Richard stars in Clarissa on Radio 4
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Richard is to play Robert Lovelace in the Radio 4 dramatisation of Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa, serialised in four parts and starting on Sunday 14 March 3.00 – 4.00pm.
There is more information on the BBC Press Office webpage.
This drama is part of Radio 4′s ‘Classic Serial’ programmes, defined as ‘Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status’. More information is here on the Classic Serial webpage. Further details for this adaptation of Clarissa will appear on this page nearer to its air date.
The Classic Serials are broadcast first from 3:00-4:00pm on Sunday, then repeated on 9:00-10:00pm the following Saturday.
Update 27th Feb:
More information from the production company on their website here: Catherine Bailey Limited. This site also confirms that it will be retransmitted on Saturday evenings.
Radio broadcasts are available to listen to outside of the UK, unlike BBC television programmes. The BBC’s ‘Listen Live’ service will be available on the Classic Serial webpage during the broadcast of each episode of Clarissa, or you can listen again with BBC iplayer after each episode is broadcast.
Update 2nd March:
There is now a Clarissa career page on our website, where full information about the programme will be listed.