Starring Nikesh Patel, Narinder Samra and Maya Sondhi
Sound design by Peter Ringrose
Produced and directed by Tracey Neale and Emma Harding
All other parts were played by Selva Rasalingam, Renu Brindle, Ronny Jhutti, Rina Mahoney and Aysha Kala.
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - PART 1: THE PERFORATED SHEET (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th August 2017
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, an ambitious new dramatization of Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic. Saleem Sinai is born on the stroke of midnight on 15th August 1947, at the exact moment that India and Pakistan become separate, independent nations. From that moment on, his fate is mysteriously handcuffed to the history of his country. The story starts with Saleem's grandfather, Aadam, in Kashmir in 1915.
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon. Starring Nikesh Patel, Abhin Galeya and Meera Syal.
Episode 1: The Perforated Sheet - Dr Aadam Aziz falls in love with a woman concealed behind a perforated sheet.
Episode 2: Hit the Spittoon - Aadam gives refuge to a young poet, scared for his life after the murder of the Hummingbird.
Episode 3: The Public Announcement - Saleem's imminent birth is accidentally announced to the world.
Sound design by Peter Ringrose
Produced and directed by Tracey Neale and Emma Harding.