Cliffhanger presents (R4 1985 to 1987).txt
Cliffhanger - Radio 4 - 1985 to 1987
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Produced by Nick Symonds
BBC Manchester - Stereo
Series 1
s1e1 - 1985/06/22 The Assasination of Karl Marx - nmr
s1e2 - 1985/06/29 Love among the Pelicans - MISSING *************************
s1e3 - 1985/07/06 The Polytechnic of Death - nmr
s1e4 - 1985/07/13 I'm just an ordinary person really - *** + nmr
Series 2
s2e1 - 1987/02/14 The dog who ran for president (1) - ***
s2e2 - 1987/02/21 The dog who ran for president (2) - ***
s2e3 - 1987/02/28 The bed and breakfast that time forgot - ***
s2e4 - 1987/03/07 It didn't happen in Guildford - nmr 56K
s2e5 - 1987/03/14 The Burmah Notebook (1) - *** + nmr 56K
s2e6 - 1987/03/21 The Burmah Notebook (2) - nmr 56K - Missing the start
*** - I have a copy on tape
nmr - not my recording
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Series 1 - 1985
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BBC Radio 4 - 1985-06-22
23:30 - Cliffhanger presents....
The Assassination of Karl Marx
Come into the darkened splendour of the library where Cliff Hanger reads from a dusty tome chosen at random from the creaking shelves.
This week the plot is to assassinate the inventor of world Communism.... and escape back to the present day.
Written and performed by Robin Driscoll, Tony Haase, Peter McCarthy and Rebecca Stevens
Contributors
Karl Marx
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BBC Radio 4 - 1985-07-05
18:30 - Cliffhanger presents....
Love Among the Pelicans
Bound in leather and beautifully tooled Mr Cliff Hanger has selected at random from the aching shelves of his library this week's veracious volume. A tale of romance and true love, in a world where your wildest dreams may come true....
Written and performed by Rebecca Stephens, Robin Driscoll , Tony Haase and Peter McCarthy
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BBC Radio 4 - 1985-07-12
18:30 - Cliffhanger presents....
The Polytechnic of Death
Once again join Cliff Hanger in the dark and splendid library ... for the story must be told! As always a book is taken at random from the groaning shelves - the spine-chilling title The Polytechnic of Death.
Written and performed by Peter McCarthy, Rebecca Stevens , Robin Driscoll and Tony Haase
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BBC Radio 4 - 1985-07-19
18:30 - Cliff hanger presents....
I'm Just an Ordinary Person Really
Back in the breathtaking bibliotheque of Mr Cliff Hanger where this week's potboiler culled au hasard from the heaving shelves is the story of a mind-reader, a self-spun yarn of clairvoyance extraordinaire. But then, the medium is the message....
Written and performed by Tony Haase , Peter McCarthy Rebecca Stevens and Robin Driscoll
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BBC Radio 4 - 1986-12-27
17:10 - The World at Once Upon a Time presents .....
The Snow Queen by PAUL SHEARER and NICK SYMONS with me Gordon Clough, Margaret Howard , Susan Rae Glyn Worsnip , Willie Rushton Barry Cryer , Rabbi Lionel Blue and Cliffhanger
Thrill to the adventures of little Kay and Gerda as they seek to evade the cold clutches of the forces of evil and other jokes.
WARNING .......... This programme is considered unsuitable for those of a nervous or weak sense of humour.
Produced by Andy Wilson
Stereo
Contributors
Paul Shearer
Nick Symons
Gordon Clough
Margaret Howard
Susan Rae
Glyn Worsnip
Willie Rushton
Barry Cryer
Rabbi Lionel Blue
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Series 2 - 1987
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BBC Radio 4 - 1987-02-14
23:30 - Cliffhanger presents....
The Dog Who Ran for President Part 1
A cat may look at a king, but a dog.... run for President? Come into the darkened splendour of the library and peer over the shoulder of Cliffhanger as he reads this evening's story of mystery and imagination.
Written and performed by Robin Driscoll, Tony Haase, Peter McCarthy and Rebecca Stevens
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BBC Radio 4 - 1987-02-21
23:30 - Cliffhanger presents....
The Dog Who Ran for President Part 2
Draw your deep leather armchair up to the fire and toast those tootsies as you thrill to part two of Cliffhanger's most chilling tale to date.
Written and performed by Robin Driscoll, Tony Haase, Peter McCarthy and Rebecca Stevens
Contributors
Mike Myers
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BBC Radio 4 - 1987-02-28
23:30 - Cliff hanger presents....
Bed and Breakfast that Time Forgot
Descend to the bowels of the BBC whence Cliffhanger relates this week's legend of terror and time travel. A choice of boiled, scrambled or fried eggs, toast and marmalade, and tea or coffee with your mystery story.
Written and performed by Robin Driscoll, Peter McCarthy, Tony Haase and Rebecca Stevens
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BBC Radio 4 - 1987-03-07
23:30 - Cliffhanger presents....
It Didn't Happen in Guildford
It doesn't do to upset the gods of the Underworld, as Cliffhanger reveals in this week's plague-ridden tale. If it didn't happen in Guildford - whence did it happen? Dallas? Denver? Or somewhere else?
Written and performed by Robin Driscoll, Peter McCarthy. Rebecca Stevens and Tony Haase
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BBC Radio 4 - 1987-03-14
23:30 - Cliffhanger presents....
The Burmah Notebook (1)
All's fair in love and war.... but all is dark and splendid in the flickering half-light of the steeply-banked fire in Cliffhanger's colossal library. If you sit quietly, he may even reach down a leather-bound book from the shelves and grip you with a story....
Written and performed by Robin Driscoll, Tony Haase, Peter McCarthy and Rebecca Stevens
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BBC Radio 4 - 1987-03-21
23:30 - Cliffhanger presents....
The Burmah Notebook (2)
A tale of 12 good men and true - except some of them are women. A deadly cocktail of murder and mystery.... with a dash of stark raving madness.... lightly chilled and darkly chilling. The last in the series
Written and performed by Tony Haase, Robin Driscoll, Rebecca Stevens and Peter McCarthy
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