Burns And The Bankers
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2012
- 1 episode
Afternoon Play about a woman in a law firm who attends a corporate Burns Supper which ends in an unexpectedly climatic way. Stars Sophie Thompson, John Sessions, Greg Wise, Peter Forbes, David McKay and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2012
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Sophie Thompson, John Sessions, Greg Wise, Peter Forbes, David McKay, Angela Darcy, Siobhan Redmond and Gemma Goodman
- Writers
- Helen Simpson and Liz Lochhead
- Director
- Amber Barnfather
- Producer
- Amber Barnfather
- Company
Liz Lochhead, Scotland's Makar (national poet), adapts Helen Simpson's poignant short story for the radio.
When English law firm partner Nicola Beaumont sits down to a long-winded corporate Burns Supper, she sweeps us up in her private account of the evening's events.
At first impatient with all the whisky-fuelled pomposity around her, Nicola finds herself surprisingly moved as the traditional rituals of a Burns Night unfold. What she comes to learn about the eighteenth-century Scots poet, Robert Burns, brings new self-knowledge which will help her through the night's violent emotions and climactic events.
Helen Simpson's story Burns and the Bankers is part of her collection Hey Yeah Right Get a Life, published in 2000.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Soundtrack
- Violinist is Sam McGregor.
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 25th January 2012 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 45 minutes
- All previous repeats
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- Wednesday 25th January 2017 at 9:15pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Wednesday 25th January 2017 at 11:15am on Radio 4 Extra