Different Truths
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 3
- 2024
- 1 episode
Two satirical short plays by Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Also features Ian McDiarmid, Jim Broadbent, Michael Moreland and Ian Dunnett Jr.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2024
- Channel
- BBC Radio 3
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Ian McDiarmid, Jim Broadbent, Michael Moreland and Ian Dunnett Jr
- Writers
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Ian McDiarmid
- Director
- Emma Harding
- Producer
- Gaynor Macfarlane
Two satirical and macabre short plays about the place of the writer in society by Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt. In new versions for radio and featuring Ian McDiarmid.
A Conversation At Night
A prominent liberal writer in an unnamed European dictatorship comes face-to-face with the state assassin assigned to kill him. The writer has long awaited his visitor and - as they wait for the inevitable - the writer defends his right to freedom of expression.
An Incident At Twlight
A Nobel laureate is confronted in his luxurious hotel room by a shabby retired bookkeeper. All of the author's novels have centred on the death of a character - and the bookkeeper believes that these deaths have been real - not fictional. Can he possibly be right?
Catch-up
Additional details
- Also known as
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- An Incident At Twlight
- A Conversation At Night
- Drama On 3: Different Truths
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 17th November 2024 at 8pm on BBC Radio 3
- Episode length
- 75 minutes